Pink and grass -- a great combination!

Okay -- last post for the day. (Just trying to get caught up here!)

Last night was Crista's wedding and reception at Log Haven. What a gorgeous place and what a gorgeous bride! Log Haven is such a fun venue to use because its already got so much ambiance, anything you do just enhances it's charm. A huge treat for me was the drop-in by Chauntelle Janzer from OpieFoto. She happens to be one of our favorite clients (see her featured wedding on our website) who has since entered the realm of professional photography. She came by just to take some shots of our stuff, and I must say, I was pretty amazed -- her work is just stunning! I am so, so excited to see where the field takes her. I'm going to attach a bunch of the photos she took so you can see what I'm talking about. If you're in the market for an insanely creative photographer, check this girl out!

Crista's colors were light and bright pink, and sage. We used a variety of flowers and lots of wheat grass. Her bouquet featured white, pink, and green callas, the bridesmaid and mothers had mixed bouquets, the toss was all gerbs, the tables contained a mixed arrangement in a cube with a floating mini gerb in a smaller cube on either side, with an even smaller cube containing wheat grass with a pink ribbon embellishment on either side of that, finished off with a few white cylinder votives. (I love the creative designs we're able to implement for those long tables!) We had adorable pink pomanders at the ceremony, and take a look at that cake! It was just all so fun and comfortable. They were such gracious clients -- what a pleasure it was to be a part of this wedding!

Lots of color, lots of fun!

Aubrie's reception took place at the Old Meeting House. She chose a really fun color palate -- corals, salmons, oranges, and chocolate brown. We used gerbera daisies, mini Flame callas, asiatic lilies, chocolate cosmos, and 5 varieties of roses for interest. A few photos: Aubrie's bridal bouquet, the bridesmaid's clutches, the mother's clutches, the toss bouquet, and the cake. The centerpieces were so cute and simple -- 6.5" cubes with floating gerbs. The cubes had an adorable layered ribbon treatment of chocolate brown and orange. Gotta love simplicity!

White wedding

Emily and Mike's wedding ceremony took place at the Cathedral of the Madeleine downtown, followed by a reception at The Point. Their colors were white, black, and sage, so she chose all white flowers with black accents. I can't tell you how gorgeous the entire wedding party looked at the Cathedral -- the guys were in black tuxes with the girls in fabulous black cocktail dresses with sage sashes. So chic! A few images for you: Emily's bridal bouquet of white mini callas with a black wrap, one of the bridesmaid's bouquet's -- large white callas with a black wrap, one of the mother's clutches -- Akito roses, white lisianthus, white mini callas, and myrtle, and two of the ornate Cathedral focal pieces -- all white flowers and greenery.

Rebecca's belated photos

Happy Memorial Day!

As promised, here are some photos from Rebecca's wedding. You'll see a few weddings this summer with similar blooms and designs. In this particular wedding, we used two varieties of pink peonies, pink hydrangea, poppy pods, pink lizzy, pink tulips, green hypericum berries, pink bouvardia and sweet pea, variegated lily grass, regular and mini pink cymbidium orchids, bear grass, heather, lamb's ear, buplerum, and salal. In addition to the bride's bouquet and one of the bridesmaid's bouquets, you'll see a number of arrangements: she had three table designs -- a mixed arrangement, a grouping of three small vases, and a floating peony on black river rock. Some of the photos are decent, but the one's taken in Southworth Hall are marred by the flash. If only I had a little portable sunshine to bring with me as we set up... There's also a photo of the guest book arrangement, but I didn't get any good shots of the cake. Because there was a ring ceremony before the reception, we weren't able to set everything up completely b/c tables had to be moved around for dinner. On the head table they rented some extra vases for all the bouquets and set those down the center of the long table, accompanied by 2.75" cube candles and more of the black river rock acting as a runner. Cute! Hope I get photos of that from the photographer...

On the calendar for this week:
Aubrie's wedding at the Salt Lake Temple and reception at The Old Meeting House on Tuesday, and Crista's ceremony and reception at Log Haven on Friday.

Have a fantastic holiday!

Part-time positions available with Whimsy!

In case any of you are looking for some part-time hours during the summer and beyond... We're looking for 1 or 2 reliable individuals to join our team as production assistants. Candidates must have very flexible schedules (students off for the summer are okay), have the abillity to learn and work quickly and efficiently, be good with your hands, function well under pressure, and if you're at all creative, that's a plus as well. There's opportunity to advance if you decide you love the industry and want to stay on.

If you or anyone you know may be interested, drop us an email with your resume/letter of interest to mail@whimsyfloral.com. We'll send you a detailed job description and get you scheduled for an interview.

I promise I'll get stuff posted about Rebecca's wedding, just not yet. Crazy week so far...

Take care!

There's no place like home...

Well, I'm officially back from my vacation. Spent a little time in the sun, a little time relaxing, and a lot of time in traffic! That's California for you, though...

While I was there, I found time to do a few of special order arrangements for old clients -- mostly Mother's Day stuff. I never cease to be amazed by the selection and quality of locally grown flowers. I wish the weather allowed us to do more of that here.

This weekend is Rebecca's wedding in Provo. I have tons of consultations on the schedule as well -- I'm going to be playing catch-up for the next couple weeks. Thank you to everyone (clients and not-yet clients) for your patience while I was away. Aside from a few software glitches, we were able to get everyone scheduled and taken care of in a timely manner.

Thanks!

I'm off to the airport!

A quick photo of Crista's bouquet for her bridal shoot this evening (she rescheduled b/c of last week's nasty weather) -- a small simple clutch of 20 bi-color mini callas.

My vacation is going great so far -- my sister and her kids flew in for a visit last week and left Saturday just in time for me to see to a full night of consultations. We took a day to pack (not my favorite activity, that's for sure!), and now we'll be leaving for the airport in a couple hours to head to CA for the rest of our vacation. Just a reminder: because I'll be away until the 16th, I'm obviously not going to be around to answer the phone. If you have questions, need to check on availability, or want to schedule a consultation, either a leave a message or send me an email and Kristin or I will get back to you as soon as possible -- within 24 hours.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!