2.28.2012
Vintage Florals * Nashville Wedding Planners Group
I am so honored to be featured on the Nashville Wedding Planners Group blog today! I was asked last year to do some table arrangements for one of the NWPG meetings, and I had the best time meeting some lovely ladies and telling them a little bit about what I do. Check out the post today!
11.22.2011
A Grateful Heart
It's been while since I've posted anything because the fall gets SO busy around here. With weddings happening on weekends and my 3 kids running around with all of their activities, it can seem like a whirlwind at times! We've had a great year, though, and I'm thankful. I thought I'd dedicate this post to all of the wonderful brides and families that I was honored to work with this year. I'm also thankful for the many vendors and wedding planners that made the events come together so beautifully. I have cherished the connections that we've made. It has been a joy to work with so many lovely people.
I'm also looking forward to meeting all of you new brides in 2012! I can't wait to dream with you and hear your stories. While I love beauty and am truly inspired by pretty things, sometimes the way things "look" can drive the decision making in this industry. I hope that it can be more than that. A wedding is one of the most important events of a person's life, and I hope that we can all focus on making weddings beautiful not just for the "wow" factor, but most importantly, to help make a lasting memory for the special couple and their families.
I'm thankful for the opportunity to make things meaningful and pretty. What a fun job! I'm so grateful.
I'm also looking forward to meeting all of you new brides in 2012! I can't wait to dream with you and hear your stories. While I love beauty and am truly inspired by pretty things, sometimes the way things "look" can drive the decision making in this industry. I hope that it can be more than that. A wedding is one of the most important events of a person's life, and I hope that we can all focus on making weddings beautiful not just for the "wow" factor, but most importantly, to help make a lasting memory for the special couple and their families.
I'm thankful for the opportunity to make things meaningful and pretty. What a fun job! I'm so grateful.
9.29.2011
Nashville Wedding-Pete & Jennifer
I love weddings. I love thinking about the couple about to make a life-long commitment to each other. I love seeing families and friends, all in one place, ready to support and celebrate. I love sitting next to my husband, holding his hand, remembering moments from our day eleven years ago. I love the music, the flowers, the dresses, the anticipation. One of my favorite moments is looking back at the groom when the bride begins her walk down the aisle. The look on his face is priceless..one of awe, beauty, love.
In late August, we attended (and flowered) the wedding of Jennifer and Pete Peterson. I can honestly say that it was one of my favorite weddings that I've ever attended. It was tasteful, simple, sweet, and very personal. Both writers, Jennifer and Pete, are creative and imaginative people, to say the least! The wedding ceremony, while simply decorated with white calla lilies on the pews and altar, reflected characters in their fiction books! The flower girl carried a violin filled with white daisies that she tossed. Then pirates and little girls covered in flowers, came down the aisle! While the characters gave a sense of humor and creativity to the ceremony, the heart of the service was meaningful, thought provoking, and filled with community. Lee and I walked away thinking more about God and how to better support our friends and each other. It was beautiful.
Jennifer chose to carry white calla lilies, and we accented them with a ruffle of ti leaves around the edges. To raise the eye in the sanctuary, we added calla lilies to the chairs in the aisle, and on the altar, we used more tall callas with bells of ireland and summer grasses. Simple strands of Italian ruscus accented the tall windows.
Photographer, Amber Beckham, captured the wedding like a beautiful story. Check out amberbeckham.com for more pictures of the wedding and all of her work!
Best wishes, Jennifer and Pete! Marriage is an adventure...have fun!!!
In late August, we attended (and flowered) the wedding of Jennifer and Pete Peterson. I can honestly say that it was one of my favorite weddings that I've ever attended. It was tasteful, simple, sweet, and very personal. Both writers, Jennifer and Pete, are creative and imaginative people, to say the least! The wedding ceremony, while simply decorated with white calla lilies on the pews and altar, reflected characters in their fiction books! The flower girl carried a violin filled with white daisies that she tossed. Then pirates and little girls covered in flowers, came down the aisle! While the characters gave a sense of humor and creativity to the ceremony, the heart of the service was meaningful, thought provoking, and filled with community. Lee and I walked away thinking more about God and how to better support our friends and each other. It was beautiful.
Jennifer chose to carry white calla lilies, and we accented them with a ruffle of ti leaves around the edges. To raise the eye in the sanctuary, we added calla lilies to the chairs in the aisle, and on the altar, we used more tall callas with bells of ireland and summer grasses. Simple strands of Italian ruscus accented the tall windows.
Photographer, Amber Beckham, captured the wedding like a beautiful story. Check out amberbeckham.com for more pictures of the wedding and all of her work!
Best wishes, Jennifer and Pete! Marriage is an adventure...have fun!!!
8.04.2011
Nashville Wedding * Wolf Den Farm
Mark + Leah
Who knew that a llama farm could be the perfect location for a wedding! I'm telling ya, Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, TN is picture-perfect in every way. From the walk-through barn with swings on the porch, to the lovely ceremony site, to the big tree in front of a stream where you get married, and llamas in the meadow...it is a treat!
When Leah and I met to talk about flowers, I was excited right away. She was speaking my flower language...vintage, natural, fluffy, muted pastels, peonies, hydrangea, lavender, milk glass! Then, when she showed me pictures of the location, I knew this would be a fun wedding to flower.
The bouquets were all different, from lavender to pink to yellow to ivory. For Leah's bouquet, we chose a bridal, pastel combination of pale pink peonies, ivory hydrangea, buttery yellow stock, astilbe, gypsophila (baby's breath), lavender, purple scabiosa, and queen anne's lace.
What a little angel with her babies breath halo!
For the ceremony, only simple accents were needed, so we hung jars and bud vases of flowers from the giant tree where the ceremony took place. And for aisle markers, we hung mason jars filled with baby's breath from the chairs.
Leah's aunts took on the job of putting together the reception flowers! How nice is that!! Leah selected milk glass pieces from my collection, and we ordered flowers for the DIY project. They did a beautiful job! There were flowers in every nook and cranny-it made the entire place come to life.
Congratulations, Mark and Leah! You are a beautiful couple inside and out! Many many blessings to you!
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Breathtaking photography by the talented, Daniel Meigs!
Who knew that a llama farm could be the perfect location for a wedding! I'm telling ya, Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, TN is picture-perfect in every way. From the walk-through barn with swings on the porch, to the lovely ceremony site, to the big tree in front of a stream where you get married, and llamas in the meadow...it is a treat!
When Leah and I met to talk about flowers, I was excited right away. She was speaking my flower language...vintage, natural, fluffy, muted pastels, peonies, hydrangea, lavender, milk glass! Then, when she showed me pictures of the location, I knew this would be a fun wedding to flower.
The bouquets were all different, from lavender to pink to yellow to ivory. For Leah's bouquet, we chose a bridal, pastel combination of pale pink peonies, ivory hydrangea, buttery yellow stock, astilbe, gypsophila (baby's breath), lavender, purple scabiosa, and queen anne's lace.
What a little angel with her babies breath halo!
For the ceremony, only simple accents were needed, so we hung jars and bud vases of flowers from the giant tree where the ceremony took place. And for aisle markers, we hung mason jars filled with baby's breath from the chairs.
Leah's aunts took on the job of putting together the reception flowers! How nice is that!! Leah selected milk glass pieces from my collection, and we ordered flowers for the DIY project. They did a beautiful job! There were flowers in every nook and cranny-it made the entire place come to life.
Congratulations, Mark and Leah! You are a beautiful couple inside and out! Many many blessings to you!
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Breathtaking photography by the talented, Daniel Meigs!
6.21.2011
Josh 'n Emily
When I first met Emily, we were at a birthday party for a little friend of ours. Emily was quietly moving around the room, taking pictures with her camera, documenting the day for our friend and mother of the birthday girl. We were finally introduced and I learned that we had many of the same friends, but had just never crossed paths-happens a lot in Nashville! I also learned that she was getting married and was planning to do most everything herself. A true creative soul and DIY girl! I told her that if she needed any help with flowers, I'd be glad to help her order what she needed, or even do the tedious work of boutonniere's and corsages.
A few weeks passed, and Emily gave me a call! We met at a coffee shop (my favorite place to meet brides) and began the process of dreaming up what her flowers would look like. Her colors were navy blue, grey, yellow, and white. She had already sent out "save the date" invitations, which she designed herself, and hoped to keep with the same color scheme for the flowers. It was an easy meeting. Because her colors were chosen and she knew what flowers and style she liked (classic with an off-beat twist), we looked through some pictures, I took some notes, and we were off! A few emails back and forth and the decision was made-I would do the bridal party flowers (bouquets, boutonniere's, corsages) and she would DIY the rest.
Aren't the invitations fun?! I love everything about them-the scalloped edge, the scribbly heart, the cursive writing...so much fun.
Emily's bouquet~hydrangea, ivory roses, ranunculus, freesia, craspedia "balls" and dusty miller.
Best wishes and blessings, Emily and Josh!
BEAUTIFUL photography by Mary Rosenbaum. To see more images from this wedding, click here.
A few weeks passed, and Emily gave me a call! We met at a coffee shop (my favorite place to meet brides) and began the process of dreaming up what her flowers would look like. Her colors were navy blue, grey, yellow, and white. She had already sent out "save the date" invitations, which she designed herself, and hoped to keep with the same color scheme for the flowers. It was an easy meeting. Because her colors were chosen and she knew what flowers and style she liked (classic with an off-beat twist), we looked through some pictures, I took some notes, and we were off! A few emails back and forth and the decision was made-I would do the bridal party flowers (bouquets, boutonniere's, corsages) and she would DIY the rest.
Aren't the invitations fun?! I love everything about them-the scalloped edge, the scribbly heart, the cursive writing...so much fun. 
Emily's bouquet~hydrangea, ivory roses, ranunculus, freesia, craspedia "balls" and dusty miller.
Best wishes and blessings, Emily and Josh!
BEAUTIFUL photography by Mary Rosenbaum. To see more images from this wedding, click here.
6.15.2011
Ben 'n Kristin
This was a fun wedding to "flower"...colorful wildflower bouquets for a summery, June wedding day. It's been a year, so happy anniversary, Ben and Kristin!!
Lovely photography by Jessica Valle
Lovely photography by Jessica Valle
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