When I first spoke with the bride, she wanted to create a fall-colored wedding when they were home for the holidays on Mercer Island.  Though turquoise, orange and brown are not the typical winter holiday colors, they were sure beautiful on a cloudy December day in Seattle.



The day may have been rainy but the view was gorgeous from the Mercer Island Beach Club.



The bride bouquet, featuring tulips, mokara orchids, stephanotis and carnations.  



The mokara orchids always remind me of butterflies, maybe because the petals look like wings. The stephanotis blooms added a nice fragrance to the bouquet.



The bridesmaid bouquets featured tulips, alstromeria, roses and carnations.  The tulips were especially beautiful, showing a range of orange colors.



Aren't they beautiful, all lined up together?  Such a great color combination.



This is not a great photo, but gives you a general idea of the ceremony arch.



Eucalyptus garlands wrapped around the arch. A few flowers were added, but kept mostly natural looking.



Cocktail tables held small groupings of clementine oranges, greens and stephanotis blooms.   A great pop of color against the turquoise tables. They were my favorite part of this wedding. 



The dinning tables were adorned with flowers of orange and cream in turquoise square vases. Oranges and blooms clustered around the base.  Again, the colors were vibrant against the table cloth color.

Congratulations to the bride and groom! Thank you for letting me help make your day so special.

In a previous entry, I shared images of the tree we decorated for the Festival of Trees for Skagit Valley Hospital.  For the same event, we also decorated a small table-top tree in the same star theme. While looking through some images recently, I found this one of the small tree and my cat Sedona.



I was testing out the lights and finished look of the tree using the only available outlet, so the tree was on the floor.  Sedona, my ever curious cat, came over and started admiring it.  Thought this picture was so adorable that I wanted to share it. Also really loved the container we placed the tree in, a metallic pot with tons of texture.



One more image of the small tree, with the tree topper.  I made a large wire and beaded star, which is a bit hard to see in this picture.  Then we curled the wire and attached our small metallic origami stars to the ends.  Attached to the tree just below the star, they look like little shooting stars.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.  May you have time to sit and enjoy the season, just like Sedona did with this tree.

Christmas is almost upon us and I am still working on presents for my loved ones.  I am sure there are many people out there that are in the same situation, looking for inspiration.  Thought I would share one idea I did recently, small thank you gifts for friends.



Small vases were filled with roses and lunaria (money plant).  An ornament was then attached to the vase, which could be removed and hung on their tree.  The ornaments are wire stars that I wrapped with metallic eyelash yarn.  Love the look, makes the stars appear to be sparkling.

You can replicate this look with a larger vase or a mug, filled with flowers or seasonal greens.  The ornaments add a nice touch, a keepsake after the flowers have faded.