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
A lovely Spring wedding we did earlier this year was recently featured on the ultimate modern wedding blog {Brooklyn Bride}.
When the bride, Amanda first came to the Soulflower studio it was to attend one of our fun flower classes. One thing led to another and she asked us to provide the florals for her upcoming wedding. The next time she came to the Soulflower studio it was to join us in hosting a private flower class as a thank you to her bridal party. You may remember it from a previous {blog post}. We toasted to Amanda, played a little bride trivia, and everyone left with their own centerpiece, stunning if we might add as you can see below.
The ceremony and reception were held at the {White Palace}, a beautiful, modernized Victorian home that served as the perfect backdrop for white and coral florals.
Visit our Facebook page to see the entire wedding album featuring photography by {Steep Street}.
Cheers to great friends and great memories,
Lydia
Catering: Nopalito
Beverage: NOPA
Photography: Steep Street
Month of Coordinator: One Big Fish Green Events
Venue: White Palace SF
Guests often ask us what will happen to the flowers at the end of an event. We are happy to report that there are many options and one of our favorites is to donate them to local schools and organizations. How can you become a part of what will happen to your wedding or event flowers at the end of the night? One popular Bay Area planner asked us just that. Here is an excerpt from the blog interview Emily gave to Michelle of {Dream A Little Dream Events} on how to make your wedding day a time to give.
Emily has graciously offered this advice to couples interested in donating their arrangements:
-Be realistic about the amount of flowers you are donating. Smaller organizations may only be able to accommodate 5 to 8 arrangements.
-Contact the organization in advance to ensure the donation is something they can accept as certain fragrant flowers are discouraged. Examples include lilies, hyacinth and varieties of blooming branches.
-If your vases are rented make sure the arrangements are transferred to inexpensive vases or mason jars prior to delivery.
For the full article and the rest of Emily’s tips, please visit the {Dream A Little Blog}.
Happy Donating,
Lydia
When two unique souls such as Brad and Heather decide to unite as husband and wife the wedding theme must be equally anomalous. We particularly loved this wedding not only because the vaudeville theme was perfect for this couple but it was executed to the fullest detail. The amazing venue {Bimbo’s} was packed with friends, family and a full night of entertainment including a magician, tap dancing accordion player, burlesque dancers, and sword swallowers! You can’t throw a vaudeville themed event without copious performers, a killer ensemble and dramatic florals! Please enjoy these vivid images provided by the fabulous Jules Bianchi of {Jules Bianchi Photography}. Special thanks to the planner, Nelle, from {ZahZoom Weddings and Parties} for her seamless execution!
Deep red roses and purple calla lilies with black feathery accents for the bride and groom.
A vintage typewriter adorned with garden roses and amaranthus compliment the guestbook table.
Lush birdcage centerpieces were one of several cool, eclectic centerpices.
Please visit our Facebook page for the full album of photos by Jules Bianchi. Congratulations to Heather and Brad!
Cheers,
Lydia
Venue: Bimbo’s 365 Club
Event Planner: Nelle Donaldson, ZahZoom Weddings and Parties
Catering: Knights Catering // Enotria Restaurant and Wine Bar
Wedding Gown: Cymbeline Paris
Performers: The Yard Dogs Road Show
Photography: Jules Bianchi
I just came across this great feature in Flower Magazine with Owner + Creative Director of Soulflower Floral Design, Emily Dreblow and wanted to share it. What I enjoyed most was how editor Josie Capuano highlighted Soulflower’s core values and practices as it relates to sustainable floral design. She also captured Emily’s impassioned journey that led her from social worker to award-winning, sustainable florist.
As an avid reader of Flower Magazine, it is a thrill that they would reach out to Emily for her expertise in the field as I can think of no one better with whom to discuss organic, low impact design. To read the full interview go to Flower Magazine online.
I also wanted to mention that from now through August 31st, $2 from every Flower Magazine subscription will be donated to the American Red Cross as a result of the devastation caused by this Spring’s deadly tornadoes.
Cheers,
Lydia
It’s always a good day when we are featured on Style Me Pretty, this time for a romantic occasion at James Leary Flood Mansion. Newlyweds Kathryn and Johnny wanted a hip, fairytale wedding and we think everyone we collaborated with on this event knocked it out of Cinderella’s Dolores Park!
For the perfect marriage of hip and fairytale, we combined tall, classical arrangements with little touches of sparkle and texture.
In addition, to the beautiful setting, we can’t to get enough of Kathryn’s wedding dress by Vera Wang. The dress was also featured in the movie Bride Wars worn by Kate Hudson. We’re still raving about all that gorgeous tulle!
Congratulations to the happy couple Kathryn and Johnny!
Cheers,
Lydia
Photography: Matthew May Photography
Event Planning: Kathryn Kalabokes, Dream a Little Dream Events
Venue: James Leary Flood Mansion
Dress: Vera Wang
Tux: Armani
Bridesmaid Dresses: Simple Silhouettes
Band: Tainted Love
Ceremony Musicians: Garden Strings
Cake: Amber McKenney, Sweet on Cake
Caterer: Betty Zlatchin Catering
Lighting: Got Light?
Rentals: Hartmann Studios
Linens: La Tavola Linen
Greetings from Soulflower on Earth Day! We wanted to celebrate today with the launch of our 2011 Floral Class Schedule. We’re really excited to be able to share our eco-floral design tips and tricks of the trade with the public. In our classes we will share basic floral design techniques so that students will feel more comfortable working with flowers and have some simple environmentally-friendly ways to create floral arrangements, hand-tied bouquets and corsages and boutonnieres.
2011 Class Schedule
May 10th, 6:30-9PM: Spring-inspired Floral Class
June 1st, 6:30-9PM: Perfecting Peonies Floral Class
June 15th, 6:30-9PM: DIY Wedding Bouquet Floral Class
June 29th, 6:30-9PM: DIY Corsage and Boutonniere Class
July 20th, 6:30-9PM: Dreaming in Dahlias Floral Class
I also thought it would be fun to share a few photos from our recent private class we hosted for a Bridal Shower. It was so fun getting to know the women who have been a part of our client’s life and will support her in her marriage {the wedding is less than a month away!}
What better than to learn some eco-savvy floral tips, possibly even design your own hand-tied bridal bouquet and have fun in the process. Soulflower is all about living, breathing and designing with fun and heart, come join us!
The 27th Annual Bouquets to Art features 150 floral arrangements by prominent Bay Area designers and garden clubs, to interpret and complement the museum’s permanent collection. Bouquets to Art is the largest fundraiser held to benefit the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and one of the country’s premier floral events.
Soulflower Floral Design is thrilled to return as an exhibitor for our third year in row! It is always an honor and an artful challenge to participate in the week-long exhibition. This year, we were given a favorite piece of artwork to interpret and base our creation: Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure, No. 9. According to the de Young, Moore was profoundly influenced by the reclining figure depicted in a Toltec-Maya Chac Mool sculpture and that became the primary motif for his subsequent work. Moore believed that his compositions provided new ways of relating to the landscape, stating, “Sculpture is a mixture of the human figure and landscape, a metaphor of the relationship of humanity with the earth.”
For our Bouquets to Art piece, we chose to do a vertical interpretation and embrace the organic, modern and undulating feel of Moore’s sculpture. Bridging between the masculine and feminine qualities and the inherent relationship between humanity and nature, we brought together several natural elements, textures and colors such as succulents, moss, balsa wood flowers and unique foliage. With sustainability in mind, chose materials that are the longest-lasting cut flowers as well as many elements that can be replanted and reused. Here are a few images from our day installing the piece.
We joked on-site that it was like the ‘Top Chef’ of Floral Design because we have such limited time inside the museum and strict guidelines as to what you can use inside the museum. The conservator sheriffs are on patrol, not kidding! to inspect every item that enters the museum to protect against pests that may come in on wood, feathers, various fabrics and other materials. We were asked to special treat our balsa wood flowers made from tapioca root prior to entering the museum. Here we are relieved to have found the perfect placement near our piece, but within enough distance should there be an earthquake, it would not damage Moore’s beautiful bronze.
Ta-da! Our completed Bouquets to Art piece
Special thanks to SF Brides Magazine for sharing our piece on their blog! For more information about the exhibit, go to the Bouquets to Art website.
We hope that you will have a chance to enjoy this amazing exhibition before Saturday evening or again in 2012!
Soulflower Floral Design was recently featured on The KnotTV’s Insider Guide to San Francisco Weddings. We had a blast meeting with Crista Vagnozzi from The KnotTV and Kathryn Kalabokes from Dream A Little Dream Events to discuss current floral trends, eco-minded and sustainable floral design and how to create something unique and memorable for your wedding.
To see other stops along their tour of San Francisco wedding professionals and venues, go to their website.
We had the lovely opportunity to do a wedding at Villa Viscaya. Situated on the seaside bluffs in Aptos, California overlooking the Monterey Bay, Villa Viscaya is a gem!
Beautiful dinner setting
Kings table dressed with modern, organic table arrangements
Vibrant dahlias and cockscomb accented with reindeer branches
View of Villa Viscaya from the ceremony
Flower Magazine
Fall 2009 Light Green Issue
Get Married Magazine
Fall 2009
The Knot Real Wedding: Elisa and Michelle
Today's Bride
Fall 2009
'Midnight at the Medina' editorial shoot
Today's Bride
Summer 2009
**Cover bouquet: Soulflower Floral Design
