Last flower class!

Our last floral arrangement class was tonight, but sadly Mandy couldn't make it. She's in New York for work so guess who took her spot....? JEFF! I was pretty surprised that he wanted to come with me but we had fun and he did so well! We need to start roping him in to help us with future weddings! Now we just need to check out Seth's skills... Here's what we made:

Mine!

And Jeff's! 

Southern Weddings!

The photo shoot we participated in with photographer Katie Neal, coordinator Lindye Galloway, and {found} rentals, just went up on the Southern Weddings blog! Check it out!

Flower class #4

Last night was our second to last flower class... I'm going to miss it! We'll have to take another, or set up our own flower arranging weekly get together. Ooh, that actually sounds like a great idea... wine, food, friends, everyone brings a bunch of random flowers and we see what we can make! I think I just struck oil.

Here's what I made last night! Fun colors.

Check out the calla lilies! I've never seen this variety before, but they are gorgeous. Sort of half leaf, half flower. And you know I love me some succulents...

Mandy, post yours!!

Okay! Here's mine (Mandy's)!

I love you Trader Joe's

Gorgeous pink and white speckled spray roses that I picked up from TJ's this week... such a deal for $5.99!

Country wedding photo shoot on Southern Weddings blog August 9th!

We Like Flowers participated in an awesome photo shoot last month in the Riley Wilderness Park in Ladera Ranch, for a couple that was married in April but wanted some new shots done. It turned out sooo beautifully, I can't wait to see Katie's photographs! The shoot will be featured on the Southern Weddings blog on August 9th so stay tuned for the link when it goes up!

Photo shoot coordinator: Lindye Galloway

Photographer: Katie Neal Photo

Vintage set rentals: {found}

I wish I could post the sneak peak photos but that would be cheating! You gotta wait!

Surprise summer flowers!

I came home from our flower arranging class last night only to find a kitchen full of flowers from my sweet neighbor Sharon! Her garden was overflowing so she cut me a bunch of these great orange beauties and some fragrant lavender. I picked some rosemary and mint from my own garden and put these together for the house. They are so fragrant and fun!

Week 3!

Our homework from last week's floral arrangement class was to bring empty coffee cans to class today. I wasn't sure what we were going to do with my Chock o' Nuts coffee can but I figured it would be a cute little tied arrangement. We started the class by using floral foam glue to attach galax leaves to the outside leaving a little ruffle rim:

Margaret, the teacher, brought really fun field flowers and we were pleased with the results. Here's mine:

And Mandy's!

Flower class!

Mandy and I are taking a series of floral arrangement classes offered through the city of Long Beach for some Tuesday evening fun. We get to play with beautiful flowers and chat with fun ladies every class, and some crazy arrangements come out at the end. Take class #1- Mum and daisy poodles:



Mandy isn't going to be happy I posted this but I think it was cute. In a Clockwork Orange meets the Westminster Dog Show type of way. I defected and made an arrangement using all the other great flowers on hand.


Class #2 was tonight and we did topiary arrangements. Not my favorite but we had fun trying something we wouldn't normally do. Here's mine:


Everything looks cuter placed next to a gold piglet bank. :) We're looking forward to next week- coffee can arrangements!

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Back to school!

Mandy and I are taking a flower class together this summer starting up on July 13th. We're super excited! Classes are great because there are always techniques to learn and it's a great time to experiment with some crazy arrangements. I've never taken a formal class but Mandy has taken several and I saw what she produced during those so this is going to be fun. I'm a dork, so I plan on taking pictures and tweeting our creations during the classes. Stay tuned!

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