Summer Citrus

A blog!  Can you believe it!??

Hello all!  We've been in love with orange and yellow lately, and the photos in this blog show you why!  The first two pics are from a recent wedding.  I love the pops of vibrant orange and yellow against the elegant white callas, and the bridesmaids are just plain fun!

 Bridal bouquet of calla lilies, roses and tulips.

 Bridesmaids of roses, tulips and vanda orchids.

My favorite element of this wedding were the centerpieces, by far!  I love the freshness, the elegant simplicity and the color!

A footed glass bowl filled with fresh oranges and white dendrobium orchid blossoms.

We were so in love with the citrus theme after that wedding, that we decided to create citrus topiary arrangements for the Mother's Day Brunch at Green Bay Country Club.  We threaded the oranges and lemons on wooden dowels and created the floral in Oasis at the top.  Cute and fresh.

Topiary of oranges and lemons with hydrangea, lilies, roses and hosta.

Prom Open House Inspiration!

Given that our Prom Open House is coming up this weekend...

(I know. I know. Enough, already! I just want to make sure everybody knows so we can see you all there!)

Anyhow, I thought you might like to see the inspiration behind some of the new looks that we are going to be showing off for corsages and bouts. No finished product (that would be too much of a sneak peek!), but these are some of the ideas that we'll be running with!

First up, Ribbon Roses.


We love the softness these lend to corsages, and the fact that they will let us bring in colors that don't exist in nature! (Like all of those beautiful blue tones that have been so popular!) And we're hand-making them, so we can tailor them to any dress color!

Elegant Industrial!


Moving away from the softness, I love the almost industrial feel of these bouquets. I think it' s a bit too extreme, but some of that feel paired with the softness of fresh flowers in corsages and bouts will be both unusual and gorgeous!
And the guys will like the more masculine feel as well for bouts!

Paper and Fabric Leaves.


This is an idea that was born for a wedding that wanted to convey a music theme (the groom was a musician.) Once we started thinking about it, we realized this concept could go anywhere! It gives us flexibility to bring different patterns and textures (especially in fabric) into a bout or corsage! So many possibilities!

Our New Ti Leaf Ribbon!


So, this photo is actual fresh Ti leaves binding a bouquet. I couldn't find a photo of the leaf ribbon (it's that new!). It gives the same feel and look as fresh Ti leaves but it's more flexible and can be cut to size, so we can create curls, loops and wraps perfect for corsages and bouts! The possibilities for this are endless...We're all in love.

Buttons!


This look has been coming on in weddings for a little while now, and we're going to debut it this year from prom! (With a little more sparkle, of course!)
After all, what would be prom without a little sparkle?

Hope to see you all at the Open House this weekend!
Friday from 5-8 and Saturday from 9:30-5

Prom Open House! And a Few New Corsages!

Mark your Calendars! March 16th and 17th!
Our First Ever Prom Open House!

We'll be creating a bunch of fantastic new corsages, bouts, floral jewelry and hairpieces so you can stop in, try them on, and oooh and aaah! Sassy Girl will be bringing in the best and the brightest new dress colors and showing off the jewelry and shoes to match, so you can see how your entire look can come together.
We'll be sampling our gourmet foods, lavender lemonade and Flavor 8 soda too!
Tell your friends! Friday, March 16th from 5-8 and Saturday the 17th from 9:30-5!

So, to tide you over until then, here are just a few of our newest wrist corsage creations for this upcoming prom season! And, if there is anything you would like to see us create for the Open House, just send us an e-mail or leave a comment on our facebook page!

White hyacinth blossoms centered with gold pearls and accented with white waxflower on our new antique gold beaded wristlet! (This new wristlet is available in other colors too-they're each a little bit different!)

Pink miniature cymbidiums and lavender aggapanthus blossoms on a purple rhinestone wristlet and accented with lavender rhinestones! (Because what is prom without some sparkle?!)

Red Spray roses and red rhinestones on a black pearl wristlet. A classic color combination.

Pink cymbids, but this time they are accented with some of my favorite little chocolate feathers! I just love the texture feathers add to corsages and bouts!

More, pink cymbids, but this time the color is punched up with some hot pink spray roses! Sheer black ribbon and a pink pearl wristlet finish the look.

Champagne ribbon paired with white mini callas and the softness of seeded euc, waxflower and hyacinth.

White hyacinth centered with crystals and accented with white ostrich wisps and guinea hen feathers.

Vintage Soda Bottles!

These adorable soda bottles are from Flavor 8 Bottling in New London, WI. We walked across the street to the grocery store to grab some lunch today, and couldn't resist a case of these! We drank a few-the soda was great, super sweet and flavor full (made with real sugar!) And then we filled the empty bottles with tinted water and some cute blossoms and ribbon bow ties!

So, today's lesson:

Vintage Soda Bottles + Fresh Flowers = Ridiculous Cuteness

We are so excited to have found these today! We have a prom open house coming up on the 16th and 17th of March and are going to be serving these cuties as one of our refreshments!

Jay and Lindsay's Wedding!

Okay, so I've been a little lax on here lately! (Or, a lot!) But, I've still got some really, really great weddings from last season that I am determined to get posted before this next season starts. (Which, honestly, feels like it is right around the corner!)

Alright, this one is Jay and Lindsay's wedding from back in July. (Aaahhh. Remember July? 80+ degrees? And sunshine for 10+ hours a day?) Anyhow, I digress. This wedding was lovely. And Jay and Lindsay are truly lovely people. They had so many unique and special details that they put a lot of thought and their own time into creating. So, I really can't take credit for everything I'm about to share. :)

Let's start with my fave! GARDENIAS! In Lindsay's bridal bouquet! They look heavenly. And smell even better! I just did a wedding consult today for a bride who is leaning towards gardenias for herself. (Yes, Nicole. If you're reading this. Gardenias would be perfect for you! :) They've got such a wonderfully vintage glamour to them. And surrounded by English Garden roses, celosia and stephanotis, you can't go wrong!

And, not to forget about the bridesmaids. We brought a little more texture and color to theirs-with the focus on hydrangea, celosia, nigella, and of course, a few more roses. The celosia is the star in here for me-that velvety soft texture is gorgeous against the papery hydrangea petals.

On to my two favorite details. These made the wedding for me (these, and the gardenias, of course!) Both are beautifully sentimental nods to her parent's wedding.

Lindsay's bouquet was adorned with her parent's wedding rings. (Her mom's ring was so tiny-such a petite lady!)

Their unity candle, and the bridal bouquet, were both wrapped with embroidered lace from her mother's wedding gown. One of the most unique bouquet wraps and unity candle embellishments we've created.

I absolutely love the lace against the candle. Tone on tone, but the difference in texture is so dramatic. Simply beautiful. And such a beautiful significance.

Wedding Show 2012!

The PMI Wedding Show 2012 just wrapped up yesterday! Thank you to all of the brides, grooms, family and friends that stopped by our booth. We were soooooo excited to see that you all loved the feathers, succulents and grey and yellow color combo as much as we did!

Here's a recap of what we created for the show...

Callas, ranunculus, guinea hen and bear grass loops.

A detail shot to show off the adorable guinea hen ruffle on the stems!

A coordinating centerpiece of fringed white tulips with guinea hen feathers attached to strands of bear grass. The movement of this as the feathers fluttered when people passed was just beautiful! (The feathers on the bear grass was one of our favorite concepts we created for this show! It was one of those "why did we not think of this before?" sort of moments!)

A hand-tied bouquet of those amazing fringed white tulips and white anemones. A beautiful choice for spring!

And just one more detail shot of those amazing white fringed tulips!
(We're fans. Can you tell?)

On to the yellow and grey...
Succulents! Paired with yellow callas, billy balls and dusty miller! This bouquet was also collared with ostrich drab (though you can't see it much in this photo!)

A matching billy ball and dusty miller bout for him!

A coordinating glass cube centerpiece filled with succulents, roses, dusty miller and loops of calla lilies.

Gerberas paired with dusty miller and brunnia. I love the way the dusty miller and brunnia take a flower that is so classic and cheerful and give it a more modern, edgy twist.

Feathers! My personal fave! (Well, it's sort of a toss up between this one and the guinea hen that I started with!) Classic ivory roses (a few with blinged centers!) collared with a natural feather boa with tails of ribbon and feathers. Between the softness of the feathers and the double face satin ribbon on your hands, to hold this is heaven!

A whimsical coordinating centerpiece or unity candle arrangement featuring a wreath nest base detailed with a little bird and a jeweled nest!

And, for the bride to wear at the reception after the veil comes off, a coordinating feathered and jeweled hair clip with a fresh ranunculus.

Spring! Helleborus, lisianthus (Locally grown! Yes-in January in Wisconsin!) and trachelium! I love the spring green of the helleborus!

Lavender roses and trachelium accented with paphiopedilum orchids, curly willow and Chinese evergreen.

A detail shot of those amazing orchids! One of Barbi's favorites!

More amazing tulips! Libretto parrot tulips paired with lisianthus, hypericum, spray roses and dusty miller. I love the looseness of this bouquet.

A darling corsage for mom, featuring ranunculus with a rhinestone buckle that she can keep!

And, for her something blue, blue hydrangea paired with white gerberas, fringed tulips and pearl accents.

Calla, meet sparkle! Plum callas (also locally grown!) centered with rhinestones and finished with a buillon wrap.

For one of our upcoming brides, by her request on our facebook page, red and burgundy roses paired with sparkling rose hips and evergreen. Holiday Luxe.

Buttery yellow roses accented with a few blush ranunculus and collared with packing material! Yes-packing material! This textured wrap is wrapped around merchandise we receive to protect it during shipping. We loved it's texture and flexibility, so we gave it a second life as a bouquet wrap!

Anthurium and callas accented with the bright green of button mums and bells of Ireland!

More anthurium, but this time a more contemporary interpretation. Nested in a grapevine armature that is wound with diplocyclos and silver buillon.

So, I've shared our favorites. If you have a moment, we'd love to hear yours! Just leave us a comment! Or post it on our facebook page!

Music Wedding!

We're back! So, we took a little time off for a bit there! Things were too busy with weddings, weddings, and more weddings and then before we knew it, it was the holidays! But now we're through with that (and we've almost got all of the evergreen pitch off of our fingers) and we're ready to start looking ahead to our 2012 weddings! So we thought we'd start by looking back wistfully at some of our favorites from 2011!

This was one of our faves because of the personal touches. I love it when the couple's personality comes through in the decor. For this couple, the groom was a musician and the bride wanted a very natural and organic feel. I think those elements came together beautifully.

The bouquets featured succulents, scabiosa seedheads, roses, ranunculus, hydrangea, stock peach roses, and lady's mantle. (Loved the fuzzy succulents in this one!)

The bouts were ranunculus, succulents, astrantia and dusty miller detailed with hand cut leaves created from sheet music!

The ceremony was kept simple and natural-using bright green ferns as contemporary altar arrangements that then doubled as centerpieces at the reception! (It's always great when we can get a double usage out of arrangements!)


The pews were decorated with cones made from birch bark. They were filled with coordinating hydrangea, lady's mantle, astrantia and seeded euc. (We loved these! I just love the look of cones on the pews! We've done them from beautifully patterned papers and fabric too-they can add so much texture and richness to a simple combination of flowers.)

On to the reception...

Which was held at the Warch Center on the Lawrence University Campus. An amazingly beautiful space.

The ferns from the ceremony doubling as centerpieces.


The other low style of centerpieces...a footed glass bowl filled with hydrangea, goatsbeard, lady's mantle and of course, more succulents!



Okay, so we didn't have to much to do with this (except for the flowers on top), but I do love a picture of pretty little cupcakes all in a row! (Or rings!)

And last, but not least, this is my favorite pic from the wedding. These are the centerpieces all lined up in the design room waiting to go out on delivery. Something about the lighting and the colors in this pic makes me fall in love with it every time I see it!