Yesterday my dear friend, Leila, had a wedding celebration at Heather Farm park under white tents and blue skies. They wed in a private civil ceremony a few days prior; this was a day to share their love with friends and family. Simple, fun and full of all the right things like Pim's summer punch, kegs full of Downtown Brown, kids running barefoot, Southern BBQ, volleyball nets and David Bowie blasting from a boombox.
When Tyee told me she was going to swing by Costco a few days before her wedding and whip something together for flowers, I about died. I'm all for saving money but who "whips something together" especially when that who is the bride? Absolutely not, I told her. I offered to do the flowers as a wedding present. Nevermind that I've never actually done flowers before. But I've been to over a dozen weddings and have held the bridesmaid bouquet too many times to count. Like all things creative that seem like a tremendous task, I was all over it. The bouquet on the right was my first attempt using a varietal set at Costco. The one on the left was my second try where I picked the flowers up at the local florist. Not bad if I do say so myself.
