THE STAMEN SISTERS: Botanicals & Styling

2012-01-31T02:31:00.003-05:00

Happy Year of the Water Dragon everyone!

My Stamen Sister Mary and I are focusing on a new business this year, stayed tuned. It's called a Clean Slate, a wellness service that helps you kickstart a new, healthier version of you!

Happy Lunar New Year! Year of the Cat/Rabbit

2011-02-01T12:44:00.000-05:00

Jelly Fruit for the altar in Chinatown

Buddha's Hand: Citrus fruit

2010-12-29T12:20:00.000-05:00

Food, Love & Family

2010-10-22T00:03:00.000-04:00

For an Italian I Am Love-themed dinner, I created more than a dozen vegetable and fruit topiaries that doubled as centerpieces and table markers. Dinner guests found Pomegranate or Sage written en Italiano at the mossy entrance table and then found their way to their seats via centerpiece. Kristi Head did the floral arrangements in milk glass and designed the beautiful invitations. After dinner, she and I ended up at the Rusty Knot where our bartender was the calligrapher... full circle. All photos by Guy Ambrosino, except the last

Market Day

2010-10-15T10:59:00.000-04:00

Shopping for flowers for a Wedding Dinner, the inspiration is the opening dinner scene from I Am Love.

Good Night

2010-10-13T01:10:00.000-04:00

Spoils of the trade-I love my mini-bouquet of leftovers after a long day's work doing another HSN holiday presentation (Christmas in October). Sweet Dreams.

Foundry Wedding-LIC

2010-08-20T21:00:00.001-04:00

Mediterranean-themed wedding at the beautiful The Foundry in Long Island City with Silkstone. Lots of herbs, lemon, and yellow flowers.

Christmas in July-HSN Styling

2010-07-14T16:03:00.000-04:00

Brenton and I had 48 hours to transform the HSN New York offices into a winter wonderland in the middle of July. They had over 200+ celebrity ornaments that we displayed on spray-painted branches.

Trinidad Trip

2010-05-22T15:21:00.000-04:00

Went to visit my friend Lina who is working in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Discovered a charming culture: Lushness galore, amazing food, and wonderful people.

Nova's Ark Wedding

2010-05-08T17:13:00.000-04:00

I worked with Brenton Wolf this weekend on our first wedding with Silkstone Events was at the lovely Nova's Ark sculpture garden in Water Mill, LI. The theme was very rustic and down-to-earth. Our biggest challenge was to keep all the florals from getting blown away by the wind. The centerpieces were window boxes stuffed with herbs, peonies, and snowball hydrangea. They set off the seasonal menu very nicely.

Easter Egg Hunt

2010-04-04T16:48:00.001-04:00

My friend Lola hosted an Easter Egg hunt in her garden, and I was lucky enough to find the golden easter egg. My talented friend Kameron designed ginger bitters cocktails with Peeps on lemongrass stalks.

Ginger

2010-03-09T12:26:00.000-05:00

My favorite floral wholesale district cat, Ginger at Caribbean Cuts.

Spacing out.

2010-02-25T22:06:00.001-05:00

Starting working with floral designer Brenton Wolf on creating some looks for the Renaissance Hotel botanical guides. Here is a dried arrangement that reminds of moons orbiting a planet.

TET-Year of the Tiger

2010-02-14T22:16:00.000-05:00

My friends at Viet resto An Choi asked me to do the Tet (Lunar New Year) decorations. I hung some firecracker light and tassels among the cables and we set the tables with red envelopes. Top photo courtesy of Opening Ceremony website.

Odds and evens

2009-09-09T22:00:00.000-04:00

Random findings at flea markets etc...

Allen & Delancey New Website Launch

2009-08-03T11:56:00.000-04:00

We've been working several months with web designer June Eng and photographer Zandy Mangold to update and upgrade the A&D website from strictly functional to fully represent the A&D experience. My favorite sections are the LES neighborhood map and downloadable Book of Love Poems.

Puff the magic dragon

2009-07-03T20:41:00.004-04:00

Mary loves these puffball flowers as a simple accent.

Mary's Apt Photo Shoot

2009-03-01T16:03:00.001-05:00

Shopped all weekend for extra decor to finish up Mary's kitchen and living room for press photos. Then we styled food and flowers, and styled Mary too. Top photos by Shelby Chan

De-install and Details of A&D New Years

2009-01-02T19:58:00.000-05:00

Got some more shots in of the pink streamers... New Year's Eve is such a short holiday....

Allen & Delancey New Years Eve 2008

2008-12-31T21:53:00.001-05:00

Inspired repurposing old sheets for party streamers, I swagged tonal pink along the beams and light fixtures and left the crystals up. One of the bartenders was weirded out by all the pinkness, until we dimmed the lights.... magic. Party guests left a brown bag of our signature nut mix.

Allen & Delancey Holiday 2008

2008-12-15T19:47:00.000-05:00

This year, we went all out with evergreens, dripping rows of crystals, fruit in the arrangements. Unfortunately, my camera wasn't working so I only got one shot.

A&D starts serving brunch

2008-10-25T21:17:00.000-04:00

This was our way of announcing the new brunch menu on the car traffic-heavy corner of Allen and Delancey. Vintage easel frames are perfect for the menus.

Spa Traditions Cocktail Party

2008-09-18T22:07:00.000-04:00

To Launch the Spa Traditions sample case (designed by Catherine), Mary held a soiree at her home with all the products and foods inspired by the three cultures: Mexico, France, and Korea.

Heat of Summer-weeklies

2008-07-10T13:49:00.002-04:00

Lusty Reds and Blushing Pinks for late summer heat.

Where the Ivy Grows-weeklies

2008-07-10T12:46:00.000-04:00

Soft Breezes-weeklies

2008-06-17T18:42:00.001-04:00

Easy, breezy: Feathery greens, dark berries, and pale blooms.

Mid-summer Romantic-weeklies

2008-06-03T13:15:00.000-04:00

Contrasting peonies and sweeping jasmine.

Mellow Yellow-weeklies

2008-05-31T14:20:00.000-04:00

Buttery Yellows in the Summertime.

Springmix-weeklies

2008-05-13T13:04:00.000-04:00

Pale yellow gerberas and peonies offset hotpink anemones.

Scent of Lilacs.

2008-05-03T15:02:00.000-04:00

My favorite flowers are in season: Lilacs! Nice use of curly willow ends by Adore Floral.

Coral Peonies-weeklies

2008-04-30T12:55:00.000-04:00

Transitioning into early summer, juicy coral peonies, evergreen, and wax flowers.

Taste of LES-A&D

2008-04-17T17:51:00.003-04:00

Allen & Delancey table at the Taste of Lower Eastside event to benefit the Grand Street Settlement. Chef Neil Ferguson serving lamb over whipped parsnip...

Spa Traditions: Photo shoot

2008-03-20T12:10:00.000-04:00

Mary and I worked with her art director Kristi Head to style some photo shoots to describe the treatments of her Spa Traditions line. Mary created these lines based on old beauty recipes from France, Korea, and Mexico.

Allen & Delancey Valentine's Day Decor

2008-02-11T15:21:00.000-05:00

For the most romantic restaurant in NYC, we placed whimsical vintage valentines next to the flowers.

Spa Traditions: NY Gift Show booth

2008-02-10T17:25:00.002-05:00

Install of furnishings, props, and designing signage for the Spa Traditions booth at the NY Gift Show.

Rubber Stamps

2008-02-02T17:47:00.000-05:00

Shopping around for stamps at Casey Rubber stamps on 11th Street. Ended up having custom ones made.

http://caseyrubberstamps.com/front.htm

Allen & Delancey New Years Eve 2007

2007-12-31T17:09:00.005-05:00

We replaced the red amarylis with blush pink peonies, placed nosegays at each place setting and hired a strolling accordionist.

Allen Delancey Christmas 2007

2007-12-27T16:48:00.002-05:00

Holiday installation of greenery, amber crystals, glass ornaments and amaryllis.