styled winter shoot

There is nothing better than a friend calling to ask if you can put together something lovely for an adorable couple - it's so great to be able to share a little floral piece or two and hope it makes someone's day!  Bonus when that friend happens to be an incredibly talented photographer and there are gorgeous photos to inspire afterward!  Thank you so much Dayna of Dayna Mae Photography  - this winter couple is making me all kinds of cozy!  Perfect doses of fun and joy and sweet and romantic, a festive splash of red on a perfect wintry Michigan day.  These are so warm and perfect and please see more images and Dayna's adorable story from the day here.  

 

Allie and John at Waldenwoods

Such a beautiful celebration at Waldenwoods for Allie and John this autumn!  Thank you so much to Ray Anthony Photography for capturing these lovely images and sharing so generously! We had a great time working with rich autumnal colors and textures as the weather and mood were shifting from summer to autumn.   We had beautiful burgundy dahlias, blush garden roses, lush foliages with berries and great textures - Allie picked such beautiful elements and we just love how it came together for a natural, colorful, sophisticated look.

We loved decorating the large pergola for Allie & John's ceremony, and were so thrilled that the weather cleared in time to get outside for a blue sky ceremony!  It was still raining outside when we set it up with fingers crossed, and we were so thrilled it worked out so beautifully!  Congratulations Allie and John!

And here we are in action setting up the floral decor for the arch in the rain, gotta love everyone keeping the positivity and ending up with a gorgeous ceremony under blue skies!!

Katie & Joe at Earhart Manor

Katie and Joe's Earhart Manor wedding was stylish and sophisticated and joyful and it was just such an honor to be a part of this celebration!  Really - I have been thinking about this wedding all year since the summer and I am so grateful to Rachel Smaller Photography for sharing these images with me.  These are truly stunning!  And I am so excited to share them with you.  Most of all, thank you Katie and Joe, and wishing you so much love and laughter.  

So many details to love!  This first look is so perfect!  Katie's gold shoes!  And and why not slip into a flower crown for the reception?

Cassie and Alan - Autumn at Ann Arbor Distilling Company

This wedding was classic and elegant and filed with thoughtful details.  I was so excited when I heard about this reception at Ann Arbor Distilling Company - a warehouse style wedding reception right here in Ann Arbor!  And so wonderful to get to work with truly talented vendors Melanie Reyes Photography and J.Eliza Events - so wonderful to get to be part of this team! Cassie and Alan's flowers featured lush greens and natural, textural elements (including kale!), along with a perfect autumnal splash of gold and copper - we painted succulents and apples in metallic tones and they added just that splash of something unique!  Hope you love these as much as we do!

Loved these bracelets for Cassie's bridesmaids - with gold succulents, acorns and berries, together with groomsmen boutonnieres

autumn flowers

There's something special about the colors of autumn in Ann Arbor and the special tones of autumnal flowers that excites me every year.  Autumn brings in the most amazing dahlias and knock-out chrysanthemums, berries and textures and foliages and it's just a special time to be designing. I loved creating these pieces for a wedding celebration at the Gandy Dancer in downtown Ann Arbor, coordinated by Twofoot Creative.  These centerpieces and accent pieces featured golden chrysanthemums, orange ranunculus, burgundy snapdragons, blush spray roses, campanella peach roses, seeded eucalyptus, olive branches (with olives!), burgundy dahlias, blue privet berries, and a gold succulents, in a gold compote dish.  So thankful for this autumn abundance!

Detroit Flower Week

Such a joy to get to attend Detroit Flower Week and see floral design heroes in action!  It was inspiring to see Ariella Chezar and Emily Thompson, and a real highlight was designing in a still life workshop with Lewis Miller.  His design was _incredible_  and I think we all learned so much from his style and approach and love for the materials that really came through in his workshop. I created this piece below - it was such fun to create with such amazing materials while feeling completely inspired with floral design masters!

Emily and Aniket's Earhart Manor Wedding

So excited to share these images from Emily & Aniket's summer wedding celebration at Earhart Manor.  Alison from First Comes Love Photo captured so many sweet and fun moments - baby toes! dancing in the the rain! flower girl twirling!  So many moments that I know will be precious to Emily and Aniket when they look back on their special day.  So many wonderful details coordinated by Julie of J. Eliza Events (and Julie includes a lovely description of the day and epic rainstorm on her blog) - it was so great to be a part of this celebration, and Emily and Aniket even generously donated their flowers to Arbor Hospice afterward (I couldn't believe how great these flowers still looked the day after).  On the floral side, we were so excited by these bright, bold colors - jewel tones paired with more muted peaches and blushes, a foliage garland accented with flowers and gold and silver candles down the head table, and foliage garlands for the couple's hindu ceremony.  So excited to share this, and so lovely to be a part of this lovely celebration!

Flower crown

I have loved doing flower crowns this summer - and now it's for brides as well as flower girls, or even all the bridesmaids - just love making these and love how it adds a natural touch to the overall look.  This flower crown for Alexa's Zingerman's Cornman Farms in Dexter was such a favorite!  Just loved the bold colors with raspberry pink garden roses, blush majolica spray roses, peach and orange ranunculus.  Thank you Melanie Reyes Photography for this beautiful image!

garden rose centerpiece

Oh how this pink romantic antike garden rose stole the show!  I could not take my eyes off these the whole time we were designing these centerpieces for a sophisticated garden wedding reception at Earhart Manor in Ann Arbor.  Centerpieces also included white anemone, queen anne's lace, orange free spirit roses, peach ranunculus, blush quicksand and fado roses and white majolica roses together with succulents and textured foliages.  

Alexa and Tony at Zingermans Cornman Farms

It was a perfect summer day on the farm for Alexa and Tony's wedding day at Zingerman's Cornman Farms.  I just loved creating all these flowers with bold colors and textures - bold reds, oranges and raspberries along with blush and peach and lots of lush greens.  We loved creating the ceremony decor at the front porch of the farmhouse - such a gorgeous space and adding foliage garlands and floral accent for a pop of color seemed so perfect.  Thank you so much to the truly talented Melanie Reyes for these beautiful images - so many beautiful moments!  Congratulations Tony and Alexa!  

Loved this arch decoration for the ceremony - it's such a perfect spot, and a little eucalyptus foliage and floral accents at the top made it just so special!

Centerpieces included peach juliet, red piano, and raspberry tess garden roses together with peach ranunculus, white majolica spray roses, orange free spirit roses, white scabiosa, green thistle, ferns, fresh mint, and other textured foliages.

We did none of these flowers - all beautiful sugarwork by Zingermans! - and don't they look so amazing!   A perfect match with the real thing!