Yesterday we had a busy studio day, my friend Sarah was over learning about flowers, helping us with the arrangements for the John Chamberlain opening at the Guggenheim. I always love having lots of people around.
There are no words for how...I just tried the thesaurus - there is no adjective to describe these hellebores from a grower in New Jersey (Hautau). They make me walk around in circles. Literally. We use them in arrangements, but it's rather difficult. They are too beautiful on their own. All the flowers lately are getting so good. Too good. Its a meltdown in the studio, for me at least. I get nothing done. I try to make an arrangement quickly since there are a lot of them to make and I can't finish one...I keep getting lost in the individual stems.
The girls around me, I keep an eye on them. When they grab an especially phenomenal ranunculus I grill them "What are you doing with that!?" Are you planning to use that to it's full potential? An impossible task to do justice to the hellebores the fritillaria, the muscari, the ranunculus, the magnoila, the forsythia, the sweet peas.
ABORT!
[We'll deliver flowers to you in Manhattan or Brooklyn tomorrow afternoon, you'll see for yourself, I got lots of leftovers. Just comment to enter the drawing. Remember to leave your email.]
LUCKY GEORGETTE WINS...
38 comments:
I have been noticing the hellebores this week at NYBG. LOVE them. And LOVE your flowers always! nmtiernan@gmail.com
I have my first office ever and the empty whiteness is very depressing. Some of these would make everything better.
kyliwagner@gmail.com
such lovely flowers! sarah.blumberg {at}gmail
I've always wanted to win Free Flower Friday! And now I finally live in Brooklyn. Yesss.
whitneyannereeder@gmail.com
The sun is shining on New York today. It is a beautiful day and it all started with these exquisite flowers. Thank you for sharing Nichole. Your frienship brings warmth to my heart.
ps....Vanilla here again.
There will definately be a cup of tea and me looking through older posts later tonight. The arrangements are amazing and I'm loving the photo quality.
You basically just made a list of my favorite flowers. Can I bribe you with cuttings from the huge forsythia in front of my mom's house?
shaza97 [AT] aol {DOT} com
Beautiful! Love the moody light with the flowers
Yeah Jersey!! It's nice to hear non-ironic praise for something from the Garden State.
kwugirl[at]gmail.com.
i would gladly get lost staring at those beauties. apt2bbakingco (at) gmail (dot) com
I love hellebores! I have what seems to be this same variety in my garden, along with a couple of others. I recently started a little painting of one of my photographs of them from last year, which you can see on my blog. Unfortunately, I'm too far away for Free Flower Friday:(
The way you capture light is insane.
Hellebores' center always remind me of stars.
If I win, I am so going to press and frame these babies.
xGeorgette
georgette.maniatis@gmail.com
the hellebore/citrus combination is so lovely -- your flowers would really make my week!! (yiching.ong[at]gmail.com)
your photos make me swoon. oh, to have one of your arrangements in my home!
charlotteauchocolat1@gmail.com
I can barely stand it. I think I would be gripped with paralysis surrounded by that much beauty.
warneram@gmail.com
i'd love them!! and i miss the studio...
katiemendelson@gmail.com
I;ve been enjoying the hellebores on my walk to work - some lovely people decided to ring their trees with them, and they have a wonderfully pale, gothic look to them.
whatpossessedme@gmail.com
so glad you brought free flower friday back! thanks for sharing with us fiona.lee [at] gmail
I can't get over how early the hellebores are this year! I'm almost positive the hellebores & crocuses didn't come out until mid-March last year. Global warming - crazy stuff. But I am happy about Free Flower Friday though :)
earliest hellebores & bulbs i've seen in brooklyn too - there were crocusus blooming in the botanic garden in january, and hellebores been going strong for weeks now. scary, but beautiful as always. jennie123 at gmail dot com
I can't help but put myself I. The mix for free flower Friday! These blooms looks especially dramatic, and would surely brighten up the weekend :)
Salina.cole [at] gmail.com
I just love your flowers. You just get it! I thank you for your beautiful photography too, I use your photos as references for drawings all the time. ninarosenblatt@gmail.com
your flower pictures are always so lovely. michelle.edgemont@gmail.com
pure love...
mahsahansen@me.com
i could use some flowers this week! I just lost my grandpa last week so they'd really cheer me up! samanthalynnweiss [@] gmail.com
Amazing!!! I think I may have to defect and make the hellebore my new favorite flower. They are so unusual and striking. I was shut out of your upcoming hellebore class so I would love to win some of these beautiful blooms!
model1986@aol.com
Those artsy-fartsy Guggs better appreciate the amazing flowers coming their way!! I know I would!
naomi.ca [{at}] gmail.com
Your flower arrangements leave me speechless and that's hard for a brooklyn chatterbox!!!!
chefdonna85@aol.com
So beautiful!
bridget.stein at gmail
Very Unique - unbelievable arrangements
pepsirunner262@aol.com
All I can say is AWESOME!!!!!
christas@udel.edu
Thanks for bringing back Free Flower Friday!
Jamienk@gmail.com
woah! gorgeous!
jennifer@jenniferfiore.com
can't wait to win your gorgeous flowers
ellie.levi@gmail.com
i love me some spring flowers!
pick me! kohlrabi4@yahoo.com
I'm glad it sounds like you've come back refreshed and inspired!
I mentioned this weekend I would send you a better thank you with quality photos of your arrangement...I have yet to do it, but I have not forgotten! I'm just too busy watching the flowers change every day. They are divine at every stage.
(P.S. This is not an attempt to win an arrangement!)
Super lovely flowers!
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