Understatement of the summer, perhaps? So very busy that it’s hard to find time to even look through the latest flower pictures, let alone post them. Here’s a couple from this weekend and I’ll try to get some more up after next weekend’s triple header but it might just have to be September instead. Promise it’ll be worth the wait!
The dusty looking flowers are scabiosa. I love them. They come in a beautiful range of red, yellow and purple hues from faded to vibrant. And don’t get me started about the clematis. I almost died when I saw the double blossoms at the market. Raspberry colored, ruffled blossoms on vines so dark that they almost look blue. Seriously gorgeous.
Looking for a creative way to remember the big day without using the standard guest book? I recently shared a couple of fun ideas with writer Anna Sachse that were published around the web…
4 Unique Guest Book Ideas … No Book Required
July 14, 2011 1:59 pm by Anna Sachse
Friend & Family Recipe Book
For a sweet (or savory) reminder of loved ones, Rachel Bowes, owner of Seattle-based Finch & Thistle Events, suggests including a blank recipe card with your invitation, as well as a note requesting that guests scribble down a favorite recipe (and why it’s meaningful) and bring the card to the wedding. At the reception, set up a table where guests can then affix their card to a classy notebook, and find blank cards if needed.
Guest Book Box
Mette Morgan, co-founder and editor of DIYWedding.org, suggests decorating a heart-shaped box (with a lid!) and either cutting out or buying a stack of heart-shaped pieces of thin cardboard – at least one per guest. You can then either set up a table or hand out the hearts during dinner. After all the guests write their messages, the hearts are placed in the box, which is then sealed and not to be reopened until your first anniversary.
To see the rest of the ideas, you can check out Anna’s article here.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to arrange a centerpiece for a dinner party or just to prettify your house, now’s your chance! In collaboration with Blossom & Bloom, we are offering a Summer floral design workshop at 7pm on Thursday, August 25 in the garden of our West Seattle studio. Come and sip cocktails, munch on some tasty treats and have fun while learning the basic principals of floral design and mechanics of making an arrangement that looks great using blooms from the market and your own garden/neighborhood park/condo landscaping.
For $125 you will go home with an arrangement valued at over $85 designed by you! We’ve limited the spaces to ensure everyone gets enough personal attention so sign up now to reserve your place!
You can sign up on our Facebook page here. If the class is already sold out, email us at rachel@finchandthistleevents.com and we’ll add you to the wait list. If there is demand, we may add another workshop date.
I am so thrilled to have a shoot I designed and styled featured on my favorite wedding blog, Style Me Pretty, today! Huge thanks are due to Angela and Evan Photography for stunning images, Iwona Konarski for the lovely ombre stationery, Teryl Hawk for gorgeous hair and makeup, Melanie Backschies of Plum Cushion for the beautiful coordinating pillows, Baked for the cute and delicious wedding cake, our models Caleb and Chelsea for braving the cold, and Wine and Roses for allowing us to shoot in their barn.
Check it out here and tell us what you think!
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Tagged: anenomes, Angela and Evan Photography, barn wedding, finch and thistle, Inspiration Shoot, pastel wedding inspiration, ranunculus, spring wedding, style me pretty, Styled Shoot, vintage wedding decor, wine and roses estate
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category: Bouquet, Boutonniere, Centerpieces, Corsage, event design, floral design, garden roses, Home, vintage decor, vintage props, Weddings
Abbie and Matt’s June wedding at Golden Gardens has to be my favorite wedding to date. Abbie was a dream client – a bride with vision on a mission to craft every element of her big day who loved every idea I dreamed up. I loved the location – Golden Garden’s Bathhouse, I loved the catering plan – Taco truck and Molly Moon’s ice cream, and I loved the high style, low budget vintage travel theme. An all around love-fest. Very fitting seeing as Abbie told me afterwards that someone told her the reception decor could be summed up in one word – “love.”
After months of planning, designing, cutting out tiny felt mustaches (Abbie), and growing (I let my catmint grow rampant in preparation for this wedding), Julie and I arrived to set up around noon and were met with bags and bags of paper pom-poms, paper place mats, shells and vintage bottles. Then I got to roam free, setting up all the prop displays and floral arrangements, hanging ribbon and pom-poms and decorating to my heart’s desire. Did I not say it was a dream wedding?
I really struggled to narrow down the images I wanted to share. I took so many pictures and then I saw the gorgeous images from Nickel Images and just went a bit wild. Definitely check out the Nickels’ blog for more details (a two part post!) of the day and some words from Abbie about her inspiration. There’s a story for every prop display…
{All images courtesy of Nickel Images unless otherwise credited}
The bride and bridesmaids wore silver sparkly Toms!
Photography: Finch & Thistle (except top image)
Photography: Finch & Thistle
Photography: Finch & Thistle
Images 2,6,7 Finch & Thistle
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Tagged: finch and thistle event design, golden gardens, green and purple, lace and burlap, lavender and sage, molly moon's, Nickel Images, Real Seattle Wedding, seattle event design, seattle wedding flowers, taco truck, vintage travel, vintage wedding decor
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