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Weekend Flowers

A few shots from Cara and Chris' celebratory shindig on Saturday.  Flowers includeded white anemones, ranunculus, "Patience" garden roses, hydrangea, callas, and fringed tulips.

week in review {january 15, 2010 edition}

hanging rope beds (!) on Urban Grace, and more bedroom ideas the next day. I'm feeling the annual January urges to work on the house. Need to get my brain back in the wedding game.

A super simple, but sparkly and cheerful table anyone can do. Spring bulbs (they're all over the grocery and hardware stores right now, pre-forced for early blooming so that you don't have to do the work), pretty mercury glass or any votives you love, and icy glass. One secret that might not be obvious? Choose just two colors to design the whole table with, and make them two analogous (that means adjacent on the color wheel) as in the royal blue and stem green on this pretty table. Notice each color is just repeated a few times--green in the stems and napkins, blue in the flowers and napkin twine wrap. That's the secret formula! Oh, pic via Purple Area.

I'm definitely jumping on the Polaroid bandwagon. Not only have they hired the Lady I'm completely GaGa for as their Creative Director (brilliant! can't wait to see what she comes up with!), but when the re-release their classic, it looks like they're going to make a faux wood grain version. Groovy.

A real wedding all about fashion...the bride is the senior fashion editor for Marie Claire. Dress is a custom gown by Marchesa (If I was a bazillionaire, I'd flounce around every day in either Marchesa and Oscar De La Renta. i do charitable work while wearing them to make up for my silliness.), fabulous bridesmaids dresses with huge grey sequins by Burberry. The bride also had custom shoes made by Mr. Louboutin himself! I wanna see more of this one! (There's a little more in the February issue of MC, but not enough.)Photos by Charlotte Jenks Lewis, as seen on 100 Layer Cake.

I found a new-to-me blog this week that seems to do a better job of expressing what is in my brain than I do. So lovely.

And while we're on the subject of other blogs, if you are a flower lover and haven't subscribed yet to Flowerwild, you absolutely must. Kate Holt is extraordinarily talented. Just a selection of a few things posted recently. Notice it's white and black anemone season!

Are you out there?

Wanted: SF, must heart crumbly old mansions, French champagne, and rainstorms. HWP not important, engaged status and flair for the dramatic a definite plus. A love of moss, feathers, mushrooms, branches, seed pods and vines is preferrable. If interested, correspond via letterpress.

Photos by Scott Andrew, first two via Snippet & Ink.

Real Weddings: Julie + Mike

Julie and Mike were married last November at Court in the Square--a lovely old alley that was glassed in years ago. Now, the old 6-story buildings on either side are the walls, and the ceiling is all clear glass way up above. There is also a huge wrought iron arch and pond that make for a great backdrop.

They started their pictures outside with the Smith Tower--Seattle's first skyscraper--in the background. That's it with the pyramid top, just over Julie's shoulder.

The wedding was designed in red, orange, and black. Julie had the bridesmaid's bouquet done in burgundy, red, and orange, and hers was a combination of the three shades. We found graphic black and white linens at Pottery Barn to set off the table centerpieces, and they were surrounded by handblown votives from Glassybaby in a variety of shades.

Pomanders and strands of red James Storie and orange mokara orchids hung from the arch.

Flowers from Fiore Blossoms, photos by Jeremy Leffel, planning by Unveiled Events.

black & yellow

Several black and yellow weddings have been making the blog circuit lately. I never thought I'd be so attracted to this combination, but it is so striking, bold, and chic. I thought I'd share pictures from a few favorites.

The first wedding is Sarah & Nick, featured on Brooklyn Bride. Photos from David Turner, flowers by vale-of-enna.

The bridal bouquet of ranunculus and rice flowers.

Heavy square cubes lined with lemon slices decorated the aisle, and then moved to the tables for the reception.

And next, Janet & Roy from The Bride's Cafe. Photos by Aaron Delesie, flowers from Milli Fiore. I love the cattleya bridal bouquet. So couture!

And finally, some gorgeous inspiration boards from Snippet & Ink in our featured palette.

Update! Lemiga Events just planned a yellow and black girls night out in Vegas, as part of a great birthday weekend. Look at the TP they found! Now that's taking care of the details my friends!