Inspiration Board: Earthy Romance

Tis' the season for Bridal Consults! We always ask brides to bring pictures of things that inspire them, often it comes in forms of ripped out pages of bridal magazines (which is fine!). Well today I stumbled across an amazing site that allows you to create your own design boards and it's so easy!!  It even allows you to simply email the board to your florist & wedding planner ~ giving everyone the same reference material, without the need for shady photocopies!
www.dessy.com/pantone/gallery/
Below is my board I made. "Daisy, Pewter, & Antique Gold"   I simply love the soft grey & rich yellow, with touches of brown makes me think ~ Earthy Romance~. I tried to pick a favorite photo or two, but the truth is that I find each one of these photos inspiring! (though be sure to check out the twig cake, and 'mr &mrs' pear cake toppers!!)

Photo Sources:
Ruffled
Ink & Peat
GFC
Cross Pollination
etsy shops: ~ Portobello
                  ~ faux kiss

They're not so bad!

This past week has been pretty full of bridal consults. And most weddings seem to involve either red or purple! A couple of brides I had in this week were looking for a deep purple in their bouquets. I decided to show them the purple artichoke I got in ...

The bottle is there just to show the scale. Needless to say they weren't really sure what to say. Recognizing it may be hard to picture yourself walking down the aisle holding a large vegetable, I decided to try to bring some perspective and make up a bridal bouquet using the beaut.
I'm pretty happy with the results...

I surrounded the artichoke with green hypericum berries, mini cymbidium orchids, cordyline leaves, and myrtle.