Playing with Flowers

I've been arranging flowers for the past couple of years and starting to incorporate it into our service offerings to clients.  Normally I head to the flower mart in San Francisco to purchase all the pretty blooms.  This past Friday, I had the itch to create an arrangement, so instead of heading to the city, I headed to the local grocery store.  I purchased 2 bouquets for about $15 total.  Voila!

It always amazes me the difference between photographs taken at night vs. during the day.  Same flowers, but feel completely different.

How did I make this pretty arrangement?  In 3 easy steps!

Floral foam
2 bouquets of mixed flowers
1 wooden box vase

I love floral foam.  It's truly a flower arranging girls best friend and makes it so easy.  Step 1: Cut the foam to fit in your container, then soak it in water until it's completely water saturated.  Step 2: Once that's done, then put it in your container, in my case, it was the wooden box vase (that has a plastic liner).  Step 3: Now it's time to start cutting flowers and arranging your blooms.  Typically I like to start on the sides with my larger blooms, but I didn't have a ton of large flowers in these bouquets, so I started from the top.  

For $15, I was able to transform two ordinary bouquets into something unique.  I love flowers and get so inspired by them.  So, of course it makes complete sense that I would have a pinterest board dedicated to pretty blooms.  Right?  Head on over to see what inspires me.  Would love to hear what inspires you.

|All images above taken by yours truly|

Winter Flowers from the Wild Side

I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted anything on the blog.  It's scary how time flies.  We've been so busy here at ROAR with tons of events.  We have 3 more happening in 2012 and then we can take a little break and enjoy the holiday season.

Florals are one of my favorite elements to add to events.  Lately, I've been drawn to rich jewel tones and moody flowers.  But I'm shying away from the perfectly symetrical arrangements and preferring the unstructured look.  Here are some of my favorites.  Which one is yours?

images via 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 /

A Dinner: Setting the Table

This has been a fun little series to spread out over a week.  Hopefully we've been building anticipation for part 3 of A Dinner.  (If you've missed part 1 & part 2 - links are at the bottom of this post.)  I have to say, this was one of my most favorite tables to set.  The space was just dripping with warmth.  The twinkle lights hanging from the rafters and the light bouncing off the windows just help to add to the ambiance of a spectacular evening.

Since we went with neutral pallet, we wanted add some color in the dining room, still keeping the vintage yet modern vibe, so we did that with the china, glasses, placecards and flowers.

Everything was personalized for this dinner.  We created custom menus and placecards and intermixed vintage china and glasses.  Nothing matched which made everything match.

Missed part 1?  Missed part 2?

Vendors: Venue ~ The BoxSF / Furniture Rentals ~ Blueprint Studios / Catering ~ Left Coast Catering / Vintage China ~ ROAR events / Flowers ~ ROAR events / Event Styling & Planning ~ ROAR events / Menu & Paper Goods ~ ROAR events / Photography ~ Orange Photography / Cupcakes ~ Junebug's Bakery

A Dinner: Setting The Stage Part I

I just got the pictures back from the event that we produced last week at the Box SF in San Francisco and they are just gorgeous.  There are so many great pictures I thought I would break the post into 3 parts vs. having a mile long post.

The Box SF is really a blank canvas with tons of character.  The space has exposed brick, gorgeous hardwood floors, loft-like ceilings and amazing windows.  

We wanted to produce an event that was elegant yet comfortable and mixed vintage and modern elements.  For the main presentation area, we chose neutral tones, including linen sofas and chairs with both reclaimed wood and mirrored accents.  We could have gone the traditional route of just having chairs, but by adding the sofas, coffee tables, floor lamps and rugs, it made the space more intimate and welcoming.

We also brought in new and vintage accessories throughout the space and of course, tons of flowers and candles that really made the space glow.

Images by Orange Photography

Vendors: Location ~ The Box SF / Furniture ~ Blueprint Studio Collection / Flowers: ROAR events / Accessories: A variety of stores

Sneak Peek: An Upcoming Event

We've been working hard on an event happening next week - which is why I've been a bit MIA on the blog lately.  Thought I would share a little sneak peek of the look and feel, custom menus and recipe cards we created and flowers.