Monday cutie: wedding chicks feature and new friends

It's so awesome to follow up our feature in BRIDES magazine with a front page feature on The Wedding Chicks! Kelly over at True Bliss Photography (located in S. Cal) contacted me a couple weeks ago to see if I'd be willing to take part in their central coast inspiration shoot and I of course said yes! They asked me to create a lovely little set of blooms that was spring inspired and we came up with some little cuties for them. We included anemones, ranunculus, poppies, crespedia, cottage roses, dusty miller, freesias, calla lilies and succulents for a fun twist on spring! Thanks to the wonderful So Cal vendors involved and for including us in the set. Wedding Chicks loved the shoot and picked it up for a front page feature....see it HERE.

Monday cutie: Kim+Matt and a Style Me Pretty feature!

Hello all and happy Monday! I've been so excited to share this post with you for a while now! It seems as though Style Me Pretty was just as excited about this wedding as I was and they gave it a front page feature on their uber-fabulous blog - see the full feature HERE! Meet Kim+Matt. Kim is just the sweetest and goes down in my book as one of my favorite people to have worked with. Her brilliant and heartfelt ideas combined with her sweet personality are a winning combo. It was so much fun to work with someone who had such great ideas but also wasn't afraid to let me throw my own ideas in the mix. With a super-star team of vendors like Pacific Harvest Catering, Ahlin Photography and Sealed with a Kiss Events the day was perfect. Thanks to Elisa at Ahlin Photography for sharing this lovely images with us and many many thanks to Kim+Matt for letting us play a small role in such a momentous day. Best to you always!

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Monday cutie: Heather+Kurt featured on inspired by this

Heather+Kurt are the cutest...so was their wedding. See the front page feature on inspired by this by clicking here. Muy gorgeous photos from Mike Larson and a beautiful backdrop provided by Flying Caballos Ranch!

Monday cutie: a french press, a photo shoot and a wholelatta happiness

It was a perfect day yesterday. Waking up, creating some seriously beautiful flowers for a photo shoot and then meeting up with two of the sweetest people I know (see their pretty faces below) for a glass of wine. Let's just say I seriously enjoyed the 80 degree January day in SLO. I thought it would be difficult for all of the other days of the week to trump Sunday but as it turns out Monday, only 3 hours young and after a superb french press brew, is making sure to keep the good stuff coming!

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Cameron Ingalls is a ridiculously talented photographer and also happens to be a SUPER nice guy. I have admired his work for a while, even from the early days of photographs hanging in local coffee shops. Cameron's work is romantic, meaningful and every picture seems to tell a very sweet story. He also has a project called The Wedding Standard, a place for brides, vendors and interested people in the like to look for folks in the industry who are raising the bar. From The Wedding Standard Cameron says, "I want my brides to have the best of the best, the people that don't just work for a paycheck, but who work with a love for their craft and a passion for people. Artists interviewed here are those that don't settle for mediocrity in what they do, they see their business as a service and an art form". I hope you can understand the excitement I felt when Cameron asked if he could interview ME for The Wedding Standard! It's so awesome to be recognized by such a leader in the wedding industry but to also be grouped together with so many talented folks. I feel so humbled. So....without further ado check out the interview HERE!

*Cameron Ingalls, Inc.

Monday cutie: a wedding season in review

Super excited for what the 2011 wedding season holds but for now here's a few of our favorites from 2010. Many thanks to all the wonderful people we got to work for and with this past year - YOU ARE AWESOME! 2010 has truly been a tremendous year for April Flowers and we are stoked to be so busy already for next year. As we are rounding the corner and headed into 2011, I'm feeling so blessed for all that has happened and also so excited for what is to come. Cheers to all we have to look forward to in this coming year!

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!