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

Walking on Sunshine - Yellow Wedding Fun

I just can't stop my love affair with all things yellow. I am summertime girl, Spring is nice but bring on the heat. In the quest for great photos I found the above image by Natalie Moser and it made me grin. So forgive me, but I am posting about all sorts of fun yellow finds that make me smile and think there's only a few more months til Summer.

Photo source: Natalie Moser, next two images theknot.com, Florals by Hucklebarry Karen Designs from BellissimaVita.com, kate spade.com, oncewed.com, jcrew.com, last three images from Martha Stewart Weddings.