Busy Fall!!!

 Has it seriously been 2 months since my last blog post?!  Yikes!  Well, I haven't been slacking off, I was knee deep in flowers!!  A Fresh Flower had an incredibly busy fall and we are beyond grateful for that!  Between IU events and beautiful fall weddings, we kept ourselves pretty darn busy!!

I won't bore you with the details of my schedule!  I will just show you some pretty pictures from an IU event I did back in September. (WOW!  It's almost November??!!  How did that happen?)  I LOVE the events at IU and especially the events I do with the IU foundation.  What a great group of people to work with!!  They make my already amazing job even better!

Pumpkin Party!

  I was recently asked by the Jacobs School of Music and the Indiana University Foundation to prepare centerpieces featuring pumpkins.  The event took place on Halloween, so it was the perfect opportunity to do something fun and out of the box with white faux pumpkins. 

The original plan was to glue real bittersweet to the pumpkins.  This was a harder task than I thought it would be as bittersweet is pretty hard to come by these days.  So, I made the suggestion to put flowers on top instead.  I LOVE the way they turned out!  The bright fall shades of the flowers really pop on the muted white pumpkins.  The bittersweet would have been really pretty, but I was sort of hoping that we could do the flowers on top instead!

Luncheon at the Foundation

 Here are a few pictures of my recent corporate work.  Centerpieces for a luncheon held at the Indiana University Foundation and a large arrangement that was placed in front of the podium.  I love the vases wrapped in rope!! 

The linens for the event were a dark chocolate brown and a rich avocado green.  Perfect for a crisp fall day! 

Enjoy!!

Fall Textures and Colors

 

I have been really lucky to work with some great ladies on my corporate work.  They give me linen colors and let me have a chance to use basically whatever I want to.  It allows me to experiment with flowers I don't use very often.  It also allows me to use my interior design experience exploring textures and colors.  

Last week was busy in the design studio making fall creations for 2 events at Indiana University.  I used some traditional fall flowers and added in a few unusual pops of texture for fun.  I used trachilieum for the first time.  (Its the purple puff-ball looking flower below.) It is rough and a little prickly to the touch.  It was the perfect pop of eggplant color that the client requested.  I also used lavender mum, green button mum, alstromeria, green hypericum berries and seeded eucalyptus.  

I was so pleased with how the centerpieces turned out, and more importantly, the client loved them!

Fall LOVE!!!!

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE FALL!!!!I love every little thing about it.  Cool temps, falling leaves, boots, sweaters and pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING!  (I may or may not have at least 5 pumpkin flavored food/drink items in my house right now.  And maybe a candle or 2!)  I just love how warm and cozy this time of year is.  I love it SO much, that my hubby and I picked the month of October to get married, 9 years ago!!  WOW!

Fall is such a romantic time of year to get married.  While I LOVE love my spring and summer weddings, I have a special place in my heart for fall weddings. 

I have been working on a few quotes this week that will take place on Halloween, so the colors are rich and deep and the textures just jump out at you.  The best part is, the arrangements involve pumpkins!  I can't wait to show you the final products next week!

Until then, here are a few pictures to drool over that I found on Pinterest.  (Duh, where else would I be spending my free time!!??)

Enjoy!!

Happy Colors

 

Whenever I get the chance, I like to practice my skills and create designs just for me to enjoy.  Especially when can use colors and flowers that mean something to me.  Recently I designed a centerpiece using the colors I used in my own wedding (almost 9 years ag0!!).  Pink, orange and lime green.  My wedding was in the fall and these colors were so perfect for a cool crisp day!  Thinking about that day just does my heart good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Please ignore my messy work table!  I try so hard to be tidy and keep my area clean, but things happen!! Like trying to get 3 kiddos to bed!! HA!)

 





 

I'm BACK!!!!!!

 

Whew!!  What a year this has been!  I’m guessing if you read this blog, you were slightly confused when I stopped posting after only 4 posts!  I have a pretty good reason…he is a sweet little bundle of cute baby!  Yes, I am now a mom of 3 kids under 3!!  Some call me crazy, I like to think I just like a challenge!  HA!   I took some time off and now I am back in the swing of things and enjoying wedding season.

I am currently booking for fall/winter of 2013 and spring summer of 2014. .  I am also booking for corporate events for the fall and winter of 2013.   

 Please contact me at meechols9@yahoo.com for more information.  I look forward to hearing from you and I am so glad to be back to the world of flowers!

Corporate Work...

 

 

I truly enjoy any chance I get to work with flowers, obviously.  What a sad day it would be if I didn’t!  Of course most of my clients are brides, but I often have opportunities to work with corporate clients.  Typically this involves centerpieces for luncheons or meeting’s. Sometimes I do arrangements for lobby’s or the front desk of an office.  Whatever the case, I love it because it is usually a change of pace from my usual weekend wedding work. 

I love the simplicity of the arrangements I did for a recent corporate luncheon.  They asked for bright and cheery and on the small side so that people could transport them home afterwards.  I think I delivered on all fronts.  Daisies, billy balls, hypericum berries and snap dragons are looking fresh and fun for summer.  I love using ruscus( green leaves)  as a filler and the bear grass adds a touch of height. 

Bright and cheery, these centerpieces were a hit with my clients and with me!  Super fun to create and a nice break from my norm!! 

Wedding Professionals Networking Event

 

I was recently asked to provide the florals for the Bloomington Wedding Professionals Networking group.  This is a group of talented and hard- working individuals that provide services for weddings and events in the area. This includes wedding and event planners, banquet hall facilities, photographers, audio visual support, videographers and other florists just to name a few.  It has become a great resource for ideas, knowledge and support.

I was asked by Ashley, an amazing planner with The Bird& The Bee to do center pieces for tables, kind of a mock reception of sorts. They gave me a color scheme and let me run wild with ideas. I used blue mason jars wrapped in burlap to create a more rustic/romantic feel. I used hot pink spray roses for a pop of color and of course, my favorite billy balls to add a dash of yellow. I used curly willow to give the arrangements height without being too bulky. Light yellow dahlia, blue delphinium and dusty miller finished off the look with a touch of Italian ruskus for greenery.

Ashley and her partner Daniela were great to work with. It was such an honor to be asked and I hope we can work together again in the future!

The event was great and I was thrilled with the warm reception I received! I love how the arrangements turned out, perfect for a spring/summer wedding!  So fun and fresh!