october wedding

This is the wedding that kept us here in LA while Zach headed to Georgia.  Now that it is done we get on our plane!

I didn't take photos of the reception flowers. I'm always too busy to think of it in time.  But the bridal party flowers I did manage to photograph.  

Here are a couple of Greta's creations:

And mine, for the bride.

And for the bridesmaids.

And how about that bathroom tile, huh?

garish is not my middle name

But how could I resist this beautiful bouquet from Anthropologie?  On sale, no less.  I am not a jewelry person, but I thought this would be lovely to wear with a simple, solid colored dress, to a wedding maybe...a wedding where I wouldn't have to work.  I have not attended a wedding as a guest, aka *not florist* since Greta has been born.  Really.

tulip

mania.

belladonna

Driving through the hills of Echo Park the other day we rounded a corner and came upon this steep hillside bursting with Amaryllis belladonna, aka Naked Ladies.   I've been seeing them popping up the past week or so, a sign that summer is coming to a close.
These flowers take me off guard every year.  With most bulbs blooming in the spring it's exciting to see these splashes of pink, and if I could get out of my car I would love to get a whiff of their sweet bazooka bubble gum scent.

weddings

I put together this post as a quick portfolio for the bride I'm working with now.  

This is just a taste of what I have done in the past few years.  

Sad Story:  The one wedding that I loved the absolute most and traveled to Cambria for, had terrible morning sickness, trudged heavy buckets of flowers onto a beach to decorate a gazebo, filled 200 mini vases with single flowers for each guest, the beautiful bride cried when she saw her bouquet...not. one. photo.  

Here are a few photos from other weddings that I did manage to get.