Showing posts with label Flowers Of The Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flowers Of The Week. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Multi Tasking Flower Arrangements

These little boxes can serve as the  cocktail table arrangements  by them self's ...



OR  When gathered together as the main attraction for dinner!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Flowers Of The Week! White Newport Sea Side Lavender

























Design www.NancySweizyEvents.com

SWEET MELISSA - the aroma of this plant is very sweet and fragrant,fantastic for culinary use. The delicate soft-lavender pink-white flowers are formed on a medium plant with bushy habit. Introduced by Andrew Van Hevelingen in Newburg, Oregon.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Flowers of The Week! Food And Wine


A  Catering Company asked me to design a table arrangements for a beverage distributor.

So for these food and wine aficionados, I used Hydrangea, birch bark, grapes, apples, pears, ornamental cabbage, garden snails,pods, roses ,orchids grapevine and a rustic pitcher was used as a finial.


Monday, June 27, 2011

Flowers Of The Week! DIY Newport Sunflowers


This bouquet of six sunflowers,vintage Black and White ribbon Is on the back drop of Eric Dever's beautiful painting
called Atlantic.

To see more of his stunning work visit: www.ericdever.com

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Flowers Of The Week!



Flowers by Nancy Swiezy Events

FireFly By Remarkable​ Rhinestone

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Newport Blue, A Crate & Barrel Wedding Decor Idea By Nancy Swiezy Events

















The Newport/Hampton Seaside Recipe

5 Blue Hydrangeas
6 White Roses
1 Bunch of Queen Anne's Lace
1 Bag of Moss Balls
1 Bag of Sea Shells
1 The Sedona Low Open Tote Basket

Hot Glue Gun
Flower Picks
Floral Oasis
Tray Liner
Clam Or Oyster Shell for Individual
Salt and Pepper





Monday, May 9, 2011

Flowers Of the Week!























Photo By Y + S
W Studios New York
Photography + Design
www.wstudiosnewyork.com
From Nancy Swiezys Table at the Well Wed Hampton's Bridal Show
www.nancyswiezyeents.com

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Flowers Of The Day ...Getting The Look For Less




I redesigned the flowers from the HORT event to create the "Look For Less"

White Hydrangea, Lilac, Spray Orchids, Roses and Queen Anne's Lace adorned with a Remarkable ​Rhinestone Dragon Fly Pin and some Crystal Bling in a mirrored container.

Get th Million Dollar Look for $125 Per table!

Dragon Fly and Heart Place Cards www.Remarkable​Rhinestone.​com

Photo Shoot at The Ravel Hotel www.ravelhotel.com

Photos (Coming Soon) From Karen Zieff www.zieffphoto.com

Floral Design www.NancySwiezyEvents.com

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Design News In New York Magazine... Centerpieces on Steroids




The Horticultural Society of New York is letting the public preview its annual New York Flower Show Dinner Dance this year, parading its famously ornate floral arrangements before anyone who buys a $10 admission. Among the twenty-odd table displays are an eight-foot design by Nancy Swiezy adorned with three feet of feathers and a nearly ten-foot-tall interpretation of Diana Vreeland’s living room by Janet Simon and Jerry Rose (583 Park, nr. 63rd St.; 212-757-0915; 4/12. 3–5 p.m.; $10).

http://nymag.com/homedesign/features/design-news-2011-4-6/?mid=373549&rid=422511125

Monday, April 4, 2011

Flowers Of The Week



Flowers By Nancy Swiezy Events
www.nancyswiezyevents.com

Photo By AlexZ Photography
www.Alexzphotgraphy.com

As Seen in Well Wed Hampton's

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Burberry Wedding Theme




Hand Made Vase, Flowers and "Trench Coat" Pintuck Linen by Nancy Swiezy Events www.nancyswiezyevents.com

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Language Of Flowers... What Will Your Flowers Say About You?


The Victorians were familiar with various meanings that were associated to different flowers, such that a bouquet often conveyed an understood meaning to the recipient.








View my bouquet containing Queen Anne's lace and lily's

Almond flowers -- Hope
Anemone -- Forsaken
Balm -- Sympathy
Basil -- Best wishes
Bay leaf -- "I change but in death"
Bell flower, white -- Gratitude
Bergamot -- Irresistible
Bluebell -- Constancy
Borage -- Courage
Broom -- Humility
Campanula -- Gratitude
Carnation, red -- "Alas for my poor heart"
China rose -- Beauty always new
Chrysanthemum -- Love
Clover, four leaved -- "Be mine"
Convolvulus, major -- Extinguished hopes or eternal sleep
Coreopsis, arkansa -- Love at first sight
Cuckoo pint -- Ardour
Daffodil -- Regard
Daisy -- Innocence, new-born, "I share your sentiment"
Fennel -- Flattery
Fern -- Sincerity
Forget-Me-Not -- True love
Furze or Gorse -- Enduring affection
French Marigold -- Jealousy
Gardenia -- Ecstasy
Gentian -- Loveliness
Geranium -- "You are childish"
Hare bell -- Grief
Heartsease -- "I am always thinking of you"
Honeysuckle -- Bonds of love
Heather -- Admiration
Ice Plant -- "Your appearance freezes me"
Ivy -- Fidelity, friendship, marriage
Jasmine -- Grace
Jonquil -- "I hope for return of affection"
Lavender -- Luck, devotion
Lemon Balm -- Sympathy
Lily -- Purity, modesty
Lily of the Valley -- Purity, the return of happiness
Marigold -- Health, grief or despair
Marjoram -- Kindness, courtesy
Myrtle -- Fidelity
Oregano -- Joy
Pansy -- Loving thoughts
Periwinkle -- Happy memory
Phlox -- Agreement
Poppy, red -- Consolation
Queen Anne’s Lace - sanctuary.
Rose, cabbage -- Ambassador of love
Rose, red -- Love
Rose, pink -- Grace, beauty
Rose, yellow -- Friendship
Rosemary -- Remembrance, constancy
Rue -- Contrition
Sage -- Gratitude, domestic virtue
Snowdrop -- Hope
Star of Bethlehem -- Purity
Sweet Pea -- Departure, tender memory
Sweet William -- Gallantry
Tuberose -- Voluptuousness
Tulip, red -- Reclamation of love
Violet -- Loyalty, modesty, humility
Violet, blue -- Faithfulness
Wormwood -- Grief
Wheat -- Riches of the continuation of life
Willow, weeping -- Mourning
Wallflower -- Fidelity
Yew -- Sorrow