This blog post is dedicated to the subscribers of my blog.
Like the beautiful flowers that I saw at the Philadelphia Flower Show recently, you are just as beautiful to me because you take delight in what I write about! 🙂
You’re probably wondering about the title of this post: hmmm….economic distractions? rendering me silent? Here’s the deal.
I have not felt the impact of clients tightening their belts like some have in my industry. In fact, in the past couple weeks alone, there has been a mass explosion of work landing on my worktable.
Hence the positive economic distraction. Nothing negative here because I am totally distracted by all the work coming my way. And that my dear friends is rendering me silent for this whole month.
I will be so busy creating some fabulous goodies for my clients that there is no way I can squeeze out any time to write a blog post. So this will have to last you for a month.
award winning vignette with floral swag treatment
Back in the beginning of March I had the opportunity to go to the Flower Show. It’s something I do every year or try to at least because when there is snow on the ground and it is cold and dreary, I need some serious natural beauty of the floral variety. How excited I was to find out that the theme this year was Springtime in Paris! Not only was I getting a flower fix, I was getting a Paris fix too!
Isn’t this display divine in the photo above? I want you to focus on what Jamie Rothstein of Distinctive Floral Designs, Inc created for the arch windows. Do you see it? Those gorgeous floral swags?
Yes, you’re hearing a great big sigh because I was rendered speechless when I saw her display with all the antiques, beautiful trimmings and flowers. What a way to start my day.
sidewalk cafe vignette
This next photo has a story to it. Notice on the blackboard that the first item on the menu is Sole Meuniere. I LOVE this fish.
At a much younger age than I am now when I waitressed at a restaurant that Paul Newman and Robert Redford frequented, this was on the menu. It was presented in a copper fish pan and we fileted it tableside. Cut to France on my very first visit where we decided to go out to eat. I saw this on the menu and knew I had to have it. I ordered it because I knew exactly what it was with my limited none knowledge of French! When the dish came out to the table I had a horrible surprise! It still had the head on it and the eye was looking up at me like it couldn’t believe it lost its life for me!
Now, the whole time my husband KNEW it was going to be presented this way but didn’t say a word because he wanted to see my reaction. Yeah, I was cool as a cucumber and didn’t let on that I was about to throw up! I got through it so every time I see Sole on the menu, this is the memory that I have and couldn’t resist taking this picture.
floral duvet
This next display featured bedding of the floral variety. Look at the leaves gently falling down the sides of the bed! Even better, look at the flowers used as a duvet! You have probably guessed by now that this will be a major inspiration for me when it comes to my next bedding project for that special client.
vignette of French wine, grapes, flowers
This vignette was laid out on a wooden cart. I loved how these items were strewn about haphazardly yet precariously placed in the just the right position and angle. Wine, cheese, baguettes and even a table and chairs. Looks like a picnic on wheels ready to pull over at just the right hillside overlooking lavender fields to me. At least that is what I picture in this little head of mine when I look at the dress. And speaking of the dress, are you beginning to see a theme here with rosettes? I sure am.
Parisian Monuments wedding cake
What true Francophile bride would not want a wedding cake with these Parisian monuments as part of the decoration? We have the L’Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Mona Lisa at the Louvre and of course at the top, La Tour Eiffel! Ta Da! Best wedding cake topper I’ve seen in years!
roses, roses and more roses to be purchased
And now…….the real reason I go to the Flower show: The roses. $7.49 a dozen. This was the bin I chose my 2 dozen from. Aren’t these colors just dreamy?
Know what I do with them? I arrange them in a vase for a week and then taking 6 at a time, I pluck the petals and throw them into my bath! Yes, I bathe with rose petals! Light a candle, grab a glass of wine, put on some music and remove yourself from reality for a bit. The water becomes soft from the oils of the petals, and it smells good too. It’s a win-win!
a dear friend and I at the backside of the floral swag display
Something this beautiful is worth sharing so it’s always a girly day out. This year there was even a wine tasting event in which I discovered a wonderful sweet rosé by Robertsons from South Africa. If you like zinfandels and sweet wine, this is the winner. So all in all, it was a great day away which lasted for over a week as I admired my roses on my dining room table and bedside table. This will carry me through till my flowers start coming up soon.
See you in May!
Brandon @ Southgate said:
I can’t think of any better reason (especially in these times) to take a lil blog break. I hope you won’t be too busy to snap a few photos of all your creations.
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Tammi said:
Brandon, I feel like I’m in a whirlwind at the moment so I will try to snap them as I hang them!
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Alan Dailey said:
Tammi, you continue to make me smile.
Bunches of thanks to you!
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Tammi said:
Alan, so nice to hear from you!!! You are as beautiful to me as these roses. Hope all is well.
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Nancy Letts said:
Lots of great inspiration at that flower show, thanks for taking us there. I’m happy you’re busy, we are busy here as well. I look forward to the photos of your creations as here it is mostly just upholstery!
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Tammi said:
hey Nancy, I took over a hundred pics from this show and there was so much more I could’ve written about but time is not on my side this month with Vegas coming up at the end. What I have coming in is all drapery so I will try and chronicle as much as I can to post later. Will you be going to Vegas? If so, we must meet up.
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Nancy Letts said:
Sorry so long in replying, I forget to check back! No, not going to Vegas, but tentatively planning on the WCAA event in Louisville.
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Monique said:
absolutely stunning!!
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Tammi said:
thanks Monique, too bad you couldn’t join us!
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Candace said:
Hey Tammi -thanks for sharing. I love all the fashion and interior design influences in the displays this year. Congrats on all the work coming your way!
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Tammi said:
Hi Candace!
I definitely noticed a slant on interiors this year at the show. I loved the rosettes! Hope business is as good for you as it is for me!
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aneyefordetail said:
Tammi: I have wanted to go to the Flower Show for so many years…can’t remember NOT wanting to go. but it has yet to happen! Maybe next year I’ll come up and go with you. Gorgeous gorgeous; a treat for all us visual people.
So glad you are so busy!
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Tammi said:
Hey Libby!
I was actually thinking of you as I was walking around looking at all the displays! I remembered your blog posts about the hydrangeas and your new yard and gardening. I have absolutely a black thumb, not green at all, so I can just look admiringly from afar and only hope that even a sprinkle of green from my husband will rub off.
That would be a treat to get a goup of gals together to do this show next year! A lot closer than Paris too.
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Rebecca Grace said:
What fun, and what decadence! Window treatments and bedding made of fabric last a lot longer than the fresh floral variety. Can you imagine having the florists come in and recreate all the soft furnishings in the palace twice a week? Let them eat cake, indeed!
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