Bridal Shower and Flower Power
This past Saturday, I drove to Salem (about an hour north of Eugene) to attend my college roommate Laura's bridal shower. I lived in a house with five other girls the last two years of college. We enjoyed champagne w/ lemon rind, yummy appetizers and cake, present opening and the clothespin game.
Pottery Barn did a beautiful job of wrapping the cheese board and coffee condiment set I bought Laura.
Audrey (who got married last summer in Monterey) and Laura - both college roomies
The bridal shower was at her sister Gianna's house and it was decorated beautifully. Laura is a bit in love with all things Paris.
I fell just a tad bit in love with the flower arrangements that Audrey put together.
I mean, just look at those roses! And go figure, they were from Costco of all places!
And this is an arrangement I snagged a few weeks ago after we finished with a work event. They decorated our coffee table for a week or so.
Flowers just make everything better.
Does anyone know the name of the small flowers that accompany the roses here?
Since I can remember, I've been a flower person. I was the girl who always dreamed about getting surprise flowers from a crush at school OR her boyfriend at work (it's happened once- thanks, manfriend). And I've always said that someday when I do get married, flowers and photography are two things I'm NOT skimping on.
Are you a flower person? If you do/did get married, what are two things you wouldn't/didn't skimp on?
Wedding fun from last summer:
Big Trees (The Redwoods)
Long Run Monterey Style
The Monterey Wedding
Pottery Barn did a beautiful job of wrapping the cheese board and coffee condiment set I bought Laura.
Flowers just make everything better.
Since I can remember, I've been a flower person. I was the girl who always dreamed about getting surprise flowers from a crush at school OR her boyfriend at work (it's happened once- thanks, manfriend). And I've always said that someday when I do get married, flowers and photography are two things I'm NOT skimping on.
Are you a flower person? If you do/did get married, what are two things you wouldn't/didn't skimp on?
Wedding fun from last summer:
Big Trees (The Redwoods)
Long Run Monterey Style
The Monterey Wedding
Comments
That being said I am a huge, huge fan of flowers and I do like to have fresh flowers in my house. I don't buy them often - once every couple of months - but when I do it always brightens the place up so nicely!
I'm not much of a flower person - I marvel at them in landscapes, but can see myself skimping for a wedding (other than the bouquets). I would NOT skimp on photography (can't get those images back!) or the location (not that it has to be expensive, but it has to be "us")
For my wedding, I was lucky enough to have my aunt (who's a florist) do all my bouquets for me pro-bono! I did my own floral centerpieces though with flowers ordered from Costco. They were inexpensive but still looked amazing!
What a beautiful shower. That would be a perfect shower for me since i am obviously also obsessed with Paris!
Yes, I am a flower person, but I wouldn't spend a TON of money on them. My best friend is great at arranging flowers - for her wedding, she ordered them online and arranged them herself and her bouquets were absolutely gorgeous!
When/if I get married, I would not skimp on the music. I want to hire a string quartet to play before/during/after the ceremony. Other than that, I am not sure! I don't thikn I will do the traditional 'sit down meal' type of thing...
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