This past week the National Coalition of Girls' Schools held their yearly conference at Holton. We made many arrangements for dinners a...

Last Saturday, my daughter Lucy and her friend Sarah, co-maids of honor for their friend Jeane, hosted a bridal shower at our house. The co...

Here are a few detail shots from Sunday's wedding. Instead of a large escort table arrangement, this couple wanted to showcase photos o...

Yesterday Hannah and Brian got married at the Music Center at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda. The reception was in the lobby of the theater, a...

Last week I did some arrangements for a baby shower at the home of our friend Virginia. She asked for a yellow and pink palette for a baby ...

Lately we have been working on some samples for a restaurant in downtown DC and I remembered this piece I did several years ago for our frie...

Erika and Brian had a very nice wedding shower last Saturday. They included family and friends, adults and children and it was a sweet afte...

I am trying to find the best photos from the wedding from various sources and this one came in today. We used huge Livinsonia leaves in the...

Last weekend, my husband Dave and Hal and I went up to the Hamptons to do the flowers for Susannah and Will. Susannah is the daughter of ou...

Even though the weather has bounced from the 50s to the 90s in the past week with rainy weeks bookending the early hot spell, it is spring i...

On Saturday night I did some small arrangements for a group of Holton alums who were continuing to celebrate Reunion with a dinner party at ...

Last Thursday there was a tea at the home of the headmaster at Landon. We filled an oriental style bowl with tulips, roses and delphinium, ...

Yesterday we did these small pieces for an event at the Landon Performing Arts Center. They asked for an orange and brown color scheme and ...

Saturday night there was a wonderful party at the National Women's Democratic Club at Dupont Circle. The occasion was the birthday of o...

Last week Hal made this nice bouquet as a get well gift. We love the contrast of the bright blue hydrangeas with the orange parrot tulips,o...

A few weeks ago we made arrangements for a bridal shower given by our friend Alice. Again, we used her wonderful Victorian silver baskets a...

Last night was Holton's annual auction - I made 4 small pieces for the registration tables. I used Creme de la Creme roses, golden cym...

I have just added a link - on the right side of the blog - to the wonderful store called "Accessories of Old". Lisa and Andrew ha...

I got an email the other day at 8 pm for arrangements for a luncheon the next day, if possible. I ran over to my local Trader Joe's and...

So I am thinking about orange these days as I design the flowers for a wedding in April. What I really liked was putting some orange mokara...

Yesterday I got 3 giant (100 cm) philodendren leaves for a wedding sample. The bride is going to have 4 25 foot tables for family style sea...

Today I made an outdoor arrangement for my friends Helen and Bill and brought over an arrangement for their dining room table - they are hav...

Every Thanksgiving I make some arrangements for the fabulous house of my friend Alice and her new husband Wilson. She has two gold wire me...

Yesterday we also did some flowers for a Holton event held at a fabulous private home in Washington, DC. The house was decorated in cream a...

Today I made these pieces for a dinner party event. I wanted to have a fall color scheme but one that was not the typical rusts and browns....