Nicole and Kerry

This wedding could have been named after a song I love from my movie namesake! That's right...maybe not what you were expecting to hear, but there was a whole different name picked out for me until my parents went to see a movie on that fateful night and saw The Sound of Music!  It was to be Julie Ann after that, and its a good thing I was a girl.

                                         Succulents...Dahlias...and darling details... Oh, Yes....

                              "These are a few of my Favorite Things!"

What makes these little boutonnieres even sweeter is what you can't see...Yep, that's right...no pins.
                     Extra strong magnets make putting these on-- easy as pie.

And these pictures....the ones I'm getting ready to show you...sent to me by this lovely bride and taken by Ashley Martens Photography made me just want to keel over I was so excited...

 

And This! I Loved This.
   A barn board flower box made by the father of the bride and hand painted by the sister of the bride.          I couldn't hardly wait to put flowers in it!
   I'd be in love with this-- even if it wasn't totally adorable because... I'm sentimental like that.

                                                     And this cake...is so one of my favorites!

Bringin it Back....without the Polyester

She ordered one.  Something I make all the time but not for this...not for Mother's Day.  I smiled when she ordered it because...well....it brought back all these memories for me.   Memories of my childhood that flashed in my mind like faded polaroid snapshots.  My grandmothers, my great-grandmother, my great aunts, my mother....all the women I knew got one.  They wore it proudly pinned to polyester.

I even used to get one...a baby one...from my Dad, that man that has always given me flowers because he knew one day I'd be a mama.  We wore them to church like badges of honour, which is what they were.

I asked her about it today when she picked it up...and she said she always does it every year for her Mama...and I just smiled because I loved it!

A Mother's Day corsage for her Mama.

And I told her when she picked it up that she inspired me...because she made me want to make one for my Mama.  A badge of honour...a memory relived...something fresh and beautiful to wear to remind her that she is truly a blessing in my life and she deserves to be honoured!

So I had to do it.  I had to make my own Mama one.

And I'm so excited to give it to her!

Thank you Corinne for inspiring me...you have a beautiful heart and I just can't wait to do your wedding flowers!