Last week I taught another 6 day workshop in Beijing, hosted by Cohim Fashion Training Organization. What a fabulous time Jo Jarvis and I had teaching there again and I much appreciated all the fabulous flower buying that Jo Jarvis did on a daily basis. We wanted to thank Oasis Floral Products for sponsoring the […]

Some of the demo pieces that I made for the workshop in Detroit, hosted by Susan McLeary last October. woodland bouquet underside of woodland bouquet

Last October, Susan McLeary with Passionflower hosted a 2 day wedding/botanical couture workshop in Detroit. Here are some images of the fabulous designs that the students made. A huge thank you to Abby Rose Photo , models Nia Bellona and Chaune’Rael-Whitsitt and to the hair and make up team Imagine Three Beauty Studio design: Janine […]

After the p0wer point presentation on Day 2 at Cohim, we focused on botanical shoes and fans. Again, the students were super creative! Check out for yourselves! photos courtesy Cohim

It was such a thrill when last year in July  I was invited  by Cohim – a design school in Beijing – to teach a 6 day botanical couture/woodland workshop in September 2015. Not in my wildest dreams had I ever imagined that I would have the opportunity to go to the Far East to […]

Last Sunday Ted Mishima  and I teamed up again to do a photo shoot. Model Kari Renée brought an impressive ward robe – and I loved her work! Lots of seasonal textures and some flowers covered this parasol – Many of them were sponsored by Rose Hill Flower Farm. Thank you Elizabeth for your wonderful […]

The wedding that I did 10 days ago was all about orchids – as I had a few stems left over , I made some botanical jewelry and added some pokeweed berries and elderberries for textural accents. This was such a fun project and I learned a lot!

Thank you Ted Mishima for inviting me to another photo shoot and thank you Fayren for the fabulous modeling!

It was such an honor to be invited last fall by the Florida State Florist Association to do an on stage program, and teach to a hands-on workshop at their annual convention in Orlando in June 2015. The presentation on woodlands and botanical couture and the workshop were sponsored by  BloomNet.The topic of the workshop was […]

Last Sunday was a great collaboration with photographer Ted Mishima and model Sarah Pardini. Inspired by a picture of a couture hat that incorporated fans, this project was a interesting learning curve which involved some interesting mechanics…