(I really tried to pick just a few, I swear!) To love!
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Anders & Jenna
My twin brother and his lovely now WIFE (!!!) tied the knot at San Francisco City Hall last Friday and I excitedly took the pictures and arranged the flowers for the sweet ceremony. I was freaking out just a little bit since a. I've never shot a wedding and b. I kind of don't know what I'm doing with a camera. It could not have been a lovelier day, the building is truly stunning and they were so delightfully thrilled to be getting married. Jenna is the most photogenic bride ever, and Anders was just giddy all day. It was so fun, and turned out superbly. Ain't life grand?
(I really tried to pick just a few, I swear!) To love!
(I really tried to pick just a few, I swear!) To love!
Farmers Market Flowers
I am just delighted every week with the flowers at our local farmers market. They are always whatever is in season, they look fresh and are the loveliest colors. Best of all? It's $20 for 6 bunches of flowers, regardless of variety. In the past I've gotten ranunculus in every color, snap dragons, cosmos, daffodils, sunflowers, sweet william (a flower I love the look and name of.)
This week there were rows and rows of a personal favorite: dahlias. Oh how I love dahlias! They are so interesting texturally, they come in so many hues and sizes, they look vintage and modern at the same time, and they look lovely in many different varieties of arrangements.
I'm also partial to them because they were in my wedding bouquet and bring back sweet memories. Our genius wedding florist, Church Street Flowers, had suggested them based on the black and white, vintage modern look of our wedding and the flowers (and the florist!) have been a favorite ever since.
Here are the four arrangements that I made this week, all done from the $20 for 6 bunches investment. Similar in process to this post on arranging $18 worth of Trader Joe's flowers, I sorted all my flowers out in piles by color and type, arranged my large bouquets first and used the odds and ends to make a little posy for the bathroom and the kitchen window. It might be a ridiculous way to spend 30 minutes of very precious free time, but I find it relaxing and it creates lasting enjoyment!
We've been having a rough couple weeks with the baby munchkin, so it has been uplifting spotting these flowers at every turn in our house. Hooray! Hope you are all enjoying this lovely sunshine. Bon weekend!
This week there were rows and rows of a personal favorite: dahlias. Oh how I love dahlias! They are so interesting texturally, they come in so many hues and sizes, they look vintage and modern at the same time, and they look lovely in many different varieties of arrangements.
I'm also partial to them because they were in my wedding bouquet and bring back sweet memories. Our genius wedding florist, Church Street Flowers, had suggested them based on the black and white, vintage modern look of our wedding and the flowers (and the florist!) have been a favorite ever since.
Here are the four arrangements that I made this week, all done from the $20 for 6 bunches investment. Similar in process to this post on arranging $18 worth of Trader Joe's flowers, I sorted all my flowers out in piles by color and type, arranged my large bouquets first and used the odds and ends to make a little posy for the bathroom and the kitchen window. It might be a ridiculous way to spend 30 minutes of very precious free time, but I find it relaxing and it creates lasting enjoyment!
We've been having a rough couple weeks with the baby munchkin, so it has been uplifting spotting these flowers at every turn in our house. Hooray! Hope you are all enjoying this lovely sunshine. Bon weekend!
Last Minute Mother's Day Gifts
If you're anything like me you have the very best intentions (and ideas!) for gifts but life just gets in the way. On Monday I had planned on getting cards and gifts in the mail for Mother's Day, but Rosie came down with pneumonia and the week was spent tag team parenting, consoling, and fighting WWIII trying to get antibiotics into the tiny tyrant. Whew, I'm exhausted just writing about it. And now Mother's Day is Sunday, eek! Here's my plan is to get back on track, lickety split.
Chic Last Minute Gift #1: Photos, what mother doesn't love getting photos? And better yet, Instagram photos! Pretty, perfectly curated, and you can print directly from your Instagram library with the Walgreens app (for Droid or iPhone!) You guys, I spent 1 minute downloading the app, 5 minutes choosing the pics I wanted to print, 1 minute googling a coupon (PRINTS40 for 40% off!) and like 30 seconds checking out. You can pick them up in an hour at your local Walgreens. A little kraft paper bag, Washi tape and bakers twine...boom, done. $10.74, 10 minutes of action time, 1 hour of waiting and your first chic last minute gift is handled.
Chic Last Minute Gift #2: Trader Joe's flowers. Here are a few secrets to get $17.96 worth of flowers to look like a $50 florist bouquet.
1. Choose flowers that are all in the same color family. Pinks and purples, red/orange/yellow, or whites and blues. It's the easiest way to get them looking coordinated.
2. Strip the flowers of leaves and buds below the water line (basically 4-5" below the head.) Keep any straggler flowers that are too short or have broken stems, we'll use them later.
3. Grab a few flowers of each variety in one hand and continue adding a few of each variety as you turn your bouquet around, until you run out. Cut those stems down and plop into water, done-zo!
One more time, for the cheap seats in the back (this is still using the same $17.96 worth of flowers we bought for the first bouquet.)
Last but not least, I like to pull out these little brown jars for straggler flowers that are too short to make it into the big arrangements. They are infant Advil bottles and vitamin bottles with the labels pulled off. I keep any glass bottles with a pretty shape or color for little arrangements such as these. Toss a few of each flower in the bottles and brighten your kitchen window. A few more tips on cheap (but pretty) grocery store flowers here and making flowers last for the long haul here.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Mom, mother in law, and you - all taken care of! I especially love the last part, seriously moms, you need to TREAT YO'SELF!
I hope this has been helpful, and that your mom's day gifts are all settled. Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there. Every day you don't lock your kid in the closet and run away is a win in my book, I'm impressed!
Chic Last Minute Gift #1: Photos, what mother doesn't love getting photos? And better yet, Instagram photos! Pretty, perfectly curated, and you can print directly from your Instagram library with the Walgreens app (for Droid or iPhone!) You guys, I spent 1 minute downloading the app, 5 minutes choosing the pics I wanted to print, 1 minute googling a coupon (PRINTS40 for 40% off!) and like 30 seconds checking out. You can pick them up in an hour at your local Walgreens. A little kraft paper bag, Washi tape and bakers twine...boom, done. $10.74, 10 minutes of action time, 1 hour of waiting and your first chic last minute gift is handled.
Chic Last Minute Gift #2: Trader Joe's flowers. Here are a few secrets to get $17.96 worth of flowers to look like a $50 florist bouquet.
1. Choose flowers that are all in the same color family. Pinks and purples, red/orange/yellow, or whites and blues. It's the easiest way to get them looking coordinated.
2. Strip the flowers of leaves and buds below the water line (basically 4-5" below the head.) Keep any straggler flowers that are too short or have broken stems, we'll use them later.
3. Grab a few flowers of each variety in one hand and continue adding a few of each variety as you turn your bouquet around, until you run out. Cut those stems down and plop into water, done-zo!
One more time, for the cheap seats in the back (this is still using the same $17.96 worth of flowers we bought for the first bouquet.)
Last but not least, I like to pull out these little brown jars for straggler flowers that are too short to make it into the big arrangements. They are infant Advil bottles and vitamin bottles with the labels pulled off. I keep any glass bottles with a pretty shape or color for little arrangements such as these. Toss a few of each flower in the bottles and brighten your kitchen window. A few more tips on cheap (but pretty) grocery store flowers here and making flowers last for the long haul here.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Mom, mother in law, and you - all taken care of! I especially love the last part, seriously moms, you need to TREAT YO'SELF!
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