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 (:

Brooklyn Betrothed has launched!

The day has finally come for me to share a extraordinarily special endeavor with you all. A group of us Brooklyn gals have collaborated to form a one stop shop of talented local vendors for many of your wedding needs. Read how we all came together and what we have to share on our web site BROOKLYN BETROTHED. We had our launch celebration last night a wonderful restaurant called Benchmark .

Clementine photo shoot at the Brooklyn Pharmacy.

This event was sort of a launching pad for brand spanking new wedding event styling company called Clementine Events . Kathy Malone, producer of the annual Steampunk Day and fashion events is rolling out the red velvet carpet to those brides looking for a unique spin on a once in a life time experience. This evening was chalk full of super talented Brooklyn designers and wedding industry pro's. Our line up included photographer Kristina Hill, Anabel and Dorothee of Belathee photography, Ruth of Papertopias, Betsy of Nine Cakes, Dress designer Melissa Bell, Jeweler Maryanne of Wabisabibibrooklyn, Dance choreographer Beije of mindfuldance, make up by Genavieve of vievemakeup and flowers + jewelry by me!

I also added a picture of me so that my clients can see who I am (: I am the redhead with the hat/veil by Lachinaloca Enjoy!

Brooklyn Based Wedding Crashers event.

This very anticipated event was nothing short of pure eye candy with hard working, super creative Brooklynites. It was an honor and a privilege to be side by side with the people who are normally behind the scenes making, baking, editing, stylizing, printing, and hardly sleeping (:

Nicole from Brooklyn Based very carefully hand picked each and every vendor keeping things very tight and thoughtful. Keep you eye on the people I tagged on this post, and book them NOW before they all get scooped up before your big day! Google Brooklyn Based Wedding Crashers to see more images from this event.