Sarah & Mike wed this past Spring at The Wythe Hotel. We won’t soon forget their sweet love they have for one another. Big congratulations! {Photos by Josh Goleman}

Take a journey to Morocco with us in our feature in Smitten Magazine! Photos by Jen Huang Photography

What most don’t realize is that a florist’s life consists of about 10% pretty flowers and 90% schlepping. We’re always worried about the heat, how much light is shining in the car, and how many pot holes we hit.  Since our wedding season has officially begun for 2014 we’re bopping all over the place. Last week as we headed up to Blue Hill, Susie had the honor role of holding the bride’s bouquet. Loved her sun shielding technique here.

During the first of what has become many blizzards this year, Ilana & Tim tied the knot at The Foundry. As blustery and cold as it was it was a beautiful day and Les Loups captured it just perfectly! Check out the full post here!

{Venue: The Foundry, Photography: Les Loups, Event Planning: Firefly Events, Music: Les Loups, Catering: Creative Edge, Cake: Nine Cakes}

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I guess the best place to start with this post is to tell you how fortunate I am to have so many amazingly talented friends. One of them being Bryn from Paperfinger who sat down with me numerous times to hammer out my crazy idea of an invitation. She took my ideas and turned them into the most amazing details I could have ever imagined. In the end this was anything but an invitation. It was far more like a piece of artwork than invitation thanks to Bryn. 

Each guest received a black box with their name and addressees inscribed in gold calligraphy. When they opened up their box of goodies, the first thing they saw was our “field guide” to our wedding letter pressed in metallic ink on a heavy card stock.

Upon opening the booklet, guests found an array of items to get them excited for their trip to Costa Rica. From the gold embossed “invitation” alerting guests to the location and time of the wedding to a watercolored guide on how to get from NYC to the Costa Rica destination. Bryn created a family crest for Michael and I which we made into a stamp to use throughout the paper goods. The watercolored map of Costa Rica is stamped here with it. I added dried ferns, bougainvillea and a gold compass. That is just the top portion! The bottom portion had a letter pressed English to Spanish guide with funny phrases for guests to use. Bryn designed this custom print and we had it printed onto mini notebooks for guests to transcribe their field notes into. When we set out our goal was to create an overall experience when our guests opened their field guides. Color, texture, scent and having an interactive component was apart of the plan. We added in a packet of Michael’s spice rub and a pencil for everyone to use. Each element was pinned to the linen book for guests to preserve as is or take apart to use.

The beauty of having a small wedding is that it’s easier to focus on the details. We included  a travel kit for our guests which included shampoo, conditioner, bud spray, sunscreen, soap and travel toothbrushes. You may be able to tell that we stamped our crest on the muslin bags here again. Lastly we added a little something extra in for the dudes; they received a flask, a travel bottle of Michael’s favorite Maker’s Mark, Advil for their hangover and a bottle of Fresh Balls. Our humor is not much above that of an 8th graders clearly. Thank you, thank you to Paperfinger for creating such a memorable, creative and unique experience for ourselves and our guests!

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Brooklyn based design team Domestic Construction paired up with Patina Rentals to create the most insanely cool collection of rentals that has ever existed.   Check out the full collection here.

Don’t get me wrong, we love flowers, but have to admit that often paper plays just as big of a role in the overall wedding design as our blooms do. Paper is also a great resource for a destination wedding. It is light, easy to travel with and packs well. That is part of the reason why the night before my wedding my friends I sat around unfolding and fluffing tissue paper pom poms. I found these gorgeous colors here and they turned out to be the perfect travel companion. We used them to line the back of the bourbon bar, which added a touch of color, texture and decor to an otherwise plain table. Dear Jendo did all of the hand lettering on site for me since we weren’t quite sure what we’d be able to snag in duty free ahead of time.
Next up are the mind blowing invitations, welcome boxes, seating cards, and other goodies designed by my dear friend Bryn from Paperfinger!

Pick up a copy of Martha Stewart Weddings Winter issue on stands now to read about all of the details of how Michael and I met, why we decided to get hitched in Costa Rica and who helped us create such a special week.

{Custom dress by Ellens Couture, Photography by Jen Huang Photography, Flowers by Juliet Totten of Poppies & Posies, bow tie fabric design by Stephanie Eventov-Singer, bow tie production by Boutaugh}