A Summer Ranch Wedding

 

I'm writing this post from frosty, cozy St. Paul, where we're visiting family for Christmas. Looking back on the photos from this year's weddings I can almost smell the florals of summer.  It's not an unwelcome addition to pine and cinnamon, so I think I'm going to share a few, despite the seasonal incongruence.

I'll start with C&L, who are two amazingly energetic and talented people who really know how to celebrate. Some of my most fun and satisfying work has been done at their gracious, bustling, and joyful home, so it was an especially great honor and pleasure to design the the flowers for their wedding in August. C's bouquet included as many fragrant blooms as I could fit, including tuberose and jasmine from Napa and garden roses from Petaluma. L's boutonniere included acorns, oak leaf, and lichen from their ranch.

Vive les marriés!

 

Holiday Birthdays!

I find holiday season birthday flowers to be both very tricky and very enjoyable - tricky because I want them to be birthday-y without clashing too horribly with any Christmas decoration the recipient might have in his or her home, and enjoyable because they give me a little break from the more explicitly holiday palette. And because birthdays are just always fun.

Here are a couple recent holiday birthday arrangements including roses from Petaluma, kumquats from Tracy, ranunculus from Yerba Linda, cymbidiums and stock from Watsonville, and freesia from Pescadero.

This one went out on Wednesday  . . .

And this one back in late November . . .

Local Carnation Love

Following a brief fall hiatus, I'm back at the local carnations, big time. Here they are in four recent arrangements, along with manzanita, narcissus, and rosemary from Napa, kumquats from Tracy, ammi visnaga and callas from Half Moon Bay, ranunculus from Yerba Linda, and stock, oncidiums, snapdragons, and lisianthus from Watsonville.

Here's number 1, celebrating a 19 year anniversary . . .

Here's number 2, an expression of sympathy . . .

Here's number 3, a sample of the Oxbow Flower Subscription arrangements . . .

And here's number 4, for a bedside table . . .