En Soie

En Soie has kindly asked me to do a floral installation for their much anticipated store opening event this Saturday, August third from five o'clock to eight. I am very excited about it too. I have a couple of  ideas that I'm going to try and do that I have never done before which part of me is anxious about and the other part is terribly excited about! Maybe you can stop by to say hi!  It is such a beautiful store with a truly brilliant (and stunning) family behind it. Thank you Eleonore + Sophie!

RSVP STORE-LA@ENSOIE.COM

food + wine + friends

3333 Sunset Blvd.  |   Silver Lake

Rosemarie Auberson + CM @ 0fr

If you're in Paris this week you must go to this! I so wish that I could. I have just discovered Rosemarie Auberson's beautiful collages and artwork through my dear friend Cheri Messerli. To see this in person will surely be a capticating and lifting experience.

*(Cheri, you know that my spirit will be there! SO proud of you)!

Herbal and Mineral Pouch Workshop!

Artist and dear friend Lauren Spencer King is holding a workshop at BOOKSTAND as part of the Plants: Our Silent Guardians installation this month at The Standard! This is going to be a really lovely evening where Lauren will guide the class as we sip on homemade chai tea + snack on homemade rosemary infused chocolate w/ Himalayan sea salt and listen to Velvet Underground! Such a treat I hope that I see you there and should we be sitting next to each other please say hi. See you there!

Tuesday, April 16th

7 - 9pm

BOOKSTAND

@ The Standard, Hollywood

8300 W. Sunset Blvd.

Hollywood, 90069

$45

RSVP helpdesk@artbookstand.com (super limited space)

I know that I still have a ton to share with you about my installation for The Standard, Hollywood. Let me begin as simply as possible. These are the postcards that I designed & photographed for guests + visitors. I like them.

TRADESMEN Part II

thank you for my cool sign Doug!

This past Saturday was the beautiful evening hosted by TRADESMEN in Venice. The minute I met Doug and Ruben (the shining and über-talented couple behind TRADESMEN) I felt as though I was with kinfolk. They gave me free reins and so I set out to do whatever it was my heart desired! I really enjoyed their space and felt inspired with every corner, every shelf, every object in there. But it really comes down to Doug and Ruben and their trails of inspiration that orbit them wherever they go, whatever they touch. More pics here!

Katarina provided her really special and especially clean tasting wine, Wahrheit, which she had shipped from her vineyard in the Black Forest (Germany!) and the Venice Merchant + SMOHK bread provided fresh produce and smoked grilled cheeses!

• • Thank you so much Doug + Ruben • •

...and if you haven't yet been to TRADESMEN yet then go and pay them a visit! You'll be inspired the minute you walk through their doors!

Tradesmen Invites You!

My friend Virgine is collaborating on a really nice event with a fantastic coterie of craftsmen and artists at Tradesmen tomorrow night. If you're in Venice or close by do stop in. TIGERS to LILIES will be providing all the floral artistry and there will be really good food and drink in such a lovely space. Hope to see you there!

TRADESMEN 1807 Lincoln Blvd. Venice Beach 

Saturday 1 . 26 . 2013

6 - 9 pm

* See attached flyer for more info * 

Feast for your Eyes!

Lauren's beautiful penmanship + drawings for your guests

I've got some especially beautiful wildflowers to grace your table

Pretty exciting news: Lovely Lauren of SPENCER STUDIO and myself are joining forces to help you set up your perfect Thanksgiving table! That's right, you worry about the food and we'll take care of the wildflowers and place cards to ensure that both you and your guests not only feast on food but on a sensational table-scape too! Why not have both? We'll be taking orders up until Tuesday 11/20 8pm. Here's the deal:

$40 : 1 wildflower bouquet + 6 handwritten/drawn name cards

or

$60 : 2 wildflower bouquets + 12 handwritten/drawn name cards

Pay this a visit for some more inspiration!

 xx please email me to place orders. xx

Christine + Sasha

got to use a hydrangea from my garden as a boutonniere

herb bouquets of sage and eucalyptus awaiting to be strung

wildflowers being used by the brilliant Christopher for cyanotypes of table numbers

Christine's bouquet

a wreath instead of a bouquet for Christine's sister; so elegant and different, no?

tons of gold leafing!

Ojai at dusk

I love how the flowers for her hair turned out.

beautiful bride & groom

boutonniere

eucalyptus + anemones make a for a stellar partnership

Pretty Lauren (of sphinx & the milky way) making vegan s'mores by the fire

wildflower + herb garland for the chuppah

oh a guest drunk off of love having some fun ;)

and lastly, none of this could have been done without all of Elijah's help

This past August, I got the grand privilege to do the floral artistry for a very special wedding in Ojai, California. This ceremony-of-love was so special and the couple's love so powerful that it sent endearing shock-waves to all the guests and I think it's safe to speak on everyone's behalf when I say that we all felt high from love throughout the entire time! I was really impressed too with Christine and Sasha's friends: they all worked together to make this happen from the very beginning to the very end. You could feel everyone's excitement and joy spilling everywhere!

Lovely-as-can-be Christine trusted me from the very beginning and gave me carte blanche for the everything. That was incredibly wonderful for me and gave me the freedom to spin some serious beautiful wild magic! Daydream more here for a bit...

xx Thank you so much Christine + Sasha! xx

***noteworthy: please take a look at the wedding invitation. It. Is. Divine. 

(made through the synergy of the genius paring of  Lauren and Christopher)

Sabrina & Spencer

This is my favorite shot of the whole lotte.

* Congrats Sabrina & Spencer *

Elijah, such a lovely assistant xo

Remember last week when I said I was going away for work? Well I got the grand privilege of shooting a wedding for a very lovely couple, Sabrina and Spencer. These are some of my Polaroids that I took. The best part was having Elijah and V.v. with me in this spectacular setting in Carmel, California. So, soo, sooo dreamy. Thank you so kindly again, Sabrina & Spencer!