Real Wedding Photos - Cake Topper

Mariette commissioned me to do her cake topper. I still remember myself sipping on a Java Chip Frappuccino at the Starbucks near Walmart, in Honolulu, when my Blackberry beeped with her message :). She wanted purplish roses, Sahara roses, lilacs and other flowers that she already had in her bouquet - for her cake topper.
In the course of time Mariette told me that she was having her wedding at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan. The description she gave me of the place, made me want to go there rightaway. It seems like a dream place to get married at.
Mariette sent me these photos, without me having to even request for them. I am so happy to be sharing these with you. The cake was designed by Mariette's daughter. Didn't she do a wonderful job of it?
Another cool thing that I just got to know was.... Grand Hotel was rated as one of the 40 best places to stay in, by the Sky Magazine published by Delta Airlines. So, is the gorgeous Prestonfield in Edinburgh, Scotland where Nella got married. :).

Blogging from the Sky :)

Hello! I am on my way to Phoenix for a few weeks. Am carrying all the stuff I need to make my flowers with me :). I hate flying and I figured the internet would keep my mind off it :). So, here I am....
Oh! Turbulence again! :(. We are flying over Florida now, and then, once I reach Atlanta, there's a layover of 3 hours! Anyone has any interesting ideas to kill 3 hours at the ATL airport? Let me know :).
A little bit of an eye-candy for you bothering to read my incoherent nonsense today :).

This a centerpiece I made for my friend Eve for her wedding in late June. It has roses and peonies (I love those flowers!) and is about 16 inches in diameter. I didn't get time to write a post on Eve's wedding, but, I shall do that soon. Till then, stay in touch and let me know how you like this photo.

Red Bouquets

Red seems the color of the season :). I have already made two all-red bouquets and the third one is on the verge of completion.
The first one is a very traditional, simple all-red, all-rose bouquet, finished off with dark green leaves at the bottom. I love the simplicity and elegance of it. I know red roses are cliched, but I LOVE red roses. And I hadn't ever made a red rose bouquet and I was dying to! And now, I am making another one :). But that one's going to be very different, although the flowers are exactly the same. Can't wait to finish it!


Then, there is this all-red anemone bouquet. I never knew this would turn out so pretty! :). I wish I knew how to take better pictures, because these bouquets definitely deserved better pictures. I hope the brides send me some photos from their wedding so I can share them with you. This bouquet traveled all the way to Ireland and made it there in good shape. Not that I had any doubt it would... LOL, but sometimes even I am surprised by how strong these delicate-looking flowers are. This anemone bouquet was mailed with a matching bout.
Donna contacted me to make a bouquet for her, with about 45 days to go for her wedding. Not that I had time on my hands, but I love taking up last moment challenges :). The initial idea was to go for a wildflower bouquet. I had almost completed the bouquet when she saw an anemone bouquet and couldn't get it off her mind. She asked me if I could make that for her instead. It was very difficult to say yes, especially because I had almost made all the flowers for the wildflower bouquet. But, truth be told, even I was smitten by the anemone bouquet :) and HAD to do it. And then, I figured, I can always use the wild flowers for an arrangement or something :). That is how this bouquet was born :). Oh! And I figured out this cool way of making the petals! So, this bouquet was rewarding in a lot of different ways.

Dagney and Michael's Wedding

I am sorry for the long absence. A lot had been going on in our lives...... that's taken care of now (hopefully) and I am ready to start posting again.This is one wedding that I have been thinking of writing about for quite sometime now. It fascinated me! I haven't contributed much to Dagney and Michael's wedding, just the hair piece (My Gardenia and stephanotis hair comb). But the theme, the coordination, the photography and the person.... Dagney, are the real reason behind this post.Dagney contacted me when we were going through a very bad phase. Sarang's project was hanging in balance. We didn't know whether we were moving to Puerto Rico/Arizona, or staying in Hawaii. Also, it was an exciting time.... my niece was born. Either way, it was a confusing, chaotic phase for us and I missed out on the email Dagney sent to me via my website. However, she found me again through ETSY and ordered the comb off my store. By the time I got her order, we knew we were moving. She was very understanding about it and shared her own story of moving away from HI. Dagney is one of the nicest people that I ever worked with!Dagney Pitts and Michael Stone got married in this AMAZING ceremony, in which everything symbolized the background that they came from. The wedding was in Trumbull, CT and the reception was in a hangar in Oxford, CT. There is a lot more written, much more beautifully in the photographers' blog here. Do check Robert and Kathleen's beautiful work here. Not that they need any endorsement from me! :) This particular wedding that they shot has been featured in Style Me Pretty.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. Now that I am BACK :), you can expect to see a lot many pictures soon..... keep reading :).

Update on my niece :)

My niece Purvi is 2 and a half months old now :). And I think she looks like an angel. Here's a photo of hers that I wanted to share with you.

A special Gardenia Comb

I have always wanted to make a gardenia comb with both pearls and crystals :). Finally, I did! Usually, I list this comb as a customized item. But this one is special and is available on my ETSY store as of now.
I have been guilty of not listing any new items on ETSY for the longest time :), but hopefully - beginning with this comb, I shall start again.This comb is 5 inches in length, is studded with pearls and Swarovski rhinestones and has 3 gardenias in full bloom (the other ones have one half-open and two full-bloom gardenias) and lots more stephanotises than the regular comb. It also has these cute rhinestone branches giving it more movement and character. In short, I absolutely love it!
Let me know what you think about this comb..... I would love to hear from you, as always....

Real Wedding Pictures - Ivory Roses with Peacock Feathers Bouquet

Hi Readers! I am sure a lot of you remember the bouquet with ivory roses and peacock feathers, that I made a couple of months back. It has become my most popular searched item and has made my blog readership go up by at least 20%.
Sondra, the lovely bride for whom I designed and created the bouquet sent me some very pretty pics from her wedding. So I wanted to share them with you.
I don't remember if I mentioned this, but Sondra came to me about 3 weeks before her wedding. But I loved her idea of a peacock themed bouquet so much that I just HAD to create this for her! Sometimes the urge to create something unusual and special just gets the better of me :). Also, I love working under pressure. I thought and thought about how I could design a bouquet with peacock feathers that would look elegant, rather than something overly flashy. I then studied the peacock feather closely and that gave me ideas. I used teal and golden brown Swarovski crystals to mimic the main colors of a peacock feather, so that the ivory didn't look like it didn't belong with the feathers. I also worked on the wrap and was able to find ribbons that I totally loved (Thanks Creations by You!). The most time-taking part was not making the flowers, but working with the peacock feathers. It can get very tricky, since they are very silky and slip easily.Sondra's wedding took place on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The background added to the bouquet's beauty, I'd say. See how well the turquoise water compliments the colors in the bouquet! The size of the bouquet, as you can see, is petite. But that doesn't take away from its elegance.... rather, it adds to it. Don't you agree? I just love love love this bouquet and would love to hear your thoughts about it too.... and the pictures :).

One more thing that made Sondra very special to me were the words she wrote to me. They were so touching! That's what I work for.... words like that make me feel so honored to be part of such a special day in a couple's life.