Gainesville Wedding Expo

For this Sunday's Gainesville Wedding Expo presented by Jay's Bridal, we are once again using a pink & green theme. We will be showing off our arbor accented with a mix of flowers.

Theresa started working on some of the bouquets today.

Gainesville Wedding Expo

The REAL Gainesville Wedding Expo
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Don’t miss a Gainesville TRADITION.

Plan your wedding in a day! Twice a year, the best local wedding related vendors gather in ONE PLACE to help you create the wedding of your dreams! Visit them all, and then take a break to see the NEWEST 2010 Wedding Fashions in a fun-filled RUNWAY fashion show by Jay’s Bridal.
Theater doors open at 1:30 pm. Fashion show at 2:00 pm. Prize drawings at 4:00 PM.
Sample catered delights, visualize yourself in a limousine, talk with professional wedding photographers and videographers, taste yummy wedding cakes, check us out, DJ’s, party and tent rentals, reception sites, wedding consultants and more!

Dozen Roses for $12.99

We offer a great walk in special for our cash & carry customers. A dozen roses wrapped with some greenery. The colors are always changing. Thought you might like to see some of the roses we had recently at The Plant Shoppe Florist.

Dawn McKinstry Photography

Little did I know that when I did the flowers for Dawn & Bill's wedding in November 2007, that we would meet again as vendors. Dawn is now a photographer, and photographed my friend Emily & Paul's wedding in Sarasota. I know I have posted their wedding before, but thought it would be nice to show the "official" photographs by Dawn.

A Cedar Key Wedding

Dawn & Bill's ceremony was held in Cedar Key, Florida in November 2007. They chose the combination of white, blue & brown for their bridal colors. Hydrangea, delphinium & hypericum were the flowers of choice for the day. We used seeded eucalyptus for the greenery.
Photographer: Mary Beth Tyson Photography
Florist: The Plant Shoppe Florist
Cake: Publix

University of Florida Gators, Publix Style

Had to stop in at Publix on Main Street in Gainesville to pick up a few items, and found this fabulous Gator Artwork. What a fun idea!!! I of course wanted to tell them, that I wanted the case of Dr. Pepper in the middle.

Abbey at The Bridal Expo

Once again Abbey was asked to model. How cute is she? Graceful Strands did her hair. Playing, I mean helping me take the booth apart at the end of the day.

Other Expo Booths

Just a few of the other vendors at the show. Thought you might like to see what they were up to.

Gerbera Daisy Handout

In addition to providing flowers for weddings we also do invitations. When we saw this Pink Gerbera Daisy invitation, I thought it would be a great handout at this fall's wedding shows. Plus it is a color I love, so I themed the booth around it and green.

It is available from Carlson Craft. And can be used as an invitation or a save-the-date.

Here is the entire Dizzy Daisy Collection:

Here are the other versions available. Each can be personalized with you information, font type & color.

The Red Rose Collection:

The Vibrant Hydrangea Collection:

The Autumn Daisy Collection:

Bridal Expo

Here are some shots of our booth this weekend at the Bridal Expo. Many thanks to Celebrations Catering for the lovely pink linens used on our tables. Everyone loved our cheery showing of pinks & greens.

A close up of the flowers at the top of our double vases. We used roses, orchids, trachelium, equisitium, buplerium, mini green hydrangea & aspidistra leaves.

Leah from Celebrations Catering caught me making a few adjustments to the flowers.

Theresa made this bouquet which was later used during the fashion show. A nice combination of roses, buplerium & salal leaves.

Here is a close up of mini green hydrangea, with pink roses, a crowd favorite. Laying on the table close by is the gerbera daisy handout we made.

Thank you all for such a great show.

Before the Bridal Expo.

We are busy getting ready for the Bridal Expo on Sunday. Here is what the flowers look like when we receive them. I have all kinds of pink & green floral goodies to use for our booth. I can't wait to start putting everything together. I know they don't look like much now, but just wait and see what we create.

Later today I am going over to Celebrations Catering to pick out some linens. Celebrations is graciously allowing me to use some for the show. I am so excited to see what they have to offer.

We will be there. Will you?

We have changed locations, and will be in the Main Hallway. Come check out our new photo albums of flowers we have done.

SUSIE & DAVE back in the states.

Here are some of the highlights of the visit with my sister & her family. Flori & Ollie hanging out on Roscoe.

Susie & Flori lounging.

The "new" family Volvo wagon, with Flori hanging out the window & the dogs in the back. Their new home in Monterey, CA.

A Weekend Away.

Susie (my sister), her husband (Dave), their twins (Flori & Ollie), and their two dogs were moving back to the states. Dave is in the U.S. Air Force, and they have been stationed in Okinawa, Japan for the last 3 years. So mom invited me to join her in San Francisco for the weekend to help with their transition back.

Here are some of the highlights of the trip (before Susie & family arrived)...

After we stood in line for 1.5 hours for our rental car, I drove around in circles trying to find the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company. It was in a very small alley in the middle of Chinatown. We could take a picture inside the factory, for $.50. It wasn't much of a factory about 15 feet wide, and 100 feet long, but a very cool machine to make the cookies, and yes you could try samples. I also got their contact info, because they will make personalized fortune cookies.

Of course I had to ride the cable car. I choose the Powell-Hyde line, which is the most scenic, and has the steepest descent down to the pier. Mom wasn't sure what was worse, being on the cable car or driving around the city with me.On Friday morning we went to the San Francisco Flower Market. The market is a florist's dream. In the morning only badge holders can go to the market and purchase their floral needs for the day. Later in the day it is open to the public. This pictures do not do it justice. Here are a few of the flower stalls we walked by. Flowers as far as the eye can see.

Mom & I had fun exploring the city. I sort of know my way around town, after driving around in circles.