Saturday, May 25, 2013

Hiking Arrangements

This was a collaborative design with a hiking buddy. And we didn't use tools! 

The oaks with the lime green and yellow lichen covering it was so inspiring. It was as though the whole meadow color-coordinated.


San Luis Obispo, CA has some of the most beautiful hikes around. And I find that when I do make myself get out of the house to enjoy some of the natural beauty just outside my door, I do get inspired to create. I think that it's really important for those of us that have creative passion within spend this time for ourselves to really find how to translate our expressions from inside to material objects that perhaps others can understand and relate to. The above arrangement (though difficult to see its complexity against the dry creek bed) was a collaborative design with a hiking buddy. And we didn't use tools! Who knows, maybe I was just trying to be the next Andy Goldsworthy :) 

(http://www.google.com/search?q=andy+goldsworthy+art&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eU6RUcTtIMXniALPnIHgDg&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1275&bih=664)

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Mother's Day

Herbal Arrangement for Mom: mint, oregano, lamb's ear, ferns, and water reeds

Love the colors of this arrangement: Heuchera, gerbera daisies, oregano, ferns, oxalis, in a blue vase

Very wild: citrus mint, red aloe, canna, ferns and mushrooms

Very wild: citrus mint, red aloe, canna, ferns and mushrooms
Bright red canna paired with red aloe

I hope you are able to celebrate the wonderful, strong women we call our Mothers this week.