I love artificial flowers made from paper. They are so stylized, they are more of an art piece than quote unquote fake flowers. The fact that they are obviously not real makes them glorious. One of my favorite flowers to make are giant cabbage roses ma ...
I love making roses out of ribbon. I've made a video of the process, and a video on how to make a ribbon rose topiary. Each time I make these roses, I vary the method a bit, mainly in the type of tape I use. My latest way to make these roses is with Scotc ...
It used to be that if you wanted a beautiful floral arrangement for your home, or to give as a gift, you went to a florist. Nowadays, because of the lower cost and greater convenience, more and more people are picking up flowers at the supermarket instead ...
I grew up working in my family's Chinese restaurant, the "Hong Kong Cafe," so I know Chinese takeout containers really well. For everyone who likes to serve Cantonese cuisine at home, here’s a festive floral arrangement in a takeout container that’s a “wo ...
I made these floral pumpkins for an eHow tutorial. I love how these floral arrangements are appropriate for the entire fall season, whether you're decorating for Halloween or Thanksgiving. They also make great hostess gifts. The eHow tutorial is here. ...
It's a gift. It's a floral arrangement. It's both! This floral arrangement in a box is so super easy to make, you'll want to make it for all your "galentines." For step-by-step instructions, check out my tutorial on eHow.
Growing up working in a Chinese restaurant, we served Cokes and other sodas that were in old fashioned bottles and came in wood crates. Who knew that many years later, those wood crates would be called "vintage," and I would be making floral arrangements ...
The event was a bacon-themed dinner for 65 people from Amy's Culinary Adventures. So what to do for the centerpieces? For the past bacon dinners, I had used piggy banks or flying pigs, but this time I wanted to get away from the porcine nature of the even ...
When I design floral arrangements, the leaves are usually an afterthought, the filler, if you will. But that's not really fair to these stalwart, green stalks. So I decided to look for a way to glorify them. And what better way to glorify the leaves than ...
This floral arrangement started with a really big vase. Really big. And it was glass, and you know how I don't like to show flower stems through the glass. So I inserted a smaller vase within the bigger one, and lined the interior with phalaenopsis orchi ...
