Modern Wedding Magazine

Early this year I was contacted by Modern Wedding Magazine.  They came across one of my bouquets online and wondered if I had a high resolution they might use so they could possibly include it in the magazine.  Cool, right!  So I sent the image off, this was probably 6 or so months ago.  I saw that the issue came out and I've been trying to get my hands on it to see if I made it in.  I did!  Not only that but they also featured some of my fellow Chapel Designers, including the Flower Mama herself Holly Chapple. I'm the last image in the feature…#7.

The Barn at Perona Farms

The request from this bride was her bouquet was to be large…very large.  And boy was it…it was so large and I completely loved it!   I had several last minute bookings this spring/summer, this bride and her family tackled the centerpieces but came to me for the corsages, boutonnieres, and bouquets.   I met the bride one week before her wedding in the flower district so she could see the types of flowers we would be able to use in her bouquet.  It's a beautiful thing to have the complete trust of a bride, and I love having the freedom to design!

I got a little artsy with the pictures..this old plow is right in front of the barn and made a perfect backdrop for pictures…

Boutonnieres of succulent, grasses, rosemary.  

The Bridal Bouquet:  crazy awesome ranunculus that opened up to reveal a pretty yellow center, helios garden roses, pink peonies, peach parrot tulips, garden snow spray roses, peach parrot tulips, oregano, and various greens that I thought looked pretty :)

Bridesmaids Bouquets, a much smaller version of the bridal bouquet.

I love the way the barn looks….

Warning:  I am about to post way too many pictures of the bouquet….I couldn't help myself.

Just to get perspective on how large the bouquet was…this big burly hairy armed man, who was with the band and all sweaty from their pre-wedding practice session walked by and I asked him to hold the bouquet….it's wider than him!

The Corsages..ranunculus, greens, baubles, and succulents

 And I'm glad I took pictures, turned out her photographer didn't get any of the bouquets and other personals!  

A May Wedding at The Grand Summit Hotel

I can't believe it's August and I'm just finding a little time to squeeze in a post about a wedding from May...and May, June, July…all beautiful months with lots of beautiful weddings to share.   So slowly I will be catching up.  I think I  might need to hire an intern! Business has grown by leaps and bounds the past 6 months, and the next 6 months of this year are just as busy.   I'm so excited to be doing what I love and contributing to the family trough.  I love flowers, and I love that I can do what I love and help support my family.



I loved working with Corey and her mom Nina.  Corey was planning everything from afar, so I spent lots of time chatting with her mom.  Now you might be thinking, ugh mother of the bride.  She was probably driving you crazy…but not in the least.  She was so genuinely excited for her daughter that it was so wonderful working with her.  She helped me remember that a wedding is not just about the bride and groom, but how it brings their families together.  We just chatted, and it was nice.  I knew about her moms hair debacle when the hair dresser who had helped her grow her hair out for a year suddenly forgot the end goal and cut it all off, about the dress shopping, about how everything else with the wedding was coming along.   My mom passed away about 9 years ago, and I miss just chatting with her.  And while I was helping Nina decide if they needed to find more vintage china   (all the centerpieces were in groupings of vintage china on the tables), Nina was helping fill a little void in my life.

When Corey and Nina first came to me with the idea of the vintage china I was a little worried.   Honestly I've had some bride supply items that were not pretty and I had made it my new policy not to use items that I had not purchased myself.  But when they showed me the pictures of what they had already collected I was hooked.  So for about 6 months here and there they picked things up.   Then they delivered them to my door, where I created groupings of pieces to design in.  The lighting in the venue is terrible, so my pictures aren't so great, thankfully Dove Photography captured some beautiful images.

Corey at first was a blush and white bride, then she became a coral, orange, blush bride…and I'm so happy she decided to go the brighter route.  We used peonies, spray roses, jasmine vine, helios garden roses, Juliet garden roses, peach parrot tulips, and dusty miller in the designs.  The centerpieces also included hypericum berries and astrantia.  Enjoy the photos!

So now I feel a little better..one of my spring weddings is out there in the world!