Events | Bouquets to Art

Bouquets to Art (3/17/09 - 3/21/09) came and went at the De Young Museum, just like how it was for me when I attended this show because of so little time I had there. Getting in only 15 minutes before Paula Pryke's lecture at 1:30PM, the demonstration lasted a good 2 hours, and a total eye-opener for me because a lot of questions I had with some of her techniques were openly revealed to me...at last!

Lingering after to further analyze all the mechanics just presented, then realizing I had only one and a half hour to visit the rest of the museum - to see all the art-inspired floral designs of Bouquets to Art, Yves Saint Laurent, and Andy Warhol - I finally had to come to terms that I was not going to be able to make it to Andy Warhol. I had to stay on course to be able to go through at least all the flowers and YSL (since they are ending in April).

Even with that limitation, I still had to sadly breeze by all the floral arts quickly so that I made sure I caught full glimpses of all of YSL's amazing pieces, finally in person! The question I have is if floral designers get their inspiration from fashion, where do fashion designers get their inspiration?

Here are some of Paula's signature pieces and a picture with Paula herself. I couldn't resist getting a "hot-off-the-press" copy of her latest book, "Simply Pink" and of course a picture together and an autograph too! (I LOVE her autograph, literally, see top left picture)

Meeting at Classic Party Rentals

Last Friday's meeting at Classic Party Rentals was SO fun! Their showroom is definitely a funhouse for us Florists, wedding coordinators, and brides-to-be. Since CPR is also a Sponsor for the upcoming BAWN (Bay Area Wedding Network)'s First Quarter Event, we collaborated and came up with "I-got-the-chills" ideas for the ceremony scene we'll be doing on the 11th Floor of the Crystal Lounge at the Marine's Memorial Club & Hotel (the venue and also another Sponsor for this Event).

We decided to play off the floor-to-ceiling gold-trimmed, rich red-velvety curtains in the Crystal Lounge with rows of striped red-and-gold cushioned gold chivari chairs. Hanging from them will be containers of the same striped fabric (to be made from matching napkins) filled with white flowers. A crisp white aisle runner will lead up to the ceremony area, which will be placed a narrow-sleek table, draped with gold fabric. Atop this table will be three tall vases/or one larger vase of red dogwood branches. I'm still undecided whether to have pops of white blooms tied/hung/tubed from the branches or various sizes of vases of lush white flowers lining down the table.

You probably noticed the trend of WHITE FLOWERS here, and that is also where we had the "I-got-the-chills" moment, when we decided to use only white flowers, as it is the trend for this year to go white-white-white and all white. And it works perfectly for this room as it completely pops from the rich reds and golds.