Thank you Florists Review for publishing hints and tips to decorate botanical shoes. The cold glue from Oasis Floral Products works it’s magic for this project. Give a pair of old stiletto shoes a new life. Create bespoke shoes for fashion shows, showers, weddings or retail environments. You can never have too many shoes! Many […]

Last month photographer Theresa Bear organized an epic photo shoot at the Oregon Coast. We spent time at Hug Point as well as at Ecola State Forest . We had an extraordinary team who made it all possible. photography: Theresa Bear models: Alexandra Hagel and Emma Shu-Yi photo assistant & on set stylist: –Gwendolyn Severson […]

Last week I had the pleasure to create a botanical dress, purses, shoes and jewelry for the grand opening of the new store of Neapolitan – ‘the most exclusive in women’s luxury ready-to-wear, shoes, accessories, and jewelry from the world’s top designers’ – in Chicago. Thank you  Nancy Chase for the opportunity!

  photo: Theresa Bear To make the botanical earrings you can either buy inexpensive earrings (some bead stores offer great selections) or make your own, using flatwire and create any shape you like. For durability, using succulents and textures only is the way to go. I like to de-construct flowers as this offers endless possibilities […]

photo @takenbysarah The botanical necklaces are super fun to make and  will embellish any dress or blouse beautifully! I like to incorporate small flowers and blossoms, being mindful to use flowers that will  hold up out of water for at least 24 hours. If only succulents and textures are used, the necklaces will last for […]

Ever thought of offering flower jewelry as an alternative to corsages? Rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets  made with flowers and texture are undoubtedly a fun change from the traditional pin-on corsages. It doesn’t take any more time to make a ring than to make a corsage and I bet that anyone will love this unexpected […]

A botanical shoe, purse and headpiece featuring the gorgeous David Austin garden roses, sponsored by Alexandra Farms. Photos: Joni Shimabukuro

I cannot than Theresa Bear enough for documenting this 3 day workshop so perfectly! botanical earring botanical earrings

Leanne Kesler , director at the Floral Design Institute in Portland, invited me to teach a workshop on botanical shoes. Here is Leanne’s picture of the fabulous shoes that the students made. The other pictures of the 2 shoes for the demo  were taken in the garden with my very reliable I-phone.

For quite a few years I had dreamed of doing a botanical dress – and I also knew that the project would have to be sponsored …I got lucky about a year ago. Pamela Pierce, editor of Milieu Magazine called last spring and invited me to make a botanical skirt with blue spring flowers. I […]