- { Friday, July 1, 2011 }
Published: Salt Lake/Park City Bride and Groom Cover
- category: Centerpieces, event design, floral design, press
I went to high school in Salt Lake City and am a frequent visitor to the state as my parents still live there. I love Utah – beautiful mountains, red rock, clear blue skies and lots and lots of brides! – so I am thrilled to see my flowers on the cover of the premiere issue of Salt Lake/Park City Bride and Groom!
I dream of spending the winter months skiing and designing winter weddings in the Salt Lake/Park City area so if you’re looking for an florist and event designer and you like my work, please contact me via the Finch & Thistle website. Let’s talk!
The new magazine hits newsstands on July 5th and in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek on Utah Bride Blog.
- Tagged: event design, finch and thistle, floral design, photo styling, Premier issue, Salt Lake/Park City Bride & Groom
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- { Tuesday, June 28, 2011 }
Published: Hats Off! Seattle Met Bride & Groom
A couple of months ago I designed and styled a Royal Wedding inspired shoot for Seattle Met Bride & Groom. You might remember the sneak peek I posted here. My copy just arrived in the mail and it is so fun to see the final product.
I designed the flowers with a modern princess in mind. Two different bouquets – one more formal in faded pastels and one more loose, organic and playful made up of Amnesia and Quicksand roses, hellebore, anemones, pink jasmine and ranunculus in royal shades of burgundy, purple and faded pink. I wrapped the bridal bouquet with antique seed pearl beading and incorporated vintage silk velvet leaves in the boutonniere.
I have shared some additional pictures with Notes on a Wedding (the newest Northwest focused wedding blog) so hop on over there to check them out. Also, check back tomorrow for some exclusive behind the scenes shots of how a big fashion shoot comes together…
All pictures courtesy of the brilliant Ryan McVay for Studio Lucile
- { Wednesday, June 22, 2011 }
Laura & Majid’s Plum and Marigold Wedding at the Edgewater
- category: Aisle Decor, altar arrangements, Bouquet, Boutonniere, Corsage, event design, floral design, Home, Modern Decor, vintage decor, Weddings
I worked with Laura and Majid for a full year on the design of their wedding, so as you can imagine the style and palette changed a bit here and there but the final result was well worth the extra work. I loved the unusual plum and marigold color palette from the start – such a fun and vibrant look – but Laura wanted a vintage twist so we settled for blush pink and grey accents to tone things down.
The Edgewater is a great venue – stunning location with gorgeous crystal chandeliers contrasting with a modern wood paneled ceiling – and their staff is super helpful. As I was setting up, the room was so warm that the tulips and dogwood was starting to wilt – a florist’s nightmare! The banquet manager kindly turned on the AC for me and everything perked back up. Phew!
These pictures are all by the talented Angela and Evan Carlyle.
- { Monday, June 6, 2011 }
Lace and Dogwood
- category: Boutonniere, ceremony decor, Corsage, floral design, Home, Weddings
I almost always forget to photograph the boutonnieres and corsages for weddings but I just found these little dogwood and scabiosa lovelies on my camera and had to share.
- Tagged: boutonniere, corsage, dogwood, Finch & Thistle, green and pink, lace, pretty corsage, romantic wedding, scabiosa pods
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- { Wednesday, June 1, 2011 }
Published: Cover Story
- category: event design, floral design, Home, press
A few weeks ago, I was asked to design the flowers and coordinate the prop styling for the main fashion story in the current issue of Portland Bride and Groom magazine. It just came out yesterday and I saw that one of my bouquets was on the cover! It’s such a beautiful magazine and I am thrilled to have taken part in the making of this issue. Stay tuned for more pictures and some behind the scenes shots of the two day shoot!
- Tagged: amnesia roses, anenomes, Finch & Thistle, pastel bouquet, peach wedding dress, Portland Bride & Groom, prop styling, royal wedding flowers
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- { Tuesday, May 24, 2011 }
Vintage Glamour at the Dinner of Champions
- category: event design, floral design, Home
Mother’s Day weekend is always madness for any florist, but we had two large events as well so I’m sure you can imagine what it was like around here! I’m still waiting to see Angela and Evan‘s pictures from the wedding, but yesterday Michael Rowley sent me some images of the MS Dinner of Champions Gala. I always love to see the professional shots and Michael’s are particularly gorgeous.
This year’s honoree owns a couture vintage clothing store so Allison (the NW MS Society’s fabulous event coordinator) and I wanted the event to have a very feminine, glamorous look with satin linens in gold, pink and taupe, gold chiviari chairs and urns of pink, lilac and grey flowers. Noting the Enlighten theme to this year’s event, Glassybaby donated blue glassybabies for all the tables and entertainment included a fashion show. I love how it turned out!
And a few more details that I shot before we left to set up for the wedding…
Flowers for the bars and registration tables were designed on white candlestick bases and had a loose, playful feel. We used garden roses, hydrangea, ranunculus, dusty miller, leucandendron and wild pink honeysuckle in the arrangements.
I’ll post some behind-the-scenes shots of the studio from Mother’s Day week later on…
- Tagged: angela and evan, dinner of champions, finch and thistle, glassybaby, gold, grand hyatt, lilac, michale rowley, ms society, pink, seattle event design, seattle florist
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I’ll let you in on a secret. My client desperately wanted pink and green parrot tulips but there weren’t any to be had. These white and green ones were too lovely for words but they just wouldn’t do. So I dyed them. Yep. Spray painted just the white tips with the palest pale pink floral dye. My fingers too…watercolor painting indeed.
- Tagged: amnesia roses, anenomes, ball jar, mason jar, orange, pastel, pink, purple, ranunculus
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It’s getting very busy around here and I’ve been neglecting the blog, but here’s a quick snapshot from last weekend’s wedding. Churches are not always my favorite venues to decorate but there’s no denying how stunning this one is with the sun streaming through those windows…
…are the buzz words of the moment and hopefully the way the flower market is moving on a global scale. A new wholesale market in Seattle consisting entirely of farmers from Washington and Oregon made its official debut today and it was just delightful. Think flea market meets indie flower shop. Local, organic in-season flowers just became 100 times easier to source and I am so excited to share them with my eco-conscious brides and clients.
{via Rosemary Washington}
- { Monday, May 2, 2011 }
Seattle Met Royal Wedding Brunch
- category: event design, floral design, Home, Weddings
I got pretty caught up in all the Royal Wedding coverage last week, in part due to the fact that I was working on the design of a Royal Wedding Viewing Brunch for Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom magazine. Working with Seattle Met B&G editor Laura Cassidy and publisher Nicole Vogel, we devised a plan to turn Nicole’s gorgeous new South Lake Union condo into an English tea party for the day.
Lisa Dupar catered with inventive tea sandwiches (mint and cucumber!), blood orange mimosas, pots and pots of tea, and at my request, Wills and Kate cookies and Union Jack shortbread. I used vintage tea tins, teapots and apothecary jars to display the candy buffet and decorated the space with stacks of teacups, postcards from Charles and Diana’s wedding and antique fairy tale books. Guests arrived in elaborate hats and fascinators and had their picture taken with Wills and Kate in the photo booth. King Arthur even made an appearance!
- Tagged: Brunch, Dessert table, event design, Royal Wedding, Seattle Metropolitan Bride & Groom, vintage, wedding flowers, William and Kate
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