We absolutely fell in love with our “Garden Party” themed spring shoot. This theme is perfect for a spring or summer trunk show. Picture Elderflower Lemonade with Wildflower Ice Cubes, French Macarons, Flower Cupcakes … what else could you possible need? Some decorations, of course! Here are some ideas we used at the photo shoot that are super-simple but make a gorg impact.

Paper Flowers

The perfect bouquet that never goes away! *Note: these are for life-size flowers. Giant flowers would require a bigger square of paper*

What you’ll need:

Construction paper — any colors you like

Pen/Pencil

Scissors

Tape

How to:

1. Draw a spiral on a 4×4″ square sheet of paper

2. Cut out spiral along the lines you have drawn

3. Begin rolling up the spiral from the outside

4. Keep on rolling until there is no more left to roll!

Flower Wall

Add color to any room with this great conversation starter!

What you’ll need:

Silk flowers

Tape — fun colors or clear

Blank wall

How to:

1. Find your blank ‘canvas’ of a wall that will provide a great backdrop — maybe behind the food buffet table, or in front of where everyone will take pictures.

2. Tape fake silk flowers in lines up the wall, with each flower “stripe” equal distance from the next. You can use clear tape, but we used bright yellow!

3. Mix it up and do whatever you think looks best: all flowers up with stems below, flowers facing down toward ground and stems up, or alternating directions.

4. That’s really all there is to it! Have fun with your color scheme and don’t worry too much about it looking perfect.

Spring has sprung and at the Chloe + Isabel studio in NYC we are all about capturing moments in time — these days we capture those moments through the lens of Instagram. Check out what we’ve been up to in a segment we like to call “Picture Perfect Inspiration!”

Sweets + Treats

A few of the delectable delights we can’t get enough of? Macarons + mini cupcakes. Oh, and we can’t forget a few of our ultimate favorites things about spring: birdies + flowers!

It’s a Retro Glam World

It’s not a garden party without flower accents!

We think these frosting flowers atop any sweet treat are the perfect touch for a spring get-together. Here’s how we do it!

Cupcakes:

Simply use your favorite boxed cake mix — make it easy as possible on yourself, because the flowers take time! Since it’s easiest to do frosting designs on flat surfaces, try to only fill the paper cups about halfway to keep them from rising above the rim of the pan while baking. If they do rise a little bit, dry gently pressing down on them with a paper towel while still warm — or if all else fails, carefully slicing the top off! Once you have a flat cupcake, you are ready to become a frosting artist!

Frosting flowers:

What you need…

1 package pink buttercream frosting, or white frosting with pink food coloring

1 pastry bag to put frosting in 1M tip, or any large open star or rose tip

How-to:

1.Hold bag so tip is at an angle. Position opening just above cupcake and gently squeeze.

2. Guide tip in circular motion counterclockwise while still squeezing.

3. When you’ve piped a full circle, guide tip to center of frosting circle. Stop squeezing, then lift tip.

4. Optional: add leaves with a green frosting by holding bag at a 45 degree angle to practice surface with back of bag pointing to your chest. Squeeze with a heavy pressure to build up base; then pull tube straight up and away from surface as you relax pressure and draw leaf to a point, stopping pressure.

Our designer Ying made her frosting flowers the size of the entire cupcake (seen below)! Simply scrumptious…