Summer Sunflower Details

Driving through the central valley yesterday, I saw field after field of sunflowers - their little faces turned up toward the sun basking in every ray. I love how wonderfully tall and lanky they are with such heavy bright yellow heads. They are just happy flowers. So I thought I would take a stab at designing a post around the sunflower as a wedding element. These flowers really work well paired with non-traditional materials such as wicker, metals, leather, wood, and raffia. They are such a fun flower that you can take and shape into so many different wedding visions.

Sunflowers and cowboy boots work so darn well together...

This cake is so pretty, loving the petal details and the ribbon.

I couldn't resist this sweet brooch...

And fabulous scented favors...

The deep brown of this wicker charger shows off the sunflower.

Galvanized tins are another great way to display these guys.

I know these flowers on the invite are dahlias, but they give such a warm sunshine vibe like the sunflower so I had to include them. Plus there are some really funky looking sunflower invites out there...

Loving how they pop on this wooden arch.

Hope you enjoyed! See you Tuesday on Bay Area Bride Guide and see you back here on Wednesday!

xoxo

Trisha

Photo sources: 1 & 2 Open Air Photography by Katie Stoops via Elizabeth Anne Designs, 3 Tasty Little Cakes via Flicker, 4 Rusty Charm via Etsy.com, 5 Lilac Ave via Etsy.com, 6 Theknot.com, 7 IlluminArts Photography, 8 Artistscs28 via Etsy.com, 9 Wedding Paper Divas Blog

Fav Finds + Flower Friday: Yellow Flower Pots and Berries

Another summer week has flown by! This Flower Friday is a bit different from past Flower Fridays in that I want to showcase this neato idea I found over on Green Wedding Shoes - one of my favorite blogs - and then realized the floral designer was the fabulous Carissa of JL Designs! A win win! This bride was married down south and look what she did! How fun are the maids with their potted bright yellow marigolds instead of traditional bouquets!?

Doesn't it look great?

And I am really lovin' the groom's boutonniere! So darn snazzy with the berries!

My fav finds these week are all real weddings! Take a peek at some fabulousness:

You HAVE to click HERE to this DRESS! And CAKE! This is wedding overload for the eyes in such a GOOD way!

Green Wedding Shoes

Holy archway - I kinda want it in my backyard!

Snippet & Ink

Bagpipes, Treehouses and Kilts oh my!

Style Me Pretty

Musical paper flowers and sparkly Jimmy Choos

The Inspired Bride

Lots of yellowness and a new sweet way to depart the wedding festivities

100 Layer Cake

Happy Weekend! And stay cool out there (as I melt from the heat writing at 12:37am Friday morning, the sun went down hours ago!!!)

xoxo

Trisha

Photo sources: Robert Evans Studio

Fav Finds + Flower Friday: JL Designs

At Wedding 360 I met the adorable Carissa of JL Designs. Since then I often check in and read her blog and simply drool over her floral designs. Today I am sharing a bouquet, bridesmaid's bouquet and boutonniere from one of her recent weddings. Of course it has my favorite color yellow! These photos were taken by the talented Jill Thomas. Enjoy!

This week's favs from around the net...

The most creative wedding invite

Junebug Weddings

Loving all the pretty colors

The Inspired Bride

Love me some Sarah Yates photos - she rocks that camera at this real wedding

100 Layer Cake

C is for Cookie

Dog n Bird Artful Wedding

Pretty Drinks

Little White Book

Photo source: Jill Thomas

Flower Friday: A Fabulous Yellow Wedding Bouquet

I am a huge fan of both Anna Kuperberg and Kathryn of Dream a Little Dream Events - and earlier this week I caught sight of a photo from one of their recent weddings and my eyes zoomed in on an AMAZING bouquet (it just happened to be yellow!) and I had to know who the floral designer was.

Melissa from A Simple Ceremony created this stunning work of art. Her website is full of incredible bouquets, centerpieces, and other fun. I got happily stuck looking at her gallery for a while last night. Love! Happy Weekend everyone!

Photo sources: Anna Kuperberg