I'm quite different

I have to admit I'm rather awful at keeping this blog up. Sometimes I just feel my Instagram account and Facebook page is sufficient. But then when I need to just pen something down I realize it's best I do it here.

At this point here with these pinks, I'm still lack of challenge in the creative side when it comes to orders. Mostly clients will want the general or the usual. I find it hard to tell them that I don't do the general nor the usual and I always want to create new designs and new compositions. How do you really tell a client that without sounded like a total snob? I wouldn't want to tick them off and let them think I'm hard to deal with but I'm merely just wanting to create something different, beautiful and unexpected for them. I also find it "long-winded" of me to explain to them my style and creative approach via text on Whatsapp! Common...who wants to read all that in such a small screen? But I try my best.

A classic in the making?

Like every little mini business set-up, when you keep going it grows and things sorta progress naturally after like a hundred set backs. From the various arrangements I made, the all-rose-only with or without whatever foliage seems to be the most popular as an affordable option to the budget savvy client. Is it just me or it's starting to look like a possible Flores Studio Classic rose bouquet? I'm seriously considering this idea. Here's another in the most romantic shade of pink I made yesterday.

Rich hues

Rich hues to channel more fortune in to my life. HAHA!

From Oregon with love

This bouquet was ordered from Oregon, Portland and was the last order I took before the CNY festive break. I couldn't say no when I'm given full creative freedom. :D

Final hour

Some advise for floral orders during a festive season. Order ahead and never at the very last day of the final hour before everything closes. I grabbed what's left that's good for this very last nano second order for a friend. I'm sorry it wasn't as big as you wanted but everything was sold out.

For a sexy lady

The title says it all. Don't need to guess who either, name's on the card. 

Pink

Growing up I was never that fond of pink colored things. Dark blue was my favorite as a kid but always found myself loving other colors too. I wouldn't say pink was my least favorite color but I was just never that girly. Growing up I learned about Pantone in art school and I thought that was pure genius but it got me even more indecisive when I have to choose colors for my projects. These days I just let the flowers speak to me when a client gives me complete freedom to do whatever the hell I want! So no more choosing colors from a chart, less headache. Plus you just gotta take what's available and deal with it.

Just me, myself and the Merc

This is the first time I did a wedding car all on my own. Was I nervous? Yes a little as I only figured out the technical part in my head but have yet to quite prove that it works in practice. As usual I will start prepping the small bouts and corsages the day before then sticking it into the fridge. Made the bouquet the next day and once I was done with that I rushed off to the couples place to face the car. I was left there alone in the car park of their apartment and I quickly unload my stuff and got to work. I rather enjoyed the alone time I had with the car because it was cooperative! It didn't complain and my technical part of the work seems to be working out great. Once that garland was secured I was racing against time to stick all the leaves and flowers in. It was getting dark, I was tired but thank God I packed myself a bottle of water. As I don't live in an apartment it didn't occur to me that the lights would come on when the sun sets. I felt a little silly when it came on, I guess I didn't have the darkness to worry about after all.

Reason #101

You don't really need a reason to send someone flowers really. So stop giving yourself excuses to not send any. But there are also a hundred and one reasons to give em. Number 101 here is - Because you helped settle my student card issue and I can now take my exams.

For the love of Hydrangeas

This was made for a girl who just LOVES hydrangeas.

If she could she would jump into a whole truck of it.

- xoxo -

Round and round

This delivery for the clients mom took me awhile to find the house. Can you believe that there's a map of that housing area for people to find the roads? I thought it was pretty funny but I did get a tad lost in there even with the map. Why do people need to live in such a complicated community? Although all the houses there are huge. I saw one house which was still under construction and the design was PERFECT for a Halloween party. I had to take a picture to show my best friend but I wont be sharing it here. I'm just babbling.... forgive me.

New year's best start

Everyone looks forward to a new year. Fresh start, new beginnings, reason to party. It was indeed a new beginning for me. I left my corporate job in November to do flowers full time. I never thought I'd want to be a floral designer creatively called or just simply a florist. I have to say the new year started really well as I made my favorite bridal bouquet to date. I almost did not want to give it away but I did not have enough spares to make me another. I was really glad my client loved it too and the peony & hydrangea survived the wedding day despite our weather. To more favorite bridal bouquets!

Optimus Prime

I admit I LOVED THIS BOUQUET TO BITS! Why was I never given flowers like this??? Honestly I've never made anything this big so it was a great experience. I would LOVE to do it again. Somebody please order this or something similar again. Please? Pretty please?

To great husbands

A family friend ordered these for his wife. Well I must take some credit for suggesting these peonies when they were in season for a brief moment. I couldn't stop smelling them all night. Good choice.

What are the odds

Sometimes simplicity is more, or was it less is more? Same thing. These were ordered by different people, yet they both wanted plain roses. I was close to asking "Are you sure you don't know Nur?"

Color Phunk

I'm always impressed with natures beauty. God is pure genius I must say. He's beyond creative, artistic and makes the most overwhelming beautiful things like this hydrangea.

The first brown paper order

My friend Nat needed a "casual bouquet" for someone who I'm sure he has some hearts for. Naturally I'm more than glad to help him out on this. We decided it shall not look romantic, rather happy and thoughtful. Brown paper makes it all more rustic and casual. I should check up on their relationship status soon.

I checked in on him the next day to see how was the bouquet doing as he was not seeing her till the evening birthday celebration. Evidence of it still alive below.

I was out...

Last minute order, I happened to be out so it was convenient for me to pick up whatever was available to make something out of.

Placid Blue and the case of the Blues.

In all my years as a designer (of all sorts), I never knew of this color called Placid Blue until one day a client shared with me the colors she chose for her wedding. I Googled it and....."Ah".  I call it Baby blue or powder blue. First bouquet I made for her was for her pre-wedding photoshoot. Anyhow, there weren't that many blue flowers to choose from at that point of time, so the light blue hydrangea was our best. I apologize for the bad lighting and background, but the floral supplier I ordered my flowers from back then were not too reliable. My hydrangea never made it over for me to pick up, I had to wait for the last shipment till 7 in the evening, rushed back to make this and deliver it immediately after. I've since then stopped ordering from them.