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Picture Frames with Old Floral Design Photos

TweetLNineteen black pic­ture frames look better with Yukiko’s floral designs still showing. They were last used in gallery exhibits ten years ago — all show in good con­di­tion with glass, custom mat­ting fits the pic­tures, and hangers are in place. … Continue reading

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Cover Picture” ~ Yukiko’s Floral Design Studio Envoi to Facebook

TweetFacebook is looking out for us (again). This time it’s FB’s new soft­ware and guide­lines for its brand new, “cover pic­tures” on branding & mar­keting on FB “Pages.” No selling, please.… The cover is the bigger-​broader space for col­orful branding … Continue reading

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

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)

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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Floral Design ~ Where the Artistry Comes First

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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Cross this Bridge to Yukiko’s Floral Design Studio

TweetFor a mem­o­rable Mother’s Day gift send Mom to flower arranging school – let her attend hands-​on work­shop in Yukiko’s Floral Design Studio. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County, immerse your­self in the hands-​on expe­ri­ence and take home … Continue reading

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Apple Says Give iPad for Valentine’s

Tweet I say Give Original Bouquet by Yukiko to your Valentine, and If your Valentine is in Marin, do Both! Dramatic Sweep of Roses and Orchids with Marin foliage for Valentine’s

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Flowers on Flickr.com – Yes or No?

Tweet We have saved phở­tographs of sev­eral years of Yukiko’s orig­inal floral designs off-​line – that means you can’t see them where they are now. Do you want to see them? If you do, we’ll put them on Flickr.com gal­leries … Continue reading

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First Thing, We Must… Kill All the Website Designers.”

TweetActually, the very first thing is to survey floral design web­sites that are out there now. The vast majority are com­fort­ably beneath con­tempt. But, there are also a select few whiz-​bang floral sites worthy of at least Four Star rat­ings. … Continue reading

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Help Redesign, Re-​launch Floral Website and Blog

TweetYukiko’s new Floral Design web­site and blog will use the latest WordPress soft­ware –- design and ecom­merce CMS inter­face with social media (Facebook, Flickr, Twitter). We’re building the new site’s Content Management System (CMS) behind the scenes — so it … Continue reading

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