Hello!!
     I know it's been couple weeks since I've posted but I just feel like life get a little too busy sometimes. It's crazy how you can get so caught up in the moment and forget to reflect and be thankful for what you have. I mean these last couple of weeks included a very special baby shower, tons of dance recitals, and of course Mother's Day. And Mother's Day is huge for the floral world, it's our second biggest holiday next to Valentine's Day. So just a note on this please, oh please try to avoid scheduling weddings or big events on these weekends because more often than not it's very hard to find a florist that will have time to fit your event in their schedule, unless you use a purely event florist (wink, wink).

    Now back to what's been going on in current Busy Lil Bee world, I got a great chance to help one of my good friends Amanda with her baby shower this past weekend. She gave me the great opportunity to create her maternity sash for her! I love getting chance to work with something new and this was def one, I mean I had actually never heard of a maternity sash before she told me about it. But after all was said and done, I love the idea! The sash really helps to show off your baby bump and makes for some great maternity photos! Plus they tend to be super cute, and who doesn't like something that's super cute!!

    Speaking of super cute things... Another great new thing that I got the chance to do for the past to weekends we make tons of nosegays for little girls' dance recitals. Now nosegays are nothing new but they haven't really been prevalent in the floral world for a while but now they seem to be picking up steam They are pretty much just very small bouquets that can be used in place of corsages or for smaller girls especially flower girls or in this case to recognize the great dancer in your life. I found these so fun to do because not only do I get the chance to use the brightest colors flowers ,b, and no matter what you know that what your making will bring a smile to a little girl's face!! Both of these new ventures for us open a new world of possibilities and I am definitely thankful for them and glad they really brighten people's day!!

Hello Again Friends!
    Last week was one for the books! As always it was crazy busy but I had one great wedding to get going! All of the flowers came in great and looked wonderful together especially these green button poms and eryngium. It never fails how much flowers can bring a smile to my face and freshen up a room plus having hundreds of them really helps.

And as much as I kind of hate to admit this, silks can help brighten up a room just as much... especially when they are great quality ones!! Probably one of the few times I am behind using silks in place of real flowers is when it comes to flowers for an archway or something similar. I guess this may sound odd but I just would hate for a bride to be standing under her archway and get dripped on by the beautiful arrangement hanging above her head. lol But really I have just found that for myself and generally everyone involved silks give a little more piece of mind. Now sometimes and more often than not silks will end up costing more than real or match them in price but hey it can be a great memoir from your wedding if you'd like. And of course it's great news for your florist because we can get it together well before time and have more time to spend working on the other flowers the day before your wedding! Just like last week I had a wonderful time Tuesday putting together this silk piece for a beautiful bride's wedding before I even got in the fresh flowers for her wedding!

    Great to say her flowers all came in looking wonderful the following day and then the fun part is creating each item with the little beauties! After that it's truly the hard part... loading up the car! I say it's the hardest because if they're not packed right disaster can strike. I swear I always have a panic attack while driving with flowers in my car, I mean it's probably the only time I am more than okay with driving well under the speed limit. ;) Needless to say all these made it to the wedding unscathed and ready to be put out! The venue was gorgeous and the centerpieces fit perfectly with it! The funniest part was when I was trying to fill the centerpieces and had the sink explode on me... I'm pretty sure I ended up watering myself more than any centerpiece! lol As always though I just laugh it off and was just so glad that all the flowers were perfect.

    The venue was Stone Hall at Texas Old Town in Kyle, TX. To the left is a picture as you walk in the hall. I love the green table clothes and really think the flowers jived with it all perfectly. I would love to thank Sarah and Alex for using us as their florist because we had a blast!!! And we like to thank their great photographer for the bridal portrait! You can learn more about him on his website http://www.geodun.com/blog/ .