When in Doubt.... Sash It.

About a month ago, Sarah of ClassicBride hosted a give-away on her blog with one of our fabric flower pieces (pictured above). For a chance to win it, Brides-to-be were asked to leave a comment on what they would use it for: a sash, corsage or hairpiece.

There were so many comments! We noticed many of Brides wanted fabric flower sashes, not only for the their own gowns, but they also wanted them for their bridesmaids, flower girls, and rehearsal dinner outfits.

We immediately started brainstorming new styles. Below are two finished pieces.


This sash has three florets in plum and silver, a long plum grosgrain ribbon tied in the back, velvet leaves and vintage buttons.





For a softer look: a large white garden rose, with a pop of red in the center, tied with black ribbon.



I love how the sash can make a very simple dress more special, and they can be worn again.

If your bridesmaids are wearing different style dresses, they could each wear one to bring the look together.

Thank you to all the Classic Bride readers for sharing their ideas with us!

For more ideas and to see more of our fabric flower work click here.

Wedding Inspiration: Succulent Planters.

Many of you know, that I am getting married this summer. Well, the big day is now is now less than 10 days away! I'm super excited for our small, informal celebration with family and close friends.

Our ceremony is taking place in a private garden and we are going to start the afternoon off with a pre-ceremony refreshment hour-- lemonade, ice tea, fresh fruit, vanilla wafers and Oreo's (my fiance's favorites).

To decorate the refreshment table, I found the most amazing containers (pictured above) on Three Potato Four's website and I'm going to plant a mix of succulents in each. After the wedding I plan to re-plant the succulents in our backyard.

*pictures via Three Potato Four.

Party Flowers

Recently we designed some colorful and fun arrangements for The Banquet's one year anniversary celebration. The owners, Miranda Bennett and Pamela Johnston, are so sweet and talented-- their shop is full of amazing clothing designed by Miranda and graphic jewelry made by Pamela.

As a part of the celebration, the ladies invited artist, Kime Buzzelli to display her paintings and linen napkins throughout the shop. You can see more photos from the evening here.

Modern Summer Wedding.

Here are some pictures we took of our most recent wedding.The style of this wedding was perfectly timed for the beginning of summer. The bride, Christine, requested all greens, blues and whites. She is passionate about orchids, which we used everywhere. She carried the most gorgeous bridal bouquet using cateleya and phaleonopsis orchids (shown above). We combined them with our favorite white garden roses and dusty miller leaves.

We were also excited to create this sweet Mum pomander for the flower girls to carry. It's girly and fun, yet consistent with the overall modern feel of the wedding flowers.

The centerpieces were arranged with mostly green and blue flowers, with fun accents such as poppy pods, fiddlehead ferns and orchids.

The place card table was also memorable. We made a dramatic arrangement using mountain laurel, gladiola and of course more orchids.

The reception was held at The Metropolitan in Glen Cove, Long Island.

Wedding Inspiration

** Photos courtesy of Allan Zepeda

Recently we collaborated with some super talented vendors for this "Marie Antoinette" inspired photo shoot. It took place in the de Gournay showroom in the Flatiron District, and Ara of Rock Papers Scissors was the event stylist, Allan Zepeda shot all the photos and Michelle of Paper Eight designed the paper goods.

Ruth and I created the soft and fluffy arrangements with ranunculus, queen anne's lace, sweet pea, hydrangea, geranium and ostrich feathers. The pops of orange are ornithogalum.

The photo shoot was published on Merci and Postcards and Pretties. To see more photos from the shoot click here.