Amy came to visit...

...and we made flowers — a lot of flowers.  This didn't leave a lot of time for sleeping, but we did eat!  Tiramisu and cacciatore, my favorite apple gorgonzola salad, sticky bread pudding and earl gray brewed by a legit Brit.  It was good, real good.  Food, flowers and a friend who loves food and flowers — who could ask for more!

These are a few pictures we shot of our "leftovers" - there's never time to take pictures until after the event is over.   

I'll post a few pictures of the tented garden wedding we freelanced for earlier in that week later this week! 

Thanks to all my flower friends for your support and all the smiles you bring me with your pictures!  It's so fun to be on this beautiful flower journey with you!  Scroll to the bottom and remember you make the world awesome :)

Blowing Rock Wedding

Wedding at Camp Sky Ranch today...this bouquet is comprised of flowers from my favorite flower farms in Pennsylvania, Virginia AND North Carolina!  It was a road-tripping weekend.  My sister is visiting.  We're going to have the best week of our lives to date and I hope you do too!

Flowers at West Elm, Charlotte

​I start every class teaching students how to build a solid foundation.  It's the most important thing about arranging flowers.  The first flower class I took was a mess.  Amy was there to witness it.  I didn't get any lilac to make a base with.  Instead I went right for what immediately caught my eye, parrot tulips and fritillaria.  I stumbled around trying to get these flimsy flowers to "go" somewhere for basically the entire class.  Lesson learned: YOU MUST HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION.

The same thing is true about life.  You've got to have a solid foundation or you're just wasting a lot of time trying to "go somewhere" with your fancy fritillaria and tulips.  ​

​Student Work!

Thank you West Elm for hosting!  Follow them on instagram for news on future events @westelmcharlotte. 

Thanks to Christa at Goldmine Journal for the pics!​  Follow the blog if you want to follow awesome.  

And, the owner and creative brains behind Vintage Concord was a student at the class!  Vintage Concord does letterpress paper goods for weddings and parties, so Philosophy Flower Brides and Planners call these crazy cats up, and tell them we sent you!  You'll be glad you did.

​This post was written with love from your philosoflower!  xoxo - Kelly