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I recently got back from 10 days in Europe, and while I was there, I finally visited a place I’ve been dreaming about since I was 12 years old – Monet’s garden in Giverny! I was originally supposed to make this trip in 2020, but then 2020 happened, and three years later, I finally made it. And best of all, the poppies were in bloom while we were there, which is what I was hoping for!
One of my favorite things about the Modular Collection is that you can connect different pieces together to have even more options. Like this long silver necklace, which is really the original Modular Necklace No. 1 connected to the new Midi Modular Necklace No. 1.
I’ve been a little obsessed with pinning portraits of people with plants on Pinterest. I came across some images of a woman standing in front of a wall of WallyGro planters and I thought, “hey, I have a wall like that in my studio!”
I originally planned to just take pictures in front of the wall with my Modular necklaces, but I couldn’t resist getting a little closer to one of my favorite plants, the Monstera adonsonii!
I’m not saying this is my favorite photo I’ve ever taken of myself, but I’m not NOT saying that. I will say that I had so much fun setting up this photo shoot to preview my new Midi Modular Necklace No. 1.
After I made my original Courbe threader hoop earrings, I thought it would be fun to make a Petit version as well. And then I thought it would be fun to make both pairs in gold so I could photograph them with this burgundy dress and some philodendron cuttings. And I was right on all counts!
Sometimes you have an idea and you just have to go for it! I was watering my rhaphidophora tetrasperma (otherwise known as the mini monstera) and realized that the out-of-control vine it was growing was perfect for posing behind while I took some portraits wearing my new Volupte threader hoop earrings!
On our way home from the bay beach last week, we stopped at my brother’s house to say hello. And you can imagine my excitement when I saw how great my sister-in-law’s monstera adansonii was looking! I gave this to her as a cutting, and then I added this plant stake earlier this year to help tame this trailing plant. (Letting it trail isn’t an option with two boys under five and two dogs.) Since then, she’s been wrapping it around the plant stake as it grows, and the result is a full-looking, happy plant!
Back in May, I bought this massive philodendron while visiting family in Delaware. And then I came home and had such a fun photoshoot with it. Partly because Patricia from Parima Studio and I are having a (joking) competition around photographing ourselves behind plants!
Whenever I launch a new collection, it’s always a fun surprise to see what the best-sellers are. And it’s really exciting to see that, for the plant stakes, the early front runner for bestseller status is the five leaf double vine! This was definitely one of my more wild designs, so it’s fun to see how much people are loving it.
In my last post, I mentioned that I was working on some new, larger plant stakes. So today, I thought I’d share a sneak peek of one of the biggest!