We had a great time at the Herban Design Studio Class last week. The concept was “Enchanted Forest” and with the help of a little bubbly & nibbles courtesy of Herban Feast and lots of forest goodies, we built fun centerpiece and sweet little terrarium favors!
Whats up next? Decorating with cotton and wreath making!!
We had so much fun demonstrating flower balls to Margaret Larson and the audience at New Day Northwest on KING5! We designed a beautiful fall table just in time for fall holidays like thanksgiving, with lovely rentals from Pedersens, paperie from Covet and Swoon and of course, my beloved flower spheres. And yes, there is indeed a mathematical formula to figuring out how many flowers go into a sphere – answer below!!
To figure out how many flowers per sphere:
4 x pi (3.14 is close enough) x r2 divided by flower diamter
So, if you have a 6 inch ball (which means a radius of 3) and (for ease of math) a flower 2 inches in diameter:
4 x 3.14 x 9 (3 squared) div by 2 = 56.52 blooms. See? Super easy!! and I’m no great lover of math – but it does help in figuring out quantity. Now one of our flower elephants? THAT’s another matter!
So the holidays are coming up…and I get lot of questions from the grooms I work with about romantic presents…so I thought once a week I could help out and post about things a girl might swoon about.
First up: The Cartier LOVE bracelet. Yes, I know it’s old-fashioned. I know it’s not the feminist thing to like, with the giver having the ‘key’ (or mini screwdriver) to unlock it. But somehow I just love the idea of it – just feels utterly romantic to me. Must be that girly part of me. I can see a man showing his interest, his love in a more subtle than a ring way. (well, the price tag isn’t subtle…)
I love the platinum the best…and the pink gold is divine. What’s your favorite? Wouldn’t it be perfect for an engagement photo shoot?
We are so excited to be offering two classes for the remainder of 2011!!
As the new Herban Design Studio Artistic Director I have all sorts of fun new things in store, starting off in November with our popular “Enchanted Forest” class.
Come learn how to make beautiful and affordable forest centerpieces utilizing mosses, lichens, branches, succulents and other forest finds! Great for the DIY bride or anyone who loves the Northwest forest!
When: 5:30-7:30 pm Wednesday November 9th
Where: Herban Design Studio, 3200 1st Ave South
What: $55 covers the class, nibbles and champagne, Material cost ($10-15 depending on what you chose) due in class.
How: Register by calling 206 607 8861 or email us at:info@herbandesignstudio.com
I had to laugh today. The Herban Design Studio where we have taken up residence is overflowing with cotton. We did this AMAZING wedding last month where cotton was featured everywhere: The groom’s dad is a cotton baron, and the groom and bride asked me if we could perhaps use cotton in the wedding – YOU BET!! So the groom, dad and his brothers literally drove up a Uhaul truck of cotton: our studio looked like a cotton field for a week!These stems are delicate and each one had been painstakinly staked into styrofoam.
We had a blast playing with the cotton and placing it all over gorgeous SoDo Park for this super personal, lovely wedding. I LOVE anything personal in a wedding, and when it is unusual, I love it even more. (I’m not your girl if you want a plain old boring gerbera daisy anything). So not
only did I adore doing this fabulous cotton inspired wedding for one of the sweetest couples ever, I’ve enjoyed being inspired by the cotton over and over again. Good thing, because there is A LOT of it.
We used it for an Open House at Sodo Park, and since then, have had quite a few brides inquiring about the lovely little balls of fluffy whiteness. So we’ve been tossing about cotton balls dreaming up ideas, and will even have a class in December on fabulous ways to use cotton in winter decor. Oh, but what made me laugh? When my fabulous Art Director Steven opened up the brand new Pottery Barn catalog today only to find a picture of branches of cotton, in a vase. Well, well, well, aren’t we trendy?
Want to come play with Cotton?
Join us December 8th at the Herban Design Studio, from 6-8 pm. Nibbles, Champagne, and of course, cotton!
Cost is $55
More information and registration at info@herbandesignstudio.com
We are so excited to announce that Bella Signature Design has taken up residence at Herban Feast’s Herban Design Studio! Daniela is the new Artistic Director of the Studio, and our fabulous team Kit, Steven and Alex can be seen being fabulously creative! No changes to Bella Signature Design, BLOOM by bella or Varmala, our sister companies…just a fun new space meant for brides, grooms, vendors, and anyone who wants to dabble in decor and design.
We will be available for styling sessions and of course to show you all the fabulous new rentals we offer – from cake stands, to colored chargers (10 colors!!), unique candle holders to vases, plus linens, fabric draping and more. Finally a place where vendors and brides alike can come to be inspired, rent event decor and of course, create!
Herban Design Studio will be featuring local event vendors monthly, and showcasing some vendors on a consistent basis – contact us for more information!
Winter drop-in hours are Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 9:30-1:30, and appointments beyond those hours are available via info@herbandesignstudio.com
You can see a schedule of upcoming classes at http://www.herbanfeast.com/designstudio/
Come play!
I just came across these yummy photos from Justin and Mary Photography out of New Haven, Connecticut- we did this joyful shoot with them one day in the fabulous Sodo Park venue. I love styling shoots – such a great opportunity to be creative! Justin and Mary were here in Seattle for a day and led a workshop. The shoot concept was Water for Elephants, and I love how the colors and loose, slightly vintage, circus theme came out. What do you think?
I love all the fabulous paperie from our new partner Covet and Swoon !
Marissa is incredibly talented with all things paper, from invitations, tags, signs, and other custom goodies.
LOVE what she created, at a moment’s notice, for this shoot!!
This color palette could have been WAY too” valentine”, but it worked really well once we got the accessories, flowers and decor styled just right!
Vintage suitcases by our friend Sustalux!
MMmmmm, as much as I am usually drawn to all things modern and lush, the fabulous vintagey events we have done this year may be starting to sway me!
Each Holiday Season, Bella Signature Design takes on ten holiday events – whether it be a social gathering, a corporate get together, or a complex holiday display. Some of our past corporate clientele include Vulcan, Microsoft, Gomez, Nordstrom, etc.
Why do we only take on ten?
1. We love the holidays, and so do our staff, and their families. We want to enjoy while we create joy. We have found that ten is a perfect balance of creativity, work and family time.
2. Creativity!! We strive to create amazing, artistic, out-of-the-box events, and limiting the quantity in a short holiday season allows us to extract the maximum ‘creative juice’ in each one of our talented design staff.
3. We like to take on fun, challenging, and artistic projects. We are not the ones to simply hang a few lights, or stick a Pointsetta plant on a table as a centerpiece. If we are more selective with who we take on, we can create more fun stuff for those we do work with!
So whats all the buzz about? We have only five slots left! So give us a call, and have one of our creative leads see if we are right for each other. Who knows, we may be a match made in heaven!
Ahh, what a pleasure it was to be a speaker at the amazing Engage11! conference in San Diego at the beautiful Grand Del Mar Resort. I loved catching up with the incredible Mindy Weiss and Marcy Blum, two women who are incredibly talented, wise and hilarious to boot. Learning from Todd Fiscus, being inspired by Simon T Bailey and Cindy Novotny…I could go on and on. Sylvia Weinstock was her usual graceful self – I loved that we got to do some ballroom dancing together!
Here is the fabulous ( same-day edit no less) video from Cloud 9 Creative….we’ll post lots of photos over the next week!
From the official royal wedding2011.org website:
“Prince William and Miss Middleton have chosen London-based floral designer Shane Connolly to create the floral displays for their wedding on April 29th. Mr. Connolly has directed a team of florists, including Westminster Abbey’s and Buckingham Palace’s florists, and florists individually chosen by the Couple, to create the floral displays at the Abbey and for Buckingham Palace.
Mr. Connolly was chosen by the Couple owing to his reputation for producing elegant and unique displays, and for his creative approach which focuses on using seasonal, natural and organic flowers. Mr. Connolly is also well known for his sustainable approach to floristry, which incorporates as much as possible the use of growing, rather than cut, plants and trees.”
I LOVE that the Royal wedding will incorporate sustainably grown, organic and seasonal blooms. As the brides who come to our GREEN brand BLOOM by bella know, ‘it’s not always easy to be green’: if you love peonies AND want to be green, you better be getting married in late May early June. (although we just found a new North American source for Peonies – from May through September!!! – more on that later).
Here are some photos of the flowers that are arriving and being set-up
Lilacs!! My favorite – yum.
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