My youngest employee

As I have been sorting through pictures there have been so many memories from the summer that when I found this one I had to blog about it right now :)

We had a wedding at the Wildflower Center this summer where we had to hang floral balls in the butterfly garden. Whelp, I hate ladders but yet I always find myself agreeing to do things in high places (there is a really good story about this I will share later).
Now Richard (my husband) will always step up the plate and go to the highest of highs to achieve my ultimate designs. But we always end up fighting about it....
For some time now Richard's Sister and Brother-in-law have been offering to help out with wedding deliveries. So on this particular day I called them into help. Knowing that if Jim went up the ladder Richard and I might have a peaceful wedding delivery :)

Here is Jim's action shot!


So you are probably wondering why this post is entitled "my youngest employee"....
Although Jim would probably love to have the title it actually goes to his daughter Madison.

Madison is the newest addition to the Supervisory Team at Fiori Del Sole.

Here is Maddie with the Scorpion Sculpture at the Wildflower Center. (Badge Photo?!?)

Maddie came along to supervise and help out where needed. She was an incredible help and even carried around that flower all afternoon in case I needed it! She also handed me ribbons and I feel that she gave her seal of approval as she smiled when she saw the different arrangements.

Now I know you can make the argument that she is too young to be employed, we did treat her very well by ensuring she take her mandatory breaks. Here she is checking out the frogs in one of the many ponds on the grounds. (She still has the back up flower!) Oh and with her is her assistant Karen (Richard's Sister), yes Maddie has an assistant...she is a very important person in the ranks of Fiori Del Sole.

Now she is telling us to wrap it up! It is wedding time!!

Thanks Jim, Karen, and Maddie for helping us delivery a beautiful wedding and keeping us entertained in the process.

Here is the finished project of the ceremony site.

More to come...

So I haven't fulfilled my promise of a new blog but I am in the process of sorting through pictures from the summer months and I will do a summer blog extravaganza ~ Promise, Promise!

But until then, here are some of my favorites from the summer:

This was from the KNOT party in Austin just a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun decorating for this "Green" Event. One of my favorite aspects was this moss table complete with succulents and sanded Manzanita Trees which had Yellow Cymbidium Orchids blooming from the branches.

We dropped off this wedding in Round Rock a few weeks ago and found this bench outside the venue and I loved how this picture of bouquets turned out. These bouquets smelled so good, I can still smell them from looking at the picture (and I never notice these things anymore, people always tell me how good the shop or studio smell and I just take their word for it but I could completely smell these!) Bouquet have Tulips, Thistle, Freesia, Stock, Hypericum, Scabosia, Yoko Onos, Scented Geranium Leaves, and other herbs and pods.

Chuppah at the Four Seasons, I love getting the opportunity to work with Mancino's Iron (http://www.mancinoiron.com/ ) and in the last couple of months I have gotten to on several occasions. This turned out so delicate and soft, and we used chair sashes to tie off the material covering the iron so it wouldn't flow away. We used Hydrangea, Tulips, Peonies, Roses, Callas, and Greenery.

What a fun Flower Girl basket! The vibrant colors make me happy. The basket contains Anemones, Stock, Tulips, and fresh moss.

Now the Bride didn't order this exactly but I loved her so much and there was a meeting that I went to the wrong place and it was kinda of a disaster so I made some little "extras" for her the day of the wedding. I loved this arrangement so much that the week after the wedding I made a replica of it for my own home. Now for being a floral designer I hardly ever have flowers in my house (but I have been changing that this past summer)! It was so pretty for so long, I amazed myself. Vase contains Tulips, Gerberas, Roses, Seeded Euc, and these AWESOME hot pink Freesia out of California - (PS. I love California flowers).

Sorry to leave you guys hanging...but till the next time...hope someone makes your day with flowers :)

Terri

I have been a bad, bad blogger....

Okay so I am loooooooong over due for a blog and so much has happened and changed. So I promise a juicy blog over the weekend then I will start working to post all the weddings and events you guys have missed out on :)

Hey if you read this leave a note!! I am always hopefully that someday I will see a comment but other than the lovely, talented, wonderful, amazing Stacy!!! No one has left one - so say hi if you read this....I will try to talk more on here, just don't want to be talking to myself!

Thanks Bunches,
Terri

Winter Ice

This was amazing event at Texas Federation of Women's Club...

We had so much fun and got to work with some great vendors! First of all Lindy http://www.36thstreetevents.com/ did an amazing job of the coordination.

We do a lot of Moss letters, you can't see them in the picture because we did them later, but we accented the letters with crystals.


The cake was simply breathtaking! If you need a great cake for your wedding Contact Stellar! http://www.stellarcakeco.com/



We had snow on the tables - how fun!

Ilios did the lighting http://www.ilioslighting.com/ After working with them once, I just don't think an event is complete with out them!

Of course the wonderful Mancino Iron Works http://www.mancinoiron.com/ did the trees, we added the orchid/crytal drops that made the room stunning.

December in April

I thought I would take a moment and post some weddings from December 2007. As soon as I find the camera downloader...I will post recent weddings :)

Richard did a great job taking these pictures at Vintage Villas - LOVE the blue sky and green grass!

More Anne Marie Photos

Here are a few more pictures courtesy of Anne Marie Photography

www.annemariephotography.com

Thanks Anne Marie Photography!

So weeks ago I got a cd in the mail from Anne Marie Photography http://www.annemariephotography.com/
And I just got a chance tonight to look at it - That is so seriously sad!
But it has made my Monday....sitting here relieving these weddings has been a blast and let me just say their pictures are amazing! You guys are the greatest - thanks for sending me the pictures!

It has gotten me even more excited about the updated Fiori website coming soon...

Happy 2008

Happy '08 Everyone
Over the past weekend I fianlly found my cord and downloaded a ton of pictures from the last few months of 2007 I will be working on blogs of each month very soon.

Until then - hope 2008 brings lot's of beautiful flowers your way!
~ Terri