our BHLDN arrangements

It just occurred to me that I don't think I ever shared photos from our flower adventure with BHLDN! Paul and I had such fun doing it and we may get a chance to work with them again in April. Paul made the first one with all the beautiful flowering quince branches and I made the other two.

a trip to BHLDN

I had the pleasure of going to BHLDN's Chicago store yesterday for work, and it was pretty freaking awesome.  It just opened up a couple of weeks ago and my buddy Paul and I are going to make them some flower arrangements!  Each week they feature different local florists throughout their store.  And since I work at a flower shop, it works out perfectly!  Paul and I are going to head up the project and our work will be featured the week of March 15th.  I can't wait to see what we both come up with!

valentines madness + flowers!

 orange cloony ranunculus, thistle, mini hydrangeas, scrub ivy, anemone

 hydrangea, lilac, garden rose, scabiosa, sumac, fiddle head fern, anemone

cloony ranunuculus, tulips, red garden roses, orchids

So, this week has been a little weird for me.  I'm working as much as a normal full time working person!  How strange, right?  Basically because of this my schedule has been a bit off.  Gotta love Valentines Day at a flower shop!  I had fun creating all of the arrangements this week, but man, it really exhausted me beyond belief. I still don't feel like I'm back to my usual self.  Above I posted a few of my favorite floral arrangements that I got to make.  These were all made the day before for pre-orders.  I had about zero time to photograph anything I made the day of, but it's all such a blur now anyway.  I'll be glad when I feel normal again!  It is always nice to make something different than the basic red rose bouquet.  One of my favorite things to do was to incorporate roses in an unconventional way, like the latter two pictures.  I used garden roses, which are just about the most insanely gorgeous flower of all time.  Although it was a long couple days, it always makes me feel good to make fun things for people. So I guess it makes it all worth it.  And until next year, I'll relax.

my crazy weekend hijinks

You may be wondering, what exciting hijinks did Martha get in to this weekend?  Well, since you asked, my weekend was pretty tame, aside from a semi-crazy night of cocktails and balloons at a friend's house after work and a trip to Target to see the Jason Wu.  I worked a lot this weekend, so I was insanely tired last night, especially because of the waking up at 7:30 to go to all that Target business... I did end up with this lovely dress, which I didn't need and can't really afford.  Really all I wanted was the cat scarf or maybe the daisy purse, but it was so crazy in there.  All the accessories were gone by 8:30, which is when Mary and I got there.  It all ended well though because we both got cute dresses that we'll wear lots.

The other news of my weekend is this:  I'm now selling my necklaces in the flower shop I work in.  I figured it can't hurt, right?  So I've been making some minor adjustments to some of the necklaces and trying to make some more.  I was going to keep the necklace above for myself, but decided to let go.  I can always make myself another!  I replaced the chain with twill tape so the necklace can be adjusted to whatever length one desires.  Come by Marguerite Gardens and check them out, and to visit me too of course!