#75

A sunflower topiary- normally sunflowers are one of my least favorite flowers to work with because they're so top-heavy, but I actually enjoyed making this one.

#74

I find flower cakes to be kind of fun, but also a little cheesy. This was the first request I'd ever gotten for one.

#73

Arrangement of the week- I'm not crazy about the way this one photographed.

#72

One more from last week. They never look as big in the pictures as they really are. 

#71

I forgot to post last week, so here's last week's arrangement of the week.

#70

I went to Houston this past weekend for the wedding of my friends Trang and Wills. It was a fun but busy weekend. I got to do their flowers- my first solo wedding. Here's the bridal and one of the bridesmaids bouquets.  

#69

Arrangement of the week

#68

Arrangement of the week

#67

Ignore the giant smudge.

#66

Anyone who has ever been to my house knows that my mom is the most patriotic person ever, so of course I had to make her a July 4th arrangement.

#65

Arrangement of the week

#64

The World Cup is seriously interfering with my efforts to do anything after work, including art. This Saturday I told myself I HAD to make something, so this came about during the Colombia/Uruguay game. It was a little distracting.

#63

I know flower arrangements are dominating this blog. I'm gonna work on getting more variety.

#62

An all green arrangement for someone who just got her green card.

#61

Arrangement of the week

#60

Yes, this one is very similar to the last one- I don't have much to show for this week...

#59

Arrangement of the week.

#58

I hadn't realized just how not used to walking everywhere I've become since leaving Boston until my friend Leah came to visit. We covered some serious ground in DC.  :)

#57

Several people have commented on the fact that there are no photographs on this blog. Photography and I have been on somewhat of an extended break from each other while I've been exploring other mediums. Maybe now that it's nicer weather out, we can become reaquainted. I had a friend visit from Boston last week and this is from our Gettysburg trip.

#56

One more from last week...

#55

I know I've gotten behind and missed a week. Here is last week's arrangement of the week. I went a little more traditional for them this time.

#54

The picture doesn't fully capture the size of this one, but I think it's one of the largest arrangements I've ever done. It's also one of my new favorites.

#53

These two were for a booth at a wedding expo to advertise for my shop- Kentlands Flowers and Bows.

#52

Arrangement of the week

#51

Dragons are hard.

#50

Arrangement of the week

#49

This week marked the end of prom season at work, and I wouldn't mind if I didn't see any corsages for a while. This one was my favorite cause it's orange and yellow- my two favorite colors.

#48

I love llamas.

#47

Arrangement of the week

#46

This one was for our Mother's Day lineup and I named it the "Norma" after my mom.

#45

I love the colors for this bridal shower, and I'm super excited for the peony season to start.

#44

The arrangement of the week

#43

I don't have a lot of experience with sketching except for two classes I took in college, but I remember really liking those classes and I got into doodling for a little while afterwards. It's something I havn't really done in a long time, and I thought it'd be fun to see if I remember anything.

#42

My nephew Ryan had his Eagle Scout court of honor this weekend, and I made the cakes for it. It was quite the adventure. It was one of those nights when everything goes wrong- icing bags tearing and spilling all over the place, the icing getting runny and losing its shape, the frosting wouldn't dye the right shades, etc. I can't remember the last time the kitchen was such a mess. The flag one didn't turn out at all how I had envisioned it, but it ended up making a funny story so I guess that's alright. Plus it still tasted good. :)

#41

This one is for a church for their Easter service.

#40

I think I'll just start calling the weekly arrangements I do for the apartment lobby the arrangement of the week.

#39

This week's apartment arrangement- I'm super excited for all the springy flowers that are coming in.

#38

I don't know if a puzzle counts as being creative, but it's what kept me from doing any other projects so I'm gonna include it to prove I havn't been a total slacker the last 2 weeks.

#37

This week's apartment arrangement. The cherry blossom branches kind of blend into the door so you have to look for them. 

#36

I didn't come up with the design for this one, but I don't have much to choose from for this week for the blog, and I did still make it even if I didn't design it, so it's getting included. :)

#35

This week for the apartments. I think it's one of my favorites.

#34

I've been working on this off and on since July. It took me 4 seasons of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and about a dozen movies to finish it. I'm not sure I'll ever have the motivation to attempt another dot picture of its size...It's meant to be the Northern Lights- something I've always wanted to see.

#33

This one doesn't look very big in the picture, but I assure you it's a monster. 61 roses for a 61st birthday.

#32

I named this one "Jayme" after my niece. Not sure why, but it just looked springy and something a little girl would like.

#31

This one's a funeral basket. I love how huge the lilies opened!

#30

This week's arrangement for the apartments

#29

This one was really hard for me. It didn't come out quite like I wanted, but that's ok. The colors are pretty. It's from my calendar, too- a sugar farm in Vermont.

#28

This is a lighthouse in Massachusetts. I was feeling a little nostalgic and wanted to do some pictures of New England. I've never actually seen this particular lighthouse, but it's in my New England calendar and I really liked it.