Monday cutie: Christmas, pine, poinsettias and mason jars

I'm so very excited to be in the flower shop this week! The Monday after Thanksgiving marks the start of our Christmastime favorites. The shop is filled with the smells of pine nettles, cedar, rosemary, peonies and brightened up by the colors of red poinsettias (making a comeback), variegated holly, red ilex berries and tulips of all colors. Can you tell I'm excited? I love this time of year...for the festive feeling in the air, the celebration of Christmas day, the cold boots and scarf weather and all the beautiful flowers that make their debuts during this season. I'm feeling re-inspired and falling in love with Christmastime all over again....

Monday cutie: centerpieces and a thanksgiving weekend wedding!

Thanksgiving is here! I like Thanksgiving. I don't like Thanksgiving nearly as much as I do Christmas but I like it just enough. It's always a busy time at the shop helping folks pick out flowers for their dinner tables to compliment their delicious dishes. Or perhaps people are looking for a sweet something to take to friends or family who have graciously opened up their homes to them. Either way I enjoy the bustle and excitement that starts with Thanksgiving and lasts thru the new year. For me, Thanksgiving represents the very start of my favorite seasons of flowers...winter thru spring. I love that as soon as Thanksgiving day passes we are running full steam into Christmas and all the pine, winter berries, and amaryllis. Then we are on to ranunculus, hyacinth, anemones, tulips...my oh my.  I love the colors, just about all cold weather flowers, cheerful and happy people, hot drinks during the middle of the day, boots and scarves...can't wait! 

For now a quick glimpse as some fun Thanksgiving centerpieces and the inspiration board for our holiday weekend wedding! I'll be so busy saying goodbye to orange and yellow flowers this week that I posted this just a smidge early...hope you don't mind. Happy Thanksgiving friends. Be thankful and happy this week. 

Dana+Dave's wedding featured on The Wedding Chicks!

Happy to announce another feature on The Wedding Chicks! Dana+Dave's wedding at Holland Ranch was just perfect. Sweet and unpretentious this couple pulled out all the stops...delicious food, eclectic but classy blooms, awesome and comfortable venue with a talent behind the lens to boot! See the entire feature on The Wedding Chicks here!

Monday cutie!

This week we are happy to let you know we have two features on the stylish Wedding Chicks blog. First up is Miranda+Jake. These two are really as sweet as can be and just so excited to be married. Their joy, happiness, love and affection was evident in my time spent with them prior to the wedding as well as the day it's self - just the way it should be. Check out the photos and feature on The Wedding chicks here and let them speak for themselves! Thanks to Mirelle Carmichael for sharing these images!

Monday cutie on a Wednesday!

The time change has messed with my internal clock and everything seems to be running in fast forward since Sunday! I've neglected the Monday cutie long enough. With Thanksgiving right around the corner I'm dreaming up some fun table arrangements that will look just as good as the food you're serving! My inspirations this year are coming from the sweet but rich colors of figs and raspberries. Thanksgiving doesn't have to be all orange, gold and rust. Why not peach, eggplant, burgundy, golds and greens. It's simple, elegant and interesting enough to keep your guests talking about how fabulous your flowers were. Here's some images from around the web that got my wheels turning. Happy monday friends...on Wednesday!

Monday Cutie!

A girl can get carried away online that's a fact. Maybe it's looking for flowery inspirations, things for around the house or a new pair of shoes, it's easy to let a few hours slip by without even realizing it. This was the case yesterday. I sat down at my computer to "work" at around 4pm and before I know it it's 8pm -how did this happen? Websites like Lonny Magazine, Etsy, The Wedding Chicks and Style Me Pretty make it super easy to get lost in an online world of beauty and wonder. Here's a few finds from my escapades yesterday that I LOVE! Happy Monday friends!

Etsy Store: Love Crush
*I also love that these are my and my husband initials!

Etsy Store:ddeforest

Etsy Store: indenyldesigns

Etsy Store: Bellasma

Etsy Store: Cozyblue