For the Love of Flowers: Kristen and Luke, June 2012

There's so much that I can say about Kristen and Luke's day, but I think it's pretty clear from all their pictures just how wonderful they are.  It's always a great feeling when you book a client who you, for lack of a better word, gel with.  Kristen's vision for the day was vintage, eclectic, soft, and romantic, just our style.  I can't take all the credit for how amazing it turned out either.  I loved the beautiful mint green bridesmaids dresses, and all the pieces of china that she collected for the arragements, and for every guests place setting.  Plus the venue is one of our favorites, The Foundation, and the photographers We Are the Parsons captured everything beautifully!  It also doesn't help when the bride is totally gorgeous.  Thanks so much for having us you guys, we loved being part of your day!

For the Love of Flowers: Heather and Mark, June 2012

Heather and Mark are a classic couple.  Heather's vision was a beautiful romantic event, with touches of metallic silver.  The flowers for their day couldn't have come in more perfect, fluffy white hydrangeas, soft ruffled peach garden roses, and those coral peonies?  Amazing (but I can't take any credit for that), and I loved the contrast between the soft brides bouquet, and the bold bridesmaids bouquets.  We created a HUGE statement arrangement for the escort card, definitely our largest to date.  Thank you so much for letting us be part of your day guys, and thanks to C. Lynne Photography for some of their lovely images.  

(picture taken by C. Lynne Photography, and emmy-ray).  

DIY Projects: Thanksgiving Decor

I'm not hosting Thanksgivign this year, but it doesn't mean my mind isn't running rampant with lots of fun ideas for what I would do to decorate our table.  I've been sharing a few of them around the internets.  They're super duper easy (like anyone can do them), and look like you spent hours and hours on them.  It's all about groupings of simple to make items, which is key if you're busy cooking a Thanksgiving feast. Pop on over and check them out! 

Here's the Fall Leaves Vases that I shared over on White Table Style.

 

And the super simple Squash and Taper Candle DIY on Paper Muse Press.  

Hooray for Thanksgiving.  I can't wait to gorge myself on delicious food, and spend lots of time with family and friends!

xo ~ Emily

For the Love of Flowers: Bethany and Kyle, May 2012

Wow, you can really tell how busy of a wedding season we had this year, considering we had so much going on every weekend, and I definitely haven't posted anything since early September when it all got started.  We did our last event of the season on Friday, and I'm excited to have some time off to play catch up.  Bethany and Kyle were a super sweet couple.  They wanted their day to be casual, with lots of wild flowers to match their beautiful venue The Lodge at Ironwoods.  Bethany told me some of her favorite flowers are gerber daisies, and irises, so we made sure to include those in her beautiful bridal bouquet.  For the ceremony we added curly willow, lilac, and other blooms in purple, white, and yellow to our vintage screen.  Thanks guys for letting us be part of your day, and to three three photography for the beautiful pics!

For the Love of Flowers: Shanna and Michael, May 2012

I met Shanna when I was setting up another wedding at Californos last year.  It's a common occurance, and I love Californos just for that reason (and many other reasons).  When we met for our consult she brought along a posse, including her sweet daughter.  From the start she was so open to ideas, and I absolutely LOVED the custom grey and white linens we created for their tables.  The set-up was a decor-a-thon, including a backdrop for their outdoor ceremony, sheer curtains for the entry way, and tons of white lanterns, lights, and hanging flowers over the dance floor.  A fun little tid bit: Shanna set her bridal bouquet down before the ceremony and someone placed it behind the bar for safe keeping, but failed to tell the bride.  When it came time for the ceremony no one could find it, so Shanna rolled with it, and subbed in a bridesmaids bouquet.  Now that's a laid back bride.  Thanks for letting us be part of your day Shanna and Michael, and also thanks to Melissa Lin Ellis for her lovely pics of the couple!

xo ~ Em

Inspiration: Cynthia Rowley Bouquet Recipe

Fashion Week was last week, and it inspired me to finally use this amazing Cynthia Rowley ribbon to create a bouquet.  As soon as I saw it at Jo-ann Fabric and Crafts, and I just had to have it.  The colorful confetti look makes me want to drop everything and party!  The natural choice for flowers was a mix of lots of bright fun colors, and being a texture lover I grabbed lots of fun novelty stems like green trick, thistle, and celosia!  Hope everyone had a fabulous fashion week, I love living vicariously through all your style pics and runway shows!

xo ~ Em

Inspiration: Bohemian Wedding Styled Shoot

I've was lucky enough, this summer, to work with an amazing team of women on a few different inspiration shoots.  When Cassandra and Kristen contacted me about taking part, I was super excited.  I live for these types of projects, it's always so much fun to collaborate with other creatively minded people.  They sent me an inspiration board, and told me what they had in mind, and I ran with the flowers from there.  The results were so lovely, and our models (a real married couple) were such troopers in the ridiculous heat.  Plus we were lucky enough to be published on one of my favorite wedding blogs, Ruffled.  Thanks so Cassandra Castaneda Photography, Rak Designs, and Porello Girls for including me!

xo ~ Em