A Garland for Christmas Sanity
Listen, this garland has altered my Christmas attitude. I have a problem with being a hopeless Christmas crafter. Setting my crafting goals too high to achieve a thoughtful, personal, useful gift for...
View ArticleTerrariums!
I’ve really missed the bus with this whole terrarium thing. Suddenly, they are everywhere, and I want one. It combines three of my obsessions: miniaturized things, dioramas, and great containers. So...
View ArticleA Sustaina-Ball Flower Arrangement
Everything we learned, we learned in kindergarten. Right? I don’t know if you remember this little craft. You may have been too busy eating the dried paste off your desk…. waaaaait, that may have been...
View ArticleFlower Lore for the Month of May
I have an interest in flower history, lore, beliefs, any weird things people of olden (?) times believed or did with flowers. Many of them are a little scary. So many more are so sweet. I have a copy...
View ArticleWaterlilies a.k.a. Nemesis Jerklips var. “Drama Queen”
Possibly one of our greatest strengths, and biggest draws over here at Lola Event Floral & Design, is that we take on and work out some pretty challenging endeavors. Original ideas with unclear...
View ArticleDesigning with Seaweed
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “Ya, this bouquet is great and everything, but it’s missing something. I dunno, something slimy, something…. that smells of the bonny brine of th’ foamy...
View ArticleSustainable Flower Arranging, Part One: Frogs
We successfully weaned ourselves off of flower foam over at Lola Event Floral & Design. It’s not been easy. The green yuck (floral foam) is just so efficient and when you’re in a bind, it’s easy...
View ArticleHow to Make a Wintery Holiday Centerpiece with Easy-to-Find Evergreens.
Short on holiday decor but have a lots of greenery? For a lot of the materials here, you won’t need to look much further than your backyard. Follow these steps to turn your in season greenery into a...
View ArticleTHIS could be what makes or breaks your event design.
When I was five, my friend, Angelina, pushed me into an apple tree during an after-school game of tag. The resulting branch in the eye shattered the lens in my eye. I was a patch-wearing kindergarten...
View ArticleHow to Make a Glorious Springtime Bouquet
“Don’t make things ugly.” This is really the only rule we have at Lola Creative, unless we’re going for ugly-pretty or ugly-scary/cool. But when it comes to bouquets for weddings, pretty-pretty is the...
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