Messina Hof Baby Shower

This past weekend we designed decor for a baby shower that a close friend of mine was throwing. It's always awesome to have friends that will let you have free reign on design and you still get paid to do the job!! The theme was the mommy to be's bedding which showcased modern circles with a mommy and baby giraffe in chocolate browns, greens, yellows and robins egg blue. This is what we came up with..... The candles we made for the cocktail tables were hand beaded with buttons, pearls, copper wire and dried sage hydrangea florets set onto a base of fresh button mums. We carried the idea over to the buffet tables by creating hills of green button mums for the giraffes to graze upon. Adding in a modern floral touch of yellow daffodils sunken into our chunky square glass vases set onto chocolate brown bases. Baby showers are fun and creative.....we would love to do more!

Here's to babies!

Melanie

p.s. My baby wanted to come and assist on his first event.....he passed me the glue dots!≈

Lemoncello Yellow

We love The Driskill and The Driskill loves us.

We do quite a few weddings at this beautiful,

historic venue and I really loved the way these

monochromatic yellows brightened the darker

wood interior. My client called me one

day and sounded like she was worried about what

she was going to tell me. When she said she wanted

to change her color scheme completely to monochromatic

yellow on the hints of my suggestion, I was thrilled!

She said that she wanted to do it all along but that

she was afraid it was too risky. I ask...does this look

risky? It was such a classic display in a cheerful

palette that everyone commented how beautiful the flowers looked.

We used all things yellow for this client.

Textural items blend well using many different types of flowers.

Orchids to unlikely carnations...it's how our designers

place them that makes all the visual difference.

Happy New Year!

Melanie