Sarah and Sara

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing.... Sarah and Sara! These two girls are a gem in the floral industry.  I grew up just up the street from Sarah P, and she really helped instill in me a love for flowers. She was constantly doing weddings around the neighborhood, and teaching Young Women classes about flower arranging.  She taught me that I could take something I loved and make a career out of it.  Sarah P taught me all the rules of flower arranging  and then Sara N taught me to break them! ( of course Sarah P breaks all the rules too, she just had to make sure I knew the rules so I could break them successfully.) Sara N has this ability to create things you would never imagine in your wildest dreams. (Of course they always look amazing.) She combines color and texture flawlessly.  Looking for that exotic flower that only grows deep in the jungles of Africa?  Not only will Sarah P be able to tell you what it is, she will know everything about it.  

Thanks for all your flower inspiration girls, and I miss working with you every day! 

Beautiful Leftovers

This is what is left of last weekends spring break weddings.  Over 100 stems of green Parrot Tulips, and this is what remains. (Of course there is more, currently overtaking the mother of the brides house!) I love the green flecks on the white and the two toned leaves.  I couldn't bear to throw away the little Ranunculus buds, so I stuck them in the vase too.  I am enjoying them on my desk today,  makes me feel like Spring is here!

Wedding Trends 2008

This is one of the bouquets I did for the fashion show. I have totally been into steel grey for weddings, and apparently I am not the only one! Theknot.com says steel grey is the new accent color.  I was glad to hear I wasn't entirely up in the night with my 'wedding  trend intuition'.  And the best part... Cache Valley is COMPLETELY in style this year! I have several brides who are doing a lot of the big wedding trends, like the steel grey or winter wonderland wedding.  Usually we are a bit behind on the times. So way to go girls, I am definitely impressed. I would love to see steel grey with a bubble gum pink or even a bold orange.  How fun! 

Roxie took these cool photos for me. Dont you love how she put them by that old rusted metal?

Wedding Showcase... Success!

Well, Wedding Showcase 2008 is done! It was lots of work, but well worth it. Thanks to everyone who came, and especially thanks to all the girls who helped me with the fashion show. The fashion show was fun, but next years will be KILLER. In fact we just had a meeting today to start the planning process all over again!  I can't say enough about Serendipity Salon and Spa, who did and AMAZING job on all the hair and makeup for the fashion show. Serendipity and The Mens Wearhouse models were great cheerleaders during the kissing contest, which was on of my  favorite highlights of the event. Oo la la! Congrats to the lucky winner of  the Palmer's shopping spree, and the lucky bride who won Kellee's "happiest bride"contest.  Thanks to all who came, it was so fun to meet and mingle with all of you. I feel like I missed out on lots of the action, because I was a host I had lots of responsibilities that drew me away from my booth. But I look forward to meeting with all of you about your flowers in the future!  

The other section of the Urban Floral booth. These are all the bouquets 

used in the fashion show.

Two of the Runway Queens

The Wedding Showcase

I want to invite everyone to a huge event I have been working on!  Its called The Wedding Showcase, and its a bridal event coming up in 2 weeks. It has been lots of work, but it will definitely be worth it!  Some of the highlights include free hair and makeup demos by Serendipity Salon, free mini treatments by the spa at Brio, free limmo rides,  and TONS of giveaways including a $1000.00 shopping spree to Palmer Home Furnishings! We are having 2 high style fashion shows at 4:00 and 7:00.  The fashion shows will be killer, Serendipity is doing all the hair and makeup, and we have found some really trendy stylish gowns from Petals and Promises and Avonlea.  Everything you need to plan your wedding will be all in one place, thanks to the 37 wedding professionals we have invited.  

The date is Feb 23, 2008 at The Bullen Center, from 3-9 PM. I will be there with several wedding floral books, so stop by and brainstorm for a minute. (Or just chill with me, I would enjoy that too.) Go to wefellinlove.com to register for the Palmer's giveaway, and to get free tickets. Otherwise they are $2 at the door.

Don't miss out, it will be awesome! See ya there....

Crisp Autumn

So, I know its February, but... I am still playing catch up. 

Autumn is my absolute favorite season.  I was married in autumn, on one of those perfect clear crisp September days, the kind that make you never want to go inside. There was one disappointment last Autumn, however.  Nobody wanted an Autumn bouquet! All the brides I had wanted very Summery bouquets. (I don't blame them. Summer is definantly a close second for me when it comes to favorite seasons.) So, one day as I was pondering the fact that Autumn was almost gone and still no Autumn bouquet, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I had a bunch of leftover flowers from a couple weddings the weekend before, and I realized that if I combined them it would be... an Autumn bouquet! A quick trip to Maceys for some fresh Sage and dried Chili Peppers, and wala!  A beautiful bouquet.  I love the wheat, it is what really makes this a Fall bouquet.  And if you look closely enough, you might notice the bronze shimmer I sprayed on the Sage and Roses. The Waxflower is my favorite variety, the yellowish orangish pinkinsh kind.  And the Curly Willow... a lot of people are afraid to put sticks in a wedding bouquet but I LOVE it!  Its easy to make something beautiful when the flowers are already perfect.