4 year anniversary

So, I know I don't do a stellar job at posting about my dailies.  Here's a great one.  Hubby came in wanted four flowers for a four year anniversary, "flowers that are super special".  No problem.. how 'bout some lady slipper orchids.  Done and Done.

Cabbage, lotus and artichokes - oh my!

This is one of the coolest weddings I've been a part of in a while.  LOVE working food into my florals and green, white and orange may be my favorite colorscheme of the season.  Ceremony at First United Methodist (a fav) with reception following at Alumni Hall (a Bloomington standard). I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed putting it all together.

You'll see a magazine pic next to the bridal, this was the picture the bride gave me for inspiration.  I think it turned out pretty great, especially considering most of the flowers in the mag pic were unavailable.

A few weekends ago Katie and I went to Atlanta's America Mart Gift Show to shop for some new goodies for the shop. Amongst the vast array of not-so-great, we found a few new things to stock. We really liked the small vases from Chive. This top one is actually a plastic travel vase that folds flat and we  definitely fell in love with the small apothecary bud vases. 

Stop by the shop the check out the full line!

Bright Summer

This is a great option for the bride who wants something beautifully inexpensive.  An all gerbera bouquet creates a statement without breaking the bank.  In this wedding each bridesmaid carried a different color with the bride carrying all the colors together.  They also make for great pictures!!  Now, onward to the weddings of the week - three this week with parties on top.  Next week I'll have more time to re-stock and re-design the store with all my new Atlanta purchases.  Please come by and have a look.

Lavender Bridal

What a lovely mix of textures.  When I first worked with this bride I wasn't terribly confident I would like the waxy white stephanotis in the mix of all the more "wild" lavenders, but I'm pleasantly surprised again how more times than not, beautiful flowers make beautiful bouquets in all different ways.  

(I'm a poet and didn't even know it...)

More Professional Pics

Thanks Jen Bowersock for providing me with this awesome pics.  Check out her site here to see more of her beautiful work.  I already posted about this wedding, so I'll let the pics do the talking for me.  Imagine that!

Alright, so I got a new computer and a new phone and I had to figure out what the heck I was doing before I could do all the facebooky twittery bloggy stuff.... so, here I am... ready for the social media onslaught.   Blogging is a bit of a bugger as I still have all of my photos etc on my last computer.  Even so, I knew my public would wait no longer.  Here is a wedding I did at the end of June at The Showers Inn.  What a beautiful site.  It was the first wedding I helped with there, and with the out of town wedding guests staying right there at the bed and breakfast it couldn't be more convenient.  Talk about garden envy.  What a beautiful courtyard.