Shannon + Cory

This wedding was special to me for a few different reasons. 1. Shannon is a cousin of my soon to be cousin-in-law. I know that sounds crazy but it was really neat to be able to take care of far extended family! 2. Shannon and Cory are from San Diego, used me for flowers from SLO, and got married in Santa Barbara - I'm honored that someone would want my flowers even though they could use someone closer. 3. Shannon and I never met although we shared many a fun e-mail or phone call. She was so kind and easy going thru the whole planning process. She gave me some direction and then let me take the reigns! I'm so excited to finally meet her this summer at my cousin Nick's wedding to his fabulous fiance Corrie (oh and their wedding is in Catalina and we'll be doing those too!). Many blessings to Shannon and Cory for a forever and happy marriage. Special thanks to Amy with Vita-Bella Photography for sharing these beautiful images with us!

Fun furry fact for today!

Friends meet Fur. Fur meet friends. This has been a really fun flower for us to have in the shop! It has so much texture and a fun personality (yes flowers have personality or at least that's what I tell myself when I talk to them all day). Anyway, thought this would be a fun one to share. *Side note this is also a photo I took with my fabulous borrowed camera. I take pictures of everything...

New ambition!

My photographer friend Jonathan Roberts gave me a lesson in taking pictures today. He also long-term lent me his old Nikon D70 from way back. With it I'm going to take pictures of everything and get better. He said if I get good enough he'll let me carry his bags when he shoots a wedding. Awesome! Here's some things I captured today: a canada dry bottle, my dogs, the trees and these two which I'm very fond of!