Happy Holidays! Just how long does it take to create arrangements for an elegant jewelry store? Let’s find out:
Monday at 9:24 a.m.: client requests 7 arrangements for event in 2 days: festive, seasonal tones to match the collection; research begins: choose flowers, colors, and textures, find vases of the right size and shape
Wednesday, event day, 11:30 a.m.: all product picked out at G. Page Flowers and Jamali Floral & Garden Supplies; pack everything into a cab and head to studio (i.e. my apartment)
12:00 p.m.: unpack pink and lavender hydrangea, hot pink peonies, David Austin Darcey roses, Free Spirit roses: orange with just a hint of pink, Hocus Pocus baby red roses just subtly streaked with yellow and long pieces of stock, which smells of vanilla and spices. Oh and carry 7 black vases up the stairs as wel.
12:45 p.m.: lunch delivery, quickly eat and multitask
strip leaves and thorns, soak oasis, add preservative, clip ends
2:00 p.m.: all flowers prepared; portion into bunches
and arrange…
4:15 p.m.: change and freshen up, pack pink clippers and little watering can, stay fresh after bringing everything downstairs
4:35 p.m.: cab departs for The Mall at Short Hills
5:10 p.m.: very little traffic, hooray! unload, unpack, water, fluff, place and polish fingerprints off all vases
5:50 p.m.: all set up complete 40 minutes before event begins
Breathe…
Repeat.
Jen Kim Made 
You go girl, we can so relate to your day.Your planning is brilliant and the way you keep yourself relaxed with all that breathing is sooooooo good. We look forward to your next post.
thank you thank you, i know you know how it is!
These arrangements are beautiful! You can tell a lot of love went into creating them 🙂
thank you so much! yes, love and heavy lifting, flowers are beautiful, but heavy!
BEAUTIFUL! As always. You know if you ever need an extra hand or a ride, just text or call me.
oh thank you i may take you up on that for sure! xo