Oscar Party Inspiration

Twig and Thistle always comes up with such fun looking Oscar parties!  I've been waiting for an excuse to build an oreo cake so perhaps this will be the year?!  We haven't seen most of the movies, but we enjoy watching the awards!  And oscar bingo is pretty fun!

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Twig and Thistle's party from two years ago.

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm afraid I didn't take a single picture of the Valentine's flowers - it was just too crazy!  But this ombre cake is really fun!  I wouldn't mind a large slice (the other cakes featured looked just as good so you should head over and take a look!!).

Featured on Style Me Pretty and made by the Sweet and Saucy Shop

Trust you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

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Valentine's Printables

I'm a sucker for Valentine's Day. All that pink and red is so cheerful when it's still pretty dreary outside. Love vs. Design has this free Valentine's Printable.  They also have a free "Be My Bridesmaid" printable.  That'd be a fun Valentine to pass out!

Fall Color

Tomorrow marks the end of the busy, busy wedding season!  (These are some of the flowers for this wedding.) This past summer (well fall too!) has been fantastic and a HUGE thank you to all the brides who let me design for them!  I've thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you, all your creativity, fun ideas, and new challenges.

My husband's taken a new job. No, we're not moving, but we're headed down to Portland, OR for a week of training.  It'll be work for him but it will be a lot of catching up with family and friends for me and the kids and I'm extremely excited for a little down time!  Not to mention a trip to IKEA, Powells, outlets, and hopefully some thrift stores. I may finally find the elusive side table I've been looking for to finish off Ida's nursery.  So, blog posts may or may not happen next week.
Thanks a ton and see you soon!

(btw: I've got a new blog and logo design in the works!)

Cecilia's Wedding Featured on Apple Brides

Cecilia's wedding was featured on Spokane's Apple Brides Blog yesterday!  Cecilia put a lot of thought and attention to detail in her wedding and the results are stunning. Take a look at Kena Helen's great shots!

(photos by Kena Helen Photography)

Real Weddings: Lenora's Bouquet

Lenora wanted a very natural feel for her wedding and so she wanted all of her flowers to come from the cutting garden. I love the cutting garden but it always makes me a little nervous just because I never quite know what will be blooming and cutting garden flowers don't have the same life-span as greenhouse or specially cultivated varieties (especially on hot days). But she was laid back about the colors, just so long as it was colorful and contained sunflowers. The bridesmaids and I trekked on out there and picked and picked (it was hard to get some of them to stop picking and believe that we really did have enough!). There's always one more perfect bloom you can't pass up! (A really fun bunch of bridesmaids!)

I was thrilled with the colors when we got out there. We opted for snapdragons, sunflowers, chive blossoms, lavender, solidago, bupleurum, and rudebeckia. The navy bridesmaids' dresses set them off perfectly! I'll show you the professional shots when I get them.

Real Weddings: Hui/Fowler Wedding

Kena Helen Photography shot Cecilia's wedding and did a fabulous job!  Cecilia wanted soft flowers with warm tones of creamy white and accents of butter yellow for the bridesmaids and red for hers.  Even with our late spring, peonies weren't available in July so I used hydrangea, dahlias, ranunculus, freesia, roses, and gladiolus (for the stage arrangements only).  

Cecilia had me attach bracelets to the top of each of the bridesmaids' bouquets and an old brooch on hers.

Here's the inspiration board for Cecilia's wedding.

Inspiration Board: Orange and Red with Gold and Silver Accents

Sneak Peek: Hui Wedding

Here's a quick look at last week's wedding.  I can't wait to see the photographer's shots!  Mine aren't the best as the lighting was pretty dim.

Cecilia gave me bracelets for all the bridesmaid's bouquets. I wrapped them around the top of the stems right at the base of the flower. A fun accent and great gift for the bridesmaids.

The bridal bouquet - the brooch is her "something old and borrowed"

All ready to go!

Sneak Peek: Ashley and Seth

Inspiration Board: Aqua and Red with Cream and Yellow Accents

Real Weddings: Denise and Lendl

Well I'm finally coming up for a breath of air and posting some pictures! These were all taken by Chris Walker. Denise focused on aqua, red and orange for her color palette and tulips and roses for her flowers.

Denise had some really fun details.  I love the typewriter guest book.

Ringing the bells

The bride made the cake topper herself- he proposed in a hot air balloon!

Denise's Bouquet

This was from a wedding back in April - I'm a little behind on posting some pictures and I'll try to get more up of the whole thing soon!  Inspiration board here.

(photo by Chris Walker)

Local Venues: Red Barn Farms

One of my good friends from highschool got married this past weekend and I was so glad I was able to attend. Due to Ida's due date I wasn't able to help out on the actual wedding but since she came early I was able to attend! Bekah got married at the Red Barn Farms and it is a gorgeous location situated about 30min outside of Moscow. (More info about Red Barn Farms is listed under Local Venues.)

A bunch of girls from my highschool class were there - a really fun mini-reunion!