ART IN BLOOM MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART

OUR INSPIRATION, THE IMAGE ON THE   ART I N BLOOM   POSTER

OUR PLAN.............TO MAKE A DRAMATICLY LARGE MILLE DE FLEUR INDPIRED ARRANGEMENT.WE CHOSE A PEDISTAL AND URN THAT WE USE AS A RENTAL ITEM IN OUR SHOP.  NEXT, THE FRAMEWORK IS SET UP, THE BASKETS  ARE  LINED WITH PLASTIC AND FITTED WITH  OASIS MAX LIFE FOAM TO ENSURE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE 3 DAY EVENT.  CURLY WILLOW IS WIRED IN PLACE, AND CHICKEN WIRE ADDS MORE SECURITY TO THE MECHANICS.

WE START AT THE SHOP INSERTING THE THICK STEMMED FLOWERS FIRST. THE TOP BASKET WILL BE REMOVED  WHEN WE TRANSPORT IT TO THE MUSEUM.

WE CONTINUE TO ADD FLOWERS AND GREENS, WE WILL EVENTUALLY COVER THE TOP BASKET  WITH  FLORAL PRODUCT.

AT THE MUSEUM WE ASSEMBLE THE DISPLAY. THE LOW URN OF TULIPS FILL IN SOME OF THE SPACE BELOW THE SIGN STAND AND  THE 'ORBS' FRAME THE OTHER SIDE. TO CONNECT THE CONTAINER WITH THE ARRANGEMENT WE BRING A FEW STRANDS OF CURLY WILLOW AND PIN IT UNDER THE URN

ARTS AND FLOWERS DESIGN STUDIO PRESENTS,   " MILLE DE FLEUR',        OR     A THOUSAND FLOWERS....... BUT WHOS COUNTING!

OUR INTERN, AMELIA MAKES SURE EVERYTHING IS PERFECT

A CLOSE UP OF OUR 'CARD HOLDER' BEING COVERED WITH GREEN TRICK DIANTHUS



ALL READY TO GO, SHOWTIME!                                                                                                                                               THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR BLOG.  ART IN BLOOM  HAPPENS EVERY SPRING AT THE MIA . CHECK OUT OUR    'WHAT'S IN IT'   AND     'BLAST FROM THE PAST    POSTS AS WELL AS THE    PREVIEW PARTY PICTURES      FOR MORE ART IN BLOOM INFORMATION.



WHAT IS IN IT

BANKSIA PROTEA, STAR OF BETHLAHEM, OR ORNITHOGALUM, RANUNCULUS. PEONY AND HEMANTHUS. ARE JUST A FEW FLOWERS IN OUR ART IN BLOOM DISPLAY



HEMANTHUS IS ALSO CALLED BLOOD LILY, AND IS VERY RARE BUT LONG LASTING.




LUCADENDRON, PEONY, CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS RANUNCULUS ROSES,HYDRANGA AND LISIANTHUS





FLAMING PARROT TULIPS AND PINCUSHION PROTEA. THE SPIKEY GREEN IS CALLED FABIANA.



PREVIEW PARTY ART IN BLOOM

 RENE POSES WITH SUE ZELICKSON

SALLY AND  LEGENDARY LONG TIME ART IN BLOOM VOULENTEER ROSELLA

DINING COMPAMIONS AND FELLOW FLORISTS  THE LADIES OF BASTIAN AND SKOOG

JEANNE PREMBLE ART IN BLOOM SUPPORTER

SAM McCILLOUGH TAKING TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES.

SALLY, ROSELLA, KRIS, AND M.E.[LIKE THE AWARDS SHOW] POSE IN FRONT OF OUR DISPLAY

THEY JUST DON'T TAKE A BAD PICTURE!

RENE AND YOURS TRULEY.

WHAT TO SAY....... ITS BEEN A LONG NITE! ............. OR  THEY LOVE THEIR WORK!

ELLEN WELLS ENJOYS  ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ART IN BLOOM.

BLASTS FROM THE PAST

VENICE, WAS THE THEME FOR THIS ART IN BLOOM DISPLAY LOCATED IN THE LINK BETWEEN THE CHILDRENS THEATER AND THE MIA. THIS LOCATION GETS A LOT OF EXPOSURE AS IT IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEUM BUT IT CAN GET WARM DURING THE DAY AND  IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE PLANT MATERIAL. THIS YEAR WE DID THE SPIRAL TOPARY OUT OF ROSES THAT COULD DRY IN PLACE. THE 'CANAL' WAS MADE OF HYDRANGA PLANTS

FRANCE WAS THE THEME FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ART IN BLOOM A COUPLE  YEARS AGO. WE DECIDED TO DO A COLLAGE OF ARRANGEMENTS ALL IN SILVER CONTAINERS ALL FIT TOGATHER TO APPEAR AS ONE  LARGE ARRANGEMENT.

AMERICA THE NEW VISION  FOR THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS THE THEME FOR THIS DISPLAY. WE WERE INSPIRED BY A CHILDS DRAWING  TELLING ABOUT SOLAR POWER.  THE LARGE CARTOON LIKE FLOWERS, NATURES SOLAR COLLECTORS,  BASK IN THE SUNSHINE.

CLOSE UP OF OUR SUN, FOXTAIL LILIES, CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS , LILIES AND CRISPIDIA.

THE ASIAN ASTHETIC, WAS OUR INSPIRATION FOR THE KOI. THE SCALES ARE ANTHERIUM GROWN HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

CLOSE UP OF THE DISPLAY, THIS ARRANGEMENT HELD OUR CARDS. THE CONTAINERS TO THE LEFT REPRESENT THE POND BOTTOM.

CLOSE UP OF A KOI, THE HANGING AMERANTHUS WAS VERY EFFECTIVE ARROUND THE MOUTH.  THE MOUTH WAS MADE OF A PLASTIC POT AND THE EYES WERE GLASS BUBBLE BALLS PAINTED BLACK.

THE START OF THE KOI BACK AT THE SHOP, WERE MADE OF FLORAL FOAM. THE FINNISHED KOI WERE VERY HEAVY.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY THIS BUDS FOR YOU!

FOR ALL YOU DO.....CELOCIA, RANUNCULUS, PARROT TULIPS, GERBERA DAISIES AND MORE

EASTER FLOWERS AT THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER WHO EVERY SUNDAY AND HIGH HOLY DAY WOULD DECORATE THE ALTER OF ST. MARYS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BRYANT SOUTH DAKOTA. AS SOON AS I WAS OLD ENOUGH I WAS AT HER SIDE, I LOVED  DECORATING THE CHURCH WITH HER. THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WORKING  WITH A PERFECTIONIST.  THIS SKILL HAS SERVED ME WELL ALL MY LIFE AND COMES IN HANDY IN MY LINE OF WORK. HAPPY EASTER MOM!

A CLOSEUP OF THE ALTER ARRANGEMENTS IN THE. BASILICA. ORCHID  AND GREEN PLANTS ARE COMBINED WITH BANKSIA, CRISPIDIA, AND SKYLINE ROSES, IN A LARGE URN.

AMY STANDS NEXT TO THE EASTER CANDLE STAND, THE STAND IS DECORATED WITH LIPSTICK PLANTS AND FRESH ROSES. THE PLANTS WILL LAST WELL IN THE LOW LIGHT AND THE ROSES WILL DRY IN PLACE.

THIS COMBINATION FEATURES LIMELITE DRACENAS, EASTER LILIES, YELLOW CALANDIVAS AND NEON PATHOS. THE CLUSTERS OF PUSSYWILLOW ADD VERTICAL DRAMA.

THIS WAS AN IMPROMPTU ARRANGEMENT DONE WITH SOME LEFTOVER MATERIAL.  I LIKE THE ASYMMETRY OF THE DESIGN AND THE FOCAL POINT OF YELLOW ROSES.

A LADY ASKED ME AS WE WERE SETTING UP,'WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT STYLE OF DESIGN',  REFERRING TO THE PUSSYWILLOW RISING OUT OF THE CENTER WITH THE OTHER PLANTS GROUPED AT THE BASE. I HAS TO THINK FOR A MOMENT AND I REMEMBERED IT WAS CALLED THE PHEONIX DESIGN. 'SYMBOLIZING THE RISE  FROM THE DEAD OF SAID MYSTICAL CREATURE', I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, THAT  UNAWARE I WOULD CHOOSE THAT STYLE OF ARRANGEMENT FOR THE EASTER CELEBRATION. SHE THOUGHT WE SHOULD GIVE IT A NEW NAME.

THESE PALMS SURVIVED THE COLD WEEK BETWEEN PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER SUNDAY. A MIRACLE? YOU DECIDE......

DUE TO THE LATE DATE FOR EASTER WE WERE ABLE TO PLANT THE OUTSIDE PLANTERS WITH PANSIES AND FOXTAIL FERNS. THE COLORS HERALD THE COLORS WAITING INSIDE AND THE ROSES, ADDED BY VOLUENTEERS WERE A NICE FINISHING TOUCH.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LANDMARK. TAKING TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES.

ONE LAST SHOT ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR. I LIKED THIS ANGLE OF THE ALTER.     PLEASE FORGIVE ANY SPELLING OR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS I HAVE NOT MASTERED THE SPELL CHECK

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY PEEPS!

EASTER COUNT DOWN

A VIEW FROM  ABOVE, MASSED IN A VASE THEY WOULD LOOK GREAT ON A COFFEE TABLE!

THE NEWEST THING IN PERMANENT BOTANICALS, DIRECT FROM THE DALLAS MARKET, [CALLA CONES] MADE OF CURLED WOOD THEY ARE THE PERFECT THING TO FILL THOSE EMPTY VASES. SHOWN HERE IN SPRING GREEN THEY ALSO COME IN BEACH SAND WHITE AND SEXY BLACK.

A FRESH ARRANGEMENT FEATURING [GREEN TRICK] DIANTHUS IT COMBINES NICELY WITH THE OTHER SPRING BLOOMS

 ALWAYS A FAVORITE JUST STARTING ITS SEASON, BRAIN CELOCIA. THIS LONG LASTING BLOOM COMBINES NICELY WITH CARDEN AND TROPICAL FLOWERS.

SOMEBUNNY WOULD LOVE THIS! ONLY A FEW LEFT.

[SUNG] THERES AN ORCHID FOR YOU MOTHER, AND AN EASTER BONNET TOO!.....SOMETHING LIKE THAT

SAMPLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR AN UPCOMING EVENT. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

WITH A LARGE ARRAY OF FLOWERS ITS HARD TO INCLUDE THEM ALL. THE PARROT TULIPS, GARDEN STYLE ROSES, STARGAZER LILIES ,LILAC AND DELPHINIUM ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL BUT THE CORAL QUEEN PEONY STEALS THE SHOW!

WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ITS EASY TO GO [RETRO]. THE ESSENCE OF THE SIXTIES WAS CAPTURED WITH THIS WRIST CORSAGE OF CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS. WHERE DID WE PUT THAT ROLL OF TULLE?  I ALSO LOVE THE BEADED LEAVES ,AND THE GLITTER SPRAY IS THE PERFECT FINISHING TOUCH.  IF WE COULD TURN BACK TIME....WELL MAYBE JUST FOR ONE NITE, OR ONE FABULOUS PARTY.

WE REALLY DO IT ALL............THIS SPECIAL TRADER JOE'S GIFT BASKET WAS CREATED WITH FRUIT, OUR FAVORITE NUTS, AND COOKIES. FROM YES TRADER JOE'S.  GIVE US ENOUGH NOTICE AND WE CAN MAKE ONE FOR YOUR TRADER JOE'S FAN.

JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHERS DAY, MAY 8TH, THIS BIRD BATH-FEEDER CAN BE FILLED WITH FLOWERS, AND AFTER IT CAN BE USED IN THE GARDEN. WHAT  A GREAT WAY TO REMIND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHY YOUR MOMS FAVORITE. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SO ORDER EARLY 952-920-8415