Oh they say when you marry in June...

Apparently June is the month to get married.  I did flowers for 5 weddings in the last month not to mention a billion other things.  June, I'm glad you are over.

June 9th - First 10k and Wedding Flowers

 I have to say I am really proud of myself for running in the Utah Valley 10k.  I'm not athletic by any stretch of the imagination.  I got talked into running in this race.  I'm so glad I did.  I wasn't running to break any records but I ran the whole time and didn't drop dead at the end.  Success.

In this wedding I used lavender roses, lavender football mums, and spray painted daisy mums. Floral spray paint is the best thing ever invented. 

June 16th - 2 Weddings.  Never doing that again.

There were so many flowers in my apartment that night.  I lined all the arrangements up on the railing to be out of the way.  The arrangements on the left are garden roses and they smelled heavenly.  I loved this wedding.

Her bouquet was tulips, daisy mums, stock, football mums, roses, and anemones.  I'm so glad she picked anemones.  They are so beautiful.

 We just did simple baby's breath arrangements.

I was an honored guest at this Engagement Party. Angela got us ao dias from Vietnam.  It was a beautiful and delicious celebration.

June 17th - Flew to Texas to visit Natalie 

(aka Mavis, aka Best Sister Ever)

 At the Dallas Zoo (everyone is thrilled to be there)

 The cutest fattest baby on earth

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 Ollie eating sand/Natalie eating sand (like mother like son)

 Ethan's awesome bird costume from Science School

 Lego airport

 On the plane to Grandma Utah's house!

June 28th - Family at the Temple

Bryant went through the temple for the first time in preparation for his mission to Nicaragua.  It was really great to be in the temple with all of my family (except Jay who is 10).  I love this family. 

June 30th - Wedding Flowers

Natalie's sister-in-law and a good friend's wedding.  My favorite arrangements I've done so far.

July 5th - More Flowers

One of my friends and old roommates got married.  I did her flowers and was a bridesmaid. (1 of 14 bridesmaids).  I failed at taking pictures of flowers at this wedding.

 

(Picture from Kate Osborne Photography)

Sorry about this being the never ending post but June needed to be documented.

Wedding Cake

 One of my best friends from high school got married this summer and asked me to do his cake.  Of course I couldn't say no.  I love making cakes even though I get stresses while I'm making them.  

It is all worth it when its all done.  

I had a different wedding the same day that I was doing flowers for so I was a little crunched for time.  Luckily, 2 of the layers were foam so I could make most of it several days in advance.  This was my first fondant experience.  I learned a lot with this cake.  Here is a step by step:

I hot glued the foam blocks together and cheese grated down the corners and edges.  I left the layer separate from each other so the fondant would be easier to put on.

I put down a layer of buttercream so the fondant would stick.  I also hammered in shish-kabob sticks to keep the layers together.  I used a rainbow chip cake for the top layer (as requested by the bride and groom).

Strangely, the dry fondant leached a hot pink color out of the frosting.  It looked tie-dyed!!  Obviously that was no good so I used a damp paper towel to moisten the whole thing before I did the tip work.  

Hippie wedding cake... avoided.

I had to drive the cake to the reception and I was afraid it would slid all over...

Cinder blocks...problem solved. That cake did not budge.

In the end the stress is all worth it.

Courtney's Bridals

I must admit that is is one of my favorites.  It really took me by surprise.  I think its the lilies.  There are only 3 kinds of flowers: Stargazer Lilies, Hot Lady Roses, and White Stock.

AND it smells AMAZING!

More Flowers

I just love flowers. They make me happy. I loved the flowers in this wedding.

Annie's Wedding

Todd and Jaylyn's Wedding

I absolutely loved the dahlia and peony combo. Usually you don't see these two flowers together because they grow in different seasons, but we were lucky enough to get them. I love the color and texture of these two flowers together. They also smell amazing!

Peacock Wedding

Brides Bouquet

Bridesmaids bouquet

Grooms boutonniere

Groomsmen boutonnieres

Mothers corsage

I especially liked the peacock charm

Fathers boutonnieres

 This one was one of my all time favorites. Peacock themed wedding. The flowers I used were irises (white, light blue and dark blue), delphinium (white, vulcan, and hybrid), hypericum berry, bear grass and large white calla lilies. I got to add some feathers to the arrangements.  LOVE IT!