Weekend Flowers: Tulips and Alley Ways

I have a hard time going to the farmer's market and not buying flowers. I only spent $10 and got a bunch of peach and white ranunculus, tulips and eucalyptus. Then I took my puppy for a walk through the alleys in our neighborhood and gathered some jasmine vines and other greens.

Floral Inspiration: Still Life

I'm kind of obsessed with floral still life paintings right now. Especially the work of Arnoldus Bloemer (appropriate name, no?) and Cornelis de Heem. They are completely different from one another but I love Bloemer's vibrant colors and Heem's contrasts against the black backdrops.

A still life of peonies, roses, honeysuckle, poppies, a crown imperial, rhododendrons and other flowers in a terracotta urn on a ledge by Arnoldus Bloemer.

Flower Still-Life by Cornelis de Heem

DIY: Cake Pan Centerpieces

I love this idea of using bundt cake pans as vases for centerpieces. BrancoPrata is another design team whose work makes me drool.

When do we eat cake?

{via Style Me Pretty}

I am kind of in love with this wedding timeline. I love a couple who has their priorities in order!

La Partie Events

There are a few folks in the design/floral biz whose work I admire and completely adore. Megan of La Partie Events is one of those people. Her work is just totally chic and gorgeous but remains simple and understated at the same time. I am crazy about this photo shoot she did with Sandra Pan Photography using CB2 products. I have a few CB2 plates I have been wanting to use in a shoot and now I am completely inspired. Plus I am kind of mad for stripes.

Weekend Flowers: Roses and Milk Glass

On Friday night I worked this performance for my "day job" job. The conductor and soloist both received bouquets of flowers following the concert. Sometimes if I'm lucky the musicians don't want to travel with their flowers and I get to take them home. Such was the case this weekend and I had fun rearranging the bouquets into the new milk glass collection I started. One of the bouquets came from Whole Foods and were supposedly locally grown. I typically like to work exclusively with flowers from locals farms and growers but re-purposing someone else's flowers feels less like cheating.

Also, a sample bouquet and centerpiece for a possible client.

San Diego Venue: Summer Pasts Weddings

Will someone please get married here and let me help plan it and hire Noa to photograph it please!? I have been wanting to get out to Summer Pasts Farms to check out their lavender gardens for awhile but just haven't had the chance to do it. Now that the weather is getting gorgeous again I think I'll have to find some excuse to get up there! I'll tell you all about it when I do! For now, just feast your eyes on these images.

And look at all their animals!!!