Here are a few arrangements I did for Anne and baby Mathilde's shower. It was a beautiful afternoon at Cathy's house.

Meredith and Charlie's wedding in four days! I have been missing Jane to help me keep this blog going- it is daunting enough for me to just get the work out the door! So excited to see her in 12 days! Waiting for photos from Amy and Rylan's Auburn, Alabama wedding at Labor Day. Have been finding lots of beautiful old silver here and in NCal, Michigan too. Can't wait to put it all to use on Saturday!!!!

Table assignment tags

No postings in soooo long! Summer has flown by- filled with invitations, wedding accoutrements, flea markets, and upholstery projects for upcoming events. I will post more photos SOON!

Tussie Mussie favors for Amy's shower! Oh the cherry blossom sticks that Ket and I got this morning- so perfect to photograph these hanging from! Thank you Kim Spence for rushing me some more cones! I used old sheet music, vintage paper, tinsel garland and Dresden clovers to embellish. For this shower we are going with Amy's green and white color scheme. I will fill these with some sweets and little tokens. We have a few buckets of flowers from the wholesaler downstairs and will post some photos of those arrangements later.

I love the mirror reflections back out to the pavilion.

Thank you Amber for this great pic of the table assignment cards! Lynn stamped the numbers and everyone knew just where to sit down. To collect the fabrics for this event, Jane and I went to the fabric district in downtown LA and bought from many vendors until we had the perfect blend of blush.

Mae and Josh's wedding tables close up.

Mae and Josh's barn/open air wedding reception by Four Leaf Clover Studio at Front Porch Farms

Today we finished the shower invitations for Elizabeth and Jeremy Hansen. They have chosen the name Molly for their baby and so I set out to find her name in one of our books! Louisa May Alcott kindly obliged me in Jack and Jill-1928 edition. Elizabeth's nick name is "Bird" and so we used that too! 

 We made ornaments from photos of Maeghan and Josh for the centerpiece trees- they supplied pictures from their childhood and from their courtship. We used Dresden paper, vintage diecuts, odd papers, semiprecious stones, pearls, sterling silver charms, and silver wire along with the photos. These will hang on their christmas trees in the years to come. When we get the wedding pics, we'll make some more!

 This banner was hung above the dance floor. It was a bit longer and therefore harder for us to photograph close up. We mixed custom glitter colors to match just so!

Over the next few days we will post some more details from the wedding.

 A perfect evening in every way.

 Cake table by night.

Scot, Jane, Lynn, and Martha- happy, exhausted, AND silly!

All the work we can finish is done! Thank you Lynn, Laurie, Cindy, Scot, Justin, Kathy&Brian, Celeste, Brenda, Daniel, aunts&uncles, and anyone I forgot! We are catching our breath on one of the swings before the guests arrive.

 Table assignment cards- cut, printed, stamped, festooned with dupioni silk, alphabetized, and then strung onto ribbon! This old blackboard was the perfect place to put them up!

 Jane's favorite art deco mirror found at Downtown Antiques in Nashville. (There were two sheets of old Italian news print between the glass and the backing from 1935!)The banner reads "Come fly away with me". Brian Best made these great farm tables for the pavillion at Front Porch Farm- we used them for food, cakes, sweets, and head table- terrific! Champagne bucket arrangements in blush colors- of course!

The pavillion/barn is a wonderful structure to work with. It took ten of us to get all the paper lanterns put together and hung! Thank you Scot, Lynn, Kathy, Brian, Daniel, Cindy, Justin, uncles and aunts!

 Tables square and round, linen table toppers, vintage silver, trees, muslin swagging, TONS of gorgeous flowers, and HEAPS of small details in this lovely place.

 Kathy Best had amazing props available for us- like this grand old window that we hung another banner on, behind the head table. We kept the arrangement here as simple as possible so as to showcase the beautiful newlyweds and their entourage!

Oh! The cakes!

We brought a few antique mirrors with us and found quite a few in Nashville too. Lynn painted them in varied tones of taupe. They reflected back sparkles of light all night long! We brought in trees, shrubs, and hydrangea bushes alongside all our flower arrangements. Kathy found two comfy couches, a happy yellow chair, odd end tables, and the swing! This was my favorite spot in the place!

Mae and Josh's wedding

 Import Flowers in Nashville- what an incredible place! Lou and company found the most beautiful flowers in the world and brought them all to his store. Sharp, talented, helpful, kind and witty- best floral wholesaler ever.

 Some of Jane's purchases for the Bridal luncheon.

 She made table bouquets and a tiny posey for each place setting.

 While looking for antique mirrors, Jane found this great vintage hat to wear to another Southern wedding in September!

 Bridal luncheon table bits.

 Our car was pack jammed with all things floral!

 Some of the flowers unloaded, freshly cut, and resting in buckets and in the fridge at the back- in the kitchen area of Front Porch Farms. 90 degrees at 3:00- hot hot hot.

Daniel was the handy guy when we needed help on the farm- 9:00 on Friday night- still lots to do!

Hello Nashville! What a wonderful town this is. We found a great old mirror here that we'll be using for Maeghan's wedding this weekend.

Jane is in the studio.

We made this for a friend and snuck it into her house as a surprise for Valentine's day.

Getting ready to go to Nashville tomorrow BUT lots to do today! I lined this odd little old suitcase with linen this afternoon. I think it will be a great prop- favors? Tags? We couldn't resist draping it with a pennant that we made for Valentine's day last February. Time to pack!

Love this person and cork!

Our first box invitation included pansy(her favorite flower) candles, a custom party popper, and a tiny framed photo of the birthday girl! We decorate the inside of the boxes too because it's fun to find something where you don't expect it. Our baker's twine collection is growing- we love the spools of color.

An old photograph was the inspiration for this birthday invitation.  Brother and sister are now 84 and 83! We had fun making our own confetti with a punch dot press too. Old imagery and tickets adorn the envelope too-

We made these shower invites for a bride-to-be that will be going on a European honeymoon(lucky girl!). We used antique postage stamps, old tickets, poster stamps, vintage postcards, and other favorite old imagery on the boxes. The desk was heaped with paper scraps! We filled the miniature airmail envelopes with small notecards and paper, then tied the bundles with soft red ribbon. Beautiful/tasty art candy bon bons were tucked into small glassine envelopes. Stuffed boxes went into clear envelopes and into the post they went!

We made this tussie mussie for a bride's shower and filled each one with candies and a vintage silver spoon. We hand stamped each spoon with the initial of the person receiving it! It was a bit of a learning experience because we were using the wrong kind of stamps, but it worked out in the end. 

Party favor pillow boxes! We made these for a Christmas eve dinner and a birthday party a few months later.

Birthday party place cards

Place card holder 

These place card holders were a little family project! Bill figured out how to weight them and taught Jane how to use the drill press. Our new hot glue gun was fab. After a long search, we found the great memo pins made by ThirdShift. Here's a link to her store: http://www.etsy.com/people/ThirdShift
      -Martha

Nothing like power tools in the morning.
       -Jane