Last night I worked until dark with a team of women creating a flower arch for Leandra’s wedding. While I can’t spoil the surprise and post early photos of the final results, I thought I would share some shots of the materials and the process. The structure of the arch are boughs of bamboo, and […]
Brookelynn Morris shows us around the San Francisco flower market to shop for wedding bouquet flowers.
No silly, this isn’t a post about the bouquet from my first of many weddings! (So far I’ve only been married once, fingers crossed!) It’s actually the first wedding bouquet I ever made. I created it for my friend Harper, and I kinda went over the top with the flowers I chose. It has 5 […]
My lovely and wonderful friend Leandra is getting married this Saturday! Its going to be the most spectacular event ever. To find her way, she created an inspiration board. It’s a simple collage filled with elements from events that she loves. It is an invaluable planning tool- it makes her vision very clear. Squidoo has […]
These four aubergine bouquets are a wonderful inspiration for anyone doing their own wedding flowers. 100LayerCake shares them from Abby and Matt’s Carmel wedding. The bouquets are unique, but are clearly unified. I love that they appear so wild and casual. While each piece is perfectly designed and impeccably created, these are not hard looks […]
CRAFT Volume 10, the Celebrate issue, is still a goldmine of evergreen party projects. One how-to, sure to produce some loveliness, is Julie Sloane’s “Sugar Sweet Flowers.” She teaches you how to turn any cake, whether it be a birthday cake or wedding cake, into a summertime feast for the eyes. Check out her tutorial […]
I’m taking a trip back in time to one of the first How-To Tuesdays I ever wrote. This bunny project is too freaking cute and beyond simple to create. It’s a great way to practice felting sweaters and sewing wool is super forgiving. The version in this project was created as an instant heirloom for […]
