Michelle : our new team member!

Today is a very special day at O.xide as we are welcoming our very first employee to the team; my sister Michelle!

Michelle is very creative and has 5 years experience in the flower buisness, the perfect addition to our little group! It will be great to get some help since O.xide has been exploding with new contracts this year, it is truly a dream come true, and to have family take part of this amazing journey is priceless. I just took her, a couple hours ago, to our flower supplier to show her how it’s done when you go and pick-up an order, which is one of the many things she will be helping us with this summer.

I took these pictures with my iPhone to immortalize the moment, I feel like a mom! Lol
Welcome to the team Michelle! xox

Hydrangées aux différentes couleurs!

Lorsqu’on pense à Pâques, on pense chocolat! Moi quand je pense à Pâque, je pense hydrangées!

Ces magnifiques boules de fleurs aux couleurs pâles ou vibrantes me font penser aux nuages. Du rose, au violet, au bleu, au vert, au blanc et même en combinaisons de couleurs, je les adores tous. Pour moi Pâques est si magique quand je vois ces centaines de plants d’hydrangées aux différentes couleurs chez les marchants, j’y ferais une sieste, couchée sur ces petits nuages!

Joyeuse Pâques à tous et toutes!

Soirée pour Bleublancrouge à la " eyes wide shut "

L’agence de publicité Bleublancrouge récompensait ses employée le 10 février dernier avec un party hyper extravagant à l’Auberge St-Gabriel. Le thème de la soirée étant le film ’’Eyes Wide Shut’’, l’ambiance était exceptionnellement étrange et sexy!

Les salles étaient divisées par couleur et thème, la première étant la ’’messe noire’’ où nous devions utliliser des fleurs blanches et créer un ambiance, je dirais, traditionnel-catholique et bizarre! Nous avons tout de suite pensé à une grosse boule d’hydrangées blancs et de boas blancs sur un grand vase ayant une branche blanche à l’intérieur.

Pour ce qui est de la seconde salle, celle des ’’sacrifices’’, l’utilisation du rouge était de mise. Gardant encore une fois un look traditionnel et étrange, nous avons simplement accroché des boulet de mini-oeillets rouges et bourgognes à l’intérieur de vases cylindriques haut et avons ajouté de l’eau rouge au fond du vase, en guise de sang!

Soirée magnifique et d’une créativité hors-pair, notre genre quoi!

Soirée pour Bleublancrouge à la " eyes wide shut "

Soirée pour Bleublancrouge à la " eyes wide shut "

Soirée pour Bleublancrouge à la " eyes wide shut "

sketches for our two new clients!

This week has been very green at O.xide Design as we created 2 different quotes for 2 corporate events which required green flowers and leaves mainly!

The first one, for a fashion show, is using our famous birch troncs with big accordeon leaves and white hydrangeas. The look had to be very modern, simple, yet showy.

The second one had an actual environment theme, so green, green and green was the only way to go! We used green anthuriums, green dendrobium orchids, green hydrangeas as well as big monstera and accordion leaves.

Let’s hope this green can brighten up this sad rainy and swowy week we are having!

Un Arrangement pour Amélie cousineau notre chère photographe!

Il y a quelques semaines, notre chère photographe Amélie Cousineau nous a demandé de décorer son kiosque au Salon Marions-nous, voici le résultat!

Nous avons utilisé nos fameux troncs de bouleau pour de l’impact, auxquels nous avons ajouté plusieurs orchidées phalaenopsis fushia et de grandes feuilles d’accordéon sortant d’un abat-jour au contour de plumes dans les tons de mauves.

En espérant que notre arrangement ait attiré les foules vers son talent!

Le kiosque d'Amélie cousineau notre chère photographe!

Girly bouquets for Billie Boutique Bloggers Event

On Wednesday December 2nd, I was invited to a wonderful girly cocktail party at Billie Boutique in Montreal on Laurier street.We were served champagne and cupcakes and even got professional pictures taken of our look that evening!

We were asked to design a couple of little arrangements to decorate the store and we came up with these stunning little couture pieces, so I like to call them. We made a tight ball of light pink roses a finished off the bottom with none other than a light pink cybidium skirt. It was important to add chocolate brown to the arrangements as this colour is important in their visual identity. We found these adorable chocolate brown ceramic vases on foot that we paired with ribbon bows of various pink and brown motifs.

These arrangements are so girly and look like candy, but they certainly don’t taste as good as the lovely treats we got in our gift bags from Kréavie!

photoshoot with Amélie Cousineau

This is almost it, our baby will have to be put to sleep very soon, as our online Holidays store will be closing this Sunday at midnight.

This has been so much fun, from creating the designs, to the amazing photoshoot with our dear photographer Amélie Cousineau, to reading all your nice comments about our new store and all your cheering and support.

You can still enjoy one last weekend of promotions, so keep posted!

Reminder: Two contests are NOW ON for a chance to win a 20$ Gift Certificate to spend on our online shop

Birch troncs arrangements

When my friend Ross asked me to decorate his brand new Ristorante La Bella Italiana in St-Leonard with some of our creations, I was thrilled!

The design of the interior being modern yet warm, and the colors very earthy, we chose to go with the simplicity of birch troncs and river rocks in clear vases. We had created this design for my cousins condo which was in a similar color palette and thought it would work as well for this project.

Bottom line is that it ended up looking fantastic, I even had help from his little 2 year old nephew to place the rocks in the vases! We’d like to say congratulations to Ross and his family on their new journey and wish them luck and tones of succes.

Gen au photoshoot

J’ai travaillé la semaine dernière sur un shooting des terrasses et jardins 2010 pour Rona où j’ai dû créer des arrangements floraux.

Travailler les fleurs pour une séance de photos est bien différent que de les travailler en réel, les dimensions et les angles ne compte pas, il faut vraiment travailler en deux dimensions, c’est vraiment très intéressant et plus complexe qu’on pourrait le croire. Je dois m’assurer que le bouquet soit bien assorti avec les autres éléments qui l’entourent dans le décor. Le choix des fleurs est souvent laissé à ma guise, en autant que le design respecte le style du décor; il ne faudrait malheureusement pas, dans cette situation, que les fleurs volent la vedette!

J’ai aussi participé à ce genre de shooting, nécessitant des fleurs, pour d’autre décor de Rona by Design: cuisines, bureaux, Noël, chambres, salles à dîner, etc…

J’aime bien travailler en shooting!

Corporate event flower arrangements for Bombardier

When BRP (a division of Bombardier) contacted us to hire our services for their “President’s Soirée” at the Montreal Science Center, Gen and I were extatic! We love designing flowers for events that take place at this venue, we love designing flowers for corporate events,  and last but not least, we especially loved the theme of this one: Innovation.

Obviously, with such a theme,  the arrangements had to reflect an innovative feel, bub also a masculine one. We chose to work with oranges and greens to keep a very fresh modern and crisp look using green Cymbidium Orchids, Pandanus leaves, Oranges, Grapefruits and simple round ceramic white pots. The contrast between the roundness of the pot and the square base of the arrangement created an interesting dynamism.

I am in love with this arrangement, what do you think?

Some Sketches