Seriously??? It's snowing??

I don't mind the snow.  Really.  Just not in early October.  I'm just not ready for it yet.  Give me a few weeks to enjoy the beautiful fall season.  It is after all, the best season.  Just give me until the end of the month, mother nature.  That's all I ask.  For now.

In protest of the unusually cold weather today, as I sit here all wrapped up in cashmere puffiness, I'm posting a few more of my summer faves.  Enjoy!

These are the designs we put together for the beautiful Daelyn.  Daelyn is teeny so we wanted something that wasn't too overpowering.  I love the softness of this wedding. Perfect for the season and the beautiful Sundance Resort. The images were captured by Alix Loosle...I think her work is stunning! 

Pink was was hot this summer.  I'm always a sucker for pink so no complaints here. This wedding was a collaboration of minds between the lovely bride, her sweet mom, the talents at the fabulous Soiree Productions and myself.  We should do this more often.  The end result...amazing! 

*sigh* how pretty is the St. Regis?

Summer white.  It never gets old.  I love it!  This is a small but beautiful wedding we worked on at Deer Valley Resort.  I can't wait to get the professional images from the photographer but for now you'll have see them through the eyes of my iphone.  

aaaaand back to Sundance.  I really do think it's such an inspiring place.  There's something so authentic about it.  This is another collaborative design concept...I love how it all came together

I LOOOOOVE the way her bouquet came together.  In fact, I loved it so much, I used it in my ad for Utah Bride and Groom magazine

clever, right?

Anyway, back to Rio's wedding at Sundance...love it.  Loved the blue washed accents and the natural elements.  

SUMMER 2010

Some of my favorites from last summer...

whether it's a request for a simple bridal bouquet 

Or providing the floral elements for a bride with a strong vision and lots of fun D.I.Y projects

Summer of 2010 held requests for the traditional crisp summer white

 

to contemporary cool tones with modern lines

From bold colors, a little outside the box 

to luscious, juicy shades that sing 'summer' 

Summer 2010 introduced me to the most amazing brides, fun new textures and new found appreciation for the classic.

Lovely winter weddings

I have writers block.  I'm eating a brownie in hopes that it will help.  I've heard chocolate helps.  At least I think I did.  Writer's block sucks.  Not gonna lie.  Writing has always been sort of a creative outlet for me.   Yes.  Professional designers need creative outlets too.  I had a friend ask me once if I ever experienced 'designer's block'.  I had to think about that.  Have I?  Nope. I can honestly say in 11 years as a designer, I've never experienced designer's block.  I think it's because I have so many amazingly beautiful things around me that continue to inspire me.  Wow! Utah is a beautiful place.  Wow! I work with such amazingly beautiful brides.  My brides have such fantastic visions of how they want to see the space.  It's so fun to collaborate through the planning process, fine tune the designs and watch as the final designs comes together.
The images from Allyson's and Kyle's weddings really captured the romantic candlelit winter wedding we were after.  Allyson was such an amazing talent to work with and design for.  She really wanted a gorgeous country style wedding and I think this one was over-the-top-beautiful.  After months of phone calls, emailing images, mock ups and a LOTS of fine tuning, the result was stunning.
We had a killer team working on this wedding.  With myself and quite possibly the world's greatest design assistant and right hand, Dayna on top of the florals, candles and design details with Allyson, we had Alpine Event Rentals providing beautiful bistro lights, unique lanterns and the always essential chivari chairs.  The coordination of the event was meticulously handled by my personal fave Kristin Spear and the Soiree Productions team.  The AMAZING images were captured by Sarah at Lindsay Jane Photography and the festivities took place at spectacular Sundance Resort.  This wedding was truly special and every detail was thoughtful and meaningful.

Sassy...individual...gorgeous. Like the bride

A few images from a GORGEOUS wedding I designed for Brooke and Steven at the St. Regis.  These images were captured by the talented Ryan Christensen of Innovative Photography and featured on Utah Bride Blog.  Brooke had an amazing vision and I was super excited to be a part of it.  Brooke made me laugh from the all important initial phone call where 'bride meets florist'.  After many texts, phone calls, mock up and meetings our hard work paid off with what I like to say is a nod to the era of Jane Austen.  Romantic.  Rich. Playful.  These were all words we kept in mind during the design process.  Vintage skeleton keys, old school card catalogue, antique books, typewriters and cameras and custom floral table chandeliers gave this outdoor reception an authentic and unexpected youthful vibe.   Highly textured bouquets of imported dahlias, ranunculus and hydrangea  with highlights of interesting accents of mossy branches and pods and feathers the result was a gorgeous wedding for a gorgeous bride.