An indoor bamboo garden for a cake!

In early spring of 2004, I had a blast gluing, sewing, cutting and attaching 1200 FRESH GALAX LEAFS TO A TABLE CLOTH! It was a fabulous attire for a burlap underlay tablecloth which graced the wedding cake for 500. The structure over the cake was made by my father and myself along with a friend from boy scouts who was a professional at lashing rope to make the bamboo work! These poles are 6 inches wide and 15 feet tall. I hung fresh garlands of orchids and fresh smilax. Behind the far bar I used hot pink lights to give the formal ballroom an outside garden feel along with dozens of trees, orchids, fountains and candles.

Jen and JP's lavender ball!

When one of my dear friends asked me to decorate her wedding in her favorite color purple, we had a ball! A lavender ball in one room, a dark purple and chocolate ball in another and a white and purple and lavender cocktail lounge in the other. Candles are not allowed at The Cummer Museum and Gallery, so the candelabras we both loved so much were dressed in lavender dahlias. He linens in this room were satin lavender underlays with organdy white printed veils much like her glamours days of ballet! On the ceiling, I hung a variety of chandliers all with gemstones, sheer organza ribbons, purple hudrangeas and freshia and delphinium. Much like ballerinas from the sky.

Yeah! Its daffodil season!

If you love daffodils, you are in luck. They are here! They are an inexpensive easily accessible flower available at your local grocery. Hurry before they are all sold for the holidays! Cut them from the pots and carefully handle them with stems of freesia, begonias, star of Bethlehem and orchids! wow now that is a posy!

Caroline Long Dresses for Bridesmaids! the best!

If you or someone you know is looking for a fabulous cocktail, formal or bridesmaid dress, you have to check out Caroline Long. Her new site is http://www.carolinelong.com They are my absolute favorite and I promise this has nothing to do with the flowers in the pictures I made or the fact that she is my oldest child's godmother, I truly, love love love these styles and know you will too!

Recent Article in Jacksonville Magazine

linens matter!

One of the most difficult things to swallow when seeing the bills for your wedding is the linen rental prices, woah! huge, well they can really make or break your look too! If you are in love with a look of a wedding or event for its entire style, color and feel then consider the linens and maybe even the chairs first. Then cut back on your centerpieces. Believe it or not, I recomend cutting back on flowers before cutting back on the look and quality of linen. You wouldn't wear a soiled polyester dress, right? So why should your guest sit for dinner or stand for cocktails at an really nasty linen? If you are really on a budget, cut the meal, serve light cocktails and have limited seating. The theme and feel of the place always makes for a great party. If the guest are hungry later, they will just go to a drive through Krystal anyway!

winstons bouquet and church wreath!

Her bouquet was lily of valley, lilac and ranuculus. The wreaths to the church were less expensive flowers such as green mums, daisies, roses and hydrangea.