C + J Wedding

Christa and Jared are one of the sweetest couples I know!  They were planning their wedding from Orange County and happen to live in the city I grew up in (Irvine).  Christa wanted shades of pink flowers with some green and eggplant purple accents.  She liked things soft and romantic and she of course loves ranunculus and peonies (who doesn't?!)

 Here is the very sweet thank you note I received from Christa and Jared after the wedding:

Dear Karen,
Where do we even begin?  Thank you so much for providing the most beautiful flowers for our wedding.  We knew you would do a great job, but we were still blown away by the work.  The flowers couldn't have been more perfect and working with you was such a pleasure.  Thank you. Thank you for everything!

Love,
Christa and Jared

Stumbleupon + Etsy Bridal Event

I had a great time meeting all sorts of awesome people at the Stumbleupon and Esty event last week.  It was a lot of fun working with one of my previous brides Cathelya (a.k.a Mrs. Penguin from Weddingbee) who hosted the Lover.ly booth.  The opportunity came up pretty last minute so we didn't have a lot of time to plan but maybe that was a good thing?  I had to come up with a plan fast and didn't have time to change my mind.  Overall, I'm pretty excited how everything turned out and a big thank you to Amanda from One True Love Vintage Rentals for hooking me up with the super awesome farm table, vintage doors with the shelves and the chair.  I definitely would not have been able to pull the look together without her pieces.

If you haven't checked out Stumbleupon yet - it's a fun tool to find things you like.  You can check out some of the things I stumbledupon here: http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/huckleberrykaren

While you are at it - you should also check out Lover.ly - a place where you can bundle all of your beautiful wedding inspiration in one place.  I'll be sharing some of my favorite bundles soon!

And here are some lovely photos taken by Melanie Duerkopp.  Thank you Melanie for sharing these with us!!

Here is my "booth" where I chatted with brides about the upcoming nuptials.

 

Here is Amanda's section for One True Love Vintage Rentals.  She just picked up this awesome shoe rack and so I decorated it with a garland and accented it with some bold flowers in the corner.

Here is the Lover.ly table.  Absolutely adorable!

The desserts were made by Batter Bakery located in San Francisco.  All I can say is YUM.  I managed to sneak in a cookie and cupcake and both were delicious!

 

Photo Shoot | Radionich Ranch | Los Gatos

It seems I have published a blank post.  Apologies for this!  I'm not sure what happened and would like to blame it on my computer or the internet but I'm pretty sure it was my fault somehow.  I am sad though because it was a nice thought out post with all of the pictures.  And now it's just going to be pictures.  So sad.

I was presented the opportunity to collaborate on a photos shoot with Karen of Love Life Studios. She sent over some images of lovely 20's, 40's and 50's dresses that she wanted to shoot and asked me to make some flowers and accessories to match.  I was very excited about this since I've been wanting to play around with some different flowers I don't usually get to use.  This gave me a chance to play around and be creative.

Anyway, the first bouquet I made is a modern version of the cascade bouquets that most brides carried back in the day.  I used some eucalyptus leaves to add fullness and to help with the draping and jasmine so it would "cascade".  This bouquet is probably in my top 5 favorite bouquets I've made to date.

D + D Wedding | Presidio Chapel of My Lady | San Francisco

I try to take photos of all my weddings in its entirety but the reality is that I just don't have enough time to do so.  Sometimes I only have a moment to snap shots of the bouquets before I deliver them or I get a couple of minutes at the reception to take photos of the centerpieces.  As much as I like to show weddings with all of the different floral elements including bouquets, bouts, ceremony and reception I don't always get to do that!  But I feel like it would be a shame not to show some pictures of these lovely bouquets and ceremony flowers of a July wedding earlier this year.

Bride's Bouquet with peonies, roses, garden roses, hydrangea, orchids, freesia,

calla lilies and purple crystal spray accents

Bridesmaid Bouquets with a variety of roses and dahilas

Ceremony arrangements with smilax garland strung along the pews

with pew bouquets.

A+M Wedding | Shakespeare Gardens Golden Gate Park | San Francisco

I think I have mentioned it before but I'll say it again.  One of my favorite ceremony locations in San Francisco is the Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park.  We lucked out and got some beautiful weather in May.  There was a slight breeze but the garden is protected so you didn't feel the breeze that much and the sun was shining brightly that day.

Bride's Bouquet: Peonies, roses, calla lilies and freesia

Bridesmaid Bouquets: Dark pink peonies, roses and freesia

Wreath I made for the Iron gate at the Shakespeare Garden