Party On

Oh my goodness today has been such a joy so far! I slept a solid 10 hours (hallelujah! I generally have crazy bouts of insomnia), went to church, and have spent the day relaxing with my husband. Yesterday was the culmination of all my planning and Natasha’s hard work. I can’t say that I’m sad it’s over. I had tons of fun but man it’s much more stressful planning another person’s wedding. I wanted her to have her dream wedding and with that desire I put a lot of pressure on myself. She decided to have the bridesmaids and I do the bouquets, and I really loved how they turned out. At the time though I was sweating it. I was kicking myself over every little thing. Josh had to reassure me when asking various questions like “Is it pink enough? Is it round and even enough? Is it full enough? Would you like it? Does it look fresh enough?” By the end of the night I didn’t take one picture and I never wanted to see a rose again, but today is a different story. With the leftover roses I made thi...

Oh my husband is crazy and he cracks me up (he named this post for me). Okay so Natasha sent me a few more flower options to flesh out and get some pricing ideas on. I was sent 7 images, but I picked three of the bouquets to *price*. Basically I choose the images that I could find an original source on, since the pictures were larger and tended to give me a better sense as to what was actually in the bouquet. All of the flower choices I’ve given below are basically guestimates. Some flowers I know off the bat, but some of them- let’s face it- I just guessed. Let’s roll. #1- The inspiration My guess… 100 stems for $239.99           10 bunches for $89.99             60 stems for $139.99    OR   80-100 stems for $149.99 10 bunches for $109.99            50 Stems for $189.99       ...

Sooooo…..remember how I mentioned Natasha had won a wedding package at the Nashville Lifestyle's Wedding Show? With that awesome floral package work $845? Yeah- the florist decided he wouldn’t honor that because it has been more than a year. So what’s a girl to do with a $300 floral budget and the need for 7 bridesmaid bouquets, a boutonniere, and a bridal bouquet? DIY baby. Here’s Natasha’s floral inspiration (please pardon that I don’t know the original source, she sent them to me via e-mail and I can’t find them for the life of me!) Basically, she wants only roses, both garden and standard varieties, with either fawns ear or greenery. She did not want ranunculus as seen in the second photo. Using this criteria and thinking about her colors (cream, white, and pale pink) here’s my inspiration. I love LOVE the colors in the photo on the left , (I so love the freesia too!) but I think the size of the rose bouquets on the right is more of what we’re going to be working with. An...