I walked by the magazine aisle this week and I noticed that there was yet another edition of Martha Stewart Weddings and it reminded me all over again of the love/hate sentiment I have with Martha Stewart. You might wonder why the strong feeling considering I have been buying her…
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In this day and age, wearing and carrying flowers is not common and is reserved for special occasions like high school formals and weddings. As such, when it comes time to decide what is most appropriate or best, it is not always straightforward. Because of this I find that one…
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This year seems to be the year of the large wedding parties! It is not uncommon to see 6 or 7 attendants and naturally with more bridesmaids comes more bridesmaids' bouquets. It is one of possibly a few gifts that will be presented to the friends who will witness and…
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A new year always brings with it thoughts of starting again or beginning fresh. When it comes to wedding flowers, the discussion almost always begins with the bridal bouquet. While this is not always the case, it can be the design to inspire all the other choices of colours and flowers since it is…
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Being a wedding florist and decorator for as long as I have, I have always found it interesting to observe the trends that come and go with weddings. The end of a year always seems to be full of predictions of what the styles and trends of the following year will be. While I have…
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In my last post, I wrote that one way to celebrate a wedding during the fall or winter season was with rich warm colours. Another classic way to celebrate a winter wedding with flowers is to consider all the elements visible in nature now and take the whiteness of snow and…
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Well, I guess there's no denying it -- winter is imminent. I knew this to be especially true when a friend of mine from California told me that I should watch a sunset. I wrote back saying that at this time of year in Toronto, sunsets and for that matter…
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This week it will have been a year since someone very special to me passed away. While the grey skies and flurries seem fitting for the feeling of the moment, it got me thinking about all the things that people do when planning their weddings to honour and remember someone…
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I've been blogging for all of a month now and I'm already starting to become controversial! Among the long list of questions that I go through when I meet with a client, one of them is what is your favourite and least favourite flower? The response to the latter is…
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