Dawn is an accomplished interior designer, florist, home renovation specialist, master craftswoman, painter and educator. She built the Emerald Flamingo Design Studio to express her artistic nature with like-minded creatives in an inspired space.   Dawn has put down roots in the beautiful ‘Emerald City’ of Southern California - Coronado.

Dawn is a veteran floral and event designer, spending nearly 20 years in the wedding, corporate and luxury event business. Her innate artistic abilities have always made her a star, earning a solid reputation as one of the premier floral and event designers in Southern California and Hawaii.  

As founder of Embellishmint Floral & Event Design Studio, she created design environments at some of the most notable venues in SoCal - Hotel Del, Loews Coronado, Fairmont Grand Del Mar, Rancho Valencia, L’Auberge, Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, amongst many others, receiving accolades in top trade publications like Grace Ormonde, Inside Weddings, and Ceremony Magazine. She was featured on the hit show, Platinum Weddings for designing the celebrity wedding of Billboard R&B/Hip Hop singer Anisha Gwynn (daughter of legendary baseball player Tony Gwynn) to Kennard Jones; also finding fame as the lead designer for the Hawaiian Dream Wedding Contest for the launch of Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii, as seen on Live with Regis and Kelly.
Upon retiring from the events industry, she turned her energy toward a complete home renovation and transformation. From first demo down to the final details, Dawn designed and envisioned an open-air oasis to encompass the island lifestyle, working alongside partner/contractor Richard Gonzalez of Good Guys Design & Build. The house was named the Haleakala, which in Hawaiian means “The House of the Rising Sun” and from that space the Emerald Flamingo Studio emerged.

An inspired reflection of self-expression, Dawn has mastered the trending art technique of fluid acrylic pour, utilizing mixed media and resin art to create abstract works, in a therapeutic environment. “In all my experience, I was never known to be a fine artist, but exploring this medium has opened up a whole new venue of art appreciation and expression”., Dawn studied Interior Design at the Design Institute of San Diego “but I have found an emotional connection to this process. It’s like a meditation of creation that is so organic and pure. It calms me and enriches my imagination like never before.”

Dawn is sharing her works now for this first time , and is available for commissioned projects and private instruction. Emerald Flamingo Studio is now featuring a Gallery Open House once a month to the public to view/purchase one of a kind artworks in Acrylic, Resin, Wood & Fabrics along with classes in differing mediums such as soy wax candles, chocolate making, floral arrangement, tablescaping for the holidays, along with many other new and exciting trends in crafting.

More info: www.emeraldflamingostudio.com    
Email dawn@emeraldflamingostudio.com
See Dawn Stone’s floral portfolio at www.embellishmintfloral.com