Queens County Farm wedding.

Promoting the old school way (leaving business cards at your local wine store) really can bring you together with a new client as well as introduce you to a new neighbor/friend. This is sort of how I met my clients Ashley and Mike. In addition to her finding my card, her friend who is the editor of a large bridal magazine, met me at a wedding industry gathering months ago. Lucky for me, I stuck in her mind and came recommended to this couple's wedding.

This was one of my dream come true weddings to design. Being the ex- farm girl that I am, designing this wedding came very naturally and automatically. Asley and Mike were a complete joy to work with and were full of ideas, yet, gave me the reins to do what I do. Her bouquet was super fun to make. All she told me was "make it look like it's from the land." That's it! There were countless flowers used in her bouquet from fancy juliette roses and chocolate cosmos to the casual ornamental cale and shaker grass. She had NINE brides maids. She asked me "what do you expect?! I am from Texas!"

Ashley and Mike did a lot of work (and drinking) on their own to prepare for their wedding. Ashley drank an unbelievable number of the healthy Kambucha drinks in order to use the lovely glass bottles as one of the vessels for the flowers. She described the amount she drank as "almost gross"! The bottles ended up being perfect for our use. The other vessels we used were Weck jars and whiskey bottles! My husband owns a bar, hence my ability to collect an obscene number empty of Jack Daniels, Jameson, and Tullamouredew. We wanted to come up with something extra affordable to put in the mix of flowers. I tested out some ideas by submerging ferns, orchids and lavender into the whisky bottles, which turned out so pretty as well as unique and affordable.

At the end of the night, as we were packing up my van, and I got lucky enough to watch the now bride and groom walk out of the barn glowing, laughing and beaming with happiness as their guests waved sparklers and cheered. She then came up to me with arms wide open and tears of happiness in her eyes as she held me tight telling me how much she loved her bouquet and couldn't believe how amazing and perfect it was. This is what propels me forward. This is what makes the countless hours work, the 100's of emails, and the nit picking each flower worth it. This is why I do flowers.

The talented Labor of Love made these pictures classic, timeless and so so beautiful. ENJOY!

Park Slope summer wedding at Benchmark.

This was a super important wedding me for SO many reasons, and there is kind of a crazy back story to go along with the series of events that fell into place. First of all, the bride totally found me on her own as she was searching for a local, brooklyn, designer. She contacted me about 3 months before her wedding at my beloved Benchmark. I say beloved because this was the first place I have an organic, grass fed steak in TWENTY years. It was absolutely delicious and did me good, as I am a recovering vegetarian! The bride and I got along naturally and easily as if we were already friends. I recommended members of my new group Brooklyn Betrothed . She ended up booking officiant Carissa Templeton, from our crew. They got along easily and naturally as hoped/expected.

The bride is a gardener and a total fan of herbs. We wanted to make this an important part of the floral designs and were able to incorporate this in almost every aspect. Her bouquet was filled with herbs including lavender, mint, sage, oregano and much much more. We hung test tubes stuffed with lavender, scabiosa pods, and lisianthus along the wall for an interesting, textural decor in the relaxed, casual, yet chic venue. The bride gave out potted herbs/plants to her guest as favors. We set these adorable little plants next to my vintage bird cage that was decorated with Juliette roses and jasmine.

By the end of her wedding, there were some crazy realizations! Her now husband was a childhood friend of a very close friend of mine. That close friend of mine was ALSO officiated by Carissa Templeton years ago and I was the florist! Carissa and I were working a wedding together 4 years ago and didn't even know it. Small small world (: