May Madness!

The first bit of exciting news is that a wedding we provided the flowers for was featured on Green Wedding Shoes today!  What a huge honor this is.  If you haven't checked out this website, you must.  I'm officially (and have been for a while now) a GWS blogstocker!  I'm sure that's a new word they will be adding to the dictionary soon "blogstocker".  Share with us exciting blogs you follow.

Here is the video link to the very talented photographer Brandon Kidd that he was willing to share.  Thanks for making our flowers look even more spectacular! Check his blog on this wedding for even more wonderfulness!

A few weddings that happened during May Madness:

This weekend we had a wedding at the fabulous private estate Maison des Oliviers in San Juan Capistrano.  Contact Lorrie at OC Party Places to book inquire about this venue, it is stunning!  I have just a few personal photos, I can't wait to see the pictures that were taken by the fabulous Crissy at Christine Farah Photography.  I will share when I get a hold of them.  She had mentioned that she would get it featured in a blog since it was so beautiful!  Thanks Crissy :)  Here are some from my camera:
Congrats to Pam & Eddie!

My neighbor Marianne has a great yard.  Someone once told her that people would pay to sit in your yard and that got her to thinking....why not offer classes to show people how I did it and other ways to enjoy life through gardening (it is very therapeutic).  Goin Native was launched in the fall of 2009.  I've been lucky to teach a few classes there as well and have more scheduled in July, August and September.  Check out their website for all the juicy info.  Here is a beautiful bouquet I made for a garden tour they had a few weeks ago:

We had the opportunity to take a little time off this month to head up north to Cayucos, Ca.  A cute little beach town close to Morro Bay.  One of my best friends Kirsten was getting married and I certainly couldn't show up empty handed!  Congrats to Kirsten & Patrick, he is one heck of a lucky guy.  By the way Kirsten is a very talented musician!  Check her out!
www.kirstenproffit.com

And finally, congratulations to Sarah & Brett who got married on the 15th at Franciscan Gardens.  Sarah just finished a service with the military while planning her wedding.  I met with her and did her consultation while she was on a short break during her tour.  Bless her heart, that had to have been stressful!  Thank you Sarah for your service and thank you to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve our beautiful country and keep us safe.

Now on to June....can you believe it??  Wishing you floral love ~ Stacey

I've been swamped (in a good way)!

We have been very busy here at Floral Occasions!  It IS of coarse, wedding season!!  I have posted a few pics of recent weddings on our Facebook Fan Page, so please check those out.  As well as a new photo album that I titled "Great Ideas I Have To Share", where I post pictures of great ideas that brides have been rock stars in the DIY dept.

Here are a few teaser pics of recent weddings:

Stephanie's wedding, May 1st at The Villa in San Juan Capistrano.  She had an amazing Anthropologie style wedding and a wonderful Marine to marry, it was a beautiful wedding!!

This is sweet as pie Janelle.  She is loved by many, especially the mom's that she nannies for.  Beautiful bride, great taste in flowers.

I was chosen to design the flowers for the Orange County Board of Tourism's annual convention.  This is what we put together to showcase the beauty of Orange County, complete with real oranges and those wonderful little cuties.  We did 35 of these beauties!!  My team rocks, thank you Pam and Basia :)

Kyla got married April 24th at Franciscan Gardens.  Beautiful romantic colors with Vendela and Sahara roses, antique green hydrangea and love!

Tera was a bride that LOVED bling.  We had it everywhere!  On the cake, the bouquets, mothers corsages, even the groom's boutonniere!  Beautiful wedding with great colors.

Oh yeah, my daughter Sydnee has PINK hair!  I think it turned out pretty cute :)  She is awesome and an up and coming hair stylist extraordinaire!

Hope you are enjoying all the beautifulness of spring and all the floral love you can handle!

First weddings of the season - Spring 2010

Today will be the third wedding of this beautiful spring.  It is at Caspers Wilderness Park on Ortega Highway.  Such a beautiful setting and especially this time of year.  A challenging wedding because the park rangers would like me to use only native plants or flowers to the park or another alternative "plastic flowers".  WHAT???  Could you imagine ME giving a bride a bouquet of plastic flowers!  I think they call them silks now, and well, that's just not my cup of tea.


Here is what we came up with.

 This was the grooms BestWoman, his sister.  I was surprised to find this out, but the boutonniere looked great with her beautiful tweed suit.

I think this boutonniere is my favorite that I've ever done.  What do you think of it?

 The ceremony location at the Visitors center of Caspers Park. 

The reception was held at The Ramos House Cafe in my hood, down the street.  I love doing weddings in SJC.

 In March we had a few weddings.  Candice & Mike's wedding was at Franciscan Gardens.

 Glamelia or Couture Rose Bouquet.

***NOTE***  These are pictures that I took, not from a professional photog, so I know they are not that great and maybe don't do the flowers much justice.






Then there was the adorable Arlene & Jojo.  Budget savy couple that didn't even have room in their budget for flowers!  What to do?  Rochelle, the site manager at Franciscan Gardens suggested they call me.  I helped them to create a super chic centerpiece that they could afford.

Bridesmaid bouquets that were cute and inexpensive.

And, well, we went all out on the Bridal Bouquet of course!  Her dress was stunning, and maybe my favorite so far.

Sweet story from this wedding.  Joe is a musician and wrote Arlene a song after their first date.  Arlene wanted it for their first dance, Joe said no because he had other plans to surprise her with it another way.  He was going to sing it to her during dinner.  While setting up with his brother and a violinist friend from out of state, the keyboard died.  There was no other way to perform this song, the keyboards were the main instrument.  I overheard what was going on so I offered our good ole Costco keyboards for them to use, and I live right around the corner, so we jumped in the car and 15 minutes later they did a quick sound check and saved the day!  I love when we can provide more than just beautiful flowers.


Happy Easter to you and remember the real reason we celebrate this wonderful holiday.  I'm thankful that He died on the cross for all of us.
Blessings to you.      ~Stacey

Beautiful San Juan Capistrano

I am lucky to live and work in one of the most beautiful and unique cities in Orange County.  I live in the historical district of SJC known as Los Rios.  It is the oldest established neighborhood in California with homes still standing that were built in the 1700 & 1800's.

A great spot for wedding photos!

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We built our home in 2000 and love being a part of this great community.  Brides love to come over, and we meet in my consultation suite, which is located behind my garage.  I remodeled what has been a rental, office for my husbands contracting company and catch-all-junk room.  I love the way it turned out.

San Juan Capistrano's Mission is known as "the jewel of the missions".  It is one of the most beautiful and serene places I've ever visited.  Many brides that get married in SJC choose to head over to the mission for special photos.

These photos by:  Christine Farah Photography  Other photos by:  jshippleyphotography & Mathew Morgan Photography

I hope you get to make it here sometime and if you do, please stop by and say hello!  The swallows will be here soon!  ~Stacey