Tin Can Studios

I worked with Ingrid and her team for our Manhattan wedding in August 2015 and she was amazing! We had a wonderful conversation after I inquired about her availability, and then my fiancé and I met with her at her Red Hook studio, where we went through the plan for our wedding. She also came to our venue several times for walk-​throughs with me and our wedding coordinator. Her vision for the space was exactly what I wanted, and her aesthetic is so beautiful and perfect for a modern yet pretty and classic wedding. She sources beautiful and unique local flowers in season. She was so unlike other florists I interviewed since she really listened to what I like and don’t like, so I got exactly what I wanted without having to tell her every single detail. Honestly the best vendor choice we made in the whole wedding process! I have recommended her to all of my engaged friends and I would not hesitate to use her again for another event!

Running a new restaurant (Grindhaus) is a giant pain in the ass. Running a restaurant all alone is an even bigger pain in the ass. Valentine’s Day is a huge deal in the restaurant world– it can make or break your February (the August of winter) but it is really easy to forget about certain details, like flowers, at the last minute because well everything else is a pain in the ass.
The afternoon before VD, I was fetching a spicy hot chocolate at Baked down the street from the restaurant and there I saw some lovely prepared bouquets for sale on the counter. They were pretty perfect and I thought a few of them would look nice in the vintage grinders I use as tablescapes –but there weren’t enough. The kind folk behind the counter passed me Ingrid’s number and I called to see if I could get a few more last minute.
VD afternoon, she came over and assessed the room, picked up the grinders and I gave her a budget to trick them out. Whoa. What came off the truck and into the space was baffling. The already sexy little dining room of Grindhaus was completely transformed– still feminine but with a masculine edge. It was so unmistakably gorgeous and appealing to any gender, even the MEN leaned in to ask «who does your flowers?» Oh AND the following day, one of the fellas called to say «Check it out! Grindhaus gets you laid!» I know our food is amazing, but I am pretty sure the ambience she created with the flowers sealed the deal.
So yeah, she really nailed it and last minute too! (she also assured me I wasn’t a pain in HER ass with it being last minute and these unusual vessels.) Apparently she does graphic design and letterpress too and I am sure I will tap her for those skills at some point but right now I just get a tiny bit of excitement each week when the scapes change and I can forget about what a pain in the ass everything else is. Being surrounded by beauty is a beautiful thing.