For the Love of Flowers: Shannon and Nathan

Purples been a huge color this year.  It seems that about half of the weddings that I've done in 2011 have had purple, and sometimes another color as the palette.  Shannon and Nathan's wedding was great to work on, because it allowed me to explore a new way of thinking about design.  Shannon definitely wanted a little bit of glamour for her event, so we used hanging crystals, feathers, and tons of candle light.  I wanted to keep the purple from getting to monochromatic, so we used a range of shades in lavendar, plum, and magenta.  Plus I got to wrap her bouquet in purple velvet ribbon from Midori.  So fun! Beautiful images compliments of Wirken Photography.

A big thank you to Shannon and Nathan for letting us be part of their big day.  Your guys event was beautiful!

love, Emily

Events a la emmy-ray: Californos Bridal Open House

On June 6th I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the open house/wedding fair at Californos.  I had just finished working Shannon and Nathan's lovely wedding a few days before, and had some leftover flowers from some arrangements and bouquets I rescued during clean-up.  I did a little fluffing and re-arranging and came up with some fun arrangements.  Crystals and feathers aren't my typical style, but it was fun to try out something a little bit different (plus you gotta love the candlelight).

The hyacinths in this bouquet smelled AMAZING!

I had to wait til just the right moment to snap this picture so the back lighting would be purple/magenta.

Not too shabby for a bunch of leftovers, eh?

love, emmy-ray