Man & Nature

My house:  the afterparty.  Crows, jays, & squirrels having their way with things..

Flowers for a Late June Wedding

There's a little game I play that perhaps only a florist could appreciate.  It's called Pretend You're Doing a Wedding Using only Flowers from the Yard.  Hence this boutonniere for a late June Wedding.  I used sweet woodruff, which has the faintest scent of vanilla, unripe cherries, and vinca leaves.  And for the bridal bouquet I'd use snow pea vines, greeen ferns,  mock orange and the last of the white foxglove.

Sneak Peak - Website Photos

Friday Night in Eugene

                         It's been fun.  This coming Friday is the last day of the here today, gone tomorrow
                                                                 pop up flower shop....

              Thanks Deitmar Busse, we stamped over a page from your book Flower Album for
                                                                        this image.

An Unusual Headpiece for a Wedding

Way back when, let's just say ancient history, I gathered herbs and sold bulk teas and made hair garlands and sold them at Saturday Market in Portland.  One of my favorite vendors there was Cora Hendershot and she was a wheat weaver. I think she did a lot of Renaissance fairs.  I think you know her type.   I still have a piece I bought from her hanging in my house, above my bathtub.

So how fun for me when a link to her page mysteriously showed up on Facebook. ( thumbs up for social media)  Check out  this beautiful traditional Eastern European headpiece that, should you be a bride looking for something a little different (okay a lot different), you can purchase from Cora for about $400.  Apparently, according to tradition,  weaving wheat into hairpieces ensures fertility.  Good to know.  I will put that in my bag of floral tricks.  And while I might be slightly jestful, I do often think of the meaning and symbolism when I arrange flowers, because they always tell a story and sometimes bouquet making even feels like casting a spell or uttering a blessing . And curiously, and admittedly this is un petit peu strange, I always seem to pay special attention to the so called language of flowers when I am working on funeral pieces.   So how do you like that, from weddings to funerals in one blog post? 

photo via Cora Hendershot

 And click here should you like to see Cora's site  wheatgoddess.com where there's an even more beautfiul photo of another wheat weaving headpiece she did.  It just doesn't translate well into blog world.

All About Us

Our party planning friends over at Moxie Events came and interviewed me and Sarah about wedding flowers.  It was actually really fun.  And I usually get a little nervous doing interviews.  Thanks Isabelle Prosser for doing such a fine job and snapping this fun impromptu photo.  Go here and read the interview and find out how we get our wedding mojo going. And click here if you're throwing a big bash and need some help.  The Moxie gals can make it happen for you.  (P.S.  Aren't we a fun looking crew?)  

New Poppy & Moe Lovefest

 Just in time for summer.  Sabrina came in and restocked all the fabulous, feel so good against the skin, tees from her Poppy & Moe line.

So get thee to the upstairs part of the store and check out all the fun new summer fashion.

Plus the Poppy & Moe folks will be our featured artist for the September Artwalk when they'll be unrolling their new 2012 designs.  Stay tuned.