ENJOY!

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Now go have a truly love filled day!

-Amanda

Flower girls are so precious, and they deserve precious accessories! These tiny accessories provide a big range of creativity and specialization for us- think wearing, carrying, and overall dazzling your guests. Whether the little ladies have wands, floral halos, or baskets (just to name a few), we can customize them to any style or color (and sparkly BLING! too!).

You can check out the “Details” section (or “Deets” if you are cool) for more examples of wands, halos, pomanders, and other super special items for little people.

In this post, Amanda is creating a flower girl basket accented with dusty miller and silver and pink ribbons. Dusty miller , or “dusty” as we call it in the biz (we’re on a first name basis; you should probably be jealous), is a velvety soft leaf that helps tie in silver and gray colors. The ceremony and reception were at the Fort Worth Zoo (pics and post soon!) with the bride’s colors focusing on soft pinks, whites, and soft grays.

Enjoy the inspiration!

step one: Starting with a basic SMALL white handled basket, Amanda gathered enough dusty leaves to cover the bottom portion. She laid out a pattern to determine how many leaves she would need and the best way to arrange them. Once they are attached, it is very difficult to move them, so having a game plan ahead of time saves frustration in the long run.

step two: Amanda applies floral glue to the back side of each leaf and attaches it to the outside of the basket (in the pattern she determined earlier). This glue is magic stuff! It is very strong, holds together a variety of items, and is delicate enough not to burn or warp the flowers. It goes a long way and dries fairly quickly too. Magic, I tell you! (I am completely ignoring the fact that any mess MAY have been made…)

step three: The handle needed a little more pizazz, so Amanda selected a thin silver satin ribbon to wrap the handle of this basket. The silver complements the wedding color palette and looks great with the streamers and ribbons (last step). She chose a side and hot glued the beginning end of the ribbon the inside of the basket. This will be hidden once it is full of petals. She then carefully wrapped all the way to the other end of the handle, cut the ribbon, and hot glued it to the inside of the basket as well.

step four: A wider piece of of the silver satin ribbon was attached to the top edge of the basket to soften the edges and provide a pretty trim piece. To hide the end of the ribbon, Amanda folded over the edge to create a seam and glued it directly under the handle. Here, it will be disguised by a bow and ribbon streamers.

step five: Amanda cut lengths of ivory, pink, and silver ribbons in varying widths. She tied these to each side of the handle to create streamers. Finally, a wider silver bow was tied to each side for a finishing touch.

Voila! An adorable piece for a sweet little girl!

Photo Courtesy of Andrea Polito Photography

And because I can’t resist… Here is one of the cheek-pinchworthy ringbearer and his floral pillow…

Photo Courtesy of Andrea Polito Photography

We are exceedingly humbled to be placed in the same category as Garden Gate, Bellaflora, and The Wildflower. And so grateful for the win. There is extraordinary talent amongst all of these designing teams, who create gorgeous work. Congrats to them on their nomination.

AACWP picked some great companies to nominate, and in turn, honor with a win. Congratulations and continued success to all the winners! Check them out below:

Bakery: Fancy Cakes by Lauren

Invitations: Chips and Salsa Designs

Transportation Company: Premier Transportation

Videographer: Hakim Sons Films

Minister: Marty Younkin, Loves Notes Weddings

Lighting: Absolute Entertainment

Hair/Make-Up: Elan Make-Up Studio

Bridal Salon: StarDust Celebrations

DJ: Brian Prescott, Simply Music

Band: Cuvee

Ceremony Venue: Perkins Chapel

Reception Venue: The Adolphus

Linens: BBJ

Rentals: Ducky Bob’s Event Specialist

Caterer: Food Glorious Food

Photographer: f8studio

Each vendor was also featured in D Magazine Bridal Buzz. (Oh, who did those flowers on the cover pic? *cough* Branching Out *cough*).

Thanks EVERYONE for your support, encouragement, and love. We truly couldn’t do this without the awesome vendors around us and our AMAZING clients!

We had the absolute pleasure of designing the flowers for Catherine and Ben’s big day! Working with the endlessly talented Paige Chenault of Paige Chenault Events, Catherine and Ben were married in a ceremony at Highland Park Presbyterian, then celebrated in an elegant, fun, and fresh brunch reception at The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.  How adorable!

Enjoy these gorgeous photos from Erin Woolsey  of EE Photography!

Now, if that doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will!