These cute photos by Kelvin Cheong of a sweet little engagement party we did just before Christmas. So cute in fact that the bridal party ‘to be’ played the ukulele and sang a Christmas carol to entertain guests! Thanks for the email Kelvin, most appreciated.

A question ladies and gents….what do you think about bridal appointments after hours. Most weekends we are pretty manic doing flowers, weekdays are very flexible and even after work i’m fine with..5, 6pm. Do you think this is reasonable? What are your thoughts about charging for consultations?

As we move into March i’m starting to get a little anxious about all the work we have this month and next. Exciting, a little nerve racking but i know once it all kicks off this weekend it will be all fun and flowers.

I have been soooooo slack..another thing to add to my to do list.

This was the last wedding we did before the holidays. The first Buddhist wedding we have done! Very exciting. The mother of the bride even got fresh beetle leaves from Sri Lanka for the ceremony. Quite a feat to get those babies through Australian customs.

The Poruwa is the traditional wooden platform that the Sri Lankan Buddhist ceremony takes place on. We decorated this one with masses of white hydrangea. Like a cloud.

The party was at Alto, way up the top of the GPO in Melbourne. It’s a super chic urban venue. We hung these massive halos from the ceiling, i even got my scissor lift licence  so I could hang them from the highest ceilings in the city. I’ll admit i chickened out of hanging them by myself but i did get them down at 1am. Quite comical i’m sure.

I love the green asparagus fern we used so pretty and fluffy…..it is in fact mighty prickly, we all had scratches and pricks all up our arms but it was worth it!

I always get excited at the beginning of  the year, so many possibilities and potential for new starts.

This year i really want to….

start a flower school ( seriously)

learn how to use my new camera ( take note, I actually took some of these photos myself!)

dance more ( like this…nlnl)

not be so serious… ( leaf from this book… the flower drum)

shizz like that.

this was a wee wedding in the park we did during the holidays

Myself and some of my amazing friends/creatives/makers are having a wee Christmas market. It’s like a Christmas party for everyone we know and you are invited! We are busy making Christmas wreaths and potting up succulents in between making BEAUTIFUL flowers for many a wedding…loving it crazy…on the day we will have fresh blooms too, we are so excited.

thank you Jen this really touched me
In the words of Tao:

“To be whole, let yourself break.
To be straight, let yourself bend.
To be full, let yourself be empty.
To be new, let yourself wear out.
To have everything, give everything up.

Knowing others is a kind of knowledge;
knowing yourself is wisdom.
Conquering others requires strength;
conquering yourself is true power.
To realize that you have enough is true wealth.
Pushing ahead may succeed,
but staying put brings endurance.
Die without perishing, and find the eternal.

To know that you do not know is strength.
Not knowing that you do not know is a sickness.
The cure begins with the recognition of the
sickness.

Knowing what is permanent: enlightenment.
Not knowing what is permanent: disaster.
Knowing what is permanent opens the mind.
Open mind, open heart.
Open heart, magnanimity.”