Talia Events Wedding Planner

I recently met the most wonderful wedding planner! Rachel Hagen with Talia Events. She's organized, calm, professional, knowledgeable, prompt, I could go on and on. Check out her website at www.taliaevents.com
Call her, better yet book her! You'll love her too.

Rainbow Roses a Love, Love Relationship

Ok, so if you have never seen a "Rainbow Rose" take a peak. I happen to love them. You might also call them "Tie Die Roses." They are quite a novelty. Each petal is a different color. Someone, somewhere has figured out way to inject colored dye into the rose stems which in turn, creates this amazing look. Some designers hate them, I love them. I believe there is a customer for everything and a time and place as well. Yesterday, I sent out a bouquet filled with gerbera daisies and rainbow roses to a little girl battling cancer. I am sure they added sunshine to her day.

Denver Botanic Gardens

Today I visited The Denver Botanic Gardens. I have delivered many wedding flowers to their York Street location, but today was the first time that I actually strolled thru the beautiful garden displays at my leisure. My favorite gardens were Asian themed. Having studied Ikebana and Japanese Tea Ceremony in college, I am always attracted to anything Asian. Oh, and the new gift shop opened just yesterday. It was fabulous. I purchased a box of Asian inspired match sticks, complete with a lovely illustration of a Geisha. It really is an amazing place to have a wedding ceremony. www.botanicgardens.org.

Gold Lake Wedding

 

Congratulations Lisa and Cam on your one year anniversary!

Baby Shower Flower Arrangements

I wanted to share this photo of a baby shower table centerpiece that I designed recently. The white oriental lily is locally grown. It makes quite a spectacular show. We are at the end of hyacinth season, lucky enough to sneak one it. Enjoy.

The Empty Vase isn't so empty.

Be inspired with The Empty Vase located in Los Angeles. I love anything with luscious, fragrant roses, and this website takes the cake! www.emptyvase.com (thanks tim, for the tip.)

Wedding flower trends 2009

I designed a beautiful wedding for a lovely bride at The Hotel Boulderado two weeks ago. The bridal bouquet was filled with burgundy dahlias, chocolate cosmos, red freedom roses and uluhe curls. This summer I am seeing a trend of bouquets filled with rich dark colors. Chocolate cosmos and burgundy dahlias are a common theme. These wedding flowers were a nice compliment to the Victorian atmosphere of one of Boulder's most historic hotels.

Eufloria roses, still my favorite!

Hello dear followers, I haven't had much time to post new blogs as I am smack dab in the middle of wedding season. Although I am anxiously awaiting photographs from my wedding photographers. Will share soon. In the meantime, enjoy this arrangement of the week using peach Eufloria roses, green hydrangea, tropical orchids and locally grown oriental lilies. Yum.

Michael Jackson's Memorial

The red rose boutonnieres that Michael Jackson's brothers wore at the memorial today are called "Freedom" roses, named after Rosa Parks.

Colorado Music Festival

A big thank you to the Friends of the Colorado Music Festival for hiring The Painted Primrose to design the stage flowers for the Colorado Music Festival summer concert series! Thank you to Chet Anderson from the Fresh Herb Co. for donating his gorgeous flowers for this event. I ambsolutely love the atmosphere at Chautaugua, the vintage cabins, breathtaking views, historic concert hall and the fabulous dining hall. See you in Boulder! The festival runs June 27-August 7.