| Happy "one year" anniversary to Leslee & Jon....aren't they just the cutest couple and Leslee has the most beautiful eyes...OMG!!!...well, to celebrate, they did an beautiful shoot on Monument Avenue, here in Richmond, VA and capturing it all is my girl and she's an AWESOME photographer and friend, Tori of Marvelous Things Photography....Tori's work is always so beautiful and if you ever get the chance to work with her, trust me..you are going to totally love her!!....let's check out all the fun with Leslee & Jon, and for the shoot, Leslee had her original bridal gown shortned for the shoot...just too cute!!!
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Wednesday, September, 26, 2012 | Beauty
Happy Wednesday Lovelies....thinking about how to wear your hair and make-up on your big day....well, it's a "Picture Perfect" day at the cafe...I'm so excited to share a few "glam" looks with you today.....a couple of weeks ago, I spent the day with my girls Erika, fab make-up artist....JD, fab hair stylist....and the AMAZINGLY talented Tori of Marvelous Things Photography....you see, JD will be opening a fabulous new hair salon in Richmond next week and let me warn you...it's all that and more!!!...trust me!!
If you're in Richmond, VA or passing through and you need to get your "hair done", make sure you stop by Formual Salon and check out all the goodness!!...Let's check out the "Picture Perfect" looks styled by Erika and JD...Enjoy!!
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"Bouquet Friday" is a little early this week y'all....I wanted to share my "Farmer's Market" flower finds with you...one of my favorite things to do on Saturday mornings during the summer months is go to the Farmer's Market...I love it and it's always fun chatting with the vendors and people watching...of course, I'm always there buying up all the pretty flowers and when I was there a couple of weeks ago, OMG...all of my favorite summer blooms were waiting for me!!.....check out all the lovelies below...and before I go any further, a huge shout out to my friend and she's an AMAZING photographer...the oh-so-beautiful and talented Tori of Marvelous Things Photography captured all of the beautiful images....Tori ROCKS and all of the beautiful flowers are from Amy's Garden (a vendor at the market)...Amy is AMAZING!!
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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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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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| Yes my friends, today is my birthday and in honor of this very special day, I'm taking the day off to celebrate with my boo....not to worry...I'm leaving you with a pretty little posey that I made a couple of weeks ago...there are only four floral ingredients in this lovely bouquet...I hope it puts a smile on your face..I love the pops of yellow mixed with the soft shades of green and check out the little hints of red from the peonies....my birthday bouquet was captured by my beautiful and oh-so-talented friend, Tori Watson of Marvelous Things Photography....Tori ROCKS y'all...check her out!!...thanks so much Tori for always making my flowers "dance on the pages"......have a lovely day guys...see ya back at the cafe on tomorrow...xoxo
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Happy Friday Lovelies...and it's bouquet Friday at the cafe!!....a few weeks ago when we were experiencing triple digit temperatures in Virginia, I participated in a wedding event at Pottery Barn...(more on that next week and it was a lovely event)....along with having my "floral and inspiration" table, I thought it would be fun to have a beautiful model walking around during the event holding my bouquets....cute idea, right!!
So, I asked one of my favorite models and honestly, she's like a daughter to me, the oh-so-beautiful and talented Soliel to help me out....and I'm so happy that she did...just check out the gorgeous images captured by my girl Tori of of Marvelous Things Photography...Tori is AMAZING....I love the way she captured Soliel's natural beauty and Tori has my flowers "dancing on the pages"...you know I love that!!
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