Wedding Flowers

One of my favorite things to do is look at flowers when I'm at Trader Joe's.  They are always reasonably priced and usually there is a great selection.  It reminds me of the flowers I had at my wedding.

My sister-in-law Erika put together all of the flowers, had the vision, and ordered the flowers for me.  She was a Godsend!  She did an amazing job and even was a bridesmaid.  She was one the MVPs of the day for sure!

Here is what she ordered at a local wholesale florist...

3 Buplereum

2 Queen Annes Lace

2 Ranunculus [red]

1 Dahlia [red or burgundy]

2 Cosmos [chocolate]

1 Calcynia [white]

1 Lysmachia [white]

3 Poms [red or burgundy]

2 Daisy [white]

1 Agganis [brown]

Total Price...$143.22!

SCORE!

It was beautiful!

Veils

I've been thinking about veils lately.  I've found a lot of awesome ones on etsy.

Found here, here, here, here and here!

Some Floral Inspirations

So I made a little inspiration board.  This is what I am thinking for the flowers at the wedding.

In the board I have a variety of mums, grasses, wheat, weeds, pine cones, twine, herbs and apples.  Don't get me wrong I am also very open to some one who knows more about fall flowers than me.  (That could be almost everyone!)  What a mix of colors!  I might need to calm the look of the wedding down a bit with more subtle colors.

How Do You Know?

I moved to a new house with my parents in October. At my old house we had large trees that had big red buds that would always bloom too early along with the daffodils and that gave me an early inkling of spring. That's how I knew it was spring.

At my new house there is a huge tree in our front yard that is still completely bare. We have no flowers anywhere. I couldn't even find daffodils anywhere in my new neighborhood. I was very negative about my new neighborhood and it's lack of natural celebratory decoration of the up coming season.

Then earlier this week we received, by the grace of God, blue skies with 70 plus degree weather. I decided to take a run around my neighborhood and my eyes were opened to the signs of spring. I decided to take a nap in my back yard while listening to an audio book...here is what I found in my own new back yard. Sadly it was the first time I had bothered to look in the back.





All of that was in my own backyard! How lovely!
Playing in the park with these kids sure brought up my spirits too.