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the (not real) flowers

I just found these pictures on my camera, they were tests for the personal flowers. I have to say that I liked the tests a little better than the real thing. I just used greenery from around the house, the one above uses a few sprigs of the fern in the studio (the name of which escapes me at the moment) and the one below showcases my lovely sweet bay leaves. I had planned to harvest greenery from the yard at the house, but I ran out of time to really find anything good. Most of the greens had leaves that were way out of scale for boutonnieres, and by the time I got to do them, it was less than two hours before go time and I still hadn't even gotten the curlers in my hair.



This is what I wanted to do for the mothers' corsages (my mother insisted on a wrist corsage...) but then my mother balked at the idea of a red dahlia with her gold/cream dress, so I ended up doing them in ivory dahlias with matching grosgrain ribbon, in my humble opinion, not quite as nice, but still quite beautiful. Hopefully I'll have pro pictures soon, but it might be awhile as our lovely Liz is organizing a human rights conference in Kenya.



All the flowers (real and otherwise) are from Lebak Flower Farm. They don't have a website, but they are at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket on saturdays (although I'm not sure how many more weekends they'll be around for the winter) more on them to come.

a few wedding details

The bridesmaids dresses. J. Crew on sale, $39.99 (oh yeah!). I made the belts, flowers from Tinsel Trading, ribbons from—I don't remember—I bought about 100 yards of different ribbon at the last minute because I was worried that we'd need extra stuff to decorate with. I think we probably used about 10 yards total. But I'm sure I'll find plenty of uses for it in the future. You can never have too much ribbon.

{please ignore the massive clutter in the background of the first picture. I'd love to say that we've totally tackled the snarl of  wedding-era clutter, but the truth is we are not even close. We have done a lot of moving stuff around, and we switched our bedroom to the front room so we don't have to sleep and wake up in the bat cave—i digress, please just hold up your fingers around the dress, so that you aren't assaulted by the chaos!} 

i'm still here

Apologies for  the long absence. Many things have happened since I last posted, most importantly (and the real reason I haven't been posting) Ben and I got married. It's amazing how much time weddings absorb. The wedding was just over two weeks ago and I'm just now starting to feel recovered. We did nearly everything ourselves, I'll be sharing some of those projects soon. But I wanted to acknowledge all the great blog mentions Jewelweeds has gotten in the past few months. Sorry that I wasn't able to do this sooner, I really appreciate all the lovely things you've all said about my products. It's great to be getting such wonderful feedback.

Little Love Blue is run by Cary Walker, who lives in Brooklyn and I suspect we've crossed paths before without knowing it. Her little creatures are so charming, I have a feeling that some of the little people I know will be unwrapping them come holiday season. Cary does a shopping list feature on her blog that she included my linen runner in, the theme of which was natural beauty.

Scoutie Girl is a great indie shopping blog that is new to me, but is now a daily read. Jan has wonderful taste (if i do say so myself!) and it was great to be featured alongside some of my favorite designers. Jan is also a brilliant textile designer and sells her fabrics on Etsy shop Daisy Janie. And I'm just realizing now that her fabric was also part of Cary's shopping list, what a fun coincidence!

Perennial favorite, Poppytalk gave a wonderful birthday present and featured my little room on their Poppytalk Handmade Market Studio Spaces series. The handmade market has been great for me, I highly recommend it for anyone looking to get  more exposure. Blogger is being a pain with uploading images, but you can see pictures of the studio here. (and no, it's not always that neat...) 

More to come later. Thanks again for all your support.

there's still time...

to catch Jewelweeds in the Poppytalk Handmade Market. The "Home Sweet Home" markets runs through August 8th. Come check it out.

in the blink of an eye

July has been a complete whirlwind, lots of visiting with family, a few panic attacks about the wedding being only two months away, and lots to do before then. Luckily some of this craziness took me here:

There's a pattern in here somewhere:

accidental red, white & blue

Breakfast a few weeks ago. Nothing beats fresh strawberries that are red all the way through. They actually taste the way strawberries are meant to taste like. They make summer in the city a little bit more bearable.