Administrative Assistants’ Day Celebration in Marin

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Administrator

Tall and vibrant cym­bidium orchids and angel ivy with horse­tails, wrapped in tee leaf.

floral celebration for administrative assistants day

Floral Celebration for Administrative Assistants Day Design by Yukiko

Design cre­ated by Yukiko in her Marin studio.

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Oncidium Orchids with Phaelanopsis in Basket Arrangement

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Administrator

Oncidium orchid mixed with Phaelanopsis, flat pussy willow in new arrange­ment by Yukiko. Call for availability.

oncidium, phaelanopsis, flat pussy willow in basket arrangement by Yukiko

Oncidium-​basket with Phaelanopsis and flat pussy willow

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Cymbidium in Glass Wrapped in Tee Leaf & Curly Willow

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Administrator

Floral design fol­lows form of its glass con­tainer — an ovoid (loosely defined in geom­etry as a three dimen­sional oval. Ovoid is also used to describe any­thing that sort of resem­bles an egg. In this design, the ovoid came first.

cymbidium orchids, tee leaf and curly willow in ovoid glass

Ovoid Floral Design by Yukiko

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Bouquet to Art ~ “Sopratutto”

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Administrator

Yukiko’s tribute to Mary Ann Zynsky’s Sopratutto at the de Young Museum’s Bouquets to Art 2012 in San Francisco.

tribute to Zynsky's Sopratutto by Yukiko ~ tee leaves, cymbidium,

Tee Leaves and Orchids tribute by Yukiko to Zynsky’s Sopratutto

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Saint Patrick’s Green Bouquet

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Administrator

Calla lilies and spring flowers in Marin create Spring bou­quet for St. Patrick’s Day.

Saint patrick green bouquet

St. Patrick’s Green Bouquet by Yukiko

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Marin Spring Flowers Bouquet

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Administrator

Spring is here!

Marin Spring Flower Bouquet

Marin Spring Flower Bouquet by Yukiko

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“Cover Picture” ~ Yukiko’s Floral Design Studio Envoi to Facebook

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Administrator
FB Cover 5 Theme Ikebana and Logo

Facebook’s New Standard “Cover” for Business Pages ~ Yukiko’s Floral Design Studio Envoi

Facebook is looking out for us (again). This time it’s FB’s new soft­ware and guide­lines for its brand new, “cover pic­tures” on branding & mar­keting on FB “Pages.” No selling, please.…

The cover is the bigger-​broader space for col­orful branding image pho­tographs, logos and pro­file images. If you don’t know where to put your pro­file image on the cover, FB has cut a hole for you.

Importantly, the new cover soft­ware is very simple to use. So, you can change your cover as often as you want. And, everyone else on FB can change theirs, too. This means everyone can keep up with everyone else all the time.

Large com­pa­nies have pro­fes­sionals or agen­cies to brand, pho­to­graph, trade­mark and market their stuff.

Owner-​operators will have to fend for them­selves. Before long, our cul­ture may expect the rise of the semi-​pro, branding, ad-​person cum photographer/​graphic designer/​webmaster.

Now what to do?

First, see what the pro’s are doing with their new cover spaces on Facebook. Our own 7-​minute survey of first covers this week hap­pened upon CaptainMorganUSA — the best of this wild bunch. Check it out. Can you do that?

Doubtful. But it can be fun trying to keep up with the real pro’s. Try it, if you don’t like your cover, well, then it’s easy to change. Try some­thing bolder, better — who knows — maybe even viral. Or maybe not.

It’s free to the semi-​pro. All you need is unlim­ited time, and hope­fully, a mod­icum of talent for some­thing that fits in the FB cover software.

Yukiko’s pre­vious FB pro­file pic­ture and “branding image”

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Green Cymbidium Orchids with Roses Bouquet

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Administrator

Yukiko’s spe­cial flower arrange­ment this week fea­tures green cym­bidium Orchids from Marin County.

Green Cymbidium Orchids and Roses Bouquet by Yukiko

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50 Stems of Grape Hyacinth ~ Focus Winter Bouquet

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Administrator

Grape hyacinth begins blooming in Marin in late February and now ready to give ful­some color to your winter bouquets.

Grape hyacinth 50 stem bouquet by Yukiko

Grape hyacinth 50 stem bou­quet by Yukiko

Grape hyacinth design (above) is freshly cut, 50 stems of rich purple flowers with yellow cym­bidium, wrapped in green harakeke leaves and a sprig of local Marin berries.

There are many ways to go with grape hyacinth bou­quets focusing on other winter bulb flowers now in bloom in Marin.

And if you’re inter­ested to read more: Muscari arme­ni­acum

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I Blend Ikebana and Contemporary Styles to Create Your Original Floral Theme

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Administrator

Evolving Theme Flower Arrangement: Professional Floral Design by Yukiko in Marin County.

magnolia cymbidium ikebana with porcelain holder

Magnolia Ikebana with Cymbidium by Yukiko

My approach to floral design blends ike­bana and con­tem­po­rary styles — evolving with the sea­sons, refining to your taste.

The bal­ance of flowers, foliage and branches gives life to your nat­ural style: variety of arrange­ment and flower selec­tion pro­duce the living floral theme in sub­se­quent arrangements.

Original floral designs reflect your sig­na­ture style, your dis­tinc­tive floral theme — peri­od­ical series of com­ple­men­tary arrange­ments designed to reflect your image in the impor­tant rooms of your gath­er­ings, dinner par­ties, relaxing.

I pro­vide reg­ular flower arrange­ment ser­vice to create the design and develop the floral theme week by week: fur­nish flowers and install orig­inal floral designs for clients in Marin,
refresh the arrange­ments as needed, and replace them peri­od­i­cally with series of evolving, com­ple­men­tary designs.

Develop your theme with me: just call and we can focus it sen­sibly to make your floral theme a prac­tical part of your life every day.

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