Vendor Spotlight: Artisan Flowers

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What happens when one of your best friends from your first graphic design job branches out into the world of floral design during your engagement? You get really friggin' lucky, that's what!

via Artisan Flowers

Please welcome Artisan Flowers to my arsenal of vendors/friendors who are starting new businesses in the wedding industry. I really enjoy collaborating with folks like Jasmin, Sarah Mallory and T30SB because, like myself, they enjoy working with brides, helping people problem solve and love this niche of the creative industries.

Jasmin has a blog and will be adding to her portfolio over the next few months. I'm very excited to see how my flowers turn out as we are using muted but lush fall colors that don't scream pumpkins and hayrides. Don't get me wrong, I love the fall. It's my absolute favorite time of the year. However, I didn't want our wedding to have the "typical" fall look. She plans to use red spray roses, hypericum, bear grass, ivy, Ivory roses, red roses, khaki roses and cinnamon roses. I love roses and I'm not ashamed of that.

We'll hang my hand-made & hand-dyed coffee filter pomanders around the venue as well! We'll be making those on Sunday with a few other wonderful friends who have offered to help me wrap up the wedding projects.

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend, everyone!

Vendor Spotlight: Something Old Designs

Although I've already featured Sarah Mallory and her rockstar alterations skills, I'd like to introduce you to her new business venture, Something Old Designs.

Who wouldn't want a personal stylist for their wedding day? Someone who is solely responsible for making sure your dress is perfect, pressed and take care of any last minute "mishaps"? I know I do because my dress is a huge pain to get into! Enter Sarah and Something Old Designs. Sarah is an experienced clothing designer who has come up with the next-best-thing in wedding services: concierge service! She will come to you to do your alterations, custom design your dress or re-design your mom's wedding dress to fit your modern tastes! Something Old also features custom jewelry design, bridesmaid's dress re-design and many other services.

Go check out Something Old Designs and look for my post-wedding review of Sarah's concierge service! If you'd like to see some of Sarah's work in person, join her on Sept 11 for Nashville Fashion Week where her Spring 2011 collection will debut.