It stays
Keep it out of direct sun and it holds its colour and shape. All it needs is a soft brush every few months, for as long as you want it around.
Handcrafted in Colombo
Some days deserve to stay.
We're a modern craft studio making flowers by hand, one at a time, for the days worth keeping.
The collection
Scarlet Carnation Bouquet
There are days that call for red and nothing else. This one is a dozen scarlet carnations with folded, ruffled petals, wrapped in slate and gold.
LKR 5,200
Made to order, 3 to 5 days
Blush and White Daisy Bouquet
Some birthdays you really want to get right. This one gathers daisies, lilies and small pearl-centred blossoms in blush and white, packed into a full round dome.
LKR 4,800
Made to order, 3 to 5 days
Bright Pink Garden Bouquet
Some days are worth making a noise about. This is the biggest piece we make, in magenta, hot pink and purple, with gerberas, tulips and lilies packed close together.
LKR 8,500
Made to order, 5 to 7 days
Bright Multicolour Daisy Bouquet
Not every day worth marking has a name. This one is a loose armful of daisies in blue, yellow, lilac, red and pink, left unwrapped so the green stems show, and it is the least serious thing we make.
LKR 4,600
Made to order, 3 to 5 days
Why this exists
The day is the point, not the flowers.
This isn't a substitute for real flowers and it isn't trying to be. We bend and wrap every stem by hand from wire and cotton fibre, and that's why the petals have that soft, slightly furred texture when you look closely. There's nothing living in it, so there's nothing that can wilt.
It stays
Keep it out of direct sun and it holds its colour and shape. All it needs is a soft brush every few months, for as long as you want it around.
It is made for one person
We don't mass produce anything. We choose the colours and write the card for the person who's receiving it.
It arrives ready to give
It arrives wrapped, boxed and finished, with your message written out by hand. There's nothing for you to put together.
Who is it for
Popular occasions
Photography pending
A handmade bouquet suited to birthday, photographed in daylight.Birthday
What do you give someone who already has enough things?
Photography pending
A handmade bouquet suited to anniversary, photographed in daylight.Anniversary
How do you mark a year without repeating last year?
Photography pending
A handmade bouquet suited to sympathy, photographed in daylight.Sympathy
What do you send when there is nothing right to say?
Photography pending
A handmade bouquet suited to wedding, photographed in daylight.Wedding
What's left of the day afterwards?
Photography pending
A workbench at the Shakee's studio in Colombo, with stems being shaped by hand in daylight.About Shakee's
The day is the point.
Shakee's is a Colombo studio for the days worth marking properly. We make every flower by hand, one occasion and one person at a time.
The work is shaped around what the day calls for, then wrapped, written and packed so it arrives ready to give.
From the bench
What is on the bench this week.
Photography pending
Rows of hand-shaped petals resting on a studio bench beside the tools used to make them.20 July
A hundred and forty petals at the bench
Repetition is not the same as sameness. The difference is where a bouquet becomes convincing.
Photography pending
An empty studio bench with tools set down and one unfinished stem in the centre.16 July
What a quiet week makes possible
A slower stretch is when the studio resets the work that busy weeks do not leave room for.
Photography pending
An araliya beside three studio attempts at its five-petal structure.8 July
Working out an araliya
The five petals are possible. Keeping their twist through the binding is the part still being tested.