Just came across the styling work of Livia Cetti (via Oh Happy Day!) and fell in love with this winter wedding bouquet. I like it’s simplicity and the use of ferns. You see ferns everywhere these days, but these are paired with the violet flowers perfectly. Check out Livia’s site for more of her stunning work.
{image shown belongs to Livia Cetti}
Branding and packaging design for Mallard Tearooms by designer Sarah Walsh in the UK. I love the mixing of patterns, and the ones chosen are quite British. Seeing these makes me want to go visit a tearoom this week!
*In trying to find a website for Mallard, I discovered they are closed! So sad, apparently they didn’t last a year. It looked like it would’ve been a lovely place to visit.
{images shown belong to Sarah Walsh}
Browsing through photos on Flickr, I came across this set of photos by Nickolas Muray. Muray is considered to be the master of the three-color carbro process and I love the rich, oversaturated colors of these images. I have a love for music, movies, fashion, and culture from the 1930′s-1950′s and these photos are just the right amount of classy and kitsch. I think I’d love to be that model with the cats all over her… lol.
{images shown via George Eastman House’s Flickr account}
Andie Edwards Flickr photos remind me a bit of my morning walk through the park this past weekend: flowers in bloom, a soft mist coming from the grey overcast skies, and plenty of fresh, clean spring air.
For more of Andie Edwards work, check out her Etsy shop and her website.
{images shown belong to Andie Edwards}
Such a gorgeous collection of photos from stephaniecb (little birds) on Flickr called outside. Makes me yearn to go camping for a week or stay in a little cottage in the woods.
{images shown belongs to stephaniecb (little birds) on Flickr}
My garden is in full spring bloom right now. The magnolia is probably the most gorgeous, bursting with white and pink blooms floating along like little delicate teacups on every thin branch. To stand underneath it reminds me of being underneath layers of fluffy feathers or a tulle and crinoline petticoat. There are other blooms, but most are simple and small: wild violets, veronica, glory of the snow, grape hyacinth, and tete-a-tete. There’s still the May blooms to come (lilac, candytuft, jacob’s ladder, and all the tulips, to name a few) but I’m definitely enjoying this truly glorious April in my garden.
Loving the photos from Joo & Jacob’s wedding over on Once Wed today. The invites and printed materials are gorgeous and I love when people use hen & chicks in their floral displays. Oh, and did I mention they had a stunning dessert table?
{images shown via Once Wed, photography by April Smith Photography}
The garden has been literally springing to life this past weekend. The warm weather is really making things pop, bloom, and grow. Here’s a few things that caught my eye as I poked around the yard:
(bright yellow forsythia in full bloom)
(wild violet beginning to sprout up from the dirt)
(buds beginning to open and bloom on every branch)
(bleeding heart growing taller everyday)
There’s so much green in the garden at the moment, and against the brown dirt and trees it’s very striking. I do really like the starkness of winter, but there’s nothing like seeing that vibrant green in the spring!
What’s going on in your garden?
I am terribly sick of the rain. It’s been raining straight for the last two days, and the flooding has begun again (it occurred just a few weeks ago from more spring rain). Luckily our house is okay but I know of many people who’ve had damage to their basements. There’s usually a small stream that runs in the woods, but when we get too much spring rain the entire woods gets flooded out. Today I woke up and could hear the “river” moving at a fast pace behind our house, and the entire yard is so rain-soaked that it can’t hold anymore. Puddles of all sizes are popping up (including right next to the front garden beds I just cleaned out). Hopefully the rain will subside quickly and the sunny, spring weather returns soon!
