lovely.

lovely bridal shop.

check them out on their blog.

make sure to say hello in april when their shop opens.

that is all im sayin.

twobrunettes, yes please!

vintage botanical wedding invites

recipe cards

2010 calendar

one of our all time favorites is twobrunettes. their paper goods are always scrumptious and here are a few things that are no exception.

in the middle of a monsoon/hurricane rainstorm here in nyc on saturday, 20 or so amazing designers, bloggers, photographers, and chefs trekked out to join us for a little afternoon soiree. the goal was to meet and introduce fantastic nyc based small business owners to one another. ultimately we hoped to begin building a network of like minded creative people here in this wonderful city.
here is a peek into our day...

juliet and i designed these bouquets saturday morning for our photo shoot with jen huang. the flowers (poppies) pretty much speak for themselves.

the lovely amanda from ruffled blog, one of our favorites vane from brooklyn bride, and the incredible lisa from bridalease (first pic)
the extremely talented and emerging designer janelle sing and our partner in crime jackie from merci new york (second pic)

diy toast bar provided by stuart & welch catering. boozy lemonade. mmm

diy cupcake bar provided by stuart & welch catering

sweet treat lollies provided by merci new york. poppies in vintage bud vases by us.

guests were given mini chalkboards to write their names on and wear as their name tags.

everyone dropped a card in each of the tins when they came out. on the way out each guest took a tin home with everyone's business cards.

poppies, need i say more?

*all photos provided by jen huang*

handmade bliss.

i found this gorgeous handmade flower on etsy wedding this morning and fell instantly in love. check out etsy's entire post for more of jenn of mignonne's lovely creations and vintage finds. you may even be the lucky winner of this yummy creation.

cheese and flowers.

last week we did an event for boston university's showcase night here in nyc. we did the same event for them last year, but switched up the design a bit. this year, stuart & welch catering helped us put together the most beautiful cheese/fruit platters. we got all of the cheese from murray's, which always drops off the most delicious variety. for flowers, we did simple instillation pieces constructed from moss and small groupings of flowers.

here is a little peak at our fun day surrounded by cheese & flowers.

cheer up gloomy!

on this rainy new york day i hope these bright new arrangements will cheer up the gloomy.

happy weekend!

costa ricaaaaa

the most magical vine that ever did exist is in domincal, costa rica.

unfortunately not even the locals could tell us what the name of it is, but they did tell us that it only blooms once every two years! the blooms only stay on the vine for about two days before they fall off onto the driveway. it was so special that we got to see it.

down the drive from our mystery vine was our open air yoga studio! yep, it was amazing and could relax the best of them.

sunset behind a tropical heliconia (i think). this was our view from our patio!