Celebrity Lifestyle Designer
I was in the refrigerator...which at 7am feels more like a freezer!!
Every Tuesday morning around 7 am, you'll find me in the freezer....well, at the wholesale flower mart's freezer/frig. 
One of my current design adventures is doing a weekly floral design for a fabulous restaurant in Venice Beach, CA, called A/K. 
Each week is a delectable journey of seasons and regions...
from Chile to Holland...each week is different…it’s so inspiring...how great is my life that I get paid to flower shop??!! 
The flowers were so beautiful and fragrant this week I just wanted to pull a mattress in and sleep among the flowers! Can you imagine waking up to this fragrant riot of color? It’s impossible to be anything but happy around flowers.While I was shopping I saw the florals being amassed for two different weddings – very fun! One was yellow and white….
the other…..
pink, pink, pink.
My mission is a little different. Buying weekly flowers while sticking to a budget means buying SEASONAL flowers. You would think it would be limiting, but the opposite is true, it’s actually wonderful creative fun picking the freshest flowers and deciding how to create an exciting arrangement that is colorful and current. It’s like being a chef, really and shopping at a farmer's market, choosing the best ingredients while formulating a recipe…Buying seasonal, saves a lot of $$ and gets you the freshest results.
AK is lovely restaurant, serving incredible food. The flowers need to be sophisticated yet simple. This week my inspiration was purple starting with purple hydrangeas,
a deep eggplant purple that I ultimately paired with... 
gorgeous flowering hyacinths and... 
ox blood Dahlia’s!
Sorry if you want to see the actual arrangements you’ll have to make the trip to A/K. It’ll be worth it. Tell them Erin sent you!
One of the easiest and least expensive ways to dress up any table is with fresh flowers. And it’s so easy to get great results! 
I love Calla Lilies; they come in a wide variety of colors and can artfully be thrown into unique glassware. Move them around creatively and .....Viola!
Presto! For only a few dollars you have a beautiful centerpiece. Don't be afraid to push the flowers around, they aren't going to get mad at you. Push them around until you've reached a creative balance. You'll know when you get there. You don't want to over do floral arrangements. Have some confidence and keep it simple.
Choose colors that go with central theme. 
I love these amaryllis blooms submerged in cool water in a lovely glass bowl. 
Quick, easy and inexpensive, these flowers elevate any table from ever day to special occasion. 
Whether you are seeking a more traditional arrangementwith a vintage flair...
or a spectacular architectural arrangement...
or a stunning gift box...
Imagine three of these vases in a row on banquet table, visually stunning and spectacularly inexpensive.
