L & M Wedding | The Brazilian Room | Berkeley

Laura and Matt celebrated their wedding at one of my new favorite places - The Brazilian Room in Berkeley. It's located on the hills of Tilden Park with a beautiful view. It's one of the more affordable places in the bay area but it does have some cons. They have a lot of rules and you must use their preferred list of caterers. If you can handle all the rules (which are necessary to keep the building in pristine condition) then this place can be the perfect setting for a wedding.

Lauren loves all spring flowers so we used all of them! Tulips, anemones, ranunculus, peonies, garden roses, lisanthus were all used to create a garden like feel for the wedding. It had a vintage flair to it with wonderful details like vintage hankies.

First up is Lauren's bouquet. I really liked her bouquet and I kinda wanted to keep it. I knew that I couldn't do that so I decided to take a lot of pictures of it instead.



I used a lot of flowers for this bouquet including peonies, anemones, garden rsoes, lisanthus, ranunculas, wax flowers, dahlias, spray roses and stock in shades of pink and white.

Lauren bought some cute vintage ribbon and we used it for her bouquet.

Groom's Bout: single white ranuncula

Best Man Bout: Two pink ranunculas with wax flower accents

Groomen Bouts.

Bridesmaind bouquets

My new favorite bouquet wrap.

Mother of the Bride posie bouquet.

Buffet table arrangemensts

Lauren spent the last few months collecting hankies. What an adorable idea!

A + J Wedding | Bently Reserve Building | San Francisco | Pro Pics

Amanda and Jason wee married on a beautiful October day. They had both their ceremony and reception at The Bentley Reserve or also knownsas The Old Federal Reserve Building in San Francisco. My associate Caroline had to take over this wedding when I my baby decided to make an appearance 4 weeks early! When I saw these pictures I was floored. Caroline did a beautiful job. Thanks Amanda for sending these images over!

For the Little Fella

So this post isn't floral related but definitely wedding related. I just met with a client and we started talking about clothing options for the ring bearers. Her ring bearer is a tiny guy (10 months). Most little babies don't like wearing a suit or tux (most grown men don't either). So how can you include the little one and make sure they are comfortable? Well it just so happens that a friend of mine sent me this link (randomly) and I thought it was really cute.

Little Clip on Bow Ties! So cute.

You can buy them here at Cherry Bloomer Shop.
They only cost $9.50 and she offers man colors and patterns.

My friend Sarah also turned me on to this esty shop called Very Kiki. I bought one of these for my little one for Easter. You can find more colors here.

Here's a picture of my little guy all gussied up. He loved the shirt and had no idea he was all dressed up looking like a handsome little guy (I'm not biased or anything ;).
And yes, he often looks confused when the camera is on him.

I searched around the internet and found this at Nancy August. So cute!! I know - it's probably not very comfortable but those little boys need to learn about fashion over comfort sooner or later, right?

H & S Wedding | Chapel of Our Lady | Golden Gate Club | The Presidio

Heather and Simon planned a destination wedding in San Francisco. I met with them early on when they came to visit from Australia scouting out venues. They decided to get married at the beautiful Chapel of our Lady church in the Presidio and had their reception at the Golden Gate Club. Heather wanted something elegant, classic and timeless so we went with shades of cream and ivory with touches of green.

Chapel of our Lady

Pew bouquets with kale, wax flower, roses and freesia

Altar arrangement

Groom's Bouts

Ring Bearer pillow with kermit mums

Reception at the Golden Gate Club

This was a gorgeous cake.

This room had floor to ceiling windows overlooking the bay and had views of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a sunny and clear day perfect for the wedding.

Workshop Scheduled!

Alright people. I was finally able to get my *ahem* stuff together and schedule my next flower workshop!

Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009
Time: 10am-12:30pm
Location: Fort Mason in San Francisco
For more info click on the flyer!

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Hope to see you there!

M & E Wedding

I had the pleasure to work with Marjorie and Eric for their April wedding. I received some beautiful photos from Ed Pingol Photography so check it out!!

These little girls are so darn cute. I just want to eat the little one up with her adorable smile.

This picture makes me want to eat about 100 cupcakes.

You can see more pictures here.

Fascinated with Fascinators

What the heck is a fascinator? I wondered the same thing until I saw them at a bridal event a couple of weekends ago. They are hats. Not just hats. Also barrettes, combs and headbands. Basically anything you put in your hair. They're big in England. Ever since I saw these fascinators (and tried on a few) I haven't been able to stop thinking about them. I want one. I have no reason to wear it. But I'm a grown woman now and I feel like I should be able to wear what ever I want. So there. Maybe I will put one on while doing the dishes. Who am I kidding? I don't do the dishes. Maybe I'll put one on while working on my weddings. Let's call it an inspirational piece for my designs. Well, just because I have no reason for them - I figured some of my readers might :)

I found these on Etsy. Seller is called Powder Blue Bijoux. These are all very affordable.
I think the most expensive one shown below is $45.

And since I'm not a bride anymore....here's a few I like that I want to get for my friends upcoming wedding.

From Seller Tie and Feathered


Esty VieModerne's Shop

So - what do you think? Are you digging the fascinators like me?

Very Exciting!

I received news that Huckleberry Karen Designs was chosen to be one of the "Best of Project Wedding 2008" Vendor in the Floral Designer category. It's an honor to be listed with the other top 5% of all Bay Area wedding professionals. We appreciate all of the encouraging words and support and a special thanks to the brides out there that took the time out to post reviews.





Stay tuned for pictures of the last FIVE weddings I have worked on in March and April!