Spring flowers in all there glory...

Chris Lindsay designs team have a hard time choosing there favorite flower seasons, Its a toss up between Spring & Fall for the glory and bounty of flowers available. Hard to pick a favorite really. Spring has a
plethora of scents and abundant colors, from soft hues of blush
and Lavender to bold fuchsias, oranges and lemon to golden yellows. 
All the tulips, hyacinth, daffodils, muscari, and then lilac with its heavenly scent.

Here are some Spring favorites.

Tribute of flowers for Mothers Day

Chris Lindsay Designs is gearing up for another wonderful Mothers day

One of the classic ways to say how much your Mother
and the Mother of your children is a heartfelt gift
of fresh flowers.

 Some women are energetic and exuberant, vivid colors of orange and fuchsia are a great way to honor there personality. 

 
 When you think of her and she's all thats feminine and tranquil in your life. Soft shades of blush pinks, lavenders and peach are the perfect choice.

Fern shoot or Monkey tail. A curly stem for organic weddings

Fiddleheads or Fiddlehead greens 

are the furled fronds of a young fern or

Fern shoots, (Monkey Tail). Interestingly,

 while these look hardy they actually need

 allot of water. They are in fact the growing

tips of a new  fern frond.

We use these in boutonnieres, bouquets.

as well as arrangements and all sorts of other designs

for events. They look great with succulents

and grass weaving. Berries and other textural pieces. 

Opulant Ginger and Dianthus floral piece in red

 The food theme on this event for Elmore Toyota's grand reopening  had a mass of long red ginger, Monstera, Calathea, Sago and Dracena foliage's woven through the piece to create a waterfall effect. Shades of red dianthus shaped into spheres were places on large Monstera leaves. Plums Cafe used spandex linens on the tables to create a sculptured look for there food station. It looked great...

Roses in Spring inspired colors for a gate festoon

Buttercream, coral, yellow & white.varieties of South American roses, snowball viburnum, Billy balls, foxtail fern are woven into a design for a gate using curly willow as the base and white washed miniature clay pots are tied to matching colored ribbon for a bit of whimsy

Contemporary flowers to accent timeless architecture. Be inspired

Chris lindsay designs gets inspiration from all of this amazing talent 

Guildford Cathedral Flower Gala

All over Europe are floral shows. Chelsea flower show in London is incredible. You can spend the best parts of the seasons going around the world experiencing the wonder. If budget is a consideration come with us and explore.

 Brussels Floralïentime Flower Exhibition

Dubai miracle flower gardens

 And the list goes on and on. Be inspired....We are

Brussels flower carpet.

Every other year in August Brussels creates an amazing carpet of flowers.
It fills the town Plaza. One of those design wonders of the world...Each time the Architect envisions a design inspired sometimes by culture, fabric or textile and recreates that vision for the whole world to see. We think its awe inspiring and breathtaking. All of us Chris Lindsay Designs want to go.

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.