Fleurisse Design

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

Elevate your skills and portfolio together to reach your dream clients!

This floral workshop was created to propel your business forward by pairing a centerpiece design and foam free arch installation + aisle meadow workshop together with a styled shoot planned by complete with luxury rentals, models and professional photographers, HMUA, with an optional bridal bouquet module. Learn my approach to ingredient selection, design theory, refine your design skills, learn new mechanics and and bring your business questions for 2 days of community and learning. Past attendees of my workshops know my classes are no-fluff, and will send you home with confidence and buzzing with new ideas to implement.

This 2-day workshop will be hosted March 23rd at my studio in Hayward, and March 24th at Villa Montalvo. Comment SHOOT below and I will send you the details!

05/02/2025

Studio playtime. One of the new things I am picking up this year is my husband’s mirrorless camera. I was struggling to get iPhone photos I liked in the lighting of my new studio space - everything felt too flat (my 12 mini could also use an update). I decided to see what a real camera could do even though I was intimidated by it, since I was also tired of making work I liked and then not having good photos of it before it dies.

There’s a learning curve for sure, and some combination of not quite knowing what I’m trying to achieve and not quite knowing how to achieve it, sort of like when you first try to design with flowers 😂 My scientific approach was to take the same picture at f1.8, f2.5, f4, f9, f11, etc and I’m kind of in love with the effect when shooting with a wide open aperture. It feels kind of surreal, like stopping time. I’m impressed by how much more dimensional everything feels, and definitely think it’s a skill worth putting time in to learn.

Also tulips photograph like satin, your girl desperately needs [time and energy] to steam that linen, and if you’ve never smelled mimosa you’re missing out. It’s a light delicate fragrance…kinda reminiscent of custard? 😂

Oh and testing out my new inventory ikebanas with my and buds to see how they mix 😊 What are you feeling? Minimal buds and ikebanas or maximal cascading floral runners? Dark and moody or bright fluffy sunshine?

27/01/2025

It feels so weird to think about summer in winter and spring in the fall, but we are always planning seasons ahead. The more I grow the more it happens, because you’re often shopping long before it’s time to plant, and when it’s time to plant you’re still 90-120 days out from flowers - growing is a long game.

It’s currently rose bare root season, dahlia war season (if you ever need proof that supply and demand can make the cost of specific colors of a flower go crazy in price, try shopping a tuber sale) and I’m staring at the ranunculus in my garden which don’t even have buds yet trying to figure out where everything is going to go.

1. Rose Toscano - depending on the weather she can sometimes lean more orange

2. Distant Drums - she looks like this for about 2 days before fading to blush. Wicked thorny.

3. Peaches n Cream - mine leans extra blushy

4. From top, clockwise: Rock Run Ashley, Rose Toscano, Distant Drums, Koko Loko, and an older Koko Loko (maybe 2-3 days apart?)

26/01/2025

Dreaming of a lush floral aisle but working within a thoughtful budget? … Let’s talk strategy.

When it comes to creatively working a floral budget to maximize impact, one of the first places I look to move flowers from is the aisle. While I absolutely love the look of a full, lush aisle—perfect for your grand entrance and giving your guests the feeling of sitting in a meadow—it’s also one of the areas we can rework creatively so you can bring some more impact elsewhere.

If we need to move flowers around, my first recommendation is to keep a pair of arrangements at the back of the aisle. These create a beautiful frame for photos that include your guests. Next, I suggest a pair at the front of the aisle (four arrangements total). These not only extend the ceremony arch, pulling flowers toward your guests for visual balance, but also anchor the space beautifully.

If the budget allows for more, six or eight aisle arrangements spaced evenly can create a gorgeous impact. The look we create depends on the overall vision you’re going for! The exception to this is a meandering aisle. To make the design feel intentional and not messy, you’ll need enough aisle pieces to trace the shape fully.

Would you go for a full aisle, or would you consider these creative alternatives to make room in the budget for other statement pieces like a cake nest, a show-stopping bar installation, or even a dramatic hanging design? Tell me in the comments!

16/01/2025

Throwback to a favorite from Mother’s Day, all grown in my garden that somehow never made it on the grid.

Not a bud in sight right now, just lush green growth, but these are some of the varieties I regrow each year because I fell in love with them. I let them turn brown and crispy before giving up the bed, and collect the seeds and corms they produce for the next year. Sometimes they just sit in a paper bag, when something new catches my eye that I want to grow instead, and then a year passes without them and I find I missed them, and pull them back out, like a shoebox of memories.

Garden dreaming usually starts up to a year in advance, when I meet a flower in bloom and add it to my list of things I want to grow. I start them from seed, bulb or corm, babying them for 3-9 months before seeing the first blooms I can cut, fighting weeds and pests, reluctant to spray anything.

They start as a little trickle, impatiently watching those buds each day that seem to always be “almost there”, waiting for enough to make a small arrangement. Is it the right color for that next event? Usually not - maybe those flowers finished a week ago, or the bride booked me too late for me to source seeds, or no beds had room and I had already committed them to something else I wanted to grow. Often they’re just for me, or friends we are going to see that weekend, or design workshops in my studio, or the occasional elopement bouquet where the bride doesn’t require a specific color story and just wants the most beautiful and fresh flowers the season has to offer. But when they coincide with a wedding, in the right color, at the right time, it’s like the universe smiled on us to say it was meant to be that way, and invariably the flowers that my clients find the most special. It turns out you CAN feel the love put into flowers by their grower.

I’ve been adding more varieties, and want to teach out of the garden more this year. As blooms get closer watch out for workshop dates so you can meet these beauties in person 🫶

Ranunculus Champagne, Purple Jean, Cloni Grand Pastel, Cloni Hanoi, Sweet Pea Naomi Nazareth, Rose David Austin Ambridge Rose & Roald Dahl, CA Poppy Thai silk

16/01/2025

Throwback to a favorite from Mother’s Day, all grown in my garden that somehow never made it on the grid.

Not a bud in sight right now, just lush green growth, but these are some of the varieties I regrow each year because I fell in love with them. I let them turn brown and crispy before giving up the bed, and collect the seeds and corms they produce for the next year. Sometimes they just sit in a paper bag, when something new catches my eye that I want to grow instead, and then a year passes without them and I find I missed them, and pull them back out, like a shoebox of memories.

Garden dreaming usually starts up to a year in advance, when I meet a flower in bloom and add it to my list of things I want to grow. I start them from seed, bulb or corm, babying them for 3-9 months before seeing the first blooms I can cut, fighting weeds and pests, reluctant to spray anything.

They start as a little trickle, impatiently watching those buds each day that seem to always be “almost there”, waiting for enough to make a small arrangement. Is it the right color for that next event? Usually not - maybe those flowers finished a week ago, or the bride booked me too late for me to source seeds, or no beds had room and I had already committed them to something else I wanted to grow. Often they’re just for me, or friends we are going to see that weekend, or design workshops in my studio, or the occasional elopement bouquet where the bride doesn’t require a specific color story and just wants the most beautiful and fresh flowers the season has to offer. But when they coincide with a wedding, in the right color, at the right time, it’s like the universe smiled on us to say it was meant to be that way, and invariably the flowers that my clients find the most special. It turns out you CAN feel the love put into flowers by their grower.

I’ve been adding more varieties, and want to teach out of the garden more this year. As blooms get closer watch out for workshop dates so you can meet these beauties in person 🫶

05/01/2025

What makes a dream client?

From our first consultation we knew we were on the same page. It’s often hard for brides to articulate what calls to them in a photo - you just like it! Caroline sent me some images that were close to her vision, but also most helpfully told me which she liked the best. I then told her why I also thought that design was the best: well balanced shape, not too tight, lacy around the edges, and subtle colors (because blush and blue can easily veer to into baby shower vibes if you don’t get the right shades!) and we both knew we right then that we were aesthetically aligned. Caroline then just trusted me and my team to bring her vision to life. We had far fewer emails than many of my other weddings, but she left me with more time and energy to sweat the details on her behalf and just make it happen - we take that trust *very* seriously and always go the extra mile for the clients who show us that trust!

She also generously left me the kindest testimonial to help other couples discover my business and better evaluate if we would be the right fit. If you’d like to read it I’ve dropped the link in my stories today 😊

A 5 star experience for bride and florist alike!

➡️If you would like to work together this year, click the link in my bio to inquire.

Photographer: capturing that freakin gorgeous veil and professionally overcoming the challenging lighting at this venue! Believe me, my iPhone struggled hard here and these shots are so beautiful.

30/12/2024

Just kidding 😂 I am majorly shaking things up this year…more details coming soon 🤫 but keep it on the down low, because I am so excited for the designs we are dreaming up for our 2025 brides and would prefer we not have another global pandemic.

23/12/2024

We are featured on today!! So proud of the team that brought this fairytale wedding to life for I&A. It takes a huge village to produce a wedding and planned everything to a tee!

The soft sunset hues were beautifully reflected in the peach and lavender flower palette. Locally grown garden roses, didiscus, heirloom chrysanthemums and xeranthemum couldn’t be more special.

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09/12/2024

Dusty rose tones never go out of style. For C+D’s reception centerpieces 🫶 I love the tiny fan place cards with their tiny gold tassels!

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14/11/2024

There’s a smoky dusky shade in every color, and I’m here for them ✨

I also love that we pulled the traditional red and gold (with a modern twist of course) into the bouquet, which stood out beautifully against her bespoke Ao Dai.

11/11/2024

Did the phrase “cute as a button” come from these teeny little button mums?

08/11/2024

Headed into the weekend this fall looking forward to getting together with your favorite people 🍂🍁

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06/11/2024

Don’t let your sweetheart table design be an after thought!

I had been getting bored of the sweetheart inspo out there. Everything out there felt the same, yet a little awkward and poorly balanced. I have a design my past couples love if they were planning to repurpose a larger ceremony setup, but I really wanted to try something different for C+D. This foam free design is made up of three separate long and low arrangements, letting it follow the curve of the half-round and give the effect of a little meadow without taking up too much space, and always avoiding letting lush turn into chunky (my pet peeve!). I gave little moments to the hellebore to show off their (rare and hard to find!) height, a small cascade of lisianthus to frame the signage, the swooping curves of fritillaria, silky petals of butterfly ranunculus and the sweet fragrance of freesia. Special love to the twinkle lights and asymmetric draping in this design

The hardest part about a design like this is transportation since the containers are so shallow, we make sure to top it back up first thing after unloading, and making sure every single stem was in water - always a balancing act between how low profile a design can be and how much the flowers will drink through the course of a day.

Swipe through to see from both the guest and couple’s view of this design, and my simple foam free mechanics at the end.

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30/10/2024

I’ve been obsessed with the deep turquoise tile and velvet lounge furniture . I love how it contrasts the dogwood and butterfly ranunculus with colors that are hard to bring in through flowers, but the complementary colors really make them pop!

The bar is always a great place to add a bit of drama ❤️ can we go bigger and more dramatic? I’m glad you asked!

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