Monday cutie: Kate+Bill and an accomplishment!

Hello all and happiest of Mondays to you! I have a little treat to share today.....Kate+Bill were married at Spyglass Inn a short while back and it was truly a pleasure to work with such classy folks. Kate choose deep burgundy, pinks, creams and fuchsias for her beach fete and I think the colors just pop off the page. We used anemones, hydrangeas, mokara orchids, cymbidium orchids, roses, ranunculus, dahlias and dendrobiums to pull it all together. I am most proud of her luscious cascading bouquet. I had never made one before (not a style often requested by my clients) and it was really a "learn as you go" kinda thing.  My dear friend Sarah came along with me to set things up and we were able to stay after setting up, with a mid-afternoon nip and watch the wedding take place from the restaurant patio. It was a beautiful ceremony! Congrats Kate+Bill! Thanks to Sophie with Mike Larsen Inc. for sharing some pretty pics with us!

Monday cutie: Style Me Pretty Feature, weddings and Mama's day

Hello! What a busy few days it has been! A lovely Friday wedding at Santa Margarita Ranch, then a classy fete at the Cliffs Resort on Saturday and Mother's day on Sunday! Whew! Now it's time to get back to e-mails, contracts, flower orders and such. I was super excited to find a little gem in my mailbox today that said Heather+Kurt's wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty this week! Fun! See the full post here. Here's a little snippet from the post.

Here are some sneak peaks at the lovelies we created this weekend for wedding clients. On the left is Jen's bouquet and on the right is Debra's centerpieces. Yum! Can't wait to see the photos from their gorgeous days.

 

Lastly, here's a shot of my and my mama. I hate that I don't ever get to spend mother's day with her. She is the very best and I couldn't imagine life without her. AND.....Happy 1st birthday to my sweet little niece Julia!

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: Sun Valley Idaho, a custom wedding dress and dear friends

Hello friends! This week's Monday cutie coming at you on a Thursday....the shop was super busy making lots of Valentines happy and so I, sadly, had to neglect the monday cutie. Better late than never right? So...meet Danielle and Drew. Danielle and I first met working together at a local flower shop during our college years. We quickly struck up a friendship and so did our boyfriends (now hubby's)! We worked together for a couple of years and then when I started up my own flower shop Danielle came on board with April Flowers. She played an instrumental role in getting the shop off the ground by providing support, love and beautiful designs. She is someone who is highly organized and on her game which really helped me stay on task during the difficult adjustment into the life of a business owner! Shortly after Drew asked Danielle to be his wife (she of course said yes!) it was only fitting that she ask me to create the flowers for her wedding...there was only one catch....it was going to be in Sun Valley Idaho. We finally got all the details worked out and off to Sun Valley we went! Danielle loved the soft garden-ish pastels but also has a thing for tropicals so we blended the two for a rich display of color and romance. Be sure to take a second look at Danielle's one of a kind, hand made for her specifically, beautiful wedding dress - every girls dream right? Here's so shots from Kristin Cheatwood of the flowers and the beautiful day Josh and I were able to be a part of. Love, love, love to you two always.