Photography: Kelly Sweet Photography Yes, I am a day late in this post.  However, we can pretend it’s still Friday, I only got 2 hours of sleep last night so it feels like one continuous day and we’re going to stretch the rules of this Friday Flowers post.  It’s wedding season, it all blurs together […]

Peonies, black and white stripes, gold accents… and that’s just the start of Ryan and Jen’s stunning day.  Jen is so stylish, chic and GORGEOUS, making her day beautiful was a piece of cake.  And I love how even though their celebration took place in a classic club location, the way it was photographed almost […]

I have something that I like to refer to as my Wedding Bucket List.  This basically means that there are certain vendors that I long to work with, venues that I’m dying to design in and floral combinations that make me so weak in the knees that if I were able to actually hold them […]

I think today calls for another dose of cheery blooms.  So I’m sharing what I learned from Kaci with Damsel Floral Co about creating a more traditional, or formal style bridal bouquet (here’s the post from last week talking about looser, more asymmetrical bouquet styles). We stayed true to the original nature of this project, […]

Talk about sweet surprises, I knew this day was coming but I didn’t know when.  So when I saw this gorgeous wedding pop up in my feed it just took my glum morning and turned my busy frown up side down!  I LOVED this wedding.  And I know that I’m not supposed to play favorites, […]

I don’t know if I believe in destiny or fate, or that there’s only one person in the whole world that you should marry and (finger’s crossed!!) you’ll meet them and timing will be perfect and you’ll fall in love.  I do however, believe that God has a plan and know’s exactly what’s going to […]

The last part of this series (even though this is hardly the end all, be all of floral design) is experience.  And experience can be approached in two different ways.  There’s the client experience and then there’s the experience level of your wedding professional. First off, let’s talk client experience.  I have found that florist […]

7 lbs 3 oz and 19 1/2 inches long, Willa June was born at 9:27 am yesterday.  Gretta thought you should know that she’s officially a big sister and I’m now Mama to 2 beautiful girls. Photography:  Ashley Slater Photography  |  Styling & Floral Design:  The Day’s Design  |  Calligraphy:  Kaitlin Parisho Designs  |  Chair: […]

I didn’t have maternity photos taken when I was pregnant with Gretta, and I’m not sure if I completely regret that but do know that there’s a missing piece of documentation in my life.  I will never have that visual memory.  I’ve never thought of myself as very photogenic so I just didn’t entertain the […]

Home is where the heart is.  Do you believe in that sentiment?  Have you ever longed to go home – even though you’re sitting in your own house, apartment or whereever else you might currently reside? I live in Grand Rapids.  I suppose I should call it home. But my soul is wondering free somewhere […]