happy Sunday and happy Easter from my home to yours. A new favorite delftware vase. The lastest addition from an ever growing collection of blue and white. Leaving others behind, it took a few bids before I received the much anticipated, kind message. Would it be possible for me to collect in person? The vase belonged to her late mother but a move abroad made it necessary to downsize. Carriers not always the most careful, she didn’t want the vase to break as it was one of her Mother’s favorites.
An unexpected disruption in a crazy busy week, I drove over 2 hours without hesitation. When I entered the residence, the vase was on the table and even more beautiful than I could hope for. She told me someone else begged to buy after my final bid but she refused. A lady of her word, a deal is a deal. I told her this vase would be welcomed warmly. Not to be sold, and hopefully admired and enjoyed by many. I told her about my work, shared my Instagram and brought my book with me. All just to confirm this beautiful heirloom found the best new owner.
So grateful she kept her word, I matched the amount the other buyer offered to which she added two more beautiful once favorite plates. I asked if she could share the name of her mother. She was called Marie.
Have a lovely Sunday everyone. Wishing you a beautiful new week filled with unexpected treasures.
#littlestoriesofmylife #delftware #asweetflorallife #currentmood
Sugar tulips with the album Cowboy Carter by Beyonce on repeat all weekend.
A dozen tulips. Honoring my ancestors and those who came before through my sugar flowers.
Surinam my country of birth. We are more connected than different.
#cowboycarter #queenbey #floralstories #floralreel #flowersforthought #flowerartist #currentmood
#sugarflowers #flowerpower
#botanicalart #creativityfound
#happysunday #tulips #colorlove
#homedecor #persuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #gardenlove #flowerlove #dsfloral #weddingideas #botanical #cakedecorating #inspiredbypetals #flowermagic #flowerart #flowerporn #stilllifegallery #edibleart
Sugar flowers part of a larger project I can’t wait to share. How long does it take often wondered. The content and this image took me about a week to complete. Every flower, every petal, each leaf received my care and attention. More sugar flowers to follow soon. Friday flowerday, sending sweet flowers with love to wish you a wonderful long Easter weekend.
#flowerartist #sugarflowers #flowerlove #littlestoriesofmylife #currentmood
Some of you flying in, I’ll never get used to the time and effort taken. Thank you for your lovely messages. Incase you missed my previous post, click my profile round. I have shared the link once more in my instastories for our meet up April 27 in Cincinnati, Ohio @cincyartmuseum for Art in Bloom.
So much to share about these flowers, I’m so honored to give a lecture and more. We are all mesmerized by the beauty of flowers but it is the stories behind these blooms that matters just as much and connects us even more.
Floral opulence of fresh flowers and sugar flowers. Because of my ever growing sweet garden, I’m able to keep on adding layer upon layer of blooms. With each layer of flowers, I cherish my passion, nurture my creativity and my heart becomes more whole and more healed. ‘Feeling inspired’ might be considered a general feeling but it is a state of being that tells us we are closest to our heart. It should never be underestimated as this often is the moment we are most connected with our true self.
Flowers in a riot of colors to wish you a happy Sunday and wonderful new week. Don’t forget to listen, just keep following your heart.
#springishere #floralstories #artistslife #colorlove #currentmood
Excited and honored to announce I will be a guestspeaker at the Cincinnati Art Museum . Tickets for Art in Bloom including my floral presentation are now on sale. I hope you’ll join me, can’t wait to meet you in Cincinnati, Ohio. Head over to @cincyartmuseum or my instastories for the link. Tickets and details on cincinnatiartmuseum.org
I’m so honored for my lecture which will be followed by a book signing. With your purchase of admission, you will receive my book a Sweet Floral Life.
A 3 day floral dream, Art in Bloom takes place from April 26-28 this spring. A weekend fundraiser which will feature floral arrangements by some 60 artists each inspired by a different work of art from the museum’s collections. Please check out the complete schedule with educational programs and inspiring activities where I’ll be present on several more events.
Sweet flowers for a special occasion. Have a lovely weekend everyone. Tag a friend, I can’t wait to meet you.
#artinbloom #cincyartmuseum #cincinnati #ohio #inspiredbyflowers #flowerart #artistslife #asweetflorallife #currentmood
Save the date 26-28 April, Art in Bloom Cincinnati, Ohio. Honored to be invited, I can’t wait to meet you there. More details about full floral schedule @cincyartmuseum and in my stories. Stay tuned I’ll be posting more about this event later this week.
Heavenly tulips in our home, working with florals, I feel so fortunate. Always a race against time, I’m submerged in flowers these days. A string of events, a countdown has started preparing for multiple floral gatherings. The flowers always a feast but the best gift by far is always meeting the kind wonderful people sharing this floral love. The real life connections and conversations that follow always make me love even more what I love to do most.
Many thanks to @jandewitenzonen for their one of a kind tulips. There are over a 100 stems in this vase. A stem of each of their 150 varieties, check out more about these floral gems in my previous reel.
Tulips with lots of color to wish you a happy Sunday and wonderful new week. Can’t wait to see you, back with you soon.
#tulips #tulipmania #flowerlove #beauty
#flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood
My kitchen transformed into tulip heaven. There are over a 100 varieties here. Spring has sprung, I don’t ever want this sight to end. Thank you @jandewitenzonen for gifting me over 12 dozen tulips. Visiting flower friends, hearing and viewing their state of the art developments in the flower growing industry, they didn’t want me to go home empty handed.
Bulbs grown without soil, X ray machines to catch viruses, cooling systems without ammonium, QR codes with detailed tracking history on every crate, solar panels all around, I’m in awe of every aspect of these growers.
Tulip heaven continues….Up next my Sunday flowers.
#tuliplove #mykitchen #colorlove
#springhassprung #currentmood
#floraldesign #flowerfriends #floralartist #floralreel #homedecor #inspiredbypetals #inspiration #artistslife #flowerheaven #tulips #tulipmania
Ranunculus and roses in one of my favorite color combinations. Pink and orange.
IMHO, and some might disagree but I always find ranunculus one of the easiest flowers to arrange. Bended stems and even if they don’t bow, an inserted wire will solve and force a gracious arching shape. Highly photogenic, just open up their petals, even when they are not in full bloom, it creates a brimming flower at any time.
Joy from seeing the first snowdrops on my rooftop terrace and camelias ready to burst. Nature is slowly but surely ready to start the show. A busy week ahead for me which will be filled with sugar.
If you are just as eager as I am, hang in there, 10 days till spring, we are almost there.
Have a lovely Sunday and great new week everyone.
#ranunculus #roses #colorlove #pinklove #pinkandorange #currentmood
Spring has sprung in our home. My happy place. There is a window of about 3 three weeks at the end of winter where I always feel so lucky to have these branches.
Bringing nature home for inspiration, creating a magnolia sugar flower before all the fresh blooms wilt.
#artistslife #naturelove #springhassprung #magnolia #currentmood
#quietmoments #botanicalart #sugarflowers #sustainablefloristry #floralartist #flowersalways #pinklove
#winterlove #persuepretty #sundaybliss #homedecor #nofloralfoam #inspiredbypetals #flowerarranging #classicstyle #inspiration #flowerlove #flowersofinstagram #dsfloral #botanicalart #blueandwhite #dutch #stilllife
A week in Paris, the flu and my birthday. All in particular order. March has started and it’s now only 17 days till spring. I can’t think of a better gift than getting closer to warmth, more light, even more flowers and less layers of clothing. For all in the northern hemisphere, am I the only one anxiously waiting for spring? Please let me know in the comments. Always looking on the bright side, the most joyful, colorful flowers to keep me company.
Have a lovely Sunday and perfect new week everyone. Hang in there, gentle reminder, there is always light at the end of anything and everything.
#waitingforspring #colorlove #currentmood
Blue sugar delphinium with tulip Rembrandt, white peony and agapanthus. Even white flowers have color. One of my color methods I can’t wait to teach this year. It is a philosophy actually. Even when things look the same, bland, dull and lifeless, there is always color.
#sugarflowers #colorlove #littlestoriesofmylife #currentmood
The fresh hellebores just wouldn’t look up. I did everything right. The slit from bottom to first leave, fresh water, it still wouldn’t show its face. I ran to my sweet garden and replaced the fresh helleborus with a sugar one. All it needed was a little color touch up.
A before and after, sharing a moment of creative freedom.
Thank you to all who signed up for my Hudson NY, Sugar Flower Class. I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward. No spots left, ever since announcement I have been on a high. I am so thankful to @ariellachezardesign for giving me the spotlight on May 1st. As spots go quickly, there are only a few left for her Spring Workshop on May 2 &3. I hope you will sign up because I can’t wait to see you there. If you ever wondered, how to make a bouquet worthy for a bride, create professional table arrangements together with the most magical floral installations and so much more, this class is your wildest dream. Ariella is the Master teacher in creating beauty and I truly believe doing this, is what gives us most joy and purpose in life.
To sign up go to the link in my bio or ariellaflowers.com
Have a lovely Sunday and creative new week everyone. Never stop chasing beauty.
#ariellachezar #workshop #floraldesign #flowerlove #beautyallaround #currentmood
Truly honored and delighted to announce the Spring Workshop of my dear and incredibly talented friend @ariellachezardesign in Hudson, New York @thecaboosehudsonny
Acclaimed floral designer and bestselling author, her workshops can only be described as a floral dream and other worldly. She is considered one of the best and truly kindest in the industry. With her you will create arrangements, large scale installations, table design, bridal bouquets and more, all with a focus on sustainability.
I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to teach a one day sugar flower workshop as a sweet prelude ahead of Ariella’s. Immerse yourself in flowers and join this very special, life changing floral event. All workshops are designed for both beginners as well as experienced creatives and can be booked separately. Please find more on ariellaflowers.com or at the link in my bio.
📷Courtesy of Ariella Chezar
#floweringwithnicoletteandariella #workshop #nofloralfoam #sugarflowers #hudsonnewyork #currentmood
#botanicalart
After so many requests, I’m so happy to announce I will be teaching a sugar flower workshop May 1st, in Hudson, New York! Please join me on this one, very special day this spring. We will create sugar tulip, open garden rose and blossoms.
This one day workshop is a sweet prelude to the subsequent two day amazing Spring Workshop May 2 & 3 with acclaimed floral designer, bestselling author but most of all dear friend @ariellachezardesign
These two workshop, celebrating spring for three inspirational, amazing days @thecaboosehudsonny can be booked individually as well as separately.
My one day Sugar Flower Workshop is designed for both beginners and experienced creatives.
I can’t tell you how amazing it is to end the day with sugar flowers created. I truly hope you will join me in this sweet experience and floral dream.
Limited spots, I can’t wait to see and meet you. Please find more information and class details for both workshops at the link in my bio or at natasjasadi.com
#workshop #sugarflowers #nofloralfoam #newyork #dreamscometrue #currentmood
#floweringwithnicoletteandariella #botanicalart
Did you know blue delftware also comes in red? Not often but every now then you can find one of these rare red treasures on the market. Only a few days till Valentine’s Day, flowers to send you much love.
Thank you so much for all the love last week. Unsure of the outcome of my question, so many of you unequivocally said yes to photography. I can’t tell you how much joy this gave me. If there is anyone out here on IG wondering if their still images still matter, please read the wonderful messages shared with my post last week. Photography will always have my heart so your encouragement meant everything to me. Life can sometimes be all too real but I’m a romantic and dreamer at heart. It is no coincidence the subtitle of my book A Sweet Floral Life is called ‘Romantic Arrangements for Fresh and Sugar Flowers’. In case you want to send someone flowers for Valentine’s Day, the book would be a choice of love. You can find the link in my bio.
Have a lovely Sunday, great new week and happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Sending you love and flowers with all my heart.
#redlove #valentinesday #lovealways #flowersforlove #currentmood
All the sugar flowers to say thank you for your sweet love.
#sugarflowers #sustainablefloristry #floralartist #flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood
#winterlove #roses #roselove #persuepretty #sundaybliss #homedecor #nofloralfoam #inspiredbypetals #flowerarranging #classicstyle #inspiration #flowerlove #flowersofinstagram #dsfloral #botanicalart #blueandwhite #amsterdamlife #dutch #stilllife #flowerphotography #happysunday
Color keeping me company. The last leg of winter, I can’t tell you how much I look forward to spring. Flowers for comfort and warmth always. Arrangement of fresh flowers with sugar flowers. A sustainable combination of choice with reduced winter blooms. I took some time in January because of lots of work behind the scenes (previous post and can’t wait to share more in the coming weeks) but when ready to post, next thing I know IG has changed uploading from message(photo) to reel first. I was wondering: Is photography still compelling or are videos the better choice? Please let me know, I would love to hear your views.
January behind us, only 45 days till spring.
Have a lovely Sunday and lovely new week everyone.
#flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood
I can hear the black birds sing again when I wake up in the morning. This long awaited sound always a prelude to much awaited spring. I don’t know about you but I’m okay with January now behind us. The darkness of winter sometimes feels heavy to me but with more minutes of light each day, it feels lighter with the weight lifted.
Sugar orange. These sweet produce part of a larger, big project. Did you know that oranges found their way through the Middle East to Europe from the 15th century but that they were cultivated in China for hundreds of years before? A fruit we take for granted but one time a ship with crates of oranges embarked the harbor of Antwerp. The color of this, at the time unknown, fruit considered too bright, they didn’t want to unload the cargo as they were thought to be poisonous. Oranges became commonly known in the 17th century with the affluent, including Dutch Royalty, cultivating oranges to showcase their wealth. Oranges are called ‘sinaasappel’ in Dutch. ‘Sina’ derived from the old name for China.
It always takes time to enjoy the fruits after we planted the seeds but that doesn’t mean life can’t be sweet in the meantime. More sugar in my instastories. Have a lovely Sunday and fruitful new week everyone.
#fruitsandflowers #dutchstilllife #botanicalart #sugarflowers #artistslife #currentmood
So thrilled to be this year’s Artist in Residence 2024 for @victoriamagazine Such an honor and dream come true. Alongside this year’s Writer in Residence Jennifer L. Scott @dailyconnoisseur I’m in the best company. Once upon a time my cookies graced the cover of this beautiful magazine I hold so dear, never would I have thought of this tremendous honor. On newsstands now or subscribe to @victoriamagazine and follow me along the prettiest pages this entire year.
#artistinresidence #victoriamagazine #sohonored #onstandsnow #currentmood
#floralart #floralphotography #botanicalart#littlestoriesofmylife #dutchstilllife #dutchmasters #flowerportrait #edibleart #milestone #flowersofinstagram #persuepretty #sustainablefloristry
#artistslife
A new day, a new week, a new month, a new year. Happy New Year my dear friends. This year has been like no other for me but if there was a time where you have showed up for me and said, I got your back, it was this past year. I can still remember the exact same time, New Year’s Eve, a year ago. How nervous and excited I was about what was scheduled ahead and in particular the book. We never know what the future holds and how things will play out. There were times I could barely control myself because of the impatience but I know now there is joy in not knowing.
Please know your words matter. You may not know this but when I’m anxious and doubt creeps in, I (re-)read the generous thoughts you share here and have shared with the reviews, and throughout the year they have been so helpful. This platform may have changed and sometimes the changes here may not be what we had in mind but what remained is all your kindness. I owe a lot to IG but IG means you.
From the depths of my heart, thank you for your support and your generosity always. If only you knew how much your connection is appreciated. Sending love, health and peace. Wishing you a happy 2024.
#happynewyear #happy2024 #flowersalways #thankyoualways #currentmood