This holiday party was held in a special boardroom at the Shedd Aquarium, which juts out on to the lake and affords the most amazing views. It is replete with an aquarium featuring a dizzying array of sea anemone. These “marine ornamentals” are named for the terrestrial flower just now coming into season. My favorite was …
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‘Mitzvahs are totally the most fun parties, both to design and to attend. I’m not afraid to say my social life peaked in 7th grade- those we THE BEST PARTIES EVER! It’s such an honor and a stellar mission to impress pre-teens today- and what with the helium cliff and all we almost had to …
Carnations made a such a big comeback in the early 2000s New York flower scene that Vogue ran almost monthly editorials heralding the news, with gorgeous bowls of them priced at $300 and stars in the field bitterly feuding over who was responsible for their redux Now the show stopping chrysanthemum is officially back. ( Joy! …
Bringing honey to the Green City market with our dear friends from the Chicago Honey Co-op last weekend, my hustle went something like this: “Have you tried the summer honey from the Chicago Honey Co-op? We are the most local vendor at the green city market, with hives in Humboldt Park, Back of the Yards and …
As we all know, hot pink and gold are the ultimate spell caster duo- but not everyone knows that the antidote to any boring harvest arrangement is hot pink. A little sure shot of it can snap a whole table out of the deepest tryptophan daze. Here we have …
For this corporate dinner we expressed the company’s signature blue with dutch hydrangea, delphinium and nitiya vanda orchids. Throwback 80’s style ferns and naga foliage along with these massive variegated alocacia leaves and fragrant bay laurel were also in effect. Our clever client chose these clear acrylic Versailles chairs and federal blue silk shantung tablecloths …
We spent a super-fun afternoon decorating the barn at Elawa farm recently. A “gentleman’s farm” built in 1917 for Watson Armour, it is essentially a glamour farm, making it the perfect setting for the winning and ever so glamorous Skirt PR’s 10th anniversary dinner. It is quite the dream scape, boasting a chicken coop …
It’s really exciting to be included in an article about the new fashion in flowers in this month’s issue of Traditional Home. Julia Szabo wrote a brilliant story on how, after “decades of male dominance” women designers are taking the lead with wild, lyrical arrangements and ” … letting Mother Nature show her true colors.” …
Here are some snaps from the sample for a super glam 80th Birthday party next weekend. We will share more photos later!
The Garfield Park Conservatory here on the westside is a cathedral for nature worship right off the green line. I’ve never seen it being humidified before, the effect is awe inspiring. Now hurtling into feverish holiday decorating, we discovered another westside treasure right under our noses, Beret Ribbon. My favorite echevaria succulent, the velvety hybrid “Doris Taylor” …