Flower Sketches: A Very Green Week!

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!

Engagement Party Flowers for Ross and Liz

The engagement party setting

December 31st 2009 was a big day for Ross and Liz; their private and stunning engagement party held at Ross’s restaurant La Bella Italiana in St-Leonard.

We had the chance to bring beautiful flowers into an incredible space decorated by Liz. What better way to make our flowers glow than a stunning decor to match them! The color scheme was white, black and red. Liz rented chandeliers to which we added a huge ball of white hydrangeas, white feather boas, red gerberas and hanging black pearl necklaces. We also created a mini version of that arrangement for the head table.

What a great project that was, congratulations and all the best to the future bride and groom!

The engagement party setting

Weekly December flowers for Goodman Private Wealth Management

Tulips Flower Arrangement

We got approached by Goodman Private Wealth Management to decorate their reception area with our flowers for the month of December!

Their decor being very crisp and modern, and their logo having a bit of orange, we chose as a color palet to work with whites, greens, a touch of orange and earth tones. We worked with white hydrangeas, orange tulips, green santinis, cedar, birch troncs and chocolate brown Christmas balls giving it a subtle Holiday feel.

Stay tuned for next weeks arrangement!

The O.xide Design Online Store for the Holidays!

We have been waiting so long for this opportunity, and it is finally here, we are so proud to introduce you to our brand new Holidays online store!
How much fun is it to be able to shop for your Holiday flowers in the comfort of your own home or office! With our new service, you are now able to choose modern and elegant arrangements to decorate your home or simply to offer as a gift for a loved one. With our detailed pictures and precise description of the arrangements, you know that what you see is what you get, no disappointments, only magical flowers for this very special time of year!

The store will be opened for a limited time, so start shopping today!

Flower Arrangements for Liz’s Graduation Party at La Bella Italiana

Flower Arrangements for a Graduation Party

We create flower arrangements for so many types of events, and yesterday it was for a private graduation party at the restaurant La Bella Italiana in St-Leonard.

The idea was to design small arrangements which would be used as centerpieces. Not being a fan of pinks, Liz asked me to work with whites and a pop of color, we then decides to go with citrus tones and white. We used white hydrangeas as a base for beautiful orange and yellow tulips, in a small cylinder vase decorated with a green cordyline leaf rolled inside. Adding a couple lemons and limes beside de arrangements brought our theme together.

The result looked great against the modern, dark chocolate brown design of the restaurant, congratulations again Liz!

Flower Arrangements for Kim Vallee, Montreal Blogger

Flower Arrangement for Kim Vallee

A couple weeks ago, we told you we created floral arrangements for Kim Vallée, but never got to show you the pictures, well here they are!

I loved working with this odd combination of flowers, gourds and squashes. From green shadow hydrangeas, to golden celosias, to orange kniphophias, raspberry cordyline leaves and bittersweet orange berries, these are my favorite arrangements in a long time; for their originality and unusual color palette, they won their way to my heart.

It’s always great to get a good design challenge, keeps us motivated and inspired!

Flower Arrangement for Kim Vallee

Flower Arrangement for Kim Vallee

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!

Montreal Wedding Flowers: Anja & Ale

Anja and Ale's Wedding Flower Arrangement

Anja & Ale got married at the warm and elegant historic Maison Trestler in Vaudreuil last Saturday.

Being in love with her future husband of course, Anja also shared her love with Calla Lilies! Wanting to keep the warm look of the venue, we chose to work with dark oranges and creams with a touch of lime green, using burnt orange Calla Lilies, orange Mokara Orchids, white Hydrangeas and green Santinis. The result looks fabulous!

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Anja and Ale's Wedding Flower Arrangement

Flowers … as a main dish!

Photo by Montreal Photographer Amélie Cousineau

We thought we needed to encourage people to use different, unthought-of corners in their homes and decorate them with flowers to bring them to life.

Dreamy white Hydrangeas and green apples are showcased here in all their simplicity to brighten up this kitchen’s opened shelf. The plates are nice, but the flowers and apples make them even more attractive! The best thing about it is that it is so simple and inexpensive to create, a couple stems of flower, fruits and your own dishes are all you need.

Who said flowers only belonged on a dining table? Use your imagination and decorate uncommon spaces of your home with nice fresh flowers!

Flower Design For An Intimate Montreal Backyard Wedding

Soft Colors for an Intimate Backyard Wedding

Kathou and I met a while ago having worked at the same flower shop, therefore it was important for me to create stunning arrangements for her cozy backyard wedding.
It was important for the flower choice to be simple and elegant, she didn’t want anything too extravagant as the event was a more intimate and laid-back one. We used gorgeous two-toned Esperance Roses, mini green Hydrangeas, white Dendrobium Orchids and green Cordyline leaves to create a soft modern meets traditional look.

Congratulations to the newlyweds, all the best for the future and your baby on the way!