what's new at Bella Fiori..

This week I'm off to an east coast flower bonanza trip! On Thursday and Friday I'll be attending the Philadelphia Flower Show for the first time ever!! Can't believe I've never been to this show before, I hear it is huge and I figure it'll take two full days to see everything..
My mom will be joining me in Philly, along with my friend, Chuck, lead floral designer at Brown Palace Flower Shop in downtown Denver.

Sunday we'll head to NYC! I love spending time in NYC! Sunday thru Thursday will be spent in the city with ~30 other floral designers from across the country and I think a few Canadians. We have 5 days packed full of floral education. One of the parts I am most excited about is taking a class with Ariella Chezar!
Lately I've been on this path of design exploration, trying for a looser & more garden style. Here are a few of my explorations so far:

After the flower fun comes to an end on Thursday I will catch a train up to Massachusetts to spend time with my brother, his kids and our mom for the weekend.
On Friday I will visit with Cathy of Sprout Flowers in Worcester, MA. Looking forward to seeing Cathy again!!
The following Monday will be time to head back to Colorado!
We'll be blogging about our flower filled adventure on the Flirty Fleurs blog.

Winding down of wedding season...

What a season, what a GREAT season this has been - I've had the pleasure of working with the most wonderful brides & mothers of brides!! I have so many lovely images from extremely talented photographers to share with you. I'm getting busy with posting those images in the coming weeks. I do have a handful of weddings to design for in October but I did limit the amount since I have so many projects going on with Flirty Fleurs and my book: Bella Bouquets.

Bella Bouquets updates:
I have a book signing in San Francisco on October 18th at:
Blu Bungalow
2068 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
6:30-9:30pm

Flirty Fleurs updates:
We have a few floral designing classes in the works, including bringing the amazing Francoise Weeks to Denver. Please email us at info@flirtyfleurs.com for more information on classes.

The summer did go by so quickly, didn't it? A few photos I snapped w/ my phone of installations we've done.
These two photos show a display I did at Studio 12 Gallery in Denver. I had just returned from Paris and was inspired by all the displays I had seen there when creating this:



At the beginning of the season I made a deal with myself, I'd take a week off middle of July and go home to California - that's where I refresh & relax best. I had a great time with my family. There's something so perfect about picking peaches off the tree in the backyard and baking a fresh pie! Spending time with this sweetheart and teaching her floral design is beyond words perfect:


A huge arch we installed a client's private home, Mindy is decorating the top with vines and white flowers. To give you an idea of the size - it's 3 sections at 10' wide each and reached about 10' off the ground.. largest arch we've installed!


some of the other beauties that graced our studio this season:





and the parting shot, there are two babies who think they spent way too much time at the studio...

Denver Creative Business Symposium with Sean Low

As gracious as he is profound, Sean Low is known to inspire those in the creative business to be as practical with business as they are creative with their art.

It is an honor to announce the Creative Business Symposium with Sean Low, a conference designed to address the issues and complexities unique to creative businesses to help you take your art to the next level.

Tickets - Denver Creative Business Symposium with Sean Low

Everyone should be creative. Whatever your art is, it should invigorate you and bring you joy. And if it happens to be your business, it should bring you the money you need to keep being creative.

October 25, 2010 Denver Creative Business Symposium

The Art of Your Creative Business

9:00 am - 4:00pm Sage Room of the Oxford Hotel

Catered lunch and light snack to be served.

Workshop will focus on identifying the core principles and philosophies that should drive every creative business.

• THE TOP DOWN – WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE?
• HAVE MORE THAN ONE REVENUE
• KNOW WHO YOU ARE
• GO ALL THE WAY THERE
• CHANGE THE WORLD
• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT CLIENT
• PRICE FROM STREAM
• EXTEND YOUR CLIENT BASE
• GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO
• BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT WHAT YOU DO

October 26, 2010 Photographer and Event Planner Summits with Sean Low

Photographer Summit 9:00am - 11:00am Hamilton Room of the Oxford

Event Planner Summit 1pm - 3pm Hamilton Room of the Oxford

Intensive for who want to expand on principles of the all day workshop as they relate within their discipline. Sean Low will address topics and issues specific to Photographers and Event Planners. Attendees of the Photographers Summit and the Event Planner Summit must attend the All Day Workshop.

October 27, 2010 One-on-One Sessions with Sean Low

4 Sessions available from 9:00am - 1:00pm Hamilton Room at the Oxford
Hour long business consultation for attendees of workshop. Sean Low will provide a comprehesive pre-session questionnaire for each one-on-one enrollee. Questionnaire will need to be completed two weeks prior to session.

SEAN LOW BIO

Sean Low is the Founder and President of The Business of Being Creative, a consulting firm focused on providing practical advice to those in the business of being creative. Prior to founding The Business of Being Creative, Sean spent six years as the President of Preston Bailey Design, Inc. representing Preston in his business endeavors around the world.

Sean has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his business experience ranges from law, investment banking, financial executive to small business owner.

Through his work with Preston and his other creative clients over the last six years – Vicente Wolf, Marcy Blum, Tara Guerard, Michelle Rago, Style Me Pretty and Sylvia Weinstock to name a few – Sean has discovered his own creative passion: thinking about creative businesses – how they run, how to make them run better, helping them know who they are and then be the best at what they do.

You can read about Sean’s approach to managing creative businesses on his blog: www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com.

Favorite Websites :: Flirty Fleurs

Introducing a new blog all about florists & flowers, it's called Flirty Fleurs. My friend Andrea of AK Haydon Floral Design & myself are the editors of this new blog. We'd love it if you read the submissions page & contribute to Flirty Fleurs! Be sure to follow us on Twitter @flirtyfleurs