Backyardia

This time of year brings so many beautiful elements right to your fingertips - get creative with what's in your back yard.......And that's exactly what we did. Thanks again to Theo Milo Photography for capturing our work and once again making us look so good!

Great idea for gifts- burlap bags filled with a seasonal tree or bush for planting.
Very  quick and easy Lady Banks rose garland for  chair backs.

We covered an old urn with twine and filled it with azaleas , ivy and lush berries all picked from the yard.

The long wisteria blossoms  make for a perfect heart shape nesting in a bird bath. I found a tiny heart shape clover leaf for the center.♥

Tiny french wire votives make a perfect mini centerpiece when filled with moss and cherry blossoms.

We bleached some old wood stumps and topped off with moss and tiny Lady Banks rose buds. A glass cloche holds moss and tiny ferns.

Finishing off our challenge to utilize everything from the garden we made a wine cooler and filled it with blooming rose vines during the freezing process - so easy .

Happy Spring

We're in full creative mode here. I've put together a new centerpiece option for the two wedding packages that we offer to brides who are on a budget. A trio of vintage style milk glass vases filled with flowers, along with votives all for only $75.

It's a deal you won't find anywhere else and we're really excited about the response.

 So once we decided on the look we called photographer extraordinaire Theo Milo and set up a photo shoot so we could get images of these sweet vases on our website. Which led to the addition of a bigger table set up to really show off our pretty new vases  ( thank you ETC. Party Rentals for the chairs) along with  tree stumps and tiny flags- who knew? One of our brides had asked me to think about  a rustic but fresh  way to designate tables and we came up with these below- we'll be featuring them in our wedding workshop , stay tuned for details.

  

New Blues

I love recycled glass - it always has this lovely blue patina that works so well with wood tones.We have several re purposed wood tables that my brilliant husband made that are perfect for make shift altars in out door weddings and after getting in a shipment of gorgeous recycled vases we decided to put together a tiny shoot using these elements. We've actually done something like this here for a beach wedding but wanted to change it up by incorporating the hanging lanterns as well as different vases. My yard is filled with camellias but all reds and hot pinks so I wandered over to my neighbor Amy's yard where I knew I'd find the perfect , tiny pink  "Chinese rose " camellia. Thank you Miss Amy ♥ and huge thanks to Theo Milo Photography .