Collaborated Photo Shoot

Here I am, writing to y'all, in my new home in Georgia. Sorry it's taken me so long to update the blog, but really I've been late on my updates before. So, what's new? Well, updates are about new things that I've done, so they are new. Any ways...

Towards the beginning of this Summer I decided to create a public Instagram account for my Pansy Perfect business. I felt like my little business had hit a wall and I wanted to see if it would help promote my business. It worked! I have met and worked with some awesomely talented people. I'm so glad I made that decision. Because of all this, I was able to participate in my first collaborated/styled photo shoot. Which I loved! It was so fun and I loved working with all these amazing ladies!

Rachel Humpherys (@rachelhumpherysphoto) was the one who contacted me, she also hosted the styled shoot. She sent me pictures of what she was thinking and told me to get creative with it! Love being told that. :)

Carli Pardoe (@sprinkle.a.smile) made the delicious looking cake and was the model along with her husband. She to showed me a picture of the flower arrangement she wanted on the cake. 

Bree Campbell (@breecam_mua) was the amazing makeup artist.

Katrina Schembari (@hairbykatrinak) did Carli's hair. 

All of these ladies are so talented and easy to work with. Go take a look at their work on Instagram!

Rachel said she wanted the the styled shoot to have a woodland feel. I thought about what flowers to use and what style to do for days. She wanted a bouquet, a floral crown, cake floral arrangement, and extra flowers. I finally decided to do a large wild flower bouquet and the majority of the flowers I used came from my Moni's garden. I loved it! I fell in love with her bush called Bridal Wreath. It is amazing!!!

I could go on and on about this styled shoot, but these pictures really do speak for themselves. Enjoy!

I love how these bouquet and floral crown turned out!

Some of the flowers used in the bouquet were red and white roses, purple iris, bridal wreath, ferns, mock orange, hosta, and other amazing plants.

When Rachel asked for extra flowers I picked this Bridal Wreath plant. It is so unique and beautiful! It add such dimension to the photo. 

This was an incredible experience; to just use my talent and creativity for fun. Ah! I enjoyed working with these ladies and wish them luck in the future. I sincerely hope I get to participate in a collaborated photo shoot again soon.

MacKenzie & Colton (Bridals)

I love doing floral design work for friends! Well, anyone really. I really appreciate help I get from my family, and I like working with them too.

Heather, my sister, helped me with these crowns for MacKenzie.

MacKenzie couldn't decide which leaf she wanted for her floral crown, so we made two and she could decide which one she like the best. 

These are silk leaf crowns. It was done this way so MacKenzie could use them, or one of them, for her bridals and wedding.

After Heather and I worked on the crowns we did a mini photo shoot with them! Heather took all the photos for our mini shoot. We had a lot of fun. :)

We called this one the hymn book green crown. We fell in love with the deep rich color of this one.

This one we called the small light green crown. It's not that the crown itself was smaller, just the leaves were.

When MacKenzie came to get her crowns she liked both of them! But planned on using the hymn book green one for her bridals and wedding.

When time came for her bridals, they arrived to their destination and everything; MacKenzie noticed the hymn book green one was gone. Someone stole it! Rude. Thankfully she brought both of the crowns, so she wasn't empty handed for her bridals.

I wish she could have used the crown she wanted to use in the first place, but I do think her bridals are beautiful with the small light green crown.

Aren't these beautiful and unique?! These fabulous photos were taken by Jessica Richardson.

You look awesome MacKenzie!!! So happy Heather and I could help. :)

Makayla & Alex (Wedding)

I'm in a transition phase. My lil' family have been gypsies for the past several months. Waiting for the end of July so we can drive 3 days, across the country, to our new home in Georgia! I'm a bit behind on updating my blog. Sorry!

I am super duper excited to be posting about Makayla and Alex. I loved doing this wedding!

When delivering flowers, I have received a lot of complements about the work I've done (thank you for them!), but I try to point out that it was the bride who had the final say on all the flower arrangements. So, the bride is the one who should be receiving all the complements. And Makayla really should be, because these arrangements turned out awesome! 

Here is Makayla's bouquet!

(These first four pictures were taken by me on my phone. I was so excited when I finished I had to try to capture an awesome picture.)

Flowers used in her cascading bouquet were pink roses, burgundy and white carnations, white stock, baby's breath, white wax flower, seeded eucalyptus, and aspen leaves.

Makayla also wanted a floral crown! Which are becoming my favorite floral arrangement. 

The flowers used in her crown are burgundy pixie carnations, baby's breath, and myrtle.

Here is Alex's boutonniere. The flowers used here are burgundy pixie carnations, baby's breath, white wax flower. Wrapped in a jute. 

Here are some beautiful photos of this great looking couple taken by Clayton Gornichec, who is their wedding photographer.

Here are some close ups of Makayla! Beautiful!

To set up at the reception I needed some extra hands so I asked my sister-in-law, Hannah Christensen, to come help me. She also took some pictures for me. Thank you!

Here are some pictures of the wedding party's arrangements. 

This is a mother's wrist corsage. Flowers used were pink spray roses and baby's breath.

Father's boutonniere. Flowers used were white carnation, burgundy pixie carnation, baby's breath, and aspen leaves. (Picture taken by Hannah Christensen)

Grandmother's corsage. Flowers used were pink carnations, white wax flower, baby's breath, and aspen leaves.

Here is the groomsmen boutonniere. Flowers used were pink spray roses and baby's breath.

These are the bridesmaids floral crowns made with baby's breath!

Makayla also wanted baby's breath floral crowns for her three nieces! Love these!

Jute was picked to wrap the boutonnieres and the baby's breath crowns to add to the classic rustic wedding Makayla wanted. The reception was beautiful!

Here are a few pictures of the centerpieces. Each table was arranged differently but all had similar elements and the same flowers. The flowers for the centerpieces were white stock, baby's breath, pink rose, and burgundy carnation.

(Picture taken by Hannah Christensen)

(Picture taken by Hannah Christensen)

I did provide the baby's breath for the cake, but the cake was made and arranged by the amazing Ann Richey Nielsen!

I love how these delicious looking naked cakes enhance the rustic feel to weddings, especially this one. Good job Ann!

(Picture taken by Hannah Christensen)

Makayla wanted extra baby's breath around the reception hall with the other reception decor. I love how the baby's breath, the wood logs and slabs, and the colors all came together to create this classic rustic feel. Loved this reception!

Congratulations Makayla and Alex! I'm beyond thrilled you asked me to help you with your beautiful wedding day! Can you just see the happy love between these two?

"Hannah was so amazing with my flowers! She did every single thing I asked for and it all turned out even better than I imagined! Weddings are so stressful as it is and she was so easy to work with. From delivering the flowers on time and coming and helping set them up. I HIGHLY recommend Pansy Perfect! Not only is she extremely talented, she is very well priced. She works with your budget to give you what you want! Thanks so much Hannah!" -Makayla

Thank you!!!