it all starts with an idea... and usually a little drawing i sketch up for my clients.  in this case, the scribble below is what i saw in my head and this is what i shared with my ladies,  the amazing team at table sensations.  debi and cheryl choose les fleurs to create table scapes for their client's woodland engagement party on the 26th floor of boston university's student housing.

to learn more about the ladies at table sensations follow their link here... table sensations

ok... so back to that little drawing.  after asking everyone i know to cut down a tree with moss and cool knot's, hollow it out and deliver multiple sizes to my exact measurements,  we went straight to the professionals (as this was an idea silly enough no one i knew wanted any part of the making of these bark vases)

step one: 

find tree no wider than 10-12" around with awesome lichen and cool bark

step two:

cut the sizes requested by little ole' me... and they were practically 20 different sizes :o)

step three:

use a hole saw to hollow out each tree round for my arrangements. *so what made this so much fun, each tree round was a different size... therefore (yup you guessed it) each saw size was different, im not exactly on the top of the tree guess list of favorite anymore... BUT IT WAS SOOOO WORTH IT!!! the outcome was awesome!

step four:

choose and order ferns, begonias and succulents for the arrangements

this was a fun event to create pieces for!  don't get me wrong, i LOVE to arrange stunning flowers, but playing with plants, moss, trees... so cool & different

our coolers looked like they were filled with mini "designer forests" the girls said

here's how our little treats came to life in the room...  linen's by table toppers in newton, ma

2 style's of groupings on the tables... smaller guest tables had grouping of 3 tree stumps with mini designer ferns and begonia, large dinner tables held a single tree stump mixed with large ferns, succulents, moss, river rock and mini begonia plants

as a surprise to maris and cole the AMAZING ladies at table sensations designed these "trail maps" for the couple.  they were AWESOME, they opened just like a cute little pocket map with dates and places special to m&c.  the guides were added to the table scape on each table throughout the venue.

large tree stumps served at side tables... we stacked 2 on top of each other and added succulents, moss and a little candle light.

one of the favorite events i've created this season! such fun always with debi and cheryl, thank you again for asking les fleurs to be apart of maris and cole's engagement party!

for more information on how to book debi and cheryl of table sensations please go to their website! (click above phrase to be directed to their site)

rebekah kay photography

intercontinental hotel, boston, ma

les fleurs

october 2011

i was going through some old draft posts on our blog and realized these beautiful pictures by rebekah kay had never been created into a post.  i'm sorry this is such a simple entry, but ill let the photo's and flowers do the work today ;o)

happy fall weddings everyone!

red roses and red berries were perfectly romantic for our bride's fall wedding

hair wreath and pomander in the wedding's signature red & orange's

cylinder vases filled with crab apples stood tall with fall floral arrangements on guests tables throughout the ballroom