Willow pretty willow

Isn't this just the vision of perfection for an escort-card table display? Picture all of the little cards standing in front of these tall, fuzzy, pretty willow branches ... I am kinda loving it ... and by "kinda" I mean A LOT. Dude, just their sheer fuzziness wins me over.

PS: Also, in Russian, they are called "cotiki" which means "little cats". I think that might add to my love for them ... just a little .... ok fine a lot! What can I say? Your girl's a total softy!

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Floral or fern-al?

So .... remember these??? Well, look what I found now ...

Also kind of dreamy ... Oh man, is anyone else starting to feel bad for my future hypothetical florist? Cause my indecisive nature seems to be rearing its cute little head again. ...

What? You think being indecisive ain't cute? Wrong! It's adorable. ... Or is the Big Guy lying to me?

Oh well, I'll just tell them to go with whatever is cheapest and all of our problems will be solved.

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Just dreamy ...

Aren't these just lovely ... it seems I have moved on from bendy lilies to floaty orchids...

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More inspiration for your floral folders

I seem to have flowers on the brain recently ... maybe its because everything else for our wedding is coming together really smoothly and I am massively dreading the part where I have to find a florist who (a) fits our budget, (b) fits our not-so-flowery style/aesthetic, (c) hmmm, I am not sure there is a (c) but I guess I will just repeat the first two: cheap and chic people! That's the goal! 

Well in any case, I couldn't resist adding this centerpiece to my mental (and actual, i.e. this blog) inspiration folder. Please to enjoy.

From The Knot

PS: We got so much wedding stuff done in the past few weeks, I will start posting all about it very shortly. I guess this whole wedding thing is really happening ... who knew? :)

Flowers

You know about my devotion to "bendy lilies" but these are so cute, I might be changing my mind .... oh but, minus the butterflies ... they are just not my cup of tea ... the pretty simplicity going on here, on the other hand, is exactly what I am about.

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Pretty, pretty (DIY?) centerpieces

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Simple, modern, beautiful... check, check, check! ... And potentially doable for me and Yevs regardless of our lack of floral abilities, no? I think yes!

Simplicity ... always the way to go!

Isn't this centerpiece just perfection? It's simple, soft, lovely, modern, and most of all so pretty!

Yevs (one of my fabulous MOH's) offered to be my "florist" but I feel like that is a lot of pressure, so she and I had discussed us doing the flowers for my wedding together instead of hiring a florist. Mushu (the other MOH) said that I should let Yevs do the flowers on her own and not even worry about it because Yevs needs a creative outlet... who knew that a wedding could provide therapy for the obsessive compulsive artists of the world? 

But I digress! I think that even I (who is not artistically inclined ... at all ) could pull this off ... ya know ... with a little help from my friends. Thoughts?

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DIY centerpieces... sort of ...

So one thing about me that you will soon learn is that I heart trees... not actual trees! Mostly because I am incapable of taking care of plants of any variety, in fact I have a theory that they commit suicide the minute they realize that they are in my care.... but I digress!

I like trees as images and decorations and also for their symbolic meanings. So when I saw a Tree of Life picture frame this morning at Duane Reade I knew it was meant to be... posted on this blog.

So, its not technically DIY, since you would have to buy it, but its sort of a semi-DIY since you still have to add 10% of your homemade photos. Plus its still cheaper than hiring a florist to make centerpieces.

I think the frames would make a very cute centerpieces, or a nice way to decorate the place card table, or just a nice frame to have at your home. You can put in pics of you and the hubs from various times in your lives and your guests can enjoy perusing them during the reception. I would put pics from different age groups on different tables which (hopefully) would encourage guests to go over to each other's tables to check out all of the different pictures. The best part is that they are only $14.49. They are also available in bronze but they are more pricey. Go pick them up at your local Duane Reade or order them online at Amazon (here for silver and here for bronze).

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Happy Halloween!

Since its Halloween, I figured I would propose another unconventional bouquet idea... 

Getting married in the fall??? Why not carry a bouquet of pumpkin trees?

Soooo, their not really pumpkins (they are technically ornamental eggplants) and not really a tree (but when dried the stems take on a brown wood like appearance) but they are fun and different. 

Another way to use them could be as part of your centerpieces surrounded by other orange and brown flowers and plants.

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