Monthly Archives: December 2011

May your New Year’s night sparkle and shine like Courtney and Ben’s at the Bently Reserve. Deep burgundy, ice white, elegant candlelight and a touch of feathers brought the celebration of love and a new year together. Each place setting had a confetti popper for guests to pull when the clock struck twelve. The perfect way to tie wedding and holiday together! Enjoy these elegant photos captured by {Brion Hopkins}.

To view the full album please visit our {Facebook page}. Wishing you a long and prosperous new year!

Lydia

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Soulflower team celebrating a little holiday cheer with a luncheon hosted by studio landlord, Greg, of the {American Industrial Center}.

Happy Holidays from the Soulflower team!

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We’re so thrilled to see Heather and Brad’s rockin’ Vaudeville wedding at Bimbos in the upcoming issue of San Francisco Brides magazine. Be sure to grab a copy for your holiday pleasure reading out on Friday, December 23rd!

For more about their fabulous day, you can check out our {blog post on the event} and {our Facebook album} with brilliant photography by {Jules Bianchi Photography}, enjoy!

Cheers,

Emily

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It’s the perfect time of year to brush up on your party planning skills for your upcoming holiday party or family gathering. Check out this episode of Days with Zahrah and you might see something familiar.

Special thanks to Zahrah and her team for featuring Soulflower Floral Design in her party planning episode!

Happy Holidays,
Lydia

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We are reminded of the many things we are thankful for when we reflect on the work done by {St. Anthony Foundation} . Their mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lift the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. Since its inception the foundation has served over 37 million meals to the needy. Last year, we worked with Adam Straus of {Straus Events} to produce the 60th Anniversary Gala for St. Anthony Foundation. The event was held in a tented pavilion in the Fulton Street Plaza between the San Francisco Main Library and Asian Art Museum. Straus Events managed the street closure in downtown San Francisco as well as designed and executed the full event production.

An olive branch was chosen as the focal point of the design, symbolic of peace and prosperity, reinforcing the mission of St. Anthony Foundation. An accompanying Tuscan color palette attributed to St. Francis of Assisi and 14 large images of people aided by St. Anthony Foundation were created to highlight the impact of historic service. In the dining tent we transformed the tent poles into elegant olive tree sculptures with birch bark and olive branches, all adorned with softly lit lanterns. Each place-setting had a small olive branch wrapped in a gold ribbon, an offering of peace and connection in the breaking of bread with St. Anthony Foundation. Special thanks to {Photography by Emily Payne} for providing the amazing event design photos below.

This event captured the humble elegance of Franciscan values and we enjoyed bringing meaning to this event with our work. To view more images from the St. Anthony Foundation 60th Anniversary Gala, please visit us on {Facebook} and our blog for {fun behind the scenes}.

Peace and Prosperity,
Lydia

Venue: Fulton Street Plaza (between Asian Art Museum & SF Main Library)
Event Producer: Adam Straus, {Straus Events}
Catering: {McCalls}
Photography: {Drew Altizer Photography}, {Emily Payne Photograhy}
Tenting: {Classic Party Rentals}
Lighting: {Impact Lighting}
Rentals and Linens: {Blue Water Party Rentals}
Valet Parking: {Soiree Valet}

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Every fabulous event requires an army of dedicated people to see it come to full fruition and this is SO true at Soulflower. For last year’s St. Anthony Foundation Fundraising Gala, we had a grand production creating hundreds of floral arrangements, building tent pole “olive trees” for decor and detailed wrapping over 400 place-setting olive branch swag details. Here’s a quick look at some behind-the-scenes images of our work that week.

Leila and Alexa working on the 400+ place-setting details

Diane and Kate laughing amidst the hundreds of arrangements for the event ~ we certainly have fun while we work hard!

Marianne and Kate holding down the fort one arrangement at a time

Kate and Diane starting to build the “Olive tree” tent pole decor

Emily assessing the olive trees and finishing up the bark detailing

Emily with Adam Straus, Event Producer and Dharma Barsotti, Installation Guru

One of two truckloads

Diane beginning on the Floral Fountain base for the olive trees

Emily and Kate fill in the floral fountain with less than an hour to wrap up, fun times!

Hope you enjoyed this little glimpse ~ for more photos of the final product, go to our Facebook album.

Cheers,

Lydia

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