For those looking for innovative and romantic floral inspiration from a real wedding at Amaterra Winery in the heart of Portland, Oregon, I’m sharing some of my favorite images from this day, along with some imaginative floral designs to make impactful moments for your wedding day. One of my favorite wedding venues in Portland, Amaterra Winery is the perfect location for those seeking out a modern wedding venue with easy access to Portland’s hotels and amenities. With sweeping views of rolling vineyards below, Amaterra Winery is a luxury winery with indoor and outdoor access, impeccable food ..read more

As a wedding florist, bouquets are some of my favorite items to design. There’s something that’s always been (usually) really intuitive for me when I’m creating bouquets. And while florists are well versed in all the various ways to hold bouquets and have their favorite shots when they get wedding galleries back from photographers and couples, the different ways you can hold bouquets are not always intuitive. Therefore, I’m sharing 5 photography shots for your wedding bouquet with images to showcase how you can hold or photograph wedding bouquets. 5 Different Ways to Hold Your Wedding Bouquets ..read more

Summer weddings in Oregon are the perfect time of year if you’re hoping to hold your wedding or event all outdoors. While the PNW certainly has a reputation for being rainy and overcast, summertime in Oregon is actually very dry and extremely sunny. So if you’re looking to have both your ceremony and reception outdoors, the summer months are the way to go. Not only is the weather wonderful (though it can get hot!), but locally grown blooms are in full swing and as an eco-conscious florist, I always enjoy working with seasonal, summer flowers. This outdoor summer wedding in Oregon at Saffron Fi ..read more

My first wedding of 2022 (2.22.22 to be exact!) took me to one of my favorite intimate wedding venues near Portland, Oregon. While I’m a huge fan of outdoor spaces and love designing wedding flowers for events outside, I also love bringing the outdoors inside, and create for urban spaces. Saint Irene’s is a modern, industrial space located just outside of Portland, Oregon in the small city of Tualatin (about 20 minutes south of Portland). Full of natural light, it’s the perfect venue for a smaller gathering and can accommodate up to 80 people. Below you can find an array of inspiration, from a ..read more

Spring Wedding Flower Inspiration There’s nothing quite like the beginning of spring, both on a personal level (YAY, finally some sunshine after those long gray Portland winter months) and on a professional level. As a florist who works heavily with locally grown, seasonal flowers for weddings (you can read why here), the winter months are more quiet in terms of designing as the growing season takes a rest. So, when spring comes around, as a florist, I get so excited to design with locally grown product again. Below you can find 7 bouquets that were designed in spring, so if you’re getting mar ..read more

Terracotta and rust has been a well-loved color palette in the wedding flower world for several years now, and I don’t see it going out of style any time soon. I love when a couple comes to me with a color palette that makes sense with the season they’re getting married in. So, when Kendra came to me with her idea of a warm palette of rusty oranges and maroon, I got excited to begin planning her wedding flowers for this fall wedding up in Washington State. Kendra and Alex got married at Twin Willow Gardens, a unique and beautiful wedding venue that combines majestic woodlands with an outdoor ..read more

2022 seemed like the year for colorful wedding florals, no matter if it was spring, summer or fall. Autumn is often a time of year where we think of earth tones, rust colors, or a typical red, yellow and orange palette. Maggie and Kevin opted for a more vibrant take on a fall color palette for their wedding at the Black Walnut Inn in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Colorful florals of peach, blush, orange, yellow, red and pops of blue gave this Black Walnut Inn wedding a fun and unique feel, all captured beautifully by local Portland photographer, Natalie, of Here Today Photography. Continue ..read more

Working Seasonally As a wedding florist who works in different seasons and with a wide range of color palettes, my main focus when it comes to specific flower selection is about seasonality. Many of my clients aren’t well versed in specific flower varieties (that’s my job!), but every so often I have clients who love specific flower varieties. Think, peonies, dahlias, daisies and ranunculus to name a few. I always welcome the sharing of opinions on specific blooms, but I like to tell my clients about my focus on seasonal blooms instead of focusing on ‘the favorites’. I do this for a few reason ..read more

As a wedding florist who serves Portland and the greater PNW, I’m lucky enough to access so many incredible locally grown wedding flowers from spring through autumn and it’s hard to say what season is my favorite in terms of wedding flowers. After long, grey winters where locally grown flowers take a pause, I always welcome spring wedding flowers with excitement. This collaboration with several Portland wedding vendors takes place at a great downtown Portland wedding venue, the Sentinel Hotel, and features loads of pastel spring flowers that were grown right here in Oregon and Washington. From ..read more

All-white weddings continue to be on trend in terms of wedding floral design. One of my favorite takes on a white wedding is when wedding florals truly are all white. In other words, no greenery, which really enhances the white color palette for a true modern wedding design. This modern wedding took place in late summer at the beautiful wedding venue, Cape Horn Estate. Cape Horn Estate is located in Stevenson, Washington, right near the Columbia River Gorge, less than an hour from Portland, Oregon. Take a look at this modern wedding full of chic and timeless style with an all white floral colo ..read more