Inspiration in Bloom

Some floral tidbits that have caught my eye recently.....

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Pop Up Shop

I had my first Sydney Pop Up Shop on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who popped by, it was great fun!

Hopefully there will be another one soon!  

Blooms in Blooms!

Come down to my first ever, super amazing, real life florist pop up!

Blue in Bloom

I've never been a big fan of blue blooms, but when you go hard, they actually look really ace. 

Birdcage in Bloom

How cute is this birdhouse filled with fresh blooms?

Plaza in Bloom

It's every girl's dream to grow up and do someone's flowers for a wedding at the Plaza. Or maybe that's just me! But just like Eloise, I spent Friday running wild behind the scenes of one of the world's most famous luxury hotels, setting up a classic white wedding in one of their beautiful reception rooms. 

Brooklyn Wedding in Bloom

This has to be my favourite wedding so far. It was on the edge of Brooklyn, over looking the Statue of Liberty with really a beautiful floral design of stylish white blooms and lots of wild greens in mixed vessels. Really lovely, effortless style. 

Hanging Plants in Bloom

I get so obsessed about cut flowers that I often forget about how great plants are.

I saw these guys when I was upstate at the wedding over the weekend (yes, saying upstate a lot does make me feel cool and New Yorky):

They are just wrapped with moss and wired, rather than sitting in a pot, and hung. Brilliant. Not too difficult either.

Then, while reading this wonderful blog This Island Life, I was alerted to these guys:

                     

Which come ready made! They are made in Melbourne, range from $50 to $100, and can be ordered from Mister Moss. The yucca is even hand painted! 

Guess what I am doing as soon as I get back to Sydney????

Blue Hill Wedding in Bloom

While Flower Girl is packed up and awaiting a new home (we left the awesome corner of Earnest Sewn last week - BOO!) I have had the pleasure of working with another amazing floral design company Belle Fleur. 

If you are looking for a super romantic, yet sophisticated look, Belle Fleur should be top of your list. The lovely Meredith Waga Perez and her incredible team are some of the best in this biz. 

They do Yoko Ono's personal flowers! 

I got to work on a few weddings through the week in their 5th Ave studio, and then headed upstate with Meredith to do a rustic wedding at the gorgeous Stone Barns.

 

To fit in with the farmhouse feel, Belle Fleur designed table centres in wooden crates that looked as though they had just been plucked from the grounds.

(The bride named each table after a farmy thing. As well as onion, kale and tomato, there was pig and watering can. What does it mean if you're on the pig table?) 

The table arrangements were complemented with topiaries, succulents and passion vines.

 

I hear the food up there is insanely good, but if guests are still hungry, they can pick at the veg in the arrangements. (By the way, I staked all the brussel sprouts and beans and wrapped the asparagus #allbymyself)

Wish I was invited to stay and enjoy this view at cocktail hour!

 Is it weird how much I love doing weddings?

West Village Wedding in Bloom

We did the cutest dang wedding at a lovely little restaurant in the West Village called Bobo.

Who knew lavender came in white?

The colour scheme is simple - white, green, silver. So elegant.

Parrot Tulips are the bomb.




Boxed and ready to set up.

Every arrangement is unique.

Some hang from the banisters.

Vintage coffee tins hold arrangements on the copper bridal table.

Who's ready to get married?