Eleanor's Bouquet

Back in May, I created a bridal bouquet for my friend and fellow floral designer Eleanor (of Bash & Bloom). Over the years I have created bridal bouquets for many friends, but never for a fellow floral designer- it was so fun, a bit terrifying, and a huge honor!

Eleanor gave me a dream set of instructions- "I don't want to know what you are putting in it. I want it to be big and wild."

May is such a great month for flowers, and Eleanor's bouquet was filled with locally-grown ranunculas, poppies, clematis, and foliages, plus mock orange and more clematis vines from my garden. It was dreamy!

I was so nervous on my way to bring it to her. I always want the bride to love her bouquet, but in Eleanor's case there was the added fact that she is an accomplished floral designer, and as such really knows what she is looking at.

When I gave it to her, she teared up and said, "It's perfect." Pretty much the highest complement possible! Thanks Eleanor!

A huge congratulations Eleanor and Matt! You two are made for each other, and I am lucky to call you my friends. Thank you for entrusting me with the job of making your bouquet- it was such an honor!

All of these gorgeous photos are courtesy of Shane Macomber.

Spring Bridal Brunch with Blooming Branches

These photos are from a shoot that took place almost a year ago, but for some reason it never really made a proper appearance on the blog. Now that spring is almost here again, it is high time to share this beauty! Blooming branches, peonies, sweet peas.... spring is a VERY good time for flowers, and we are waiting with anticipation for these gorgeous blooms to come back into season- it won't be long now.

Be sure to check out the list of vendors at the bottom of the post, there were some great people involved in this shoot!

Flowers: Botanique
Photography: Lora Grady Photography
Planning, Event Design, and mini cakes: Darien Leigh
Vintage Furniture and Decor: Vintage Ambiance
Invitations: Ashley Costlett
Hair and Make-up: Yessie Libby

Featured on Magnolia Rouge

We loved creating the florals for this beautiful shoot, featured today on Magnolia Rouge. The shoot took place in late May, and we rounded up columbine, viburnum, red peonies, roses and spirea to make these wild, woodsy floral pieces. Full list of vendors at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!

Flowers: Us!
Photography: Jess Hunter Photography
Dress: Sarah Seven from  The Velvet Bride
Hair & Makeup: Pacific Brides Hair & Makeup

Featured on Ruffled!

A little over a month ago we were featured on Ruffled! Below are some of my favorite images from the shoot, but be sure to head over to Ruffled to check out the full feature, because there are tons more........

Flowers: Us!
Photography: Lora Grady
Event Design: Darien Leigh Events & Design
Venue: Dairyland
Decor: Vintage Ambiance
Invitations: Dahlia Press
Hair and Makeup: Ceann Cherry
Cake: Baked
Bowties: The Tie Bar
Baubles: Charming Charlie

GRAY Magazine

We are very honored to be featured in the current issue of GRAY Magazine! We created the arrangement for this article a year ago last April, so that the flowers shown would actually be in season when the article was published. Many thinks to the fabulous Debra Prinzing for writing such a nice piece, and for all the farmers at the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market for growing such incredible flowers! You can read the article online here.

This is the arrangement we created, photographed by Alex Hayden. Narcissus, Iceland poppies, anthriscus foliage, hellebores, peony-flower tulips, ranunculas, white dicentra..... gotta love spring!

A little hellebore love....

It is hard not to get REALLY EXCITED during hellebore season. Hellebores are undoubtedly one of my all time favorite flowers, and a special jewel during these early months of the year when things are just starting to get going.

Lovely and magical. This arrangement features WA grown Hellebores, Spirea and Salal,  Oregon grown Viburnum, and California grown Ranunculas. Hello spring!

Schuyler and Peter- Whimsical Garden Wedding in Madrona

Schuyler and Peter married in early June at a private residence in Madrona. I loved working with the color palette Schuyler chose of orange shades, bright greens, and crisp white. Mock orange, scented geranium, and sweet peas made Schuyler's bouquet smell amazing, and the poppies and ranunculas created a serious color kick. When I handed Schuyler her bouquet, she gave me the best compliment any bride can ever give their floral designer: "It's perfect!" Music to my ears. All photos by Barbara Kinney. Fun fact: Barbara was a staff photographer at the White House while President Clinton was in office! Check out her website for some amazing photojournalism.....

This bunny was a permanent fixture in the garden... but he did dress up in a new white top hat and tulle bowtie for the occasion....

(This photo totally cracks me up! All I can hear is "The bouquet is mine.....")

Congratulations Schuyler and Peter! It was a joy designing these flowers for you.

Josie & Colt at Fireseed

Josie and Colt- what a sweet, kind and easy-going couple. I was lucky enough to design the flowers for their mid-May wedding at Fireseed, and it was a delight to work with such a bounty of gorgeous, local ingredients: TREE PEONIES! RANUNCULAS! POPPIES! Plus wild-foraged honeysuckle, rubus, senecio foliage, viburnum... some of my all-time favorites, woven together to create a look that reads as fresh, springy, vibrant and soft. All of these gorgeous images were taken by Stephanie Guerrero and Tara Brown.

It was a lovely, warm, springtime affair. Congratulations Josie and Colt on the start of a new chapter together!