Whom You Know: READ THIS: Elegant Arrangements Have Never Been This Easy! FLOWERS CHIC & CHEAP Arrangements with Flowers Picked from the Market or Backyard By Carlos Mota

Monday, July 19, 2010

READ THIS: Elegant Arrangements Have Never Been This Easy! FLOWERS CHIC & CHEAP Arrangements with Flowers Picked from the Market or Backyard By Carlos Mota

Peachy Deegan is always keeping her eyes peeled for everything fabulous you should know about in Manhattan, and one of those is Carlos Mota and his new book! One day in her Madison Avenue excursions, Peachy met Carlos signing his book at Valentino, and she thought you should know about it! To be honest, flowers do make Peachy sneeze and she would rather arrange hockey pucks, so she has not tried many of these suggestions by Carlos herself, but she certainly appreciates his eye for detail and his panache! There is something for everyone in this work of art, and an arrangement for every occasion.

Carlos reveals some of his tricks early on in the book, and of course such secrets are what makes this book such an enticing acquisition! The book is just as beautiful as it is useful, and it will look gorgeous on your coffee table, next to your vase of flowers, of course! It makes an excellent gift as well.

In Flowers Chic & Cheap, Carlos Mota teaches you how you too can be a flower arranger extraordinaire, whether you are going to a flower market in Manhattan to get your ingredients or are at your country house picking wildflowers in your backyard. Our Champagne Wishes panel particularly likes the after party ideas on page 83, Read This loves the haute reading on page 99, and Peachy's Personal Favorite is p. 121 Cream of Roses, Carlos's Traditional Ralph Lauren moment. Of course Peachy likes roses the best because that's what she got when she made Perilhettes.

Whom You Know recommends Flowers Chic & Cheap by Carlos Mota! And of course we endorse the I love New York arrangements, on page 26.

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We all know what the scent of lilacs can do for your mood, and the way peonies add elegant style to an otherwise plain coffee table. There is nothing more special than gorgeous, fragrant, fresh-cut flowers. Beautiful bouquet arrangements have generally been a luxury, an expense reserved for special occasions—until now.

In FLOWERS CHIC & CHEAP: Arrangements with Flowers Picked from the Market or Backyard (Clarkson Potter; May 4, 2010; Trade Paperback, $25.00) Carlos Mota, the sought-after stylist, shows how to make beautiful arrangements with cut flowers inexpensively and on the fly. With a bit of creativity and inspiration from each season’s featured blooms that are easily found at the local grocery or farmer’s market, Carlos Mota shows that anyone can create elegant bouquets with repurposed vessels from around the house, or from the local flea market.

With more than 95 bouquet “recipes,” FLOWERS CHIC & CHEAP has an easy-to-follow layout with gorgeous four-color photographs of each arrangement. Throughout, you’ll find plenty of Carlos’s fabulous (and thrifty!) suggestions. Among them:

Arrange peonies in a watering can with Rosemary sprigs for a spring party centerpiece.
Reuse glass water bottles (or salsa jars or tea tins) to fashion eye-catching arrangements with carnations, orchids, or found branches.
Create a pedestal for a vase with a stack of brightly colored books, or pair different colored pots and saucers for contrast.

Plus, you’ll find dozens of tips from Carlos on decorating your home, making your flowers last, and how to work with color. Combining ease with elegance, FLOWERS CHIC & CHEAP will teach you how to celebrate your accessories (even soup tureens and waste baskets!) with seasonal floral bouquets that make a statement without making a fuss or costing a fortune.

CARLOS MOTA is the editor at large at Elle Decor. He has styled and produced feature stories for Vanity Fair, the New York Times, New York magazine, Harper’s and Queens, Travel+Leisure, Vogue, and O, The Oprah Magazine,among others. Carlos is also the designer of Casa Carlos Mota, a collection of six polyester-silk flower arrangements, sold exclusively through the Home Shopping Network.

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FLOWERS CHIC & CHEAP

Arrangements with Flowers Picked from the Market or Backyard

By Carlos Mota

On Sale: May 4, 2010

Clarkson Potter Publishers | $25.00 | ISBN: 978-0-307-58798-5

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