Wedding #1- CHECK!

Well, we did it! The wedding was a week ago and I left town right after, so posting to this blog wasn't going to happen.  But, now that things have settled a bit, I figured I could recap! My mom and I had the pleasure of doing all of the flowers for my second cousin's wedding. Though there were some frustrations, snippy comments here and there, we did it! 

I went over to my parent's on Friday before the wedding to walk into my mom eying up the bridal bouquet, figuring out what more it needed, and buckets of flowers on the floor.  I asked how I could help and was put to work on boutonnieres and corsages.  Through this process, I decided on thing- I understand the need for floral tape, however I hate that stuff! After hours of putting those together, I decided I needed some time to play with flowers- more so, arrange some flowers so that I could feel like there was some creativity again, so I got to work on the flower girl basket!

From there, we took a break, ate some dinner, and then tag teamed the bridesmaid bouquets.  We ordered some calla lilies that are big, so getting them to stay as needed some work.  After that, we tweaked a few arrangements my mom worked on and called it a night.  She was up on and off throughout the night, thinking things would freeze in our refrigerator in the basement.  I, on the other hand, slept alright, but was up with the birds thinking it was time to get back to work on smaller centerpiece arrangements. 

By morning, we realized we were running a bit low on flowers, so I headed over to my neighbors to get some big white hydrangeas, while my mom headed out into her garden to get some of her fun colored stuff.  We got to work right away, so that everything could be ready by pictures at noon. 

Overall, we did pretty well! Everything was complete on time, we were still talking to each other, and when it came time to deliver and set things up, we were ready! Could this be a business venture? not sure, but was it fun and worth it- and could we try it again? SURE! There was plenty of learning about what to do for next time- so, for next time- it can only get better! Now, time for the next challenge!