This whimsical outdoor wedding at Glen Ellen Farm in Ijamsville MD was the perfect start to my 2021 wedding season.  Genevieve’s wedding was the first wedding I did in 2021.  I viewed it as the first one back after all of the COVID shutdowns.  Of course, COVID was, and is, still happening, but in my […]

It’s time to let go – and trust your florist to do their best work. Recently, I’ve been talking with a lot of my colleagues about what their business will look like next year (you know, when maybe, possibly, weddings might be happening, and we might be kind of sort of, “back to normal”).  Some […]

Well, we are wrapping up June with American Flowers Week!⁠ ⁠ Maybe you have heard of American Grown Flowers or Slow Flowers?  Slow Flowers is a movement, started by Debra Prinzing, which educates consumers about the importance of making a conscious choice to purchase cut flowers which have been grown domestically (preferably locally), instead of […]

The VisArts Center in Rockville, MD is a super-cool, modern venue that I got to decorate for the first time.  Artist studios and gallery exhibitions welcome guests into a modern ballroom with floor to ceiling windows.  My favorite part was the rooftop ceremony site overlooking Rockville Town Center.  I loved bringing the soft touch of […]

Wanna know a secret? This American Grown Picnic Elopement was supposed to be based around the Lily of the Valley that grow at my home studio in Frederick, MD.  These flowers are usually cost prohibitive to use, unless you can get them locally, which happens for about 1 week in May.  My planner, Brielle, and […]