How Charming Bridal Event

In early January Hide and Seek had the opportunity to participate in the How Charming Bridal Event at Keeneland. This was our second year at the show and we fully enjoyed ourselves. We were surrounded by some really talented vendors, many of which I am lucky to consider great friends. Despite the rain, which poured all day, Hide and Seek's booth had a few pops of vibrant color, which reeled the Brides in for a few minutes of fun conversation. Our newest rental item, the awesome iron trellis, made its first appearance at the show and won the hearts of many Brides.

Cheers to 2013. Lets fill it with another year of creativity and FLOWERS!

Till next time......seek great design.

How Charming Bridal Event

In early January Hide and Seek had the opportunity to participate in the How Charming Bridal Event at Keeneland. This was our second year at the show and we fully enjoyed ourselves. We were surrounded by some really talented vendors, many of which I am lucky to consider great friends. Despite the rain, which poured all day, Hide and Seek's booth had a few pops of vibrant color, which reeled the Brides in for a few minutes of fun conversation. Our newest rental item, the awesome iron trellis, made its first appearance at the show and won the hearts of many Brides.

Cheers to 2013. Lets fill it with another wonderful year of creativity and FLOWERS!

Till next time......seek great design.

Yes! PLEASE!!

It is that time of year. Holiday parties, time with family and friends, baking and then consuming ridiculous amounts of cookies, and oh yeah BUYING gifts.  I often find myself lost and stressed figuring out what I should be gifting and instead end up looking for items I WANT, but of course don't NEED.  Many of you have the same dilemma I am sure.  So, with that said, here are some cute, some adorable and some just plain funny gifts to make your "I haven't even started shopping" list a little easier. Oh how I LOVE Etsy.  Happy Shopping!

Lets start jewelry shall we:

A beautiful Coral Salmon Necklace!  Great for any day or occasion.

A Peppermint Pendant Necklace.  Great for holiday parties.

Mint Stud Earrings.  A little Bohemian flare.

A Rose Gold (my new FAVORITE) Necklace.

Shabby Chic Earrings.

Here are some other fun, small gifts:

Maybe a T-Shirt for the man in your life...LOL.

 A Formal Shirt and Collar for your cute furry friend.

Orange Spiced Vegan Soap for the Bath Lover in your life.

Air Plant Sea Urchin Garden for the designer / quirky plant lover.

Felt Acorns either for the Christmas tree or around the house.

A plain and pointless but funny Printed Frame.

A Vintage Indian Floral iphone Case.

And finally for those couples getting married or newly married, here are a couple great, unique gifts:

A Custom Wedding Cake Stand.

A Personalized Wedding Tree with Vows.

Thanks All.  Till next time....seek great design.

{Malcolm and Chelsie}

22 September 2012

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill

Harrodsburg, KY

 

Now that the craziness of Wedding season has slowed down for us, I have started to really digest all the Weddings we accomplished this year.  I truly love how each was so different and unique.  The one I am sharing today, Malcolm and Chelsie was so much and I really appreciated both the bride and grooms' talent in design.  Both are designers professionally, and their wonderful photographer, Magnus, from Glint Studios, whom I love, has also worked in the interior design field for years.  Also, I came from years of practicing professional architectural design, so all four of us SERIOUSLY had a hay day with this event.  Chelsie provided me with an inspiration photo and I ran with it. With a natural and whimsical, yet clean and colorful wildflower look I went nuts ordering an in-depth palette of zinnias, ranunculus', dahlias wax flowers, gomphrena, solidago, babys breath, grains, grasses, ferns, etc, the list could go on.  Also, we both collected antique bottles over a period of months to pull off the look for the tablescapes.  I think in the end we had close to 200 antique bottles!

All the bouquets were small, but full of life.  They looked like someone had simply plucked them from the field.  I adored how all the bouquets and bouteneires were all different.

The setting at Shaker Village was stunning, especially the ceremony site.  So simple, yet tremendously elegant.  Rustic benches, burlap, an oriental rug for the bride and groom to stand on and small colorful clusters of flowers in ball jars hung on shepards hooks down the aisle.

Enjoy the pictures.  Congrats again Malcolm and Chelsie....you are a WONDERFUL couple and I wish you did not live all the way on the West coast!!

Till next time....seek great design.

{Jay and Anne}

15 September 2012

Private Residence

Lexington, KY

 

Details, details, details.  I loved working with Anne! She has an absolutely wonderful creative touch.  She needs to join the Hide and Seek Design team...wink, wink.

When we met and she explained her vision and her attention to the details and all the finishing touches I was really excited and honored to be included in her Wedding.

Anne and Jay have a stunning lush backyard retreat and that is exactly where they shared their vows and celebrated with friends and family. I could hardly put the camera down to install all the flowers.  From orange textured flowers, to hanging lights, to burlap runners, to a kid's table with coloring books I wanted to get lost in, to a Photo Booth that consisted of antique frames hung in the trees, the list could go on.

If you cannot tell I loved working with Anne, so to parallel her attention to detail I spent a lot of time adding in small delicate flowers to her bouquet and all the corsages and boutonnieres.  Ranunculus, Star of Bethlehem, Daisy Fever Few, Zinnias, Scapiosa Pods, Veronica, Roses, Marigolds, etc, but I think my favorite added touch, which was added fresh, no not dried, was the pitcher plant.  So awesome!

Congrats again Anne and Jay!

Till next time......seek great design!

{Caleb and Iskra}

09 September 2012

Historic Morgan Hunt House & Le Deauville

Lexington, KY

 

Loved Caleb and Iskra's Wedding.  It was filled with quaint details and showed the true charm of Lexington.  The wedding party and guests, who came from near and  far (South Africa, England, and beyond....yes really far cool places!) filled the beautiful Gratz Park Inn for the weekend.  The ceremony was in the garden at the Historic Hunt Morgan House and the reception followed a block away at the amazingly delicious Le Deauville, true French cuisine.  The day was crisp and sunny!  The walk-ability between scheduled events made for a wonderfully relaxed, romantic day and evening. Guests strolled from hotel room to ceremony to reception all within my favorite district of Lexington. Beautiful historic architecture everywhere.  The reception, the restaurant Le Deauville, was transformed into what literally left me imagining I was standing in a cafe in France.  All the windows, floor to ceiling, were pushed open to interact with street, the flowers and the ambiance were truly perfect.

The flowers were filled with romance and an antique flare.  All the girls' bouquets were slightly unique and included a variety of flowers, garden roses, dahlias, mokara orchids, brunia, lambs ear, etc; and Iskra's petite all lavender bouquet looked wonderful against her unique fashionable dress.  All the flower decor was accented with dainty feathers and grey succulents with pink tips.  I LOVED this wedding and cannot wait to see the professionally photography.

Till next time.....seek great design!

{Adam and Brittany}

08 September 2012

Bell House

Lexington, KY

 

Working with Brittany was such a joy.  When she told me she loved greenery and unusual flowers I knew designing was going to be fun!  She was planning somewhat of a rustic / natural wedding, so we introduced a variety of accent foliage, green flowers, browns and deep, saturated purples.  Her bouquet was filled with green ranunculus, green callas, all sorts of textured seeds and finished with white astilbe and ball zinnias.  We also added brown cymbids to only Brittany's bouquet and Adam's boutonniere for an extra special touch. And finally, her baby's bonnett was wrapped around the stems of her flowers.

The girls had bouquets full of safari sunset, alstromeria, brunia, roses, lisianthus, textured seeds, and my absolute favorite, chocolate cosmos.  These tiny chocolate / burgundy flowers added such a charm to the bouquets.  They were also added to the grooms boutonnieres.

Loved making the corsages because we whipped out a new design.  For one of the two styles, we used a single large ranunculus head and surrounded it with tiny, detailed flowers.  It was well received!  Lately we have been trying to focus more on filling our designs with extra details, and pushing the envelope with new ideas.

The ceremony  was at the historic Bell House in Lexington.  Brittany had rented beautiful wooden chairs for this outdoor celebration.  For a simple, but successful touch, we tied baby's breath bouquets with burlap ribbon to the chairs along the aisle.  It was so pretty.

Congrats again you too!

Till next time.....seek great design!