Flower Beginnings

Honestly, I heaved a huge sigh of relief when Nikki decided we were going to become…

On Tolkien and Disappointment

My favorite writer, J.R.R. Tolkien, devoted much of his adult life to using words to design an entire…

NYC Flower Hustle

Nikki has been working with florists in Brooklyn and Manhattan since early August. Her primary gig is an internship with Brittany Asch of BRRCH Floral, which we’ll write about soon, but she’s also had the opportunity to meet and work for many other amazing designers.

Bloom Goes The Dynamite

Flowers are delicate creatures, their beauty matched only by their fickle…

CAPTIVATING BEAUTY

Nikki and I are driven by the vision of turning flowers into art. We want to be inspired by each arrangement we create. At…

Shoppe Class Photo Shoot

I felt a grip in my gut as our bus inched closer to Cincinnati, the same queasy anxiety I had on the plane to Russia two years before when Nikki and I made our first foray abroad. Just like Moscow, we picked Cincinnati on romance, figuring we could work out the details later.

Flowers in Winter

I don’t do well in winter. It’s not one thing, more the cumulative impact of 8 am…