man flowers

I have a certain fear.

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All of the flowers are going to be roses and peonies. So while for the most part that means a ton of fluffy goodness, it can also be concerning. For evidence, see above. 

My beef with rose bouts is this: they remind me of high school dances, where every single date of mine had the same tight rosebud bout. I also don't love how far it sits away from the lapel. I'd like to avoid this. 

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Those aren't roses, they're dahlias, but they sure are awesome. Note how the flowers lay flat across the lapel and while they're large, they're a quirky large, not "I'm a giant bud" large. 

Another convincing argument:

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So I think at this point, a rose is not the ideal flower bout for me. But peonies are a little delicate and I assume they would not hold up as a bout either. Do you have any last minute suggestions for a flower available in June that'd be flat and big and lovely?

oh flowers

I've been a really negligent blogger, I know. I did a brief stint in the hospital last week (it was for a totally lame reason) and since then I've been waiting on a few supplies so I could finish a DIY project and post it!

But in the meantime, you may enjoy chewing on the image I just sent my florist.

Heck yes I've rehashed a lot of images. The new stuff is all from Martha Stewart Weddings.

Also, I've committed to that color scheme, courtesy of 100 Layer Cake.

Hopefully by this weekend I have a finished..cake topper!

wowza wedding

So I get home from work, starving as usual and waiting for Mr. D to get home and make me something (oh heck yes I'm that lazy). It was a good time to check up on my blogs.

Well thank you Style Me Pretty for featuring a wedding that is so ridiculously gorgeous. ALL images are from Justin & Mary Marantz Photography.

Seriously. I. DIE.

 

 

 

Obviously I'm ogling all over the flowers. They're major. And that cake! What is that. It's bananas. Again, all photography is from J&M - I've died, passed on, ceased to be, expired, met my maker.

So let's just mentally swap the silver containers for gold ones and call it a day. I'll take it all.

everyone loves a mood board part 2

After my first attempt at being inspiring, I thought I should try focusing myself on a particular aspect of the wedding.

I started with the flowers since I'm pretty sure of those: pink peonies. Natch.

The super convenient part of this is being able to send it to the florist. I haven't even hired one yet, but since I'm planning at a distance, my little flower board might just be a great tool for explaining what I want.

But something magical happened on the way to making this board: I discovered the Style Circle of Style Me Pretty. I've been reading the blog since I got engaged in May 2008 and Abby, the blogger, has always created the most lovely inspiration boards. I guess she decided to spread the love because her site now features a board application! So from now on most of my boards will be from the Style Circle, which is tres convenient.

Without further ado, the flower board: