Flowerwild Wedding - Jessica and Ryan Part II

A few more goodies from the wedding this last weekend. Then, I'm off to lunch with my adorable 21 month old beauty... she wants to hang on the "paaaiyo", aka patio - even though it is about 200 degrees outside. Tough little critter! If only flowers were as resilient as she. Then I wouldn't fear the heat of a late August fete.

Flowerwild Wedding - Jessica and Ryan

Swwwwwwwweeeeeeet! It's nice to be around couples who are getting married and actually enjoying it! These two were fun, fun-loving, and full of laughs. Jessica and Ryan = humorous pairing with lots of good years to come...I'm certain of it! Here are a few snippets from their flowers as we prepped at the Flowerwild Studio. More to come...

Love in a Mist bouts...


The Bridesmaid's lovely white puff encircled with blackberry vine...




Centerpieces pre-dahlia, loving all the dark textured greenery YUM YUM....

Weekend Wilderness

Just a sweet little something. All with ingredients from the local farmer's market. It's happy don't you think?

Samples for Michelle

A wedding in Rutherford anyone? aka Napa valley...I honestly wish I could do events there every week. Last time my husband and I went up there we stayed in Calistoga. Hot springs, geysers - big geysers, fainting goats (they have these when you go see Old Faithful, don't ask me why. But they were darn cute.), petrified forests (whoa), great music, and something else.......oh yeah, WINE! Lots of really amazing wine!
Make some pretty flowers, watch a wedding, celebrate. It's a good life. This wedding happens to be taking place at a very breathtaking venue, Beaulieu Garden. Just the driveway into the space is awe inspiring. Can't wait to see it all come together on the big day. Long hard wood tables with an array of our delectable flowers scattered all around. It will be one to remember.

Samples for Jessica

I wonder, is there a weird connection between redheads? Because it seems like an unusual percentage of my brides are of the redhead/strawberry blonde persuasion. Relative to the rest of the population....It seems strange that hair color could somehow color your appreciation and taste for beautiful, wild things. But then again, Why not? Anyway, I'll try to stick to the point. Jessica= pretty strawberry bride to be. July 17th is the date. Sunsets are the inspiration for the colors. A little taster of the look see below.
Peonies, Cafe au lait dahlias, passion vine, viburnum berries, garden roses, vining sweet peas. A softer bundle of blooms for the bride to carry. My love for beautiful, wild things grows!

Flowerwild Wedding - Pollie and Chris

Fall weddings are such fun, especially when the weather here in California is kind. No fires, no hundred degree heat and we're good! Pollie was such a nice person to work with and she really let me have a lot of creative freedom. Three cheers for a relaxed bride!!! I chose to use the chocolate cosmos like floaty little butterflies throught the arrangements. Juxtaposed with some other more structured elements such as the succulents and spiraled begonia leaves...wow. Pretty Pretty and classy too.
The venue is so beautiful and tad bit undiscovered so give it a look- Pasadena Museum of History
Photography by Eric Powell

Wanna see something CRAZY?

I love all kinds of flowers. Not to say I don't discriminate. I do. I'm not prefect. So in my research I found THESE!!!!! Chinese tree peony varieties. Aren't these so insanely gorgeous? There's a lavender one! And the red and white varigated is my personal favorite. Just another reminder of Mother Nature's magical talent for surprise. I'm going out to the garden to plan my tree peony sanctuary right now...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Love a lazy Sunday/Monday when I can get them. So sorry for being remiss with my posts of late. We had a lot going on over here. Beautiful glass and terracotta flying in from all over this big land. Flowers to order, prep and arrange. Lots and Lots of AMAZING garden roses from Northern California. Their sweet smell still haunts the studio. All in preparation for a wedding of extreme loveliness that seemed staged in a beautiful Tuscan garden. Fruiting chandeliers...you get the vibe?

I wont' have images for a few weeks yet...but here are a couple from her samples date.

Hope you all enjoy.

Weekend Wilderness

This weekend's wilderness is a fluffy white dream of an arrangement. I'm enjoying one more "calm" weekend before we get insane with weddings over here. But it's a healthy kind of insanity....I think. The birdies that hatched two weeks ago in a little nest above the studio have already learned to fly and are off into the wild blue yonder. And I thought Alice was growing up too fast. Well, since I can't stop time I better just pay attention as it goes by.

Enjoy your own weekend wilderness...

Flowerwild wedding - Maya and Jirka

Another nice featured wedding - this time on LA Style Unveiled. A very artistic mix of people came together to celebrate the wedding of Maya and Jirka on the Hillsides of Malibu. Maya brought me her own collection of vintage tins to group together on the tables. Her sensibilities for the flowers were really relaxed and fun. Dahlias, garden roses, accents of blackberries on the vine...So summery. I though the overall look was so refreshing and lighthearted. What a fun event with lots of nice personal touches that made it so unique. Great great people!!! Hope you enjoy it.









Venue - Rancho Sol Del Pacifico
Photographer - Thayer Allyson Gowdy of The Little White Dress
Flowers by Flowerwild....oh la la!!!