Prospect Park Boathouse wedding 8/7/10 Brooklyn, NY

Zack + Kay contacted me about 2.5 months before this rather large wedding at the Boathouse in Prospect Park. They had no particular flowers in mind at all! They told me that their colors were electric blue and grey and that they wanted a "structural, strong, edgey, and organic. Sooo...... I ran with that! *The isle was created with a birch log that was cut down into stumps that stood about 12 inches in height. I used a ring of flowers around each base using blue delphinium, scabiosa, eryngium, and spanish moss. *The centerpieces were both tall (Manzanita branch) and short (ponds). **more information below in these centers.

*The bouquets were made up of antique hydrangea, blue corn flowers, lavender, succulents, scabiosa pods, tibet roses, burgundy scabiosa, silver brunia, and this cool spidery green foliage.

*The bout's were my FAV! They were made of mini succulents, silver brunia, and lavender.

Prospect Park Boathouse wedding 8/7/10 Brooklyn, NY

The card table was one of my favorite pieces from this collection. It's slightly modern, yet swampy using a combination of Manzanita branches, and cattails in a tin can. The favors were these cute little can's that have a plant in them for the guests to take home. We placed these can's in two beds of grass for a pop of lush green. *The tall center pieces were made with Manzanita branches, blue delphinium, burgundy scabiosa, eryngium, silver brunia and succulents. *The ponds took weeks and weeks of planing. I went shopping for the perfect container for a pond and it happened to be a POT! It was a fun challenge to figure out how to confidently seal these puppies to prevent leakage and to secure the foam needed for the flowers.  Inside the pond I used, Nelumbo pods, burgundy dahlia's, cattails, blue corn flowers, eryngium, scabiosa, and succulents. We added in some green moss and some underwater tea lights to give the ponds the final touch. *The balcony was SO much fun to design. It over looks the gorgeous Prospect Park pond where you find white swans, ducks, and turtles. More importantly, the bride and groom stood up here looking down at there ceremony site and guests before their vows were exchanged. We used greens that were bound together with a birds nests set in the middle. I chose burgundy dahlias and lavender to place into the little birds nests and you really could smell the sweet scents as you stood up there!

Floral samples for Lovely Bridal boutique, NYC

Lovely opened it's doors only three months ago and it quickly becoming known for it's super cozy atmosphere and fantastic wedding dresses. It's a shop that anyone would feel totally comfortable trying on one dress, or three. When I heard that Water's was having a trunk show at Lovely, I jumped on the opportunity to have my florals there for ladies to touch, hold and image what they would want for their big day. What's better than live music, gorgeous dresses, and Bespoke Chocolates all being captured on camera by the talented Jen Huang photographer!

Bridal jewelry

One of my long time jewelry clients contacted me a day ago that she was getting married! Of course I congratulated her and asked when the big day was.... "it's around the corner she says" but, more importantly, she needed custom jewelry in a 24 hour turn around time! I always love a challenge, so, low and behold, she will be picking up her jewelry this evening (:

The gold necklace is for her maid of honor. It's made of a circular stone called Tourmalated quartz and has a beaded frame around the stone. The little blue earrings/Blue Quartz are for her bridesmaids who are all fair skinned blondes. Perfect!

Kate ♥ Leigh 6/12/10

reBar in Dumbo brooklyn was the venue for this sweet as pie couple. This venue is one of the coolest, relaxed spaces I have worked in so far. It features a barrel-vaulted terra-cotta ceiling, Art Deco lamps over tables of elegantly warped wood, and stained-glass windows. A converted industrial loft space, this intimate upstairs venue boasts intricate iron and steelwork, antique tulip chandeliers, and stained-glass windows.

The style was old world/french inspired using a range of colors from burgundy, blues, dark reds, and a touch of yellow. The bridal bouquet was composed of Black baccarra roses, wine scabiososa, yellow freesia, blue delphinium and pinkish red foliage. The handle was a natural wire wrap.

The Harvest table turned out spectacular. The two center pieces were made with Manzanita branches reaching out from a black urn. The branches were dripping with test tube cylinders and globes stuffed with flowers and chandelier bits hanging in between. Bird cage lanterns were mixed in between smaller arrangements on either side.

The ceremony took place under the double arch which I did up with curly willow branches and hanging tea lights. At the top of each arch was a special focal point of flowers made up of Black baccarra roses, and hanging pink amaranthus which gave an enchanted feel to the ceremony site.

Vintage Queen

This collection of flowers was selected as if you were looking for the freshest ingredients to cook that night for dinner. My client gave me a very clear vision of her antiquey, loose, organic, charming style. The venue is this gorgeous, country setting just outside of NYC, which lends to the relaxed feel. My favorite part of this collection is the set of gorgeous vintage milk bottles set in the wooden frame. I found these special props at the recent Brimfield antique show where I bought THREE set's of these. It would be amazing to do a long table to put all three set's with smaller alternating sizes in between. The milk bottles have tall green Vibrunum in the back, Poppy seeds in the middle and antique blue Hydrangea up front.

The flowers used in the smaller center piece contain white Peony, Poppy seeds, Artichokes, Queen Ann Lace, Hydrangea, Pink Astilbe, and greens.

CJ ♥ Mike Engagement flowers

This collection was totally inspired by the huge amounts of personality this amazing couple embody. My goal was to use CJ's favorite flowers, lilies, and give them a 1950's flare. I used red gerbaras, vibrunum, green mums and yellow foliage and white lilies. This vintage, dome shaped bird cage was used to house this unique display. It took some thoughtful engineering to achieve the asymmetrical flow of flowers. The engagement took place in a local bar which inspired me to use whiskey bottles for the taller arrangements, while the shorter ones worked perfect in small vintage mason jars.