Urban Crop: Brown Bagged Blooms

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This is truly brilliance at it’s best, which most simple ideas are. Yes, the blooms are beautiful, and the simple packaging is fabulous, but Urban Crop is actually selling the soil! These brown bagged blooms have been popping up (no pun intended) in design magazines everywhere. The project involves selling tulips, hyacinths, irises and herbs from the back of a van in various locations across Melbourne.

The magical soil is a concoction made by Joost of Urban Crop himself. “Joost and business partner Renee Nutbean hope Urban Crop will demonstrate the value of organic compost rather than fertilized soil – which takes vast amounts of fossil fuel to produce and doesn’t make for healthy, happy plants. Urban Crop plants are full of energy and nutrients – not pumped full of fertilizer and water only to slump into a sad heap once you get them home. Urban Crop herbs will happily sit in your kitchen for a week or two, ready for you to harvest as you need them. Urban Crop flowers will produce the most stunning blooms that last longer than any cut flower.

The idea is to take your bundle of gorgeous Urban Crop blooms or herbs home, keep the soil and root system intact, enjoy them for a week or more, then either compost the plant when it dies, or keep the bulbs for next year. All in all, it’s a much more sustainable way to give and enjoy flowers and plants at home.” – The Design Files

He is selling out of them so fast he can’t keep them in stock! wouldn’t these make the coolest take home gifts for guests? or a wonderful house warming gift?!

Apr

15

The Lolliladies Unfrosted: Viceroy Palm Springs

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Us Lolliladies were recently invited by the Viceroy Palm Springs to jet over to the palm lined streets of the desert and stay at their lovely venue with a few other wedding industry talent. Erin Chaney is the events coordinator and did a fabulous job bringing us all together for a delightful day and evening.

The Viceroy is an ideal location for a wedding, the stylish surroundings are a designers’ dream and “dramatic glamour under the sun.” The venue is large enough to host a good sized wedding, yet small enough so that you and your guests would feel like you had entire sections of the hotel to yourselves.

The night began with poolside cocktails, paraffin hand treatments and mini massages then led to the lovely dining area with hovering chandeliers and perfect Palm Springs weather. Jose Villa was snapping the photos as Joel Serrato filmed us with his 8mm. Luna Solomon of Arrangements Floral and Party Design did a fantastic job of designing the cocktail and dining area.

Some of the lovely ladies who were there included Beth Helmstetter, The Bridal Bar, Kristin Banta and her team,Luna Solomon of Arrangements Floral and Party Design, Vanessa and I from Lollipop Events & Designs, Alison Events, Jen from Green Wedding Shoes, Julie Pryor of Pryor Events, and a few more!

The lovely Alison Events team designed this Kate Spade inspired table top. We loved the springtime pops of color set upon a darker navy blue palette. And the men behind the lenses were Jose Villa with his camera and Joel Serrato with his 8 mm.

We will also be sharing Joel’s video of the event!

Apr

14

Inspired By: A Feast of Flowers

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Spring is here and we can’t restrain ourselves from stopping to smell the roses. We adore the lovely sayings next to these stunning arrangements and can almost smell the floral aroma emanating off of the blooming buds…

Prudence Floral Design in New York.

Mar

23

Budget Savvy Bracelet Floral Arrangements

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Accessorize your table, literally. Della Peacock of Dellables, the floral design company on Maui who collaborated with us on our recent Majestic Maui wedding, is the genius behind this simple idea. She purchased these patterned bangles at Forever 21 for a budget savvy price and used them as mini vases to bedeck the table.

This idea would also be stunning with vintage metal bangles in copper, silver and gold and even given to guests after the event!

Mar

11

Inspiration to Creation: Erica O’Brien Cakes (Part II)

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Top Row: Jeff and Melissa loved the clean lines and floral interpretation of their Kate Spade “Gwinnett Lane” china pattern that. They asked Erica O’Brien to translate the pattern into cake. Erica hand cut fondant pieces colored to match the china and appliqued them to the fondant covering the cake.

Middle Row: Michael surprised Jillian with a trip to Hawaii, where he proposed to her after years of dating. To commemorate their trip and their engagement, they bought matching Hawaiian print shirts. They asked Erica OBrien to create a cake inspired by their shirts.

Bottom Row: Ron and Sarah used elements found in an Indian painting (exoticindiaart.com) to represent Ron’s family’s Hindu heritage

See more of Erica’s brilliant work at Erica O’Brian Cake Design.