Magdalena's Flowers https://magdalenasflowers.com If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated - Lester Cole Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:23:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 FLOWER accents for HOMES: cheerful, effortless, long-lasting https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/flower-accents-for-your-home-cheerful-effortless-and-long-lasting?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-accents-for-your-home-cheerful-effortless-and-long-lasting https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/flower-accents-for-your-home-cheerful-effortless-and-long-lasting#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 00:56:15 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2526 cattleya orchids in vintage vase pretty much anything would look good in this vase!! sweet accent in the powder room mini granny smith apples in chinese bowl. on the dining room table large obake anthurium and vintage door stoppers on the piano flowers 'dancing' on a card table always an effortless accent. here on a coffee table. we love vigorous branches!! cut from the client's garden!! ]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/flower-accents-for-your-home-cheerful-effortless-and-long-lasting/feed 0 good day for a PINK WEDDING: wedding flowers in our studio https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/good-day-for-a-pink-wedding-wedding-flowers-in-our-studio?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-day-for-a-pink-wedding-wedding-flowers-in-our-studio https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/good-day-for-a-pink-wedding-wedding-flowers-in-our-studio#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:14:05 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2511 all english garden roses, so precious!! pale pink hyacinths, hydrangea, various garden roses resting in dusty miller leaves. sophisticated pink composition pink dream in our flower studio pink spring: centerpieces final touch ]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/good-day-for-a-pink-wedding-wedding-flowers-in-our-studio/feed 0 KELLY WEARSTLER should have done the BEL AIR HOTEL https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/kelly-wearstler-should-have-done-the-bel-air-hotel?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kelly-wearstler-should-have-done-the-bel-air-hotel https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/kelly-wearstler-should-have-done-the-bel-air-hotel#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:12:08 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2485 ]]> earlier this month we re-visited the fabled BEL AIR HOTEL, after arranging residential flowers for a private client in the neighborhood.

we’ve done quite a few weddings in the ‘old’ bel air hotel, with its swans and private charm, and were looking forward to revisit the grand old dame after the remodeling of 2 years…..

SO SAD….. the BEL AIR HOTEL has become a generic, corporate hotel which could be anywhere….. with a generic lobby, generic rooms and bungalows and a generic restaurant….. which makes the ‘chateau marmont’ now even more precious…..

my heart hurts whenever i see historic places erased from the Los Angeles landscape…… why oh why couldn’t they have gotten KELLY WEARSTLER to re-imagine the bel air hotel?? she is famous for her boutique hotels!! she would have known how to revamp the hotel and keep its private and unique charm.

kelly wearstler should have redone the BEL AIR HOTEL!!

photograph from her new book RHAPSODY

 

]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/kelly-wearstler-should-have-done-the-bel-air-hotel/feed 0 DINNER PLATE DAHLIAS!! https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/dinner-plate-dahlias?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dinner-plate-dahlias https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/dinner-plate-dahlias#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:59:51 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2471

as the end of summer meets fall in southern california, we love to “paint” with dinner plate dahlias!!

fresh from the grower to your home!!

3rd generation japanese growers grow the best dahlias here in southern california!! varieties you get nowhere else.

party flowers!!

although dahlias won’t last very long, these girls know how to party!!

]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/dinner-plate-dahlias/feed 0 HELLO YELLOW!!!!! https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/hello-yellow?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hello-yellow https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/hello-yellow#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:16:54 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2448 yellow china mums getting ready for the show!! at the residence of one of our favorite clients!! cheerful chinas in chinese vase yellow chinas in front of VIVIENNE WESTWOOD photograph Herr Karl doing his magic! yellow chinas in the studio of SKAIST TAYLOR!! ]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/hello-yellow/feed 0 DARK BEAUTY MAGAZINE: ALTERNATIVE WEDDINGS https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/dark-beauty-magazine-alternative-weddings?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dark-beauty-magazine-alternative-weddings https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/dark-beauty-magazine-alternative-weddings#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:47:15 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2369
MAGDALENA'S FLOWERS in DARK BEAUTY MAGAZINE

earlier this summer, Dark Beauty Magazine published their first annual ALTERNATIVE WEDDINGS issue and MAGDALENA’S FLOWERS is proud to be featured in this collection of  fantastic photo stories.

Magdalenasdarkbeauty1 Magdalenasdarkbeauty3 Magdalenasdarkbeauty2 ROCK 'N ROLL FRENCH LAVENDER BOUQUET CHAMPAGNE and ROSES MARIGOLD GARLANDS DREAMING Her lover has sent her 'PINK PIANO' GARDEN ROSES, arranged in cut crystal. CLOUD of PINK HYDRANGEA MAGDALENA'S FLOWERS in DARK BEAUTY MAGAZINE

 

check out all the other wonderful ALTERNATIVE WEDDING photo stories at

Dark Beauty Fashion Magazine Alternative Weddings

]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/dark-beauty-magazine-alternative-weddings/feed 0 PURE JOY: INDIAN FLOWER GARLANDS https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/pure-joy-indian-flower-garlands?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pure-joy-indian-flower-garlands https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/pure-joy-indian-flower-garlands#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:37:47 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2346 beautiful AMANDA modeling a HYDRANGEA GIFT BOUQUET
from MAGDALENA’S FLOWERS with JOYFUL MARIGOLD GARLANDS.

]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/pure-joy-indian-flower-garlands/feed 0 NEW VIDEO: ANTHURIUM BRIDAL BOUQUET by Magdalena’s Flowers https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/new-video-anthurium-bridal-bouquet-by-magdalenas-flowers?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-video-anthurium-bridal-bouquet-by-magdalenas-flowers https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/new-video-anthurium-bridal-bouquet-by-magdalenas-flowers#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 21:01:56 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2327 ]]> ANTHURIUMS also known as FLAMINGO FLOWERS are exotic, sophisticated flowers….. kind of an acquired taste….. once  you fall in love with these HEART-SHAPED, UNAPOLOGETIC SHOWGIRLS, there is no looking back…… amazing varieties in various SHINY COLORS ranging from pure WHITE to sweet DOLLHOUSE PINKS and PASSIONATE REDS to fresh GREENS and OBAKE (“ghost”) varieties….  coming from HAWAII  and other exotic places…..

WATCH how this BRIDAL BOUQUET is composed for a BRIDE with a hawaiian background….

Are you or do you know a bride-to-be? Be sure to check out our Weddings & Party Flowers Gallery for stunning images of what Magdalena’s can do!

]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/new-video-anthurium-bridal-bouquet-by-magdalenas-flowers/feed 0 MAGDALENAS and MOMS love LILACS. https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/magdalenas-and-moms-love-lilacs?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=magdalenas-and-moms-love-lilacs https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/magdalenas-and-moms-love-lilacs#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 02:16:17 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2304 wonderful lilac varieties fresh from the market to your home luxurious, fragrant lilacs lilac accent in antique vase wild lilacs for the powder room lilacs and callas for MOM local calla lilies classic for MOTHER'S DAY so fragrant!! can you smell them? ]]> https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/magdalenas-and-moms-love-lilacs/feed 0 enchanting california spring https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/enchanting-california-spring?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enchanting-california-spring https://magdalenasflowers.com/blog/enchanting-california-spring#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 04:51:52 +0000 http://magdalenasflowers.com/?p=2296 ]]> bronson canyon in hollywood/los angeles, right underneath the HOLLYWOOD SIGN is in FULL BLOOM!!

pretty enchanting….. don’t recall ever being so CHARMED by BLOOMING SAGE….. bunnies with cute white tails and pretty birds everywhere…..

even saw the WHITE, WILD BLOOMS i used for my own BRIDAL BOUQUET…… yes, me and my man eloped to the desert/nevada…. partly because we were kind of nervous and partly because it was pretty romantic…. and we’ve always been good together on adventurous road trips…. which is kind of symbolic for married life……

at bronson canyon, all the wild blooms were perfectly “arranged”….. a wild landscape on the urban edge….. i didn’t dare take a single bloom or leaf with me….. because THIS AFTERNOON, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT “AS IS”……

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