| Say hello to our "style couple, Jamie & Chris...their wedding story is filled with elegance and grace...Jamie & Chris are such a beautiful couple and their wedding is simply "picture perfect".....their wedding took place on May 27, 2012 at The Bolger Center in Potomac, MD....Jamie & Chris planned the entire wedding...every detail...every apsect....every moment....capturing all the beautiful moments of their special day, the cafe's friend and he's also one AMAZING photographer, Lyle of Scrole Vision Photography.....I love it when Lyle stops by the cafe...he always shares such gorgeous weddings with us....Enjoy!!
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| I was so happy to receive an email from my friend and AMAZINGLY talented photographer, Jess Epstein.....Jess' work is always so beautiful and she is the sweetest person...today, Jess is sharing the beautiful wedding of Robin & Matt....they were married at Chileno Valley Ranch in the last week of June and I am so excited to share their story with you...... Matt is a restaurateur and recently opened AQ in San Francisco.....and Robin is a ballerina with Smuin Ballet. Jess shares all the details with us....Enjoy!!
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| Have a great weekend everyone....I'm busy working on pretty summer flowers to share with you next week.....here's a little sneak peek.......xoxo
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Happy Friday Guys...we are back with our "Meet the Designer" series and stopping by the cafe today is the oh-so-beautiful and talented, mother-daughter team of Jackie and Chelsie of Jackie's Flowers.....coming to us from Northern California....Jackie's Flowers is a gorgeous wedding flower shop and prop house...their florals and events are all so beautiful and I'm so excited to have them stop by today...let's check out their fun interview...Enjoy!!
(p.s......this is jackie)
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| One of my favorite couples and weddings from last year, was the beautiful wedding of Kirsten & Russell...I adore them...the times that we would meet at my home to discuss the flowers for their wedding were always so much fun...they are the sweetest and as you can see, the cutest couple...their wedding was filled with lots of pretty DIY details by Kirsten and her mother......and with the beautiful ladies from Amber Karson Events as the AMAZING planners and Jodi and Kurt from Jodi Miller Photography, capturing all the special moments of their big day...well, it could only be a gorgeous celebration. Here are a few of my favorite moments...Enjoy!!
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| Happy Wednesday Guys...say hello to Megan & Mike....their wedding took place about a month ago at Northwind Perennial Farm in Burlington, Wisconsin. They had an outdoor DIY/vintage wedding on the "smaller side".....the ceremony and reception were both held at the farm......Megan collected dozens of vintage plates, knick knacks and kitschy figurines for each place setting and each table was a different color. They handmade everything themselves and gave out jars of honey (from Megan's family's farm) to the guests as favors. Capturing all the fun details is Sheila Teruty of Modern Day Flapper....and Shelia is also the owner of the cutest Etsy Shop selling vintage fashion....shoes...and home decor...Sheila ROCKS....she has mad style and I'm so happy to have stop by the cafe today.....Enjoy!!
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A few weeks ago, the lovely ladies at the Pottery Barn here in Richmond, asked me to be a part of their wedding event and of course I was more than thrilled to participate....being a fan or Pottery Barn and getting to meet new brides in a gorgeous surrounding...YES PLEASE!! So, I immediately called my girl Dana, amazing stylist that she is and told her all the good news....{fyi..to all the lovely brides, if you are having trouble creating beautiful inspiration for your wedding day, Dana is your go-to-girl}...Dana suggested that she would put together four "style boards" to set the tone of the JMFlora Design table...OMG...Dana ROCKS!!!
My friend and AMAZING photographer, Tori Watson of Marvelous Things Photography was on hand to capture a few images of all the pretty inspiration!!
From Dana....."Call them what you prefer -- an "Inspiration Board, ""Mood Board," "Style Board," "Story Board" or "Photo Collage" putting images of pretty 'things' together to create a cohesive, well thought out vision is just plain ol' fun!
So when Janie called and wanted to talk about her Pottery Barn event I was ecstatic that by the end of our conversation I had the task of creating four boards for her event. My goal was come up with four distinct color boards to inspire Janie to create four different bouquets for essentially four different 'types' of brides.
This board below was inspired by my friend and illustrator Jane Kirby. Both Jane (herself) and her work-- especially her watercolors inspire me. Her painting of "Felicia" (the red haired image of the woman below) and her "Fuchsia Heels" was my starting point. I extruded the color palette from Jane's work by using Color Hunter and off I went using similar colors Jane did and creating what I thought would be launching point for an artsy "Jane" wedding (I know how you love Paris and macaroons Jane!).
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