Ixora Floral Studio

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11/12/2024

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11/09/2024

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11/04/2024

Nothing better than Monday morning , opening your 100’s of emails, and you have received an amazing gallery from a recent wedding with the most beautiful detail shots - thank you for capturing these moments!!!

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10/21/2024

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10/21/2024

Ok I had an IG epiphany...
BUT....
I enjoy and admire feeds/posts that are beautifully edited, highlighting gorgeous professional photos/videos, synced perfectly to inspirational music.
Or amazing imagery with poetic/inspirational/ insightful text. I wish my posts were as refined.

Here’s where my BUT comes in..... “I ain’t go no time for that!” (As that wise woman once said)

I wish I had the time to sit down and concentrate on creating that kind of content. BUT, I don’t. Between the amount of events we do, my control freak “work ethic” (yes I actually design, carry boxes, climb ladders, sweep, etc), endless paperwork and meetings, 4 kids, coaching soccer, a ton of animals (2 alpacas, 2 goats, 21 chickens, 4 cats, 2 dogs, a koi pond)..... I have l a lot going on.

I feel great pressure to curate this amazing IG page that not only showcases our work but is interesting, intriguing, fresh/trendy to the viewer.

BUT here is the epiphany.... I am at that point in my long career that i realized I don’t need to do all that. What I need to do is try to post a much a possible and use this platform as a portfolio. After all, how many of you actually read all this and would have been perfectly fine just looking at all the pretty flower pictures?! 😂

So from here on out, unless I have the time, I will share basic images from our many events as much as I can without all this extraneous, time consuming editing and text. Unless I have something poignant to share all you will get from me are the photos! (And tagging all the pros, especially the photographers!!)

10/09/2024

Picture perfect First Look at the iconic

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10/03/2024

The best spot at the reception? Definitely a table surrounded by all your favorite people

09/30/2024

Perfect lighting until dusk when all the candles take over….

09/27/2024

All the pretty little details….

09/27/2024

Feeling all the love around these two 💕

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09/19/2024

2023/2024 was definitely the year(s) of dainty Lily of the Valley bouquets. Nothing can quite replicate the soft fragrance, the delicate blooms… and the price! Lily of the Valley is probably… literally… the smallest flower that can be purchased at the flower mart and it is by far the most expensive.
I have had bunches shipped directly from Holland in their cute little blue and white boxes, packed in water and ice packs. And I have purchased them locally at the LA Flower Mart (they can be grown in a cooler climates in the US).
Either way, the cost always gets me. To put it into perspective... To create a bouquet you need no less than 30 stems…. And that’s a tiny bouquet filled out with the lily of the valley foliage. The cost of this is equivalent to the cost of 125 roses!
So, if Lily of the Valley is a must have for your bouquet - go for it- splurge! Just don’t be 😳😭😡

09/17/2024

A romantic candlelight dinner reception is always a classic

09/15/2024

As I scroll through my feed I see beautiful installions and some are just so perfect for that particular setting… natural grasses and rustic Italian pottery on a beach side cliff, vibrant marigolds and dahlias for a California Spanish hacienda…. And in this case, lush and abundant whites that we designed for a client at the classic .

I love it all and am inspired by these creations. And I think that is what I love best about what I do. Each weekend brings a different client, with a different aesthetic, venue, and let’s be honest, budget. So, as you scroll through my IG page you will see a lot of variety and various design styles- I swear we are not schizophrenic! It’s just that we can pivot, re-imagine and design for pretty much every client. I like that we are not peg holed into a certain style so that our feed and events just look like a copy of the week before. And I love a challenge so bring it on!!

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09/09/2024

Wow! What a day yesterday… 2 weddings - in Malibu and downtown LA, and the Huntington Library Ball…. All events were outside for at least some portion ….. And you all know the weather.
Now, I wouldn’t purposely triple book with the scale of these events. I had the weddings booked, then the Huntington called. This is our 5th year doing the Ball (and we are also their in house florist for their special events department). There is no way I could tell them no. Deposits received and contracts signed for the weddings. Those had to be honored..

Honestly, I had been anxious for this day to come for months knowing there was no room for error (the wedding coordinators who brought us the weddings refer us all the time). Waking up from a dead sleep thinking of some key component, working out the timeline in my mind, stomach in a knot. I just kept telling myself on September 8th it will all be past and we will have done the best we possible could.

Well, everything went awesome!!! We had 4 straight days of floral production and supply prep. A very long Friday setting up a portion of one wedding (thanks Faye Cardella for being on my night crew with me!). And, of course, setting up in 107F weather (2 days at the Hunt), receiving a text the day of from the gala planner she forgot to send me the new layout 🤯, a forgotten tool bag in our Malibu van definitely threw us some curveballs.
I am glad 9/7 has come and gone, but I am also proud of what Craig Cardella and I, along with our staff, were able to successfully accomplish.

08/20/2024

Often times my favorite designs are the most simple- a single variety of flower or foliage always makes an impact when en masse

08/17/2024

Designing this bar piece just felt so right knowing it was going to one of my favorite venues, the Villa del Sol. The client gave me a bit of free range with this piece and I knew the styling, colors, overall vibe would compliment this Italian villa - AND the client’s vision- perfectly.

I was just asked yesterday if I ever have had events that “make me cringe”. Well…There’s a diplomatic answer to that.

While some designs or color palettes would not be my first choice I am proud that my company isn’t “peg holed” as designing in only one style. We literally can design anything.

Yes, some events are waaaay more exciting, engaging and inspiring to us. We ARE creatives after all! But, each of our own personal styles as professional floral designers (or the collective “Ixora” style) may not be the aesthetic that particular client is looking for.
So rather than us catering to a uniform/specific look or style time and time again (which may be trending at the time) we strive to create bespoke florals for ALL of our clients, regardless of their style and budget.