Hello everybody and thanks for your patience, it’s great to be back in the swing of blogging. This past June I was faced with some serious health problems with my son. It has been a trying summer but we are all doing much better now. I thought that my blog should take second fiddle for a while as my family is just too precious to me and needed all of my attention. Life has a way of mellowing out and I am glad to be back into the swing of life again with some healing time behind me.
Now onto some good stuff, like bragging…….he he.
I am pleased to announce that White Poppy has been featured in a national magazine, the summer issue of The Bride and Bloom.
I got a very exciting phone call this past spring from Liene Stevens of the ever-so-popular blog Blue Orchid Designs and owner of Splendid Communications. She asked me if I would like to collaborate with her on a photo shoot that involved the color yellow and featured lemons as a focal point. We decorated a rustic wood table with gorgeous trifle bowls filled with fresh flowers and lemons.
I was also asked to create an adorable bridal bouquet. Since our colors were predominately yellow, I chose daffodils to be my main flower, I also chose to wrap it with the cutest green gingham ribbon. This bad boy got a full page.
Well, once again glad to be back. So visit me this week for Floral Friday when I will be talking about an unusual flower called Chinese Lantern.
Warm Regards,
The place card table was so cute.
A wand for the flower girl.
We did the centerpieces in galvanized buckets.
The sweetheart table was so “sweet”.
My sis and I.
Working hard.
The lobby flowers were so amazing.
Candy and our happy bride.
The unbelievable view from 
This was a pretty centerpiece to make, I think it turned out beautiful if I might say so myself.
Kissing ball, so cute for flower girls.
The adorable bridesmaids.
Another gorgeous bride.
Look at her fantastic hot pink shoes.
This inspiration board came from the oh so famous blog 
I continually get brides that confuse hydrangea and viburnum, they do look very much alike. Hydrangea has a much larger head and has larger leaves. Viburnum ( in the fresh cut industry) comes only in green, hydrangea comes in a multitude of colors.
Check out this gorgeous bouquet from 
Black Magic from Ecuador- this rose is really big, has a high petal count and is a velvety burgundy color.
Polo- this rose is extremely large, has such a high petal count it looks like a cabbage rose when it’s fully open and is a gorgeous creamy white.
Cherry Brandy- the color of this rose is so amazing! It’s a bi-colored pink rose with a citrus/orange center. I have used this rose many times for bridal shows that I have done and people ask me time and time again if it’s real or artificial.
Ranuncula- the name of this rose is a little confusing because a ranuncula is actually another type of flower. They must have named it ranuncula because it sort of looks like one. I love to order this gorgeous rose from my favorite rose grower 
Check out this fantastic bouquet from 
Here it is alone from 
or here it is mixed in with dahlias and with lighter and brighter colors (it’s so fantastic with bright green). This photo is from one of my favorite floral blogs 
Wow what a beautiful bouquet! This is 
Check out these sweet pea cuties from photographer 
I love this one because it has flowers AND food, what a great shot from Kate of 
This bouquet is so yummy…….check out 
Look at this adorable button hole and paisley tie photo from