Inspiration Board: My Bohemian Wedding

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Here is a little inspiration board for myself. I like to organize my tumblr photos into cohesive boards. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to bring this one to life in July for our wedding. Perhaps a fog machine?

Breaking Rules & Staying True

There is a GREAT article on Project Wedding today by my new wedding planning hero - Beth Helmstetter - about creating your wedding concept. Beth basically took all the words out of my mouth about breaking the rules and making your wedding a reflection of who you are. Go check it out!

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!!!

Am I Dreaming?

If I am, PLEASE don't wake me up! My cake and cupcakes photographed by the goddess of photography - Noa of Feather Love - and posted on 100 Layer Cake??? I die. My jaw was just sitting on my desk as I looked at this super rad wedding. Lindsey and Bryce are just the sweetest, cutest couple ever and their personalities shown through on their day. Congrats you two!Lindsey and Bryce chose four flavors - Chocolate-Covered Banana, Tres Leches, Dilly Dilly and Whiskey and Beer (the cake was Whiskey and Beer as well).

Weekend Flowers: It's Spring! Ranunculus and Freesia

The farmer's market was full of spring pinks and yellows today.

More flower photos and pictures of my house on Auburn & Ivory.

Inspiration Board: Happy Baby Shower

And another board I've been working on for a baby shower in June. I can't WAIT for this shower. It's going to be so sweet with lemonade and vintage milk glass and colorful runners!

Inspiration Board: European Garden with an East Coast Flair

I am really excited to be planning the wedding of our dear, dear friends in September. They have been so good to us since we moved to Southern California from finding our first apartment to letting us (and our dog and cat) crash in their guest room when our house flooded (I was actually napping in the guest room when he proposed!). They are the best friends anyone could ask for and I am thrilled that they have let me be a part of their big day!

Being East Coast transplants like us they wanted some "east coast flair" at their San Diego wedding. What better way to incorporate the east coast than bringing in those great New England, autumn colors? We've also found inspiration from her Italian roots and the PHENOMENAL reception location - Old Venice Restaurant - and will incorporate an old world European garden feel. I sent over this shoot from Once Wed and they were immediately smitten with the wild garden/autumn colors. Then I saw these program fans from Design Sponge and they are perfect! Their cats, Putty & Socks, are their babies so it is only natural that we would have them be part of the ceremony!