J+J Wedding | Sir Francis Drake Hotel | San Francisco

Beautiful location, adorable bride with red hair and a wedding dress full of ruffles. This wedding was brimming with personality!  We used shades of orange with purple accents since the Sir Francis Drake Hotel had these colors as part of their decor.
 
Venue: Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco
Chair Covers: Especially Yours Chair Covers
Photographer: Vero Suh Photography

Here a couple of photos I took

Both Jenny and James travel a lot for their work.  They had the most adorable little luggage favors I have ever seen.  They doubled as seating cards too.  Loved them!

Y+I Wedding | Legion of Honor San Francisco

Yulia and Igor planned their wedding in four months!  They started the process right by choosing a beautiful venue.  The Legion of Honor is something else.  It's just beautiful.  No words can really describe it but trust me.  It's gorgeous there.  Not to mention there are plenty of photo opportunities there.
We originally planned to do something with branches but the museum doesn't allow any dried branch material there (for the fear of little insects) that could damage the art.  So we went to plan B which was something structured and modern to match the art and statues in the main room.

Venue: Legion of Honor San Francisco
Catering: Jane Hammonds Events
Colors: Shades of white with blue accents

Bride's Bouquet: hydrangea, calla lilies, dahlia, stephanotis, tweedia, roses

T+M Wedding | Portola Valley Presbyterian Church | Sheraton Hotel Palo Alto

When I first met Tristan, I knew that we would get along just fine. First of all, she has a cool name.  Second of all, she brought her mother with her who was so excited about her daughter's wedding that it was infectious.  They came with a pretty good vision - something whimsical and fairy tale like with twinkling lights and butterflies.  Tristan made it clear to me she was not a traditional bride - she wanted something with texture and bright green flowers. And no roses.

Bout: calla lily with curly willow and berry accents

Bridesmaid Bouquet: green hydrangea with white mums, and dahlias

 Cute little green kermit mum bout for the ring bearers

Green dendrobium orchids for the ushers

 Tall Centerpiece: curly willow, bells of ireland, hydrangea, spidermums

dendrobium orchids with silver butterflies and hanging votives

 

Garland for the church with little butterflies

Fund Finds: Stacking Rings & Pillows

It's amazing how I find things when I'm not really looking for them.  Or maybe I just have ADD.  I was looking for a headband for my little girl Ginger.  We have a family photo shoot coming up and it's essential that she has some sort of hair accessory cause she is bald.  I mean she has NO HAIR and if I put her in something blue she looks like a boy.  But that's not the point.  The point is that while I was looking for a headband on etsy I found these other items that I love.  It has nothing to do with Ginger or with the photo shoot but who cares?  Cause they are simply too cute not to share.

Here are some adorable stacking rings by Olive Bungalow.  I thought they would be cute gifts for my nieces (who are teenagers) or maybe bridesmaid gifts?  You can even customize the one with the initials.

And this one can be stacked with others...but why?  It's just gorgeous by itself.

I was also looking for some pillows for Ginger's room.  The poor girl has been sleeping in a room of chaos.  One of my goals before the end of the year is to get her room put together.  So while looking for pillows I found these at Vintage Green Limited.  Super cute ring bearer pillows.

I also liked this one from Freshline.

And in case you are wondering, I never found a headband that I liked and would be shipped in time for the family photo shoot.  Which means I'm going to have to make my own. Some times I really drive myself nuts.  But at least I found a great tutorial here on how to make one without a sewing machine (because I really don't want to dig that out of the closet right now).  I'll post it once I finish it next week!

Playing Around

One thing I wish I had was more time to play around with flowers.  I usually have left over flowers from my weddings but I'm so focused on the next wedding - I don't take the time out to just be creative like I should.  So I made a point a few weeks ago to use the left over flowers I had and make some boutonnieres. It was nice to make something just for the fun of it.  No fuss and no pressure!

N + M Wedding | Ruby Hill Golf Club | Pleasanton

It was a gorgeous day for a pink and yellow wedding!  I love the soft pinks mixed in with the buttery yellows.

Editorial Photoshoot | Junshien Photography

I was very excited when Junshien contacted me to see if I could provide some bouquets for his upcoming editorial shoot.

photographer: Junshien International Photography
stylist: Michelle Tan
makeup/hair: Michelle Tan, Christina Chen
dress: BoLee Bridal Couture
florist: Huckleberry Karen Designs
models: Caroline Vu, Monika Majdanska

Michelle sent me some photos of the dresses and I created four different bouquets to match the looks.  Love how the photos turned out!

M+I Wedding { Bridges Golf Club } San Ramon California

Shades of pink with teal accents - you can't go wrong with that color combination.  Loved the bold colors that Mei and Ian used for their wedding.  They also had really nice personal touches like the children favors or "goodie bags" with toys and lollipops and a seashell for each place setting.   They got married in June - and June is one of the best "pink" months I can think of.  You can get all sorts of spring flowers in pink - peonies, ranunculus, dahlias, tulips, calla lilies...need I say more?  We'll let the pictures do the talking....

Inspired Collective

Come join the fun at the Inspired Collective grand opening on Thursday, October 6 at 6pm.

Blu Bungalow

Very excited to share that Huckleberry Karen Designs is now part of the wonderful family of Blu Bungalow!  What is Blu Bungalow?  It's a wedding planning boutique where newly engaged couples and brides can swing by and get some expert advice on planning their wedding (or any other event).  The best part?  It's free.  Yeah, that's right.  It's free.  You can walk in and gather some resources, take a look around and plan away.  I had the pleasure of visiting Blu Bungalow last month and the place is amazing.
 
The location?  Even better.  It's on Union Street in San Francisco where you can get all sorts of shopping done.  Some of my favorites on Union Street are:

- The Union Street Papery (All the invitation eye candy you can think of)
- Forget Me Knots Bridal (Adorable wedding dress boutique where you can buy dresses off the rack.  I actually bought my bridal veil there)
- Haute Bride (Gorgeous bridal accessories including shoes, hair pieces, jewelry and couture bridal gowns)
- That Takes the Cake (for yummy cupcakes - the red velvet is to die for)

So basically, you can get all sorts of wedding stuff done on Union Street in San Francisco!

N+N Wedding | Ralston Hall & Mansion| Belmont, CA

One word for this wedding: STUNNING.  The bride, Niloofar, really gave me some creative freedom - she showed me some photos of flowers she liked and let me run with it.  And run I did.  I had so much fun putting it all together and quite pleased how everything turned out.  I think that Niloofar's bouquet is probably my favorite bouquet I have made thus far.  The thing was HUGE and I jokingly told her that she would need to work out in order to hold the bouquet.

Here are some of the photos I was able to get - Niloofar was generous to share some of the professional images she has received so far and I"ll be sharing those in a bit.