A huge Thank You to Jill at Portland Bride&Groom Magazine for the invitation to create a purple bouquet for the magazine! Susan Adkins, owner of Class Act Events in Salem chose a spring theme for the tablescape and I was delighted to provide the flowers. It was an honor to participate in these projects!
Photography by Steven Scardina
In January Alexis Achten, owner of Jasmine Photography, fabulously organized the Art of Weddings Bridal Show at the Gerding Theater at the Armory. It was the perfect site for this successful event!
Lincoln Barbour graciously provided pictures of the flower arrangements. Thank you Lincoln!
Hand-tied bouquets have been super popular the last decade. Here are some fun alternative ideas:
flowers and feathers!
woodland bouquet; very detailed with texture
Lisa Marie, owner of Enchanted Corsets , invited me to provide bridal bouquets for the bridal fashion show that she organized earlier this month at the Lotus Seed Center in NE Portland.
She designs and sews the most detailed and creative corsets and pairs them with gorgeous skirts. The outfits were splendid!
Jamie Bosworth’s photography is exquisite, as always!
Last week I went to visit Honeyhill Farms Nursery in Raleigh Hills. Owners Jim and Audrey Metcalfe are hellebore hybridizers.
What ‘eye candy’ to see hundreds of flowering hellebores: they start blooming in January and still look gorgeous in April. What a treasure in the garden!
Call them at 503-292-1817 if you’d like to visit their garden and purchase plants in bloom. Or you can visit them at the Hillsdale Farmers Market on February 21 or on March 7.
The post on Nu Bouquets from last week Thursday mysteriously disappeared and I wanted to feature it again:
A few weeks ago I did a post on whimsical bridal bouquets inspired by ideas of european designers. I sparingly incorporated new textures – pearls, feathers, wire,…- juxtaposed fresh and traditional combinations and figured out new techniques to realize these fun bouquets.
Thank you Joni for the fabulous pictures – and for the clever name . I like it!
Last week I participated in the Art of Wedding Bridal Show at the Gerding Theater; it was a perfect opportunity to introduce a few whimsical bridal bouquets. Inspired by ideas in european design books that I bought during my last trip back home, I sparingly incorporated new elements: sisal, a natural fiber, along with a variety of decorative wires, a few pearls and feathers. Et voilà! what fun it was to patiently add a new set of details in bouquets!
