Love in the Hillcountry: Hilary and Jace

This lovely event was so easily put together, mainly in part because of the bride's sheer ability to be completely laidback about the planning! Hilary and I never actually met in person, just via phone interviews and numerous emails! Actually, her stepfather (what an amazing stepfather) was my main contact person and boy was he on the ball! Love that! Hilary wanted something fun, creative, and definitely had to have peacock feathers! Keeping the integrity and beauty of Austin 71 we created very simple but visually elegant centerpieces.

Wonderful Vendors:

Venue: Austin 71

Caterer: Kurant Events

Incredible Photographers: Studio 563

Katherine & Justin

A wedding at Balcones Springs Retreat

April 4, 2009

Oh, if we could work at this venue every week it would be such a carefree existence. Courtney and her staff are the most gracious and hospitable crew to work with.  This is our second wedding out there and both experiences have been equally impressionable.  The bride and family were at ease throughout the day under their care. I worked with Katherine and her mother on the fine details of the decor.  Katherine wanted a casually elegant atmosphere with pale tones for the ceremony and brighter, fun tones for the evening reception.  We used beautiful "in season" flowers like...sweet peas, hydrangea, antique green hydrangea, hot pink "Yves Piaget" David Austen garden roses, sweet smelling stock, freesia, cymbidium orchids, rannunculus (grown at our farm,organically), football mums, tuberose, pale blue tweedia and I'm sure one or too more gorgeous flowers!  The bride was so easy to please and trusted our studio completely to create a complimentary feel to the laid back setting at Balcones.  

Congratulations Katherine and Justin!

Melanie and Last Petal staff

Dailies! etc.

Last Petal Floral Studio specializes in weddings and special events, but did you know we also will do single arrangements for that special occasion?  We don't advertise, but do this mainly word of mouth.  Feel free to call or email our studio if you'd like to order an arrangement!

I wanted to share a few photos of some daily arrangements we did for clients.  One of these arrangements was actually ordered by a famous culinary guru for an Austinite.  That one was especially fun because we harvested some culinary things out of the garden for the arrangement.  We had lovely dill, blooming allium, and other herbs to give it that special touch!  The sweetpeas from the taller arrangement were harvested here at the farm....I loved those because a few of the vines used actually had the pea pods on the vine!  The last picture is one of yours truly harvesting "Eve's Necklance" blooming branches or more precisely called Sophora affinis in the plant world.  This photo is from the middle of March, so if you have a special event next year that you want these amazing, white wisteria-like blooms for.... give us a ring!  They bloom at the farm from late February to mid to late March.  

Happy Earth Day!

Last Petal