Steph’s photoshoot with Amélie Cousineau

Steph's photoshoot with Amélie Cousineau, Montreal photographer

My turn, my turn! I’m so excited to share those Amélie Cousineau creations with you!

So much fun to let loose and play around while she captures and immortalises every emotion! We couldn’t stop laughing when she suggested I do the ’’Céline Dion’’ superstar pose, it turned out so great, I still have a smile on my face when I look at it! Lol

This was an amazing experience for me, it builds up your self confidence and makes you feel great about yourself, I definitely recommend it to all you ladies out there, go for it and most importantly have fun doing it!

Gen’s photoshoot with Amélie Cousineau!

Gen by Amélie Cousineau, Montreal Photographer

Gen and I had a blast during this photoshoot with Amélie Cousineau, where the sole purpose was to have girl fun!

What do you think?

Nicole Dextras’s Wearable Designs

Nicole Dextras wearable designs

Nicole Dextras is an ephemeral and environmental Vancouver artist who uses nature but with a twist.
She creates wearable designs strictly from nature: grass, flowers, twigs and leaves.
Her work has been used by professionals such as Jordi Sancho from “Eco-Man” and Nita Bowerman from “Invasive Species”.
I feel Nicole has a fascinating approach towards the use of nature. Her wearable pieces are creative and intricate. A great deal of time and patience is required to put these pieces together.
I’m impressed Nicole!

Nicole Dextras wearable designs

Nicole Dextras wearable designs

Nicole Dextras wearable designs

Our favorite wedding of ‘09

Our favorite wedding 09

Here is the big winner of ‘09, the wedding that blew our minds and that got our creative juices flowing like no other, the most extravagant yet simple and beautiful; Sabrina and Jamie’s wedding at Koko!

From blue thistles to green moby dicks, purple monk’s hood to fushia dendrobium orchids and curly willow branches to actual artichokes, the variety unusual flowers was quite shocking. It was great for us to get to brainstorm to find the perfect balance between weird and magnificent, as requested by Sabrina, what a great challenge!

Hoping 2010 will bring us tones more exciting wedding projects, we would now like to officially close 2009 by thanking all the brides that gave us the opportunity to pick our brains and create, for them, wonderful designs last year, you are the reason we are so passionate about our work! Thank you!

Our favorite wedding from 09

Bouquet and flowers arrangements of our favorite wedding 09

Flower color schemes: Oranges and yellows

A play with oranges and yellows

Since pictures speak louder than words, this week will be mostly dedicated to letting your eyes and brains rest a bit and simply enjoy the beauty of our themed photos from the 2009 event flowers we designed.

A play with oranges and yellows

We love to play with oranges and yellows, the brightness and life they bring to flower arrangements is simply unreal, like a ray of sunshine! Don’t be affraid of bright color!

Bayomo Flower Arrangements Collection in our Online Holiday Store

Bayomo Collection at Oxide Design Online Holiday Store

This week will be festive on the flower Blog, as it is devoted to our brand new Online Holidays Store!

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The Bayomo collection, a great way to blend modern and traditional!

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Our Christmas Photoshoot with Amélie Cousineau

Photoshoot at Amélie Cousineau's studio { Photo: Amélie Cousineau, Photographer, Montreal }

Last weekend Gen and I went to Amélie Cousineau’s studio to shoot Christmas arrangements for an upcoming very exciting project. We had so much fun! It’s always nice to get together with the girls and do what we all do best: be creative and have a good laugh. Gen and I even got crazy getting pictures of us taken, all dressed up and in the holiday spirit at 9 am on a Sunday morning … got to do what you gotta do and boy did we have a blast doing it! We can’t wait to share those pictures with you all and to fill you in on our special plan, keep posted!

Photoshoot at Amélie Cousineau's studio { Photo: Amélie Cousineau, Photographer, Montreal

Floral Design Inspired by a Romantic Dinner in Milan

Flower Arrangement that Says: Passion - Photos by Montreal Photographer Amélie Cousineau

The feel for these designs was inspired by our idea of a very romantic & intimate dinner for two, in … Milan perhaps!

We wanted to use the ornate look to the extreme to achieve this mixture of modern and romance, all in red and black, using Roses, Hydrangeas and Amaryllis in different shades of reds. The feathered lampshade with a suspended flower ball on top of the clear vase creates tones of drama, as for the smaller arrangements they simply bring a pop of color to the black plates.

We suspended a flower ball made of red Amaryllis flowers and pieces of reddish Hydrangeas, we then attached black ornaments to the bottom to jazz up the look of a simple flower ball and give it a more modern and finished feel.

We submerged the feet of three chrome chandeliers in a sea or red roses and reddish amaryllis inside a low cylinder shaped clear vase.

This screams passion!

Scéance photo et fleurs pour Rona Montreal

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!

Flowers For A Girly Cupcake Tea Party in Paris

Montreal Flowers: A girly cupcakes and tea party in Paris.

A girly cupcake tea party in Paris, was the inspiration behind this photoshoot that we’ve done a few months ago. The gorgeous pictures were taken by Amélie Cousineau, the very talented photographer behind many of the pictures you see on this blog.

We wanted to create a pink, girly, glamourous and luxurious ambiance. Now that I am thinking about it, I am realizing that maybe Gen, Amélie and I should have dressed up, and enjoyed tea and cupcakes on this set! Well, we were busy working. And looking at these pics, we’ve done a pretty good job, don’t you think? I am proud of this thematic.

The abundance of dark pink phalaenopsis orchid bouquets with their steams braded in fushia satin ribbons emerging from chandeliers on top of tall clear cylinder vases are definitely a show stopper. The small pink peony bouquets create a nice touch on the very festive table. J’aime, j’aime! And you?