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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Not only my sugar tulips on the January cover a highlight @theworldofinteriors joined me while at play. Wrapping up this year in the most magical way.
So proud of this beautiful film, the best Christmas present, I’m forever deeply thankful to this dream team.

Film director: @fliegauf_studio
Art director: @bvwnr
Associate producer: @leeyamirza
Colour grader: @menelaos_prime
Music composition & celeste: @monsieur_bisous
Cellist: @_felixstephens_
Digital director: @ellycparsons
Digital associate: @donnasalek

#theworldofinteriors #film #sugarflowers #decorating #decoration #botanicalart#creativityfound #currentmood
#happysunday #tuliplove
#homedecor #persuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #gardenlove #flowerlove #dsfloral #weddingideas #botanical #inspiredbypetals #sugar #flowermagic #flowerart #flowerporn #stilllifegallery #edibleart
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Deeply honored for my sugar tulips to be on the cover of the January issue of The World of Interiors Magazine. Exquisitely photographed by the brilliant @minh_ngoc
Thank you @hamishbowles and @taniacompton @amy_sherlock @emily.k.tobin @ivanshaw
Everything about this cover is love and dedication. There are simply not enough words to express the deep gratitude I have for all the love I have received. The @theworldofinteriors the absolute best team. On newsstands now. This moment, including the ones leading up to this moment will forever hold a special place in my heart. Everything about this feels surreal, someone please pinch and tell me I’m not dreaming.
#theworldofinteriors #tulips #onthecover #onstandsnow #sugarflowers #currentmood
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Happy Sunday with fresh and sugar flowers. Thank you for your kind words at my previous post and reel. Soon these fresh lilacs will fade but sugar lilacs are now added to the sweet garden forever. Like meditation, the repetition of creating sweet blooms calms my mind one petal, one floret at a time. For many, myself included, December is always one of the busiest months. But I always remind myself, even if I don’t complete “the list”, you know the one we tell and recount to ourselves so everything will run smooth and most of all perfect, I, we will be okay.
Have a lovely Sunday and great new week everyone.
#selfcareishealthcare #flowersalways #flowerforpeace #colorlove #currentmood
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Creating sugar lilacs to last forever before the fresh ones wilt. Equipment, sugar paste en resources in my book, A Sweet Floral Life, link in my bio. Only a few tools needed to create these everlasting sugar flowers.
With so much happening in the world, these dozens of blooms, to calm my worrying mind one floret at a time.

#sugarflowers #botanicalart#flowersforpeace #asweetflorallife #mybook #creativityfound #currentmood
#happysunday #lilacs #purplelove
#homedecor #persuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #gardenlove #flowerlove #dsfloral #weddingideas #botanical #cakedecorating #inspiredbypetals #sugar #flowermagic #flowerart #flowerporn #stilllifegallery #edibleart
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