Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Planning a wedding, anniversary, party with a theme


            
            Just like having a specific color scheme. Choosing
            a theme can make your event feel more cohesive,
            and help you show off your personal style. Whether
            carried out through the entire occasion or just the event,
            themes can be a lot of fun. 


chartreuse, white, sage and silver green theme for a wedding.
           



A cohesive wine them





How to Create your  theme. start a board, cut out things you love from magazines or downloads from the web. the more you collect, you will see that you tend to gravitate to a similar design theme. That is cohesively what you like it is your theme .


Chocolate and lime ( chartreuse) green makes a sophisticated wedding theme

Vineyard wedding theme, cornflower blue, antique green and white.






             All of us at Chris Lindsay Designs love the color green. It is a standard for Spring. A testament to new beginnings and growing things. That said any color you choose is certain to reflect who you are and what you like. It only has the limitations that you put there. 

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Croquembouche, a French pastry filled with cream. it is perfect for events



croquembouche or croque-en-bouche is a French
 dessert consisting of choux pastry balls fill with cream
and piled into a cone. They are bound with threads of
caramel. 













                                  In Italy and France. It is often served at 
  weddings, baptisms, and first communion. For a festive
  wedding look, decorate them with chocolate, flowers,   and ribbons.
  some of us at Chris Lindsay designs have to admit that these little
  devils are so yummy its hard to eat just a few.






Monday, December 8, 2014

Holiday wreath for your door...Great options and varieties






Lavender sprigs, heather, pine cones, artichokes, berries and evergreens. This makes a wonderful scented wreath 
A evergreen wreath with dried pomegranates, sliced oranges and berries. Fresh lady slipper apples, limes and green cymbidium orchids
Artificial wreath with velvet ribbon loops, glass ornaments in round, oval and spiral shapes. Wire scrolls and gold glitter. This was an ornate and opulent creation for a wrought iron door.
Assorted succulent wreaths for your door.






All cedar wreath with berries


Box wood and magnolia wreaths in geometric shapes.

Magnolia wreath with cedar sprigs.



It is pretty hard to pick a favorite at Chris Lindsay Designs. We are very lucky because we get to create and embellish a lot of different variety's of gorgeous wreaths for the holiday Season.

Friday, December 5, 2014

Modern holiday decor

To create a modern visual and a cohesive look for holiday decor. Chris Lindsay Designs chooses a minimal color scheme. You can use different shapes and shades as we do. This adds texture and has visual interest.. here are some of our creations

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Mercury, milk glass and silver ornaments . A bold contemporary take for a contemporary holiday feel 
Assorted mercury, milk glass and silver ornaments. create a collar for the  large steel sphere that sits in the center. this floats on the top of large aluminium urns.
Mercury, milk glass and silver ornaments create a collar to cap large aluminium urns that flank the entryway of this contemporary residence for the holidays.





Wool felt rooving was used to create these freeform flowers for a holiday garland
Copper, glass and acrylic beads were used to create contemporary holiday ornaments. they were mixed with berries, evergreens and artificial artichokes. A mix of contemporary and  traditional holiday garland
Chocolate and lime green holiday garland with berries and, ornaments glass gems.
Burnt orange & old gold was the color scheme for this holiday garland.



Copper tubing was used to create a freeform base for hanging moss spheres, woven artificial succulents, berries.and a feather wreath with copper ornaments . A contemporary twist on the holidays. 

Contemporary Holiday decor in lime green, burnt orange, copper. Pumpkins were used for Thanksgiving and then switched out with green apples. Amber and brown crushed recycled glass was used around the vases.
Solid silver ornament wreath in assorted sizes. Brushed aluminium stylistic vases and mosaic tile. Perfect contemporary holiday feel


 Succulent wreath with a large variety of sizes. it is perfect for an exterior gate


Double Phalaenopsis Orchid in clear glass with layers of sand and polished river rock.



A seahorse sculpted from Poly Clay and dusted in micro beads. Shell spheres and  assorted mercury, glass and beads create a contemporary Sea theme for the holidays.