Dreamery Events

08/15/2025

There is a gentle balance to August, where many readily rush summer’s end, there’s much of its warmth left to linger...

As routines begin once more, August is both peak summer and the quiet, slow transition that welcomes the shift into autumn. Evenings are more golden than ever and yet slowly slipping away. The grasses and stems may dry, but abundance still grows. Garden harvests are rich, delightfully sweet and colorful as butterflies flutter about.

So, while I still can, I continue to gather what the garden gives, and I make good use of it. Dainty centerpieces overflowing with flavor that then become a salad or sauce or hung to dry. Using it all as inspiration to create moments of beauty and nourishment in every form🍅🌿

08/14/2025

Fully embracing what’s left of the season, carrying the warmth of these days into the next. It’s the season to savor whatever drop of joy we can and not let it step away...

& I’m choose to do it by creating. Creativity is inside all of us, we just need to tap into ourselves to courageously unleash it. Creating just for you, no one else is the best way we can continue to discover and refine our style and skill.

Try new things, explore your ideas, wander through gardens, art displays and old streets, sketch without a plan — even better, do it all with limited and unconventional materials. When the days feel like creating is merely for the sake of “content,” make sure to find the enjoyment in what firstly inspired you.

With this piece I chose to celebrate the refreshing summer color palette of green, pink and purple by styling freshly picked grapes, Rose of Sharon, Gladiolus in their final stages and a single ‘Grande Dame’ Rose. In a small ceramic dish and smoke glass coupe glass, it depicts a contemporary summer moment atop a table🌿🌸🍇

08/12/2025

One weekend, two different styles✨🌿A bit of June floral magic freelancing for

08/04/2025

As the sun grows warmer and afternoons leisurely stretch into golden evenings, and somewhere between the refreshing bites of sweet watermelon and tomatoes and the morning quiet...we find ourselves settled into the rhythm of summer. A season where life is meant to be felt, where we embrace the simple things, and nurturing the vibrant abundance in our gardens.

As August welcomes itself, we’re reminded to stop waiting. To create what’s been stirring within us, now. And sometimes it’s in the form of finding delightful ways to stay cool, like using your freshly harvested garden colors to create and style some summer fun🍅🌼

07/28/2025

all the yellow hues and seashell textures...peak summer🌼🐚
..pictured are a collective of Sunflower ‘Suncatcher,’ Cutleaf Coneflower ‘Hortensia,’ Marigolds, Zinnias, Rose ‘Easter Basket,’ Rose ‘Sunsprite,’ Seeded Parsley, and Dried Cilantro Seeds {Coriander}...

when making arrangements with garden flowers just for me {not for an order or an event}, I almost never pick the freshest blooms, I leave those for the pollinators and birds. It’s usually the faded colors, the one in need of deadheading so more blooms continue to grow or stems already dried in need of sake-keeping for cooler months. Yet something lovely and a moment of joy is always created — and as always, no floral foam is used! Here reusable chicken wire creates an organic flow and movement to an arrangement, that foam could never. and more importantly, isn’t toxic.

07/28/2025

Figs fill me with memories of summers in Portugal, surrounded by farmlands and mountain views. Of a determined grandfather who’d stand watch of birds for hours, so we’d have plenty of fruit to savor. A reminder of a great love. Grapes bring back the images of sitting beneath the shady vines, watching as they changed colors along the season....

Summer Florals :: Figs, Grapes & Herbs July 28, 2025 · Leave a Comment Figs fill me with memories of summers in Portugal, surrounded by farmlands and mountain views. Of a determined grandfather who’d stand watch of birds for hours, so we’d have plenty of fruit to savor. A reminder of a great lo...

07/21/2025

They say it’s Sardine summer, and well, that gives me a chuckle. If Portuguese, then sardine summer is every year, it’s our way of life. We're born with the notion that summers revolve around grilled sardines. And come June the air is perfumed with the land and sea. The scents of grilled sardines, peppers and febras fill the breeze, and we gather around a table sharing broa to soak up the salted olive oil....

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07/18/2025

Living in an online world as we do, sometimes we connect with people and artists over years who then feel like longtime friends; and yet we never actually "meet." That was the case for Angela and I, first connecting in 2018 for a client's wedding, when she was illustrating and creating custom pieces. And so time passed, constantly inspired by each other's work....

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07/17/2025

“In the garden, it is not so unhappy” - Vincent Van Gogh

especially when the garden welcomes you with a rainbow of zinnias that bring the butterflies and bees. and tomatoes bursting with the best of summer flavors. Feels lovely getting back into creating with flowers and bits from the garden and I couldn’t wait to put something together in this ceramic bowl brought back from Obidos💐

…as always no floral foam was used, because there’s no need for that toxic stuff…

07/14/2025

As creatives we all go through our own style seasons. Ones where we're inspired and drawn more so to a particular aesthetic, flower, technique or color. And last summer was that for me, where I was in an "organic contemporary" phase with the intention of honing in on other floral design skills. I naturally created mono-singular centerpieces, where I used one type of flower to create contemporary designs still in a natural-garden style, and even in vintage or non-traditional vessels....

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06/13/2025

They say it’s Sardine summer...& that makes me chuckle. If Portuguese, then sardine summer is every year, it’s a way of life. Come June the air is perfumed with the land and sea. Grilled sardines and peppers, gathering round a table sharing broa to soak up the salted olive oil. Raising a glass of wine. Flowers are not fussy; tiny colorful blooms like the streamers hung above roads and herbs picked from the garden. Most likely a piece of barro or heirloom linen adorns a tabletop. And we indulge in cherries picked right from the tree, soaking up every bit of the lingering sun.

That was very much the inspiration to this playful summer centerpiece. A gathering of tidbits that effortlessly look and celebrate the feeling of summer, and joy of doing nothing🌿🍒

06/09/2025

To create with flowers grown, with my hands and heart, adds a level of connection to every arrangement I make. No matter how simple or small, each piece is living art that tells our story. Every bloom a gift from mother nature, one I’m lucky to work with and preserve. Even if for a brief moment in time. F…...

Spring Flowers :: Purple Rainbows June 9, 2025 · Leave a Comment To create with flowers grown, with my hands and heart, adds a level of connection to every arrangement I make. No matter how simple or small, each piece is living art that tells our story. Every bloom a gift from mother nature, one I....