St. Paul's Finest

During the convention, a nasty group of trouble makers calling themselves the Anarchists (those who want a social structure without government, total confusion) vowed to make trouble for the attendees of the convention. Armed with molotov cocktails, barrels of urine and feces, and tire popping road hazards. Who are these heathens?
Thank God for the St. Paul Police, armed with their riot gear, who protected me on my way back to my car this afternoon, while on my way home from freshening up the flowers at the Xcel Center.

XCEL Center Decorations

The McCain Friends & Family room/arrangements.
Photos of the "XCEL" Store transformed into a the lounge for the Republican National Committee Members lounge.
Lexis Nexis Arrangement

Chairman Duncan's RNC Convention Kick-off Party

The Cocktail Table Centerpieces

Who is that incognito designer?

Julie Fleming, Me and Tricia Wier,
the party coordinators of this event for the RNC

My daughter, Jaime, striking a pose with the arrangement.

RED WHITE & BLUE, the theme of the day for the Chairman of the Republican Nation Convention's reception held at Windows on Minnesota. KSTP came up and shot some video of everybody setting up. The room is decorated very lovely. Expected guest count is about 400.

RNC Event...4 days away!

This Friday, August 29th, 2008 is the un-official official kick-off for the Republican National Convention. The first event we are designing is at Windows on Minnesota in honor of "Mike Duncan", Chairman of the Convention. The theme is patriotic & festive.

Medina Golf & Country Club

Today the Medina Golf & Country Club got the beginning of the face-lift. I designed some cool wall creations (haven't done these in quite some time) using an array of permanent flowers on top of Manzanita branches. They were finished off with Lady Amhurst pheasant feathers.

The ivy on top of the book cabinet is silk ivy with silk vines worked in to look like real ivy & vines. The reception desk got a nice arrangement in place of the"country styled" wreath. (Cute, but not for a country club!)

On the family room coffee table we filled a tin square container with a variety of interesting gourds, natural material balls & spheres.

Meridian's Flowers

These are the flowers I designed for one of my favorite clients who owns a high-end clothing boutique in Excelsior, Minnesota called Meridian. Christine Kuhns, owner, has impeccable taste and a love for simple elegance.