Beronia.... Fuchsia pink and heavily scented flower,..

We love Boronia ! To start with it has the most brilliant fuchsia color. There's this incredibly intense fragrance, kind of sweet and fruity...it perfumes the studio (the scent is not for the weak of heart). The oils are used in foods to enhance fruity flavors. Then there's the texture - like a heather on Miracle grow. It looks amazing with all the other Spring flowers and has this sweeping effect in arrangements
Sadly , it has the briefest of season of  and availability is limited.  The sweet anticipation of a bloom  kind of makes it even more special to create designs with 

a bloom in season!

Flowers that reflect a perfect day at the sea

We found these lovely fluted vases that had an ombre effect
in ocean hues. Silver colored succulents and white cymbidium
orchid blossoms were paved with sea urchin shells and Brunia
berries & foliage. It had this wonderful, soothing effect on the
senses. We loved the way these turned out and put them on
each bedside table.

Koi fish made out of a Ginger flower

When you remove some of the petals from a fresh Ginger flower it creates the look of fish scales. We used small black bead pins for the eyes and left some of the petals of the flower for the tail. placed on a bed of polished black river rock and variegated ti leaves. Whimsical and detail orientated. A great conversation piece as people watch the sushi chef prepare delectable bites. Plums Cafe & Catering did an amazing job with the food. All of us at Chris Lindsay Designs enjoyed creating these whimsical fish.

Holiday Decor favorites for 2013

We can't believe its March already. Our goal to post our blog on a regular basis was lost in the shuffle. So apologies for the  tardy post. 
Chris Lindsay Designs got to create some great contemporary, traditional and unusual holiday decor in 2013. Thanks to wonderful clients that give us the freedom to do what we do best. Here are just a few of our favorites as we start on the holiday season of 2014. Wow, did I just say that.

 If we can't find it, we will make it....

 

Chars, first wood carving sculpture. We found the worlds smallest chain saw it goes on a proxxon hand tool and is only two inches wide. She loves our client and it turned out wonderfully. 
Char also created the Seahorse above out of poly clay using chicken wire as the armature. It looks amazing up close. It was accented with micro beads to catch the light and stone beads for the eyes.We know who to call in if there is something out of the box needed.