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Original floral designs created by Yukiko Neibert & photographed by Peter Neibert -- except, of course, where otherwise noted.

Bouquet to Chihuly’s Ultramarine Stemmed Form with Orange

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Administrator

TweetYukiko’s bou­quet reflects the essence of Dale Chihuly’s opti­cally blown glass sculp­ture (Ultramarine Stemmed Form with Orange, 1988). This Bouquet to Art 2008 emu­lates the orig­inal work’s com­bi­na­tion of vibrant colors and marine shape of the blown glass sculp­ture. Yukiko … Continue reading →

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Grape Hyacinth Comes back into Season in Marin

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Administrator

TweetBouquet of grape hyacinth with winter bulb flowers and equi­situm designed by Yukiko. All flowers in this arrange­ment are fresh in season in Marin County.

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Bird of Paradise in Season for Tall Floral Designs

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Administrator

TweetFresh, tall, dra­matic floral designs create exciting themes for fes­tive gath­er­ings. This arrange­ment was installed in San Rafael by Yukiko. Attractive steel con­tainer bal­ances height and weight of this bright floral design ~ see other holders and tall floral designs.

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Valentine Bouquet ~ 6′ Tall Theme Piece in Marin

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Administrator

TweetTall quince bou­quet shown above is installed for Valentine’s in Smith Ranch’s high ceiling dining room, on a buffet counter top — soon to be sur­rounded with trays of food and bev­er­ages. In homes with reg­ular ceil­ings, 5′ or 6′ … Continue reading →

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A Different Valentine ~ Bamboo in Marin

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Administrator

TweetA reg­ular client in Marin browsed through our “Freestyle Ikebana” tab to find this bamboo ike­bana for a dis­tinc­tive, mem­o­rable valen­tine. After a few sea­sonal mod­i­fi­ca­tions, it’s ready to go.

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Yukiko’s New “Page Brand Wall Image” on Facebook

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Administrator

TweetIt looks like this: Facebook wants it this way. We know so from a pro­tected video, by Social Media Examiner, based on the book Face Book Marketing all in one for Dummies (paper­back is sold out, but you can get … Continue reading →

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Bento Ikebana (box lunch)

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Administrator

TweetI bought lunch boxes (bento) from hawkers on the train plat­forms in Japan — some­times they came on board the old trains and sold their ¥100 (28¢) bento to me, sit­ting next to an open window as the coun­try­side and … Continue reading →

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Rising Orchid ~ Pointillist

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Administrator

TweetPhoto cre­ativity con­verts classic orchid ike­bana to an attrac­tive design. Original image of the Rising Orchid ike­bana by Yukiko looks like this:

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Floral Design ~ Where the Artistry Comes First

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Administrator

Tweet Bird of Paradise Ikebana The Bird of Paradise Ikebana (at left) appears in Yukiko’s new video — a one minute showing of her dis­tinc­tive style in floral design. We placed the video in her Yelp! listing to let viewers … Continue reading →

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Lilies & Lily Grass Bouquet with Orchids & Succulents

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Administrator

TweetSophisticated bou­quet of lilies and lily grass, with orchids and suc­cu­lents designed by Yukiko with Marin winter berries and flowers — arrange­ment gath­ered in heavy, glass vase.

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