seaside wedding on amorology

This beautiful seaside wedding Heather posted on Amorology reminds me a little bit of New Zealand. What sweet flowers and wonderful details! Floral design by Rae Florae, photography by Paloma Images.

rosenow blog

Erin at Rosenow Floral has a wonderful new blog. Also check out her website for some gorgeous floral work and unique boutonnieres. Image from Rosenow Floral website.

pink peonies are the bomb

Check out this beautiful wedding that Bouquets did last weekend.

radish bouquet on ritzy bee blog

I just noticed that Kathryn at Snippet & Ink posted my radish bouquet on the always wonderful Ritzy Bee Blog. Thanks Kathryn! Funny thing, I just met with a bride who wants radishes in her bouquets.

wedding: vintage mexican theme

I delivered some bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages today to a beautiful park here in Austin. The tables were being draped with vintage crocheted pieces and I heard that a mariachi band would soon appear and chase off the squawking peacocks. The bride's bouquet is a simple cluster of longstem cream French tulips with a magnolia cuff, the maids' have huge open burgundy peonies, and the bouts include mini callas and willow eucalyptus berries with magnolia.

austin neighborhood: south congress

On my day off I headed down to South Congress for lunch with a friend. I went early so that I could eat at more than one place! For brunch, I ended up at CrepesMille, a retrofitted Airstream trailer with a small but tasty menu of filled crepes. I had the crab with fresh greens and peanut sauce. Yum. Later I had a fried avocado with coleslaw, wrapped in a tortilla, also served from a retrofitted trailer. Gotta love southern food, especially on South Congress.


The SoCo neighborhood has undergone quite a facelift in the last few years. I love the steel planters and low-water plants that have come to define Austin landscape design.

I also strolled through the San Jose Hotel grounds, for old-time's sake, particularly admiring the burbling waterlily pond.

The 04 Lofts (named after zip code 78704 - not just a zip code, a way of life, as the bumper stiicker says) are a great example of new, green, interesting living spaces.

Hope your week is filled with fun foods and sights.

mother's day arrangements

Some yummy smelling arrangements that Pollen delivered for Mother's Day - top vase holds a king protea, orange pincushions, parrot tulips, purple hyacinth, ti leaves, curly willow, and very fragrant Soloman's Seal. Bottom vase holds a heliconia (cut stem smells like cucumber!), purple allium, parrot tulips, pincushion, ti leaves and willow. These were for some very avant garde moms.


And to my Mom - Happy Mother's Day, and your cards are on the way!