Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I know, it's been a LONG time since my last blog post. I have tons of topics that I've been meaning to get into the blog, but alas, it was fortunately a busy wedding season! So here's a fun blog post for everyone out there who's hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow and will undoubtedly receive some flowers - most likely from your local grocer. Below are some steps I took this evening to show how you can turn what would typically be the 'ol flowers in a vase into a gorgeous Thanksgiving centerpiece. *I should note, to make this post as realistic as possible, I sent my husband out to get 'grocery store flowers', he of course came back with some quite lovely bouquets … [Read more...]

Walking around Cambridge this past week I was delighted to see small shoots of green starting to emerge. Finally! I considered airing out the down comforter, putting the summer blankets on the bed, storing all my wool sweaters, and retiring the well used 'sweater tights' from these past (albeit weak) winter months. Than I double checked the weather forecast - 5 more days of of 45-50 degree weather. Mmm...not quite ready to break out the capris and spring wedges I suppose. While still impartient for it to truly be spring, I decided to head out the nursery anyways. There, large signs were taped to the blooming daffodils and crocuses: "Do not plant outside - too cold still!". Ah, I see I'm not … [Read more...]

This December I had the privilege of providing 3 performance bouquets for The Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop, and Clara of Mass Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker. It was a great experience to design bouquets that were larger than life, and oh so sparkly! I'm still finding sparkles in my car after this delivery... Congratulations to Mass Ballet on another spectacular performance! Below is the Sugar Plum Fairy: Followed by Dew Drop: And Clara's bouquet: … [Read more...]

Greetings! As a designer with a love for all things fun, clever, beautiful, or just plain well-designed, I'm starting this blog for a multitude of reasons. First, as an outlet to discuss recent floral designs, events, and activities that are directly related to Poppy Floral. I love hearing feedback, and having an active flowing conversation with my clients on what turned out amazing, worked well, and even what just didn't work. It's ok, I want to know! Second, as a sounding board for just nifty design topics, projects, and ideas that I come across. Being married to an architect who could make a second career out of finding amazing design projects around the web, I know there will be … [Read more...]