N E C T A R  +  B L O O M

FINE ART + SPIRITED FLORAL DESIGN + EVENT STYLING

southern california + beyond

 
 
NECTAR + BLOOM
NECTAR + BLOOM
NECTAR + BLOOM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

L U S H   •   I N T E N T I O N A L   •   U N T A M E D

YOUR AUTHENTIC STORy • in the language of flowers

 
 
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Adventure along with #nectarandbloom the #poetflorist to see our latest creations, which are often paired with original verse captions inspired by the petals + palettes of our design studio. We love your comments and messages too!

 
 
 
L A N G U A G E // is a magic we craft continuously in our enormous effort to connect, experience, and share meaning. Flowers, like words, are a language themselves in their texture, sculpture, breath, gradient, and array. Also in their ephemera. . . Flowers are like the words we utter—they appear with fierce flourish and meaning, and they vanish. In photographs we can write them down. Like verse on a page which is meant to be given voice and read aloud, flowers are meant to be experienced in real time to receive the many messages their multi-sensual construction delivers. . . Still, flowers and how they are arranged carry stories we can return to in the images of them we capture. They continue to evoke experience and connection, the way of words on pages of letters or bound in novels and volumes. . . As a poet and artist of floristry, I am here to craft your story in the language of flowers. 2019 brides and revelers, we are ready for you. ❤️ // #nectarandbloom #poetflorist #nectarnotes #writingsbynectarandbloom #poetryofflowers
//// Autumn in the rose-fog river //// #nectarandbloom #poetflorist #nectarpoems #poemsbynectarandbloom // . [so stoked to share with you soon a little set of gorgeous that goes along with this piece—quick iPhone snap for now as a tease—created with my amazingly talented friend @samerica.studios 💛💛💛 #moresoon ]
//// Creativity for me is a path into the realm of dreams—a charged and curious space where surreal can manifest into real—and the more I visit this realm, the more free I become. Imagination is our inner shaman, our divining rod, enabling us to transcend self-imposed boundaries and manifest magic. //// #nectarandbloom #poetflorist #nectarnotes #notesfromnectarandbloom #surrealism #creativity #magic
//// Why not wear cloud // as a crown, why // not make a headdress of sky and all // her un-shy moods, her marketplace of light, of words, // of song — why spend a moment // when you can create one, open // in your hand like origami //// #nectarandbloom #poetflorist #nectarpoems #poemsbynectarandbloom #poetryofflowers #bridalstyle
I grew up on an organic vegetable farm in rural southwestern Ohio. My sister and I started a small flower garden for which we ordered seeds, planted, watered, weeded, gave sweat, got sunburns, + played elaborate games in which we imagined we were The Ladies of King Arthur’s court going to market to barter with the tricky flower vendor we invented (who always replied to our inquiries for pricing “well, how much do you have!?” to our ongoing amusement). By late summer we’d cut our flowers to make into giant bouquets that we’d to sell alongside our parents’ produce stall at the weekly farmer’s markets. - - It seems like a vivid dream I had or some indie film I watched once, as my life has bloomed into many other colorful chapters, homes, adventures, + occupations — I bet many of you feel like that too, looking back at the hilarity + gold of childhood. How funny the way certain seeds come to bloom at just the right time! - As for me, I flew the coop and moved to the promised land of California for college + graduate school. I took every opportunity I could to study or work abroad, which took me to France, Portugal, Greece, Mexico, Italy, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, + India. I studied literature, the craft of writing, poetry, + the magic of storytelling. I worked for a horse ranch in the mountains of Wyoming, filling notebooks with verse + riding a mustang named Suspense on my days off. I moved to New Zealand, searching (what was for me) one of the remotest corners of the globe, always seeking what I am here to do and give with all this passion + curiosity. - Here I am now, in this chapter where so many aspects of my life have been coming full circle (that’s what my arm tattoo signifies too), which is hugely meaningful to me. I am a business owner, a floral designer, a stylist + creative director, partner to my incredible husband Carr, still writing, always seeking the vivid life, living in service of love, creativity, + empowerment. Thank you for joining me here along the way. You are incredible, + your ever-evolving story is remarkable. // #nectarandbloom #poetflorist #nectarlovenotes // 📷: @skylarkadephotography @theforestshootout
//// constellations—cosmic poems we read into night’s velvet // upholstery, prayers braided in light, a braille // we search with curiosity’s fingertips //// #nectarandbloom #poetflorist #nectarpoems #poemsbynectarandbloom #poetryofflowers #synesthesia #flatlay