The Savage Garden

Here is a shot of a Chuppah I created for a Valentyine’s Day wedding. Initially I was not thrilled about the bride’s request to add tuel to this design, but I found a way to use it like clouds in the trees and ended up loving it. I hope you do too.

Wedding Bouquets 
Ninety five percent of wedding bouquets continue to be the “hand-tied” style, where the flowers are gathered together and the stems are wrapped in stain ribbon or some other coordinating material. For a more natural look I have used burlap ribbon, raffia, and even fresh sheet moss as a ribbon wrap. Granted the fresh [...]

A few years ago, I had a revelation.
Since the first time I studied Leonardo da Vinci I was convinced I wanted to be a renaissance man. To that end I became consumed with learning, and have since become what I refer to as lifetime learner. After all, if we stop learning, what’s really the point of living?
My revelation [...]

Christmas is upon us once again and it’s time to haul out the usual red gold and green…or is it? I think the New Kids on the Block may have said it best, “We got a funky, funky Christmas goin on.”
I think it’s a safe assumption that those who have fewer Christmases in front than behind them tend [...]

When it comes down to it, we all want to live the best life that we possibly can. Oprah Winfrey believes in this concept so strongly that she has made it her company’s guiding mission. For those who know me, you know that I believe my best life is lived to the limit. This is not to [...]