Flower Friday!

I rarely post photos of our works in progress but I really cannot help myself today. I'm in LOVE with these centerpieces.
Jen's father created them for us from his property - used a chainsaw to make these containers from trees that had fallen. We filled them with wet floral foam and went to work... filling them with peonies, poppies, stock, queen anne's lace, hydrangea, phlox, garden roses, spray roses, larkspur, ranunculus, tulips, snapdragons. They smell absolutely divine!
The Before:


The After:

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!!

Job Opening :: Designer Assistant

Bella Fiori currently has a part time job opening. We are looking for a “Designer Assistant”.
Candidate will work closely with the lead designers, helping to prepare containers, props, processing flowers and general shop help.
Could be a fun position for someone that likes to be “crafty”.
Hours/days are Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 9-2.
Some Saturdays & Sundays will be necessary to help us setup events on site.
Compensation dependant on experience and ability.
Applicant must like dogs & country music.
Please send an email with an explanation of why you’d like to work for us & attach your resume.
Please send resumes to Alicia@bellafiori-events.com

Shop News :: Where did May go??

Ok, I feel a theme coming on this year .. where are the months going and why are they going by so quickly??
May was busy & fun, definitely kicked off the wedding season!
At the shop - Raquel is having a great time at Bella Fiori, she has adjusted quite easily to studio life and isn't missing the life she knew working in walk-in flower shops.
Michelle & Ian welcomed their second child, Charlotte Rose was born on May 22 - the family is doing great! Congratulations to them & might I mention I love the name?? :)
Chad is extremely busy with Bella Rents, you can see him cruising around town with his team in this cool truck:


We participated in the NACE event which took place at Chair Covers & Linens shop at 6265 East Evans Avenue in Denver. I'll be posting all our designs from that event in a separate blog post. Bella Fiori provided all of the floral design, Bella Rents provided the chairs, tables, cab tables and canopies plus chandeliers.

Oh, we secured a new website for Bella Fiori - we now can be found at bellafiori.com (Bella Rents can still be found at bellarents.com )

Two shots from my iPhone of one of the latest weddings.. can't wait to see the professional shots from this wedding - I just adore lilacs, peonies and garden roses!
This gorgeous wedding took place in Silverthorne on Memorial Day weekend, gorgeous weather! In addition to the flowers we provided the chairs for the ceremony by the river. We had a great time working with Ashley from Table 6 Productions.



As for me, I can usually be found at the shop blogging on flirtyfleurs.com and/or designing flowers with the help of Johann:


And right now .. I'm off to the wholesalers to pick up flowers for this weekend's fabulous events!
Love to you all, thanks for supporting Bella Fiori & Bella Rents!

Denver Creative Business Symposium with Sean Low

As gracious as he is profound, Sean Low is known to inspire those in the creative business to be as practical with business as they are creative with their art.

It is an honor to announce the Creative Business Symposium with Sean Low, a conference designed to address the issues and complexities unique to creative businesses to help you take your art to the next level.

Tickets - Denver Creative Business Symposium with Sean Low

Everyone should be creative. Whatever your art is, it should invigorate you and bring you joy. And if it happens to be your business, it should bring you the money you need to keep being creative.

October 25, 2010 Denver Creative Business Symposium

The Art of Your Creative Business

9:00 am - 4:00pm Sage Room of the Oxford Hotel

Catered lunch and light snack to be served.

Workshop will focus on identifying the core principles and philosophies that should drive every creative business.

• THE TOP DOWN – WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE?
• HAVE MORE THAN ONE REVENUE
• KNOW WHO YOU ARE
• GO ALL THE WAY THERE
• CHANGE THE WORLD
• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT CLIENT
• PRICE FROM STREAM
• EXTEND YOUR CLIENT BASE
• GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO
• BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT WHAT YOU DO

October 26, 2010 Photographer and Event Planner Summits with Sean Low

Photographer Summit 9:00am - 11:00am Hamilton Room of the Oxford

Event Planner Summit 1pm - 3pm Hamilton Room of the Oxford

Intensive for who want to expand on principles of the all day workshop as they relate within their discipline. Sean Low will address topics and issues specific to Photographers and Event Planners. Attendees of the Photographers Summit and the Event Planner Summit must attend the All Day Workshop.

October 27, 2010 One-on-One Sessions with Sean Low

4 Sessions available from 9:00am - 1:00pm Hamilton Room at the Oxford
Hour long business consultation for attendees of workshop. Sean Low will provide a comprehesive pre-session questionnaire for each one-on-one enrollee. Questionnaire will need to be completed two weeks prior to session.

SEAN LOW BIO

Sean Low is the Founder and President of The Business of Being Creative, a consulting firm focused on providing practical advice to those in the business of being creative. Prior to founding The Business of Being Creative, Sean spent six years as the President of Preston Bailey Design, Inc. representing Preston in his business endeavors around the world.

Sean has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his business experience ranges from law, investment banking, financial executive to small business owner.

Through his work with Preston and his other creative clients over the last six years – Vicente Wolf, Marcy Blum, Tara Guerard, Michelle Rago, Style Me Pretty and Sylvia Weinstock to name a few – Sean has discovered his own creative passion: thinking about creative businesses – how they run, how to make them run better, helping them know who they are and then be the best at what they do.

You can read about Sean’s approach to managing creative businesses on his blog: www.thebusinessofbeingcreative.com.

Flower Friday!

Something pretty to end your week with :)

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