Blues and Yellows - Spring Wedding Flowers

Following are my "potting shed shots" of the first sweet and simple Forrester Farm wedding this spring. I'm looking forward to seeing the photographer photos. Elizabeth and Luke's wedding featured soft yellow, hydrangea blue, and crisp white colors. To save money, they chose DIY table arrangements and also decided to pick the wedding party flowers up from my location so as to save the delivery expense. They were going to forgo the flower girl bouquet - but, because the flower girl was a good friend's daughter - I couldn't let that happen :)!. Sweet Naomi W. still got to carry roses, and I can't wait to see the pictures.

Summer Wedding at The Felt Estate Mansion, Saugatuck, Michigan

This past summer, Forrester Farm hosted an agricultural student intern from France. Alize hopped off the plane in Chicago and jumped right into our busy wedding season as my assistant with both wedding flowers and farmer's market fun. The first wedding that Alize assisted with was at the gorgeous Felt Estate Mansion in Saugatuck, Michigan. The setting was beautiful, the staff was very helpful, and the rain stopped just long enough for Elly & Alex to enjoy their outside ceremony. The following photos were snapshots taken by myself and Alize. Enjoy!

Always a Student....

I hope that I am always learning, looking at things in a new way and not becoming stagnant in what has always been. Today, I took a corsage class at one of my favorite floral wholesale locations. As the weather would have it, I had the instructor all to myself, and it was wonderful. There are always new products entering the floral market, and today I got to play with many of them.

While creating, I was thinking of another learning day while at my wholesaler's. In the spring of 2010, 3 designers were brought in for a Wedding Show to display some new products and techniques. I hope that you enjoy the photos of the fun evening out.

The class that I took today was very inspiring. I'm even more excited for the busy wedding season to be in full swing!

Peonies on Parade

Bridal planning meetings are in full swing at Forrester Farm. Spring always brings discussion of one of my absolute favorite flowers - peonies...

(Photos property of Forrester Farm)