These are a few little disposable camera snaps from our inaugural Elmwood trip last weekend. We got home 6 days ago and Im still floating. When Francesca (who had spent the bulk of our in-person time...
We spent our first afternoon making the rounds at our favorite junky antique stores and I loaded the car with vases, old brass curtain rods, a general store paper roll, massive used flower books and ...
If I was good at this whole thing we would probably be talking about the flower story I have in Brides this month. (And how I totaled my car on the way to the shoot.) Or the classes Im planning to te...
Some people have a sensitivity to houses. A predisposition to appreciate, respect and mourn them, too. My family, for reasons too complicated and confusing to explain, is selling my grandfathers hous...
Sometimes you need a really big photo for a really big arrangement.Im developing a new, expensive camera hobby. With encouragement from my photographer friend Parker, Im entering a phase most ladies ...
Lets talk about work for a minute. I am doing it. A lot. These photos are from a recent shoot I did with BHLDN, a truly top-notch bridal company started by the Anthropolgie and Urban Outfitters crew....
Ive thought of you often, and fondly, during this little break weve been on. I write to you in my head a lot, pretty posts with pretty pictures, while sweeping the studios floors or scrubbing on hand...
I can say with 100% certainty that a thing exists called post-vacation stress disorder. I wish there wasnt, that its possible to just waltz back into reality glowing and inspired. My first morning ho...
There is a story here and it is a good one.Its about a hotel, in Mexico. And a girl, just barely 23. She was from Connecticut- raised on cable knit sweaters, kilts and country clubs. An honest-to-god...
First off, thank you so much to everyone for their resounding support of my valentines flower sale. I sold out of flowers every darn day and was left with nothing more than a few stragglers of ridicu...
Sometimes I dream about writing a cheesy romcom screenplay in the vein of Youve Got Mail. The protagonist is a florist who spends her days making bouquets for really romantic men to give to their gir...
Do you love someone in New York? Do you live in New York and are loved by someone? Lucky you! This weekend Im teaming up with my favorite boutique, Castor & Pollux, to host a Valentines flower sh...
Sometimes, really, I dont want to talk about flowers here. Flowers all the time, a nice problem but a problem, too. There was a night this week that I couldnt fall asleep, wracked with anxiety over t...
I was at the laundromat yesterday, a place I dont visit as often as I should. Its a family run business where they sell bananas and houseplants and little brass charms at the counter next to single u...
Since youve seen the pretty film-y shots from Florida, now we should get technical. Behind the scenes. Sneak peak into the process. Etcetera. Since the bride had already had her official wedding cere...
Another lifetime ago (Novemeber) I traveled to West Palm Beach to do the flowers for a wedding reception.We set up camp in a villa that belonged to a friend of the mother of the bride. The small comp...
Im in awe that new years keep on happening and with greater frequency than ever before. Meaningless perhaps, only a date on a calendar, but I put a lot of stock in new beginnings so January first wil...
This arrangement was supposed to be about amaryllis. I tried, really, I did. It was even in the title of the design sponge post I made the flowers for. But whenever poppies are involved, its a lost c...
Christmas eve is almost always better than the main event. Quieter, simpler, dare I say more holy, or special or what have you? I dreaded Christmas this year. No cards, no presents, no holly jolly or...
My friend picked me up in the morning before my wreath making class in a little blue pickup truck. I juggled multiple Stumptown americanos, shawls, hats and cameras and we followed the Columbia...
Do you live nearabouts Portland? Im teaching wreath making workshops this weekend at the Bazaar. The Saturday class has sold out so we opened up a second one on Sunday. Its going to be a small class,...
Micha and I went to Florida to do the flowers for a party back in November. The flower photos will come later (maybe January?) when we all need them the most. For now, we can talk about the 5 days af...
Ive got things to talk about that arent tree peonies. Funny though, because I have no recollection of what they are. Ive been digging in the troves of iphoto and found these from a photo shoot of a f...
The turkey is in the oven and the table needs to be set. My sister and I are going to make some little arrangements with the last of the persian carpet zinnias and the deep red nasturtiums, cutting w...
I must confess, my head is miles from Millbrook. Ive spent the past week and a half soaking up sun in southern Florida after making flowers for a party in West Palm Beach hosted by the very same brid...
Back when fall wasnt a distant memory, we went to Millbrook to do a wedding. It was at a private hunting lodge and the bride was a really fantastic New York interior designer. It took 6 of us 2 days ...
This week I am pretty sure we had the last day jacket-free day for next 5 months. I knew it as it was happening, too. Walking down the street thinking oh god please let this never end. Its going to, ...
On the first of October one of my dearest friends got married. The night before the girls got together and ate nachos and drank more than we should have but less than we could have. The next morning ...
My favorite wedding leftovers are fall branches. A big vase in my bedroom makes a tree in miniature, crumpling just like outside. Wedding work hasnt slowed yet, but instead has focused into intense b...
Things have been happening here. Flowers. Like crazy. Weddings of friends and strangers. Coffees and hangovers and 6am flower market runs every other day. Pizza more often than not. 24 dirty flower b...
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