Interview with Champagne Wedding + Event Coordination

February 18th, 2011

Last month, I was asked to do kind of an ‘interview’ with the fabulous ladies from Champagne, Wedding + Event Coordination! Mandi + Rachelle asked me to be a part of this great segment they put together called, “30 Days of Vendors” which ran during the month of January.  This is their second year doing the segment on their blog, and I was so honored to be a part of it, along with some of Portlands top wedding vendors!
Click HERE to read the interview, and take some time to read through some of the interviews with other great Portland vendors as well!
Make sure to check out their website too!  Thanks again ladies!

Elizabeth Anne Designs Feature | Valentines Day Photoshoot

February 16th, 2011

The gorgeous images from The Candy Buffet Valentines Day Inspired photoshoot were featured on the Elizabeth Anne Designs Blog!  I loved working with Elizabeth from The Candy Buffet, and Sara Gray, who took photos of all the AMAZING details!  It was a privilege to provide the floral arrangement for this shoot, and I got LOTS of sweet in return!!

Check out the EAD feature here, and don’t forget to check out my post on the photoshoot!


Styled Valentines Day Shoot with The Candy Buffet + Sara Gray Photography

February 15th, 2011

Here are some mouthwatering images captured by Sara Gray of a Valentines Day photoshoot, styled by the amazing Liz of The Candy Buffet.  Liz is absulotely fabulous to work with and SO talented.  She has such a good eye for the fine little details that make her spreads not only DELICIOUS, but perfect – down to the last tiny detail!  Her company designs tablescapes and bakes up all of these goodies for weddings and events of all types. She even creates the cute little signs that are displayed next to each treat!  This table was set out in the middle of a FOREST, and we she used lots of wood cookies & burlap linen [provided by The Party Place] as a base for her natural, but totally chic tablescape.  Little birdies, birdcages, birch tree cookies, and ALL things, red, pink & yummy! {Trust me, Sara and I taste-tested the goods ourselves!}  And check out the little birdcages hung from the moss-covered tree branch above the table, with mini-cupcakes placed inside! 

The floral piece I provided was designed inside of a faux tree trunk, and was made up of dark pink peonies, velvety red hand-bloomed roses, silver brunia berries & some curly willow.

 


















Photography | Sara Grey Photography
Table Styling + Sweets | The Candy Buffet
Rentals | The Party Place
Floral | Fleur:ology

Wedding Inspiration Shoot with Sara Gray Photography

February 12th, 2011

I recently had the honor of taking part in a fabulous photoshoot with the amazing Sara Gray {Sara Gray Photography} and some other awesome Portland wedding vendors.  The theme was a casual but romantic, morning wedding reception… How FUN, right?!  We had a TON of yummy doughnuts, milk + chocolate milk, some SUPER cute custom stationary + dessert flags, veil & head piece for the bride… AAHHHH, cuteness overload! :)

The floral pieces I provided for the tables consisted of A LOT of babies breath, and some pretty pink spray roses, lisianthus & dusty miller.  We wanted to use the babies breath in a chic way, so I used it in MASS.  It’s a great budget-friendly design, but still very stylish.  I also played around with the vase wrap on those table arrangements and ended up using corrugated cardboard as a mock “java jacket” to keep with the theme of the morning/coffee/doughnut reception. The bouquet consisted of white hydrangea, and the same pink spray roses + grey dusty miller as in the table arrangements.

Note: It was extremely hard for me to narrow it down to just these images, Sara sent me 135 gorgeous photos from the shoot, and I WISH I could share them ALL with you!  But here are my favorites!! 

Vendor Love
Photography AND Styling | Sara Gray Photography
Hair/MakeUp/Hairpiece/Veil | Austie Eckley
Sweets | Voodoo Doughnuts
Stationary [Invites + Flags] | Foosie Design
Venue | Leftbank Annex
Model | Christy of Studio Christy {Child Photography}
Rentals | The Party Place
Floral | Fleur:ology

Vancouver Bridal Show | flowers for Diana Marie Photography

February 7th, 2011

Last Saturday, I had the privilege of providing flowers for 2 amazing vendors at the Greater Vancouver Bridal Show.  Today I’ll share the images I was got from Diana of diana marie photography, of the arrangement I made for her booth!  She was kind enough to snap some shots of the arrangement after she took it home with her :)  Also at the show I styled a table for Wish Upon a Wedding – I am a wish granter for the Portland chapter of this amazing organization and was so honored to provide florals and styling for them on Saturday!  Diana also took some flowers home that were leftover from the WUW table, and she took some photos of those too – But I’ll save those for another post! 

Here are the photos of the diana marie arrangement.  She is so talented, and SO sweet!  Thank you Diana for getting these to me so quickly – they look amazing, AND they totally brightened up my Monday!

About the design:  I used a dark-stained wood box as my vessel, and wrapped with this gorgeous purple, ruffled ribbon.  I used my bff the white hydrangea as a base and prettied it up with these vibrant anemones & some beautiful succulents

{ photos courtesy of diana marie photography }