We are back. And I cannot believe how tired I am. Five nights, six days of Disney. I will no doubt put together a post of some highlights. But not yet. Because right now I need a day or two of just being back home in a Disney-free space.
We got in late last night. And before we left, I offered to help out a friend's brother with their wedding flowers. Their wedding is tomorrow, so I put together some bouquets and other personal flowers this morning.
The friend is Max's former kindergarten teacher. We have really lucked out with teachers at Max's school. His current 1st grade teacher is amazing. She has a blog for the parents and posts regularly on everything that the kids do--she even includes short video clips and pictures. It's really incredible. And Max happens to have made good friends with a lovely girl whose mother is also a first grade teacher at their school. They have benevolently taken him under their wing several times for outings and other fun activities (like staying and playing in her empty classroom after school which Max thinks is the coolest thing). And of course, Max's first crush, his kindergarten teacher. We are extremely lucky that she still treats him like one of "her kids" even though he's moved on from kindergarten and she has a new batch of students.
Last year, Max's kindergarten teacher really helped him develop a love for school. So how does one go about repaying someone for such a gift? Well, you can't. But you can at least try, say, with a bridal bouquet for her soon-to-be sister-in-law.
The couple chose a palette that is more typical in spring and summer weddings--cool blue, lavender and purple, with touches of magenta. The picture they showed me had spring foliage, such as hyacinth and fiddlehead ferns, so I had to adapt their dream flowers to a fall interpretation. I went with hydrangea, delphinium, privet berry, veronica, and freesia.
For bridesmaid bouquets, I added in Peruvian lilies (alstromeria) and switched the magenta freesia to white. I used coordinating flowers for the boutonnieres and corsages. To make the groom's boutonniere stand out, I added a sprig of hydrangea.
After this gig on the heels of our trip, it's safe to say you could poke me with a fork. But "done" is relative as I have two suitcases of laundry and an empty fridge calling my name. And since I've been out of the kitchen for a week, I also have dough proofing and a ton of cooking to catch up on. Then there's the three Halloween costumes to finish. But at least I don't have to stand in line to tackle any of these. It's good to be home. Happy Friday!
p.s. I was super excited to return to find that my post on the Switch Witch was featured on Tip Junkie. I love that site!!
p.p.s. I was not excited to return to find that none of my auto posts posted. I suppose turning them on would've helped. A second craft along give away as well as more Halloween crafts were supposed to post--I'll get them up asap so be sure to check back.