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Design358 } Bold Tablescape at The Special Event Show

Here's a sneak peek of just one of the fabulous tablescapes from the Design358 Floral & Event Management team that were created for The Special Event Show 2009 in San Diego this past week. I just love the bold use of color and the unique use of orchids with roots showing and all...so clever! I wish I could have been there to see Hitomi Gilliam of Design358 demonstrate her unique and stunning techniques! Become a fan at Design358's Facebook.

Modern Inspiration for a Winter Wedding } Museum Style

While re-visiting the site of Hitomi Gilliam, one of my favorite floral artists, I was inspired to share these two amazing sculptural pieces. I imagine a winter wedding held at a museum or ultra modern building with the floral decor serving as additional art pieces for an eclectic and unique setting... I also like the color scheme of all white with hints of gray, green, black and brown, along with the square motifs, all of which could easily be incorporated into the wedding invitations and table decor, like ice sculptures, square plates, and accessories (see below). *Check out the graphic modern invitations from GraphicBoard, a Japanese design company.

Modern Floral Design } Hitomi Gilliam ~ my gallery 3

This is a bold bridal bouquet that I made in my floral design class with Hitomi Gilliam. Included in this arrangement are beautiful orchids, dahlias and tropical foliage. The bouquet holder is disguised by grass blades and wrapped with decorative copper wire. This is my first bouquet ever!

Modern Floral Design } with Hitomi Gilliam ~ my gallery 2

Here's another arrangement from my class with Hitomi Gilliam. This arrangement was a pretty tall one and I was able to experiment with creating structures (or scaffoldings as I like to call them) with wired horsetail and orchids that look "frozen" or underwater. The transparent pearls you see are a new product by Fleurplus in the Netherlands. The pearls are gelatin-like, provide good support and can hold stems. This is not an eco-friendly prodoct so I don't recommend it, but when you add water to the pearls they appear to dissolve into the water leaving air bubbles that create the "frozen" look. It's really cool to work with, but I don't think that it's bio-degradable. Anyways, it was fun to experiment. I think if I really secured the structure, it would be fine in plain water.

Modern Floral Design } with Hitomi Gilliam ~ my gallery

I had an amazing experience taking Hitomi Gilliam's creative floral design workshop in Vancouver! This is one arrangement that I made on the first of four inspirational learning days. Doesn't it look lovely in this beautiful home? Thanks to my dear friends Kim & Frank and their two scrumptious little girls I had the best time ever! More pics to come!

Modern Floral Design } Hitomi Gilliam

Hooray! The day I've been waiting for! I'm on my way to Vancouver for a 4-day creative study group with world renown floral artist Hitomi Gilliam. I met her in Seattle at her workshop on Tropical Asian Flair. Watch this little slideshow until I get back on Friday! Enjoy!

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