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So busy with trying to get the shop squared away this week folks - but realized I don't think I showed you this design. So I am showering you with flowers this week!

This is an arrangement I did for one of the Street of Eames homes designed by Gerald Nusbaum in 1956. 

It had such a bright open feeling with  the living area opening onto the garden that I wanted to reflect those sunny colors.

I chose a modern palette of pale yellow, orange, burgundy and grey. Pincushions, ranuncula, hyacinth, Alexandra roses, and accents of wheat, berzellia, peach hypericum, echeveria, and dusty miller make this an eclectic mix.

peonies and pearls....2

Here are the bridal bouquets, bridesmaids bouquets, and ceremony flowers for the same wedding. The bridal bouquet was soft and romantic with Biedermier garden roses, Vendella, Bridal pink, Mi Amor, and Moonstruck roses. This is all softened with fuzzy grey lamb's ear and frilly dusty miller at the edges...all tied up with pink grosgrain ribbon. In the large arrangements, we added peonies, pink two-tone snapdragons, and Queen Anne's lace.

peonies and pearls

Here is a wedding that we did a few weeks ago. The bride was in love with pink and wanted the wedding to be vintage-inspired. So all the bridesmaid wore simple grey dresses and pearls. Many shades of soft to powdery pink mixed with grey created the mood. The peonies were perfect - below are some of the table arrangements with 3 varieties of peonies, dusty miller, and lambs ear. At the bottom is the lovely cake.

Tomorrow, the bouquets!

rosy tones

Still catching up on showing you some of the recent floral designs - more next week...

These were orders from last week...

Malibu Ecuadorian roses, Biedermier garden roses, coral Moscow roses, burgundy dahlias, poppy pods, mint, millet, kale...all very lush and garden-inspired.

hot house

Some orders from a few weeks ago - I was feeling ready for summer and lots of intense color. A bold mix of Ambiance and Moscow roses, yellow pincushions, safari sunset leucadendron, purple astrantia, red hot pokers, ladies mantle, and tomato red tulips.

sunshine

Just some of the arrangements I did for a 16th birthday party last Friday. The weather has been so gloomy here and we were all waiting for summer to start. Friday we were in luck and the sun came out to join us for this party! It's a  lush, gardeny mix of Avalanche, Limbo, Suela, and Sphinx Gold roses mixed with Monte Casino asters (the little daisies), kermit poms mock orange, billy buttons, ladies mantle, curly willow, and geranium.

The tabletop arrangements were done in white birch tubes. 

woodland elegance - part 2

Here are the table arrangements and ballroom arrangements for the same wedding. The bride's mother had these fab chartreuse table runners made which really pulled the color story together. The lavender, purple ad, and chocolate added a punch to the color story with chartreuse and whites. All the same ingredients as the bouquets with added scabiosa, freesia, sweet peas, chocolate cosmos, viburnum, kangaroo paws, Monte Casino asters, curly willow, kale, ferns, moss clusters, and wild lupin.

woodland elegance

OK everyone - typepad has done an "upgrade" and I have been struggling for days with no assistance...
so please excuse the small photos - I hope they will fix it soon...
when they do I will repost.

Here are some photos from the wedding we did last weekend - woodland elegance was the theme.
The bride carried a bouquet of Vendella, Avalanche, Moonstruck, and Limbo roses with textures of lofty spirea, seeded eucalyptus, millet, hypericum berries, and geranium leaves. This was all tied with a champagne dupioni ribbon. The bridemaids had bouquets of Limbo and Moonstruck roses with touches of spirea. Chocolate cosmos and leutamyrtis leaves were added to accent the chocolate dupioni ribbon. The large arrangements below were used at the ceremony site which was in Portland's Forest Park under a large pine tree. I did large moss covered containers and the trailing spirea and ferns accented the environment wonderfully.
More to come tomorrow with the reception arrangements...

 

loop-de-lu

More from the pink wedding - these were some of the large arrangements we did for the entry and buffet. Very dramatic with ti leaf and beargrass loops. The massive arrangement at the bottom was part of a pair that went atop 8ft columns at the ceremony. A perfect backdrop for a celebration!

seeing pink

Here is that lovely wedding we did  last weekend (I say we as I was fortunate enough to have some wonderful help!). This wedding was all about hot pink and loops - mixed with chartreuse. The bouquets had aspedistra loops, Hot Lady roses, Biedermier garden roses, green cymbidium orchids, and gerberas. That shot of the dining room shows how jam packed it was with flowers all around. Did I mention I am ready to grow into the shop space and out of my dining room???
20 rose centerpieces as well. the bottom arrangement was for the lounge area - lots of movement with Biedermier roses, green hydrangea, kermit poms, and those beargrass loops.
The bride looked lovely in a vintage inspired dress and the groom had a brown suit with a pink and brown striped tie - perfect. I only wish we could have stayed to see The Stolen Sweets play - one of my fav swing bands...