Between garland making, cleaning sap off our hands, wrestling ribbon into bows, and shopping for our loved ones, who has time to make a Christmas list for themselves?!

Don’t worry, I decided to whip one up with some of my favorite flower tools and flower inspired items. Pass it along to the flower lovers in your life to share the inspiration or do what I do….buy my own Christmas gifts so I get exactly what I want!

On the blog, I’ve been writing about a key part of floristry: our tools. Just like a good chef knows, tools are the extension of our hands as designers, and it’s important to select the right tools for the job. Just like a carpenter, or a sculptor, or working in a kitchen, the right tools […]

In the interest of a good old extended metaphor, let’s head back to the kitchen. Previously on the blog, I compared floral designers to chefs. Both are artists, both work with perishables, tight timelines, often stressful and seemingly impossible turnarounds, and both have highly specialized tools for their job. First and foremost, the knife.  But […]

This was a big year and you can see all the amazing events that went down in this recap blog post but today, I am celebrating only of my biggest accomplishments to date…a full year of my Bouquet Bootcamp® Online Course. I have traveled throughout the country teaching for several years; setting up in the […]

In my recent blog post on my most-beloved design tool, the knife, I drew a lot of comparisons between floral designers and culinary artists. It has me reflecting about my relationship to the kitchen, how my floral design career was born from the food industry, and how full circle life can be. In 2021, Capital […]

Florists’ Review Magazine is the go-to resource for floral design information, from industry news, to business strategies, to trends,  and I’ve been flipping through these pages my whole twenty-year career, learning, gleaning, and growing. So when they asked me to do a tutorial on my absolute passion, bouquet making in the spiral method, I was […]