Florals + Centerpieces

Growing up I was always a girly girl, but never the pink-obsessed version of a girly girl that was many of my friends. As an adult, I often find pink to be completely irresistible, especially when it takes the form of fluffy romantic flowers tucked inside time-worn vintage glass bottles. Like these that I spied over at Dreamy Whites. I love how pretty and romantic a few blooms in assorted shapes and sizes of bottles can look so chic – …

Good morning and happy Monday, friends! I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I spent mine laying low, drinking lots of orange juice and resting up for the week. I’m hoping I’ve seen the worst of this flu and can get back to a semi-regular existence this week. Fingers crossed! While catching up on my Google Reader this weekend, I fell in love with all of the great DIY projects I’ve been seeing here and there so I thought I’d …

For our wedding last July, my mother, best friend, sister and I tackled all of the bouquets and centerpieces on our own. It saved a tremendous amount of money (a couple thousand dollars actually) and it was pretty simple to do. Since then I’ve really been longing to take a floral design class or workshop so I could learn a bit about actually designing pretty centerpieces and arrangements. I love the idea of being able to craft pretty flowers for …

I always love it when I find something new and have the opportunity to share it with you so today I’m really excited to introduce you to New Hampshire Woods Creations, an Etsy shop that has totally change my view on dried flowers. I admit that I used to think of them as dowdy and a bit 80s, but now I think of them simply as exquisite. Allison of NH Woods Creations is a floral designer who creates everything from …

Nothing says spring quite like tulips and while spring is still a long way off for those of us who call Upstate NY home, all of the tulips popping up around the blogworld have me feeling like spring is at least a little closer than I had once feared. The bright happy colors and pretty, sleek blooms just feel like sunshine whenever I see them. I’m anxiously awaiting the first tulips breaking ground so I can take beautiful tulip photos …

I was revisiting some of my favorite blog pasts of months past (safely tucked away in my Google Reader starred items) when I stumbled upon this wedding at The Foundry in Long Island City that Kathryn posted on Snippet & Ink back in October of 2008. I was immediately struck by the gorgeous flowers at this wedding, the same reason I remember loving it over a year ago. The flowers were designed by Jorge at Celebrate Flowers in Chelsea and …

I’m feeling rather inspired by pretty romantic flowers today, so spreading the flower love seemed like a nice way to ease into the weekend. From gorgeous bouquets to elegant floral chair swags and wreaths, flowers are speaking to me right now. I hate to admit it, but I’m longing for spring already, which might explain my obsession with flowers right now. As I am very much not a winter outdoor enthusiast, I am biding my time until I can get …

By now you’re probably catching on that I’m a huge fan of stylist and blogger Chelsea Fuss of {frolic!} – I love her eye for color and detail and her designs and ideas are always completely approachable. At any rate, the winter days are starting to feel a bit gray here in Upstate NY so I was pleasantly content to find myself swimming in a sea of pretty flowers and spring colors as I clicked my way through Chelsea’s flickr page …

I love this classically pretty table with all of the sophisticated blue and white elements. For any of my longtime readers, you might recall my utter obsession with white flowers. (It never even crossed my mind to have anything but white flowers for our wedding, in the end a mix of roses, hydrangea and baby’s breath.) I love flowers in general and love the cheerfulness of bright arrangements, but romantic white blooms are the key to this girl’s heart. So …

Confession time – I spent most of the holiday weekend wretchedly sick and I’m unfortunately still recovering so things are likely to be quiet around here this week. With that said, I wanted to share these pretty teal table setting and centerpiece ideas from Project Wedding. I have long loved white flowers best of all and I love this use of paper whites, so simple and yet incredibly chic. They made me smile this morning and I thought perhaps they’d …