The Bride's Cafe

Such a pleasant surprise today when I wandered over to The Bride's Cafe blog. Just curious to see what Janie has posted and behold a nice surprise for me! On the right side of the blog I notice this:



Thank you Janie!!

Flower Inspiration :: Peony Envy

I came across this beautiful website which sells peony plants. The front page shows a great chart of peony colors.

Check out Peony Envy website for more eye candy.

"Know that a beautiful garden takes years to develop, hours of planning, months in the dirt, and maintenance. Remember the old garden truisms - first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap - or first year roots, second year shoots, third year flowers."

Shop News :: Featured on Style Me Pretty

I love it when the subject line says: Featured on Style Me Pretty! Today is one of those fabulous days where we are featured once again!! Check out the divine photoshoot Autumn Burke & I designed at Crooked Willow Farms in Larkspur, Colorado:

Style Me Pretty: Rustic Romance

Autumn and I had so much fun with our Rustic Romance Concept and we pulled together an amazing team of vendors. A HUGE thank you to all of them for participating in our shoot:
Crooked Willow Farms
Autumn Burke Photography
Intricate Icings (Wedding Cake)
JS Design Custom (Menus, Placecards, Invitations)
Alisa Benay (Wedding Dresses)
Girls & Curls (Makeup and Hair Styling)
All Well Rents (Place Settings)
Chair Covers & Linens (Table Linens)
Bella Rents (Chiavari Chairs)

Featured on The Sweetest Occasion

Thrilled to see we are featured along with A Touch of Bliss, Makeup by Janine, Hilary Hackney and Revert Photo on ::
The Sweetest Occasion Blog!!

Favorite Websites :: Flirty Fleurs

Introducing a new blog all about florists & flowers, it's called Flirty Fleurs. My friend Andrea of AK Haydon Floral Design & myself are the editors of this new blog. We'd love it if you read the submissions page & contribute to Flirty Fleurs! Be sure to follow us on Twitter @flirtyfleurs

Shop News :: We have a new Website!!

Just released on April 1, 2010 - a shiny, brand new website!

Check it out and let us know what you think!!::
Bella Fiori - bellafiori-events.com

My extremely talented cousin designed the site, you can find out more about her graphic artist services at:
Kimberly Schwede - kimberlyschwede.com

Apparently, artistic & self-employed women run in the Schwede family. :)

~ New on the site - you can now order individual arrangements for delivery throughout the Denver Metro Area! Plus, all new floral galleries!

COUTUREcolorado

There's a new blog on the scene .. a blog who's purpose is to assist Colorado brides in their wedding planning. I'm thrilled to be one of the floral designers listed on the site and look forward to participating.
Be sure to bookmark the blog and visit it often:

COUTUREcolorado

Bella Fiori Chatter

What's new with Bella Fiori? Check out this following websites & blogs who have shown us some love:

Received the Bride's Choice Award 2010 from Wedding Wire

Wedding Chicks - Kate & Drew

Wedding Chicks - Beth & Nick


The Bridal Collection

bbrooks fine flowers

Bella Fiori chatter

More websites & blogs that mention Bella Fiori - we really appreciate our vendor friends!

With This Ring Blog

La Dolce Vita Weddings

Dunafon Castle

Chic Floral

Revert Photo

Sapphire Celebrations

Jason G Photography

Bella Fiori chatter

Isn't it fun to google your own name and see what you find?
This is what I found today:

The Knot - Devil's Thumb Ranch

The Knot - JW Marriott

The Knot - Ft. Collins

Jared Wilson Photography - Ten Mile Station

Jared Wilson Photography - Bride & Bloom Magazine

Jared Wilson Photography - Kate & Drew's wedding

Cooley Photography - Hudson Gardens

Dave Russell Photography - The Ritz, Denver

a.h.p. Photos - Denver Art Museum

a.h.p. Photos - Hudson Gardens

a.h.p. Photos - Intricate Icings

Style Me Pretty feature - Beano's Cabin, Beaver Creek

Calluna Events - Anna & Sam's wedding, Beano's Cabin, Beaver Creek

Inspired By This blog - Kate & Drew's wedding in Boulder

Sparkliatti Blog - ISES event

Ok, I think that is enough for one post - we'll try this again someday soon and see what we find. :)

Favorite Websites :: Blog away!

I have a new habit, well perhaps it's been a developing habit over the past two years... the habit is being addicted to blogs! I love wedding design blogs. I read them on constantly, if I'm waiting in line I'll pull up a blog on my iPhone. (I don't think I'm the only person with this habit??)
So, thought for all your other addicted blog readers --- I'd post a whole lot of links to fun blogs to follow:

Denver Wedding Professional Blogs:
* Autumn Burke
* Calluna Events
* Cooley Photography
* Intricate Icings
* Jared Wilson Photography
* Jason G Photography
* Jenna Walker Photography
* Sapphire Celebrations
* Save The Date Events
* The Bridal Collection

Floral Design Wedding Blogs:
* Brassavolas Floral Couture
* Flower Design By Jane
* Michelle Rago, LTD
* The Full Bouquet
* The Secret Life of Flowers

National Design Blogs:
* 100 layer cake
* Blue Orchid
* Bridal Bubbly
* Brooklyn Bride
* Inspired By This
* junebug weddings
* Mindy Weiss
* Once Wed
* Perfect Bound
* Polka Dot Bride
* Project Wedding
* Rebecca Thuss
* Snippet & Ink
* Southern Weddings
* Sparkliatti by Sasha Souza
* Style Me Pretty
* The Bride's Cafe
* The Bride's Guide by Darcy Miller
* The Knot: Wedding Style File
* The Unbride
* http://weddingchicks.com/
* Vintage Glam Weddings
* Wedding Wire
* Weddingbee
* Weddings Unveiled
* With this ring...

Now I know I've missed a lot of blogs! Please feel free to post comments with links to websites that you like to follow! Share what inspires you!

Favorite Websites :: IN Weddings

Here is a great Colorado Wedding Directory website. Michele is co-owner of IN Photography and creator of IN Weddings. She maintains a beautiful website and I feel fortunate that one our weddings is featured on her site:
Sam & Anna - Beano’s Cabin, Beaver Creek, Colorado

Favorite Websites :: The Bride's Cafe

Yes, I did post about The Bride's Cafe just a few months ago. I have an update - Bella Fiori is now listed on this wonderful website! Check it out here:

The Bride's Cafe

Janie does an amazing job with this website, I love it and am sure you will too!

Favorite Websites :: The Bride's Cafe

I love this website:

The Bride's Cafe

She is amazing at updating the blog with useful information.

Favorite Websites :: Best Wedding Blogs

Here's one of my favorite websites to track blogs:

Best Wedding Blogs

Favorite Websites :: BizBash

My friend Kaye, of Epicurean Catering, loves the website BizBash. Quite often she'll send me links if she finds a great flower article. BizBash follows the event market in the big cities - New York, LA, Chicago and Miami. It's a fun resource for anyone into event planning. I find it really interesting how each market has such different styles.

Check it out at:
BizBash

Favorite Websites :: The Bridal Collection

I came across a new blog I thought many brides would be interested in, it's by The Bridal Collection in Denver. I'm sure many of you have heard of this dress shop as they are a wonderful boutique. I became familiar with it when out dress shopping with my BFF. Needless to say, she selected her wedding dress from The Bridal Collection.

Here's a link to their blog, it's full of all kinds of ideas for weddings:
The Bridal Collection

My personal favorite part of the blog are all the inspiration boards they post!

Favorite Websites :: Style Me Pretty

We are pleased to share with you that we've been invited to join Style Me Pretty. Style Me Pretty is a resource for brides, very hip and full of creative & fun ideas for weddings.

Flower Inspiration :: Do you love roses?

I love roses! Always have, sure I always will. Perhaps I inherited that love from my grandma, she did have a backyard filled w/ rows and rows of roses.
This morning I stumbled across a website from California - dedicated to roses. I viewed some jaw-dropping garden roses...

Here's the link:
Roses from A to Z

And might I say, that California sunshine is looking mighty nice as I sit here near the window ... as it snows once again in Denver.

Favorite Websites :: uBloom.com

What a fun day, I attended a flower show at Michael's Wholesale where J Schwanke did a presentation on wedding bouquets and centerpieces. He introduced us to a fairly new website:
uBloom
"the source for everything flowers"
There appears to be all types of information available, including videos to learn floral design. I just started to delve into it, looks like quite a few internet hours can be spent on this site!
So if you are a flower enthusiast be sure to check it out.
Other than learning of a new flower site, J did show/tell us all kinds of facts about flower care. He designed more arrangements than I could keep track of.
And a special mention - lunch was provided by one of my favorite caterers in Denver - Footers. Had a nice chat with Jimmy - a fellow flower lover!