Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Natalie Bowen Designs

Happy Friday!! So here is the amazing and talented Natalie Bowen doing what she does best - creating different and exquisite floral designs. How cool are these? I love the bright colors and the tropical feel! These were designed for a very special and fabulous wedding planner's engagement party and I am so happy for her and her man! :)




Fav finds for the week!

In love with this blush pink wedding and a menu card and place setting that I am swooning over!
Dream a Little Dream Events

I agree - my favorite photo from the Royal Wedding
Amy Nichols Special Events

I want painted edges on my business cards and on all of my client's invites!
Dauphine Press

Yellow and sweet
Jenny Cookies

I am a sucker for Gatsby - loving this board!
Snippet & Ink via The Ritzy Bee

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Church Street Flowers

Happy Friday! Last weekend we did the most adorable wedding at the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts and we worked with an amazing team of vendors - one of which was Church Street Flowers. We went over to their site to take a peek around and found a gorgeous bouquet and an adorable boutonniere! Their team was amazing to work with and the flowers for our bride were to die for!


Here are the fav finds of the week!

The bird is the word
The Inspired Bride

Made me smile!
Eat Drink Chic

A gorg Napa Wedding
The Bride's Cafe

You NEED to check out these modern flowers!
Elizabeth Anne Designs

Pour some sugar on me!
The Ritzy Bee

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Plan Decor

Hello and happy happy Friday! We are gearing up for our first wedding of the season this weekend at the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts! A stunning venue that feels as if is was ripped straight from the pages of an Anthropologie mag.

Now on to Flower Friday! For your Flower Friday viewing pleasure - this Bay Area floral designer does some amazing things with sweet peas and lilac - not your average bouquet flowers! And let me tell you I LOVE me some lilac! It is blooming in my backyard this week and I am in heaven!

I am loving the colors and the pop that she brings to centerpieces as well! Karen of Plan Decor does amazing work and we hope to work with her one day soon!








Fav finds for the week!

Super dainty and very pretty paper cut out invitations
Oh So Beautiful Paper

Walking along Union Street in SF last week, this was one of the best cuppies I have had in a while!
American Cupcake

In my search for an eyelet charger, I came across this loveliness
The Ritzy Bee

Hello yellow satin shoes and yummy donuts!
100 Layer Cake

Flower gorgeousness....
Elizabeth Anne Designs

xoxo
Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Kristy Mitchell Photography

Happy Friday! We have some GORGEOUS images of flowers and people to share with you today. My momma found this photographer and sent her my way. Kristy Mitchell's style is so unique that I just could not wait to share with you! Check out the amazing creations of flowers and stunning women. And how incredible is this first dress?? Not to mention the umbrella of flowers! So pretty. Ok, let me be a bit more honest - I NEED that dress. No clue where or when I would wear it, but I need it. Bad. Like right now so I can put it on and spin in my living room. :)

Here are some of my fav finds for the week!

I fell in love with this simple stunning southern wedding.

The Knotty Bride

Purple Pasta

Design*Sponge

Oh shoes!!!

The Cinderella Project

A gorgeous mushroom wedding cake

Once Wed

Loving the orange of it all

Camille Styles

Have a great weekend!

xoxo

Trisha

Photo source: www.kristymitchellphotography.com

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Gray and Pops of Red

One of most favorite cyber-friends is Jennifer Medley Gillespie who has an amazing calligraphy company called Calligraphy by Jennifer. She is just the bestest and her calligraphy is jaw dropping pretty. She posts about some gorgeous things and she has a knack for finding amazing shoes!! So you need to check her out.

Today's Flower Friday was found via the lovely Jennifer's blog and you can see the entire post here. She found this stunning bouquet on the Hello Bella Events blog and I am loving how it pops against the gray dress.


Fav Finds for the Week:

Loving this Spring Fling Inspiration Board
The Inspired Bride

These are so dainty and teeny tiny!
Hello Lucky Blog

I am a bit of a design geek and I thought this was SO COOL!!
Design*Sponge

Birds of a feather
Rue Magazine

A hip black and white modern invite
Camille Styles

xoxo
Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Brown Paper Design

Happy Friday! It has been a crazy week over here - in a good way crazy - but crazy nonetheless! I found Brown Paper Design through Jose Villa's amazing blog. The flowers from this wedding are slightly unreal and so unique! Loving them. It also doesn't hurt that Jose Villa is behind the camera. Seriously that man can do no wrong when it comes to shooting weddings. Each image is so darn dreamy.




Here are my fav finds for the week!

Yellow and gray perfection!
The Inspired Bride

A Tangled Wedding
The Wedding Chicks

A different kind of registry
100 Layer Cake

xoxo
Trisha

Photo source: Jose Villa

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - The Little Branch

Hi hi! Happy Friday! I know it was just a wee bit ago that we were yapping about how fantastic the floral designs were over at The Little Branch (if you want to go back and see the loveliness we are talking about, click here), but the two fab ladies behind the designs, Annie and Meg, sent me some photos from a wedding last weekend and I could not help but post them! So many different sweet milk glass vases overflowing with prettiness and a boutonniere that I adore! Take a peek!












Fav finds for the week:

Finding your wedding inspiration from a gorgeous book cover
Wedded Twist

Surf's up!
Snippet & Ink

I so want this heart-y chair!
Design Sponge

The most amazing Italian castle in Tuscany! A wedding here would be unreal.
Vicarello.it

Sweets that are ruffled and romantic!
Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas

xoxo
Trisha

Photo source: Annie of The Little Branch

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Kelly Makes Things

Happy Rainy Friday! It is P-O-U-R-I-N-G here in Nor Cal today. Raining cats and dogs. So since I am awash in water, I thought it fitting to feature a nifty nautical bouquet styled by Kelly Makes Things and photographed by the amazing Jasmine Star.

Kelly used aged rope, roses and lamb's ear for this nautical inspired bouquet. Simple, elegant and different all wrapped up into one!

Here are my fav finds for the week:

New blog love: Jenny's Cookies - is there any theme this woman can't do incredibly well?! Stunning party decor!

Re-designed blog love: Huge congrats to Ami of Elizabeth Anne Designs for her gorgeous blog re-design - it looks amazing!

Sweet and Saucy does it again! I want this cake stat!

Open wooden ceiling and chandeliers - yes please!
Ritzy Bee

Loving these deep teal dresses and super bright bouquets
The Bridal Bar

xoxo
Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Sharla Flock Designs

It's Friday! Par-tay! I know that I've raved about Sharla Flock Designs on Flower Friday before, but I can't get enough of this amazing bouquet I am about to share...again it doesn't hurt that Anna Kuperberg was behind the camera...

Right!? Unreal! The contrast of the deep eggplant with the green berries and silver dusty miller? So darn gorgeous.

Here are some of my fav finds of the week:

Loving the slate and lemon mix

Kate Parker Weddings

It would be so hard for me to put an actual glass on these gorgeous coasters!

Amy Atlas - Sweet Designs

My idol Tara Guérard launches the new look of her blog and a stunning real wedding as well!

Tara Guérard - Bon Bon Blog

From a few weeks back but too jaw dropping gorgeous not to link to, please please look.

Jose Villa

Beer cupcakes? Why of course!

Oh Lovely Day

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Florali

It's no lie that I love me some Florali. Simply gorgeous flowers. Who wouldn't fall in love with these adorable glass milk bottles filled with gorgeous blooms...

Here are my favs for the week!

I can't get enough of these colors!
Ritzy Bee

A snow filled path (seriously stunning photos!!)
The Bride's Cafe

Congrats to a fab new site!
Inspired By This

Gorgeous pale green and gold, might be my new favorite colors!
100 Layer Cake

Loving these blues and greens
The Inspired Bride

xoxo
Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Hello Peony!

I mean, really!? Are you people seeing this color? This fabulous hot pink? This peony is stunning! And they are straight from the garden of Holly Heider Chapple. I would like a bouquet please, in my living room to gaze at...right now! So happy Flower Friday and go take a peek at Holly's blog. It is just full of gorgeousness!

The finds of the week:

In preparation for Valentine's Day

The Inspired Bride

Anthro's new wedding fun, coming soon

www.bhldn.com

Are you kidding me with these desserts??

The Knotty Bride

I'm a sucker for all things heart

Ritzy Bee

More hearts, fabulous pewter dresses and a stunning bouquet

Ruffled

Happy Weekend!!

xoxo

Trisha

Photo source: Genevieve Leiper

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - The Little Branch

Happy Friday Friends! I could have sworn I smelled Spring in the air yesterday, and that the warm weather is slowly making it's way! I wanted to share a fab florist I found over on Once Wed. The Little Branch is the LA area and just has the sweetest little florals. The photos are by Heather P. Moore who does amazing work. Seriously people, check out her blog.






Okay, are the boutonnieres to die for or what!? So darn cute.

Here are my fav finds for the week!

Another barn, another long romantic sigh
100 Layer Cake

Down by the winter sea shore
Ritzy Bee

Love in Wine Country
The Inspired Bride

Stitches for you
Oh So Beautiful Paper

Who doesn't need a gorgeous bag?
Shop Holly Scott

Have a fab weekend!
xoxo
Trisha

Photo source: Heather P. Moore Photography

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Kate Healey Flowers

Happy Friday! It's a bit rainy, but that won't dampen my spirits as I am headed to Carmel for a little R&R! Super excited! I plan on hitting up those outlets, a few wineries and then catch up on some reading in front of a roaring fire, hot cocoa by my side. So now that I have tortured you with visions of my perfect weekend, let me also say that I have barely touched my Christmas list - no shopping or wrapping has been done! So much to do!! Maybe those outlets will come through for me!

While we are there, we will also be revisiting the restaurant Casanova where my adorable hubby proposed! So excited to go back and take it all in! When we were there the first time, after he popped the question, I couldn't eat a thing I was so excited! Now I can't wait to go back and try it again and clean my plate!!

OK, enough ramblings about me. This week's flower Friday reminded me of some of the gorgeous and rich shades of purple that pop up in holiday decor. Purple is known as the color of royalty and it simply looks divine in this wedding.

The photography is from my fav, the amazing Sarah Yates, the flowers are by Kate Healey Flowers in Big Sur and the mixing and matching are simply stunning! The lovely cake is by Royal Bakery - so sweet and simple!



Here are some of the best of the blogs this week!

A cake in an unexpected place and a gorgeous shoot
Kiss the Groom & Nonpareil Magazine

The holidays are almost here!
Ritzy Bee

Dainty glass baubles
Postcards & Pretties

Gift wrapping party prettiness
The Sweetest Occasion

Mirrors and greenery = love!
Elizabeth Anne Designs

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - A Nashville Wedding

Hi hi Hi! As your read this post, me, the hubs and baby girl are on a plane to the Happiest Place on Earth! I know our little one is a bit young but our whole extended family is going and it should be crazy and fun. Every year when I was little girl my Grandparents would take me to Disneyland (I am a bit of a spoiled brat right?!) and so this year when my Grandpa passed away, our family decided to honor him by heading down there for a fun trip. I'm excited and happy to go especially since it will be decorated for Christmas and oh my lovely readers, I am a
Christmas-aholic. I get serious about Christmas, but let's save that post for another time. I could ramble on and on about my decorating traditions for ever.

Flower Friday! Here is a gorgeous, GORGEOUS bouquet from Souder Photography, found on their blog but the wedding was also featured on Style Me Pretty (you should take a peek!) The sad thing is I have no clue who did the flowers! SMP didn't list anyone either. So, not knowing where to give credit, I simply share! Loving the softness and really loving the burlap and twine!




Here are some of my favs this week!

Are you kidding me with these adorable succulent Christmas trees?!
Somewhere Splendid

Let it snow, pretty white details
Ritzy Bee

I need a simple bunny hat for Emmaline stat!
Sugar B Baby

This couple took the plunge, seriously!
The Bridal Bar

I want this! And some chalk of course.
Design Sponge

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Peaches and Greens

Happy Friday! It's a rainy day here in Nor Cal and this lovely photo I am about to share truly is a bright spot of happy color! I am loving all of the orchestrated chaos in these bouquets - succulents, grapes, garden roses! I'm seriously giddy about the color combos too! The fabulous Holly Heider Chapple created these lovelies and Kristen Gardner captured their beauty. I found this image over on the Southern Weddings blog and although they had a rough day today with their new site launch, I know it will be simple AMAZING when it does get up and going - so an early congrats to the rad gals over there at Southern Weddings on all their exciting new things!

Here are this weeks must see posts!

Pretty soft colors for a romantic inspiration board!

The Inspired Bride

A little holiday cheer!

Twig & Thistle

I'm a sucker for a wrap around porch and a snakeskin belt

Magnolia Rouge

Excuse me, but the back of this wedding dress is a MUST SEE!

Alchemy Fine Events

Thank goodness for this fab little gift guide for all your holiday shopping needs!

Design Sponge

Happy happy weekend!

xoxo

Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Pretty Purples and Rosemary

Rainy Friday! A cold front and thunderstorms are headed this way, so grab the hot coco and marshmallows friends it will be wet this weekend!

To brighten this rainy day I wanted to share this lovely lil' bouquet made by the bride's friend's mom! Crazy town! How gorgeous?! I found this wedding over on Magnolia Rouge and was smitten. You should click over and check out this bride's wedding dress - not only was it super pretty it was totally break away to an adorable cocktail dress...click over for more fun details on how she tricked her new hubby with it during the garter toss!

Here are my favs this week!

Think pink! A stunning pink wedding dress + beautiful hot pink bouquet = LOVE
The Inspired Bride

LOVING every single thing on this post - the dress, the font, the bouquet, the giant teacup!

Wiley Valentine

The most adorable short dress and some pups

Postcards and Pretties

Millions of peaches - pretty peaches

Elizabeth Anne Designs

Pretty Turkey Day Centerpiece Ideas

Design*Sponge

Stay dry lovies! Chat with you next week!

xoxo

Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Michael Daigian Designs - SF Floral Designer

Happy Friday Friends! Things have been a bit crazy over here in my world. So please forgive the spotty posts these past two weeks. My little girl has an ear and eye infection, and I then I caught a nasty cold that made me lose my voice - now that was entertaining! It is finally back today, a little froggy but back in action.

Last week I was invited to visit my new friends at Michael Daigian Design and check out their pretty SF studio. I was treated to a lovely tour, yummy cookies and received a sweet little yellow orchid that I adore and am doing everything to keep alive (my past history with plants is a bit scary).

That said, I wanted to share this gorgeous dark bridal bouquet they designed. Loving how dramatic this is and how it would just look stunning at a black and white wedding.


On to my fav finds for the week!

A wooden wedding
My nifty weekly post for The Inspired Bride

This dapper and dandy dinner party is adorable! Check out the tie escort card display!
Alchemy Fine Events

A sweet circus birthday party
The Sweetest Occasion

Seriously incredible calligraphy
Twig & Thistle

Adorable fall fondant toppers!
Somewhere Splendid

See you all next week!
xoxo
Trisha

Photo source: Michael Daigian Design (blog)

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Grapes + Flowers - Branford Flower Shop

Hi all! Are you just so glad it is Friday? I sure am! It is World Series Madness out here in the SF Bay - everyone, and I mean everyone is walking around in head to toe orange and black and more people than not - men and women combined - are walking around sporting large black beards. I was in Fiddler on the Roof way back in my high school days and I am having flashbacks of the L'chaim song and dance number with all these beards walking around!

So the Giants and Fiddler on the Roof couldn't be further from the Flower Friday gorgeousness that I want to share. I found this AMAZING bouquet over on the lovely blog Sparkle and Hay.

Branford Flower Shop is located in Branford, Connecticut and they did this jaw dropping beauty.

I mean, come on, there are GRAPES in there! Grapes! And look how amazing they look! Love it. The colors, the textures - love love love it!

Here are my fav finds from this week! Think good thoughts for the Giants and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Loving this new blog I found with TONS of super cute DIY paper printables

Paper and Cake

In the spirit of Halloween a lovely inspiration board that keeps it pretty

Magnolia Rouge

I love me some coffee - how about you?

The Inspired Bride

Very cool things out of unexpected everyday items

Alchemy Fine Events

Tablescape Love

Somewhere Splendid

xoxo

Trisha

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Anne Mendenhall - East Bay Florist

I had the pleasure of meeting and working with the amazing Anne Mendenhall of Anne Mendenhall Flowers and wanted to share the amazing work she does on this lovely Flower Friday! Unfortunately you will have to wait for the talented photographer Nicole Goddard to see what magic she and Anne both worked last weekend since my personal photos came out not so fab.

In the meantime, here are some quick snap shots of my favs from Anne's site!

And here are my favs for the week!

These shoes need to be mine now - the pink pair AND the silver pair.

The Knotty Bride

Wine barrel wedding decor love

The Inspired Bride

In love with this Real Wedding

Sparkle & Hay

Moss Frames? Ingenious!!!

Ruffled

Mix and Match = Super Pretty

Engaged & Inspired

Fav Finds + Flower Friday - Bellissima Floral Creations - Tahoe Floral Designer

Happy Friday! I have the most gorgeous flowers to share with you! Sara of Bellissima Floral Creations was the amazing designer behind these jaw dropping bouquets! Her and her team are an absolute dream to work with and seriously her floral designs could not be any more stunning!





The photos above were taken by another amazing Tahoe vendor - Annie X Photographie. She is also a blast to work with and her photos are beautiful. She captures the sweetest moments.

Here are some of my fav finds from the blog world this week!

Just like Janie, I heart these too!
The Bride's Cafe

Cupcakes + Hearts = Adorable yummy-ness
Elizabeth Anne Designs

A gorgeous wedding in a sweet red barn
Green Wedding Shoes

Tablescape Love by Me
The Inspired Bride

Hello black and white - beautiful! This invitation may out do them all!
Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photos source: Annie X Photographie