Photography: Ashley Slater Photography | Floral Design: The Day’s Design As my business has evolved, I usually only coordinate weddings that I’ve also done the florals or some aspect of design for.  This wasn’t always the case, I used to do coordination or event management for the day as a standalone service.  So I’m writing […]

There was a wedding I worked last summer at a beautiful new venue.  It was owner operated and so I would also call her the venue coordinator.  We talked about a ton of plans before hand and she had quite a few “particulars” that were musts on her lists to keep her venue in pristine […]

Remember back in the day when people would want to show you slides from their vacations?  Alright, so maybe I’m not that old but I have definitely been forced to sit through rolls of awful developed images with full of landscapes, with pictures and pictures of rocks and trees, a few buildings and inevitably the […]

As it so often happens, last spring I was eager to make something pretty.  I wanted to stretch my wings and create.  I needed to dust off my flowering skills.  Editorial styled shoots are one of my favorite ways to quench this yearning. The story was inspired by the sea.  The tablescape was to appear […]

I originally wrote this post a couple months ago as part of my monthly guest feature over on Simply Blue Weddings.  It was titled “3 Mistakes Couples Make When Planning Rustic Weddings”.  But after it when live, I felt bad.  I had just posted something really negative and it bothered me. So today, I’m sharing […]

Every day has a story.  I don’t just mean wedding days, or fancy celebration times but literally every single day.  Some tales are bit boring while others are a bit more momentous.  Some stories are disregarded by the next morning.  Some have a narrative that would rather be forgotten while others want to be relived […]

Calligraphy: Wildfield Paper Co | Photography: Ashley Slater Photography  | Styling: The Day’s Design What do I have to offer the world today? A fellow blogger posed this question and it’s been bubbling around on my brain for month’s now.  Ever read something that another writer, or even friend, has posted online and wondered why […]

Boudoir is concept that sometimes I struggle with. It is a French word that means a woman’s bedroom or private room.  And I think that’s the key to boudoir – it is private, personal and an emotional experience. Each January I see a huge influx in boudoir advertising, its right before the Valentine’s holiday and […]

December’s weather here in Michigan has been a little abnormal, to say the least. The amount of foggy and rain filled days have been unheard of and I’ve hardly had the need to put on my winter coat. This morning, once again, I woke up to a thick of cloud that hung in the air. […]

Photography: Ashley Slater Photography Do you ever feel small?  There’s this world out there that’s full of hunger, heartache, tragedy, anger and defeat.  And then there’s me, siting here warm in the comfort of my own home stressing about minuet details such as flowers and home decor.  Hardly a world crisis. It makes me feel […]