Chic Floral Designs
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Holton luncheon

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Today, I used the same palette of flowers from last night's event for centerpieces for a luncheon.   I used a half of a monstera leaf cu...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Holton Opening party

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I have been doing the flowers for the first party of the season at Holton for years.  This year I found some wonderful lime green/ye...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

centerpiece sample

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A photo of a sample for a wedding centerpiece - fuschia gerbers, green mini cymbidiums, lavender roses, purple lisianthus, green button mu...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Summer party

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I have been busy, just not posting.  Anyway, last night I made some arrangements for a summer party.   The house is decorated in neutral c...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

French Embassy event

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Tonight we did the flowers for a Moet champagne event at the French Embassy.  We made centerpieces and 2 unusual registration table ...
Friday, June 8, 2012

We are going to a Hukilau

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When I was in elementary school we had a cherry blossom festival each spring.  For some reason one year we did the hula to ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Dinner at Holton

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Today we made arrangements for a dinner at Holton.  I used Zazu roses - they are a lemon/lime color with a red edge - a very unusual co...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Hydrangeas 2012

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This year is the best crop of hydrangeas ever.   The plants are about 7 feet tall and the colors range from pale pink to purple to blue.  ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Alum party at Landon

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Tonight there is a party for Landon alums on campus.   They chose pale yellow and white tablecloths and we made bright yellow centerpieces f...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Landon party

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We also did an event at Landon last week.  We used pink tulips, pink wax, pink/gold spray roses and Sahara roses. 

Luncheon at Holton

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We made some small arrangements for a lunch at Holton last week.  Free Spirit orange roses with blue cornflowers and yellow mums in tiny v...

St. Albans dinner

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On Thursday we made some arrangements for a dinner party at the headmaster's house.  We used brown cymbidum orchids, Black Be...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Bouquets from Seattle

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A friend sent me this photo of some bouquets he bought to greet his visiting family.  He got them at a market in Seattle and I loved the b...

Iris Peony arrangement

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I have been making some upright front facing arrangements with horsetail and orchids for some time but a client wanted more English garden f...

House party

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One last event from yesterday.  A continuation of the blue and white theme - blue hydrangeas and white callas for two pieces and a euyc...

UMD Graduation

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We also did some flowers for a UMD graduation at their Shady Grove, MD campus yesterday.  They wanted blue and white colors, so we g...

Luncheon flowers

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Some simple arrangements for a luncheon at the Sulgrave Club at Dupont Circle yesterday.  Lovely pink tulips, baby green hydrangeas, garde...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Saturday's Bride

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This is a picture of the beautiful Kasia who got married on Saturday at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington.   I worked on this wedding with ...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Spring Posey

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A bird's eye view of a little spring posy.  Pink tulips, green viburnum from my garden, pink rice flower and a couple of cream roses.
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Business lesson

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I made this little piece at a meeting of my independent floral designers group (IFDA).  We had a workshop in which each of us got a slip o...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Yard Art + Delivery

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Today I delivered 23 little arrangements:  a horsetail background, tropical leaf and orchids and seeded eucalyptus in front on mo...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

FDR Memorial color studies

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I went down to the FDR Memorial the other day.  The cherry trees were losing their petals and it was beautiful to see.  Pink petals all over...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Landon party

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They are having a party over at Landon tonight.  In part, it celebrates the return to the house after a fire in November.  I continued ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Today's arrangements

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This morning I made some pieces for a fund raising dinner tonight.  The client wanted some small yellow arrangements for her kitchen an...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Wednesday ikebana

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Yesterday we made arrangements in the shoka shimputai style.  Our teacher has a black pussy willow plant in her yard and I used those bran...
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Ellen Seagraves

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Chic Floral Designs
Bethesda, MD, United States
I am a Washington DC area floral designer with over 15 years of experience. I have a BFA in Weaving and Textile Design and often incorporate elements of those disciplines into my work. I work in a wide range of styles to suit the various needs of clients. I am a proud member of both the Chapel Designers and the Independent Floral Designers Association and am rated on Wedding Wire. As a student of Ikebana, I often apply those design forms to my own work. I work on my own and with a number of other designers and students to expand my artistic sensibilities. My arrangements have been featured in a large number of venues including The White House, the French Embassy Cultural Center, The National Botanic Garden, and Blair House. Contact me at 301.675.1728 or esea654@gmail.com. I am also on Facebook at Ellen Seagraves Chic Florals.
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