Raspberry & Scented Geranium Sour via travels.toa.st

Planning & Inspiration

Five Floral Cocktails For Your Summer #Friyay

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In celebration of all things #Friyay, we rounded up five of our favorite floral cocktails – perfect for your reception, bachelorette party, or just a lazy summer afternoon…

Rose Water Cointreau Fizz

This delightful, delicate drink is the perfect way to wind down on a hot Friday evening. Bonus points for lavender sprigs clipped on with a miniature clothespin!

Rose Water Cointreau Fizz via apairandasparediy.com

Rose Water Cointreau Fizz via apairandasparediy.com

 

Ingredients:

  • 30 ml of Cointreau
  • A teaspoon of rose water
  • Soda water
  • Two teaspoons of raspberry juice
  • Lime Juice
  • Flowers and pegs for garnish

Click here for the full recipe via apairandasparediy.com

 

Raspberry & Scented Geranium Sour

Feeling ambitious? Ready to wow your guests with your mixology skills?  This elegant summer sipper is the one for you.
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Emma / Floral Moments on Film / via forbes.com

Planning & Inspiration

Floral Moments on Film

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Sometimes it’s best to set aside the bridal blogs and search for inspiration in anther medium.  Today, we take a look at six films that are sure to jump-start your floral imagination…

Emma

Gwyneth Paltrow stars as coy and quick-witted matchmaker Emma Woodhouse in this 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel.  From start to finish, the film shows off the glorious gardens of the British countryside, leading up to a fantastic floral finale for the wedding of Emma and John.

Emma / Floral Moments on Film / via forbes.com

Emma / Floral Moments on Film / via forbes.com

 

Emma / Floral Moments on Film / via lightbulbevents

Emma / Floral Moments on Film / via lightbulbevents

 

The Great Gatsby

When we asked our Creative Director, Lindsay Saltz, what inspiration she draws from cinema, Great Gatsby came to mind immediately.  “After that movie was made, brides were crazy for the ‘Gatsby-themed’ wedding and we drew a lot of inspiration pics from this scene.  It’s just an abundance of beautiful flowers and the way they did it was pure perfection. I personally don’t love orchids but that scene made me want to!”
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Gwen Stefani / Pink Wedding Dress / via lightinthebox.com

Planning & Inspiration

On Wednesdays, We Like Pink

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According to color psychologists, seeing the color pink triggers feelings of being nurtured and understood. Pink calms the fiery passion of red, creating a more gentle and loving energy.  “Pink really lends itself to weddings and we see a lot of it, especially with pale pink being on trend,” says Creative Director Lindsay Saltz, “What’s so great about it is it’s fun and romantic while still being sophisticated – if done right…We get a lot of grooms who get nervous when their fiancée will take out the pink inspiration board or have an all-pink Pinterest board.”

 

Pink can be tricky – if you push too much pink against a poorly matched venue or combine too many tones and textures, things can quickly go from charming to childish. “Our goal is to make sure the wedding doesn’t look like Barbie’s birthday party so we’re super careful in what we use it in, how much of it we use and the shades we select when we design the wedding.”
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Couple Kissing / Melanie Gotlin / Tribeca Rooftop / Brett Matthews Photography

Weddings

Melanie and Graig – Sophisticated Simplicity at Tribeca Rooftop

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Melanie and Graig first met in October 2005, as they were leaving the bar PS450 in Kips Bay. Melanie gave Graig her business card before scurrying into a cab home with her friends.  They exchanged only occasional emails over the next ten years, even after discovering a mutual friend (a friend of Melanie’s and also Graig’s sister) suggested to them separately that they go out on a date – they never listened.  Finally, Graig’s sister approached Melanie at the friend’s wedding, exclaiming, Can you just go out with my brother already? to which Melanie replied with, Go tell him I say hi!  So at last, a decade after making one another’s acquaintance, Greg got Melanie’s number and asked her out on a date!  After that it was as if they had known each other forever…or 10 years!
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Drone via Dronelife.com

Planning & Inspiration

Wedding Tech Trends That Will Have You Re-Thinking Robotics

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The thought of introducing too many screens to your wedding day might make your head spin, but as the times change so do the ways we plan, celebrate, and preserve the most memorable days of our lives.

Here are five tech trends that will have you re-thinking #WeddingTech – from the surreal to the downright practical.

1) Hire a drone photographer.

The idea of a drone at your wedding may strike you as a little freaky at first, but once you see aerial footage of a wedding party panning out into a spectacular landscape, we have a feeling you’ll be hooked.

Video via Above Summit + Lovely Valentine Photo + Film
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Planning & Inspiration

Meet Bridal Bouquet Illustrator Ashley Cecil

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Ever wish you could keep your bridal bouquet  as beautiful as the day you walked down the aisle? Working directly from a photograph, Pittsburgh-based artist Ashley Cecil will illustrate a gorgeous replica of your bouquet.  We caught up with Ashley about how she got into bouquet illustration, creating a family keepsake, and her love of poppies and peonies.  


How did you get the idea to begin illustrating bridal bouquets?

During the summer of 2015, I did a “DIY artist residency” that involved painting bird, bug and botany specimens at several museums here in Pittsburgh and three local high-end florists. Friendships were forged with the florists who hosted me to paint their arrangements, including Stephanie at The Blue Daisy Floral Designs.  We kept in touch, and at some point it dawned on me that florists such as Stephanie have a highly engaged audience of individuals who are in love with their wedding bouquets and want to savor them for a lifetime. I floated the idea of the bouquet paintings to Stephanie and two other florists and got an overwhelmingly warm response. That was the beginning of it.
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