Happy Birthday Amelia!

{ arrangement in a kitchen }

{ in a living room }

{ Amelia's mom made this cake!! }

I made some flower arrangement for my friend Aru's daughter Amelia's birthday party.
She turned 1 year old.
I met Aru through the new mom's meeting group in Greenwich. Since then, we've been a good friend and having playdates in each others house sometimes.
I am so happy that I could be a part of Amelia's big day!
Happy birthday sweet Amelia! Have a wonderful day!

お友達のアルさんの娘アメリアちゃんのお誕生会に飾る花のアレンジメントを作りました。
アメリアちゃん、１歳になりました。
アルさんとはグリニッチにある新米ママの会で知り合ったまま友です。
時々お互いの家でお遊び会をしたりして、仲良くしてもらっています。
アメリアちゃんの大切な日のパーティーでのアレンジメントを担当できてとてもうれしいです。アメリアちゃんお誕生日おめでとう！楽しいパーティーを！

Happy Birthday Layla!!!

-birthday girl is....exhausted :)



-theme color was lemon yellow, lavender and silver.

- arrangement at the entrance. Bunnies are welcoming guests.

March 18th was my little girl Layla's 1 year old birthday!
We invited just family near us this time and had a big party for her.
She got lots of toys and cute clothes.

３月１８日は娘の１歳のお誕生日でした(o^^o)
近くに住む家族を呼んで、盛大にパーティーをしました。
１歳はやっぱり重要！ですよね。なので今回は結構張り切って準備しました。
でも我が家ではまずテーブルを彩る『花』がなんといってもプライオリティー！料理は二の次でございます（汗）

レモンイエローと、ラベンダー、シルバーを中心にデコレーションしました。
母の努力をレイラは覚えていてはくれないのですよね。。。
健康に育ってくれていてとてもうれしいです。

Spring Admiration

I have to say French Pussy willow is one of my favorite materials to work with. It is very flexible to create the shapes and I love its color. It is amazing how their fine lines can add graceful but yet dynamic dimension to the arrangement.

The left side branches are "yoshino" cherry tree. I love their modest beauty.
I can't wait to see them bloom!
Today's arrangement expresses the admiration for the spring.

フレンチネコヤナギは大好きな花材の一つです。
よく曲がって形をつけやすいですし、色も大好きです。
こんなに細い線でも、可憐でかつダイナミックに奥行きを出せるのがすごいところです。

左側の枝物はソメイヨシノです。なんとも奥ゆかしいその美しさがすきです。
早く咲いてほしい！
春の訪れを心待ちにする気持ちを表現してみました。伝わりましたか？

Amarilis & Willow

I wish I have containers like my sensei does.

Choosing a right container is a big part of your Ikebana design.

I think it has a nice balance as a whole.

I made this arrangement as I was thinking of my high school friends father who recently past away.

Christmas Arrangement

This was the last arrangement I made at sensei's class in 2010.
Theme is... Christmas!! in Japanese style i suppose.

My life has been very busy with Layla since March, but with my husband and my family members big support, i managed to pursue my passion to make "flower arrangements" whenever i had a chance. I am very thankful for that.

As far as 2011 goes, I would like to improve my skills in flower arrangement in general but most importantly, continue to thrive to find "my flower," my very own way of expression through flowers. I hope i can show some interesting arrangements this year!

> Pumpas Grass

I enjoyed making arrangement in this antique wooden pail ( in Japanese it is called "oke"). Usually it looks good with a delicate style arrangement but i wanted to try creating a dynamic design using these pampas grass.

In order to give it a rhythm, i gave a partial "hair cut" in one of them.

> Flax leaves

Flax leaves are very useful for establishing height, width, and dramatic effect on a design. As the leaves are sculptural foliage, you can make them into almost any shapes. Sometimes we use a wire on a back side of the leaves to fortify them and and create shapes.

Here i made them into a variety forms; straight sharp line, big curvy line, unexpected shapes by shredding them and bending them.

It is fun to find out the spontaneous expressions through them.