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  • DIY: HANGING FLORAL CHANDELIER

    After an intense week in Sweden, promoting my book and showing how to make flower arrangements on TV4 (while wearing waaaaay too much make-up, haha), I thought it would be fun to show off a bit of my Brooklyn roots by posting the Floral Chandelier DIY/tutorial that I made for Design*Sponge a while back.

    I was so excited when Grace Bonney gave me this opportunity and love that she supports us Brooklyn florists. It was such a fun project and I had a great time coming up with up with the concept, the story + step-by-step and shoot the pictures. Grace let me do whatever I wanted, so I loved the fact that I could use salvaged materials, make something that would last longer than a regular hanging chandelier (these flowers are in water), and create something rustic but still refined.

    The process of creating this DIY was very similar to when we made my book Brooklyn Flowers and is something I really enjoy. Please see below for the full step-by-step, I hope you will enjoy it! You can also read it here.

    From Design*Sponge:

    Hanging floral arrangements are everywhere right now, and they are a really beautiful way to show off flowers. They are perfect for events such as a bridal or baby showers, or a special birthday or dinner party. This is a also a great way to still allow for a good amount of flowers even if your venue/room doesn’t have a lot of tables or surfaces!

    Most of the hanging arrangements I have seen out there are either in floral oasis or not in water at all. For me, it was important to find a way to have the stems in water so that the flowers would stay fresh longer. I don’t use oasis because it contains a lot of chemicals. I also wanted to be able to use more delicate flowers and not have to limit myself to just sturdy flowers. We created a chandelier-style structure using floral water tubes and as a result, the arrangement we made lasted for days rather than hours. -Ingrid from Tin Can Studios

    Materials Needed

    For frame:
    – Decorative punched sheet metal with holes big enough to push through a stem (we got ours at Lowe’s)
    – 4 pieces of simple wood trim (we used salvaged wood that Recycled Brooklyn kindly gave us, you should check them out if you are looking for amazing salvaged wood furniture)
    – Tin snips
    – Hammer
    – Nails
    – Tack
    – Strong twine or rope
      Alternatively, attach the sheet metal to an old frame if you don’t feel like building one!

    For flower arranging:
    – 3” floral water tubes with rubber caps (the type we used is made of recycled material and can be found online)
    – Sharp floral clippers
    – Seasonal flowers (we used lisianthius, ranunculus, blushing bride and viburnum)
    – Vases with water for your flowers + to fill water tubes
    – Clear soda, such as 7-up (not diet)
    – Saw horse legs or two chairs to balance the frame on
    – Strong twine, wire or rope for hanging the arrangement

    Steps:

    1. Start by building the frame. We built ours with scrap salvaged wood, but if you have an old frame, that is perfect, too! The easiest way to make the frame is to overlap the wood at the corners and nail the wood together. Then cut your sheet metal with tin snips, this is easy but keep in mind that the edges can be a bit sharp. Attach the metal to the frame with furniture tack, it will easily go through the sheet metal. Make sure everything is stable/sturdy enough for hanging.

    2. Condition your flowers by removing all of the foliage and cutting them with sharp floral clippers. Immediately put them in clean vases with water. You can add a dash of clear soda, like 7-up, to help the flowers last a bit longer. Let the flowers drink for an hour or so.

    3. Balance your sheet metal frame between two saw horse legs (or two chairs or tables). Make sure it is stable.

    4. Fill the floral tubes with water by dunking them in a small bucket or vase. Attach the rubber caps to the tubes.

    5. Take a flower and push the stem through an appropriate hole in the sheet metal. Once your stem is through the metal at a height you like, push it through the hole in the rubber cap and into the floral tube (above the metal sheet). We started by putting our flowers in the middle, then worked our way outwards. For an ombré effect, start from the left and move to your right. Hang each flower at different lengths so that each bloom is showing and not hiding another bloom.
    Only push the stems halfway so the end of the stem stays in water, avoiding the air pocket above the water surface. Have the tubes filled to the brim, some water will squirt out when you push the stem into the tube. The water does not leak once the tubes and stems are in place/upside down. What is extra great about this frame/holder is that you can easily move your flowers around by pulling them out and pushing them back in another spot. Just be careful with more delicate stems!

    6. Once you are pleased with your design, thread a piece of strong twine or rope through the corners of the frame and hang it from a couple of hooks in the ceiling!

    Well conditioned flowers will last for at least one full day in normal temperature, the one we made lasted for three to four days.

  • BROOKLYN FLOWERS: THE BOOK!


    I am so very proud to announce the launch of my new book “Brooklyn Flowers”. It is an instructional book containing simpler flower arrangements made with the two main methods used here at Tin Can Studios: chicken wire and tape grid. The arrangements in the book are a simpler version of our typical style so that everyone can feel comfortable using the flower “recipes”.

    There are also lots of images from my studio as well as street images from the Brooklyn neighborhoods around us such as Red Hook and Williamsburg. The beautiful photographs were all shot by critically acclaimed photographer Paul Brissman with a Hasselblad (my favorite camera!).

    It will first be out in Sweden at Adlibris, Akademibokhandel, Bokus, NK, Åhlens, to name a few. We hope you get to take a look at a copy because we think you will really like it!! My co-author was the mega talented Eva Nyqvist who writes for a wide variety of publications such as Elle Decor and Gourmet. We got so many new ideas during the process that we are already talking about book two and three...

     

     

     

     

  • BEST FLORIST IN NEW YORK!!!

    We are so extremely proud to announce that Tin Can Studios was featured as "Best Florist" in New York in New York Magazine together with some of our favorite companies such as: Russ and Daughters, Homepolish NYC, and Negative Underwear to name a few. Last year our favorite custom furniture maker Recycled Brooklyn made the cut which makes us even prouder to be on the list. Huge thanks once again to Nina Stoller-Lindsay and Emma Whitford at NY Magazine for featuring us in your annual "Best of New York" issue!

     

  • NOW HIRING!

     

     

    Studio manager: responsibilities will include organizing calendar, assistance with price quotes, set up meetings, staffing, keep the entire studio organized and presentable, purchase materials, order flowers, assist in making floral arrangements (mainly for events) + more.
    Please send your resumé and pictures of your work to Ingrid@TinCanStudiosBK.com if your skills fit the description above.

     

    Florists: freelance florists with experience in creating styles similar to Tin Can Studios aesthetic to work on upcoming events.
    Please forward pictures of your work together with an email listing previous experience to Ingrid@TinCanStudiosBK.com

     

    Interns: basic knowledge in floral design.
    Please forward an introductory email explaining why you would like to work at Tin Can Studios + any images you might have of your work to Ingrid@TinCanStudiosBK.com

     

    Additional info: We build and customize many of our vases/containers and other types of decor, so if you possess other hand skills (are not afraid to paint, sew, use a nail gun, a chop saw, etc) that would be a great plus. We also take a lot of photos of our work so if you are a good photographer that is a huge bonus as well. Basically, we would love to work with someone who can multi-task, is interested in learning new things, and who enjoys rolling up his/her sleeves when necessary.

     

    Also, please note that our studio is in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

     

    Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested!

     

  • "THE BEAUTIFUL ONES" FEATURE

    Thank you, thank you, thank you to the extremely talented team at New York Magazine for using our bouquets in the stunning feature "The Beautiful Ones" AND on the cover of your winter weddings issue… Erik Madigan Heck, Rebecca Ramsey and Emma Whitford. Our team at Tin Can studios is so honored to be in your magazine! See the lovely pictures by Erik Madigan below.

    Silk-and-tuille-mesh crinoline by Delpozo, price upon request. Bouquet by Tin Can Studios.


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