Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Holton Faculty Party



Yesterday we did some arrangements for a star themed party at Holton. We had fun with this job - added little stars to the arrangements and used some silver sprayed oak leaf hydrangea heads in the large buffet pieces.

Monday, August 20, 2007

The last wedding of the summer


This is a wonderful bouquet that Hal made for this week's bride. It has Vendela and Eskimo roses, white lisianthus, ivory spray roses, stephanotis and white dendrobium orchids.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Bar Mizvah flowers


We did the flowers for a bar mizvah last year - we used a lot of tropicals in reds, oranges and yellows to achieve a festive look.

Today's Wedding



Today we did the flowers for a wedding in downtown DC. The ceremony was on a balcony atop an office building with a great view of the Capitol, the reception was at a restaurant in Chinatown a few blocks away. We talked them into silk flowers for the decorations on the balcony and were very glad - it was hot hot hot and real flowers tied to the metal railings would have fried. The bride's bouquet was mango callas and Anny Black orchids with 3 rolled red Ti leaves. The arrangements for the restaurant contained yellow Cymbidiums, oncidiums, Anny Black mokaras and red glads.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Swedish meadow


This arrangement is one we did for our friends at Tone on Tone, the Swedish antique store in Bethesda, Maryland. We wanted to evoke a meadow and we lucky to find the corn flowers and other flowers and grasses to make this look.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Landon School Reunion arrangement


This is one of many arrangements we did for the Landon School reunion this spring. We try to do things that are not too feminine or sweet for this boys' school.

Christening party arrangement


We did this piece, along with many others, for a christening last year. We also did the wedding of the mom - one of our first big jobs. We loved this cloud of babies breath in the antique urn borrowed from the wonderful Swedish antique shop Tone on Tone.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Wedding photos




These are photos from a wedding at the Ashby Inn in Middleburg, Virginia last summer.

Spring arrangement


This is a little centerpiece we made this spring - tulips, euonymous leaves, peach roses, hypericum berries and eucalyptus.

Bridal shower flowers


This is a buffet arrangement for a bridal shower. It contains lilies, green callas, roses, hanging amaranthus, tulips and hosta leaves.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

The Botanic Garden event


In June we did some arrangements for the Association of Public Gardens reception at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Capitol Hill - quite an honor for us - this piece was on the table serving Southwestern style foods.

Sample arrangement


This is a slightly more architectural piece than our usual work, it was a sample for a non-profit - they loved it.

Party centerpiece


I am posting some photos of older work in order to show the range of what we have been doing the past few months. This piece has some wonderful tulips and orchids.

Wedding flowers



Here are photos of a wedding centerpiece and sweetheart table piece we did for the event at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda, MD last month.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

a recent wedding centerpiece


This is the centerpiece from a wedding we did last Sunday for the daughter of a friend who I have known for 45 years! It was a pleasure for us to do this event.