A Spring Flower Workshop

Hello lovelies!

Last weekend Sunny and I had the pleasure of throwing another floral workshop here in Green Bay. This was our 5th flower workshop since we started 2 years ago (can't believe it actually!) and this time Sunny hosted the event at her floral studio, Ebb and Flow Flowers (check out her stunning website!), in Olde School Square. She has the most adorable shop with beautiful antique details and modern finishes. It was the perfect place to host this smaller, more intimate event and I think the ladies had a wonderful time relaxing amongst the flowers and happy chatter. 

Sunny taught us how to create a floral arrangement with a more organic, foraged feel and an asymmetrical shape. Exactly the sort of bouquet I appreciate most when I see the arrangements these floral stylists create. She made it look absolutely effortless in her demonstration and when we set off to create our very own masterpieces we kept her easy instructions and tips in mind, hoping for the best! 

I tend to float and chat and take pictures during our workshops so I'll use that as an excuse for my arrangements veeeeery, how shall I say it .... organic (yes!) looseness. Haha! It's pictured above, a little before Sunny helped me by adding a few things here and there in a way that made my jaw drop at the obviousness of the whole thing. "Now why didn't I think of tucking a tulip into that open space? It's perfect there!"

So here are plenty of photos from our morning together. Thank you to the lovely ladies who attended this workshop with us. We loved your sweet company and hope the events of that morning in addition to our great floral prowess serve to usher in the charms of springtime. Fingers crossed!

If you'd like to get on our mailing list and receive news about upcoming floral events, send me a note to kirstyloug@gmail.com or Sunny at info@ebbandflowflowers.com. We try to keep our workshops affordable, so that every girl (all creative ladies and flower lovers) have a chance to try it out without an extraordinary investment to do so. In addition, please let me know if there are any other workshops, parties or fun get togethers that you're interesting in being a part of. I have some ideas brewing that should be really fun in the summer. So keep in touch!

xx Kirsty 

A Flower Potluck

Hello friends! I'm oh so close to a little getaway time with family and just can't wait to relax and party for my little sister's birthday. We leave bright and early tomorrow and will enjoy a fabulous week of ... nothing, I hope. But it's the kind of nothing that involves lazing around and eating way too much and I can't think of anything better right now.

It's been a busy, busy month for me with all kinds of cool projects finally wrapped up, almost all at once! But that's how things tend to go, with work coming at me in big, crazy waves and then just that gentle tide of quiet for a time after. But I love it and wouldn't have it any other way.

So I want to share some of the pictures I took at our #loveliesinmylifeworkshop over the weekend. My friend Sunny, of Ebb and Flow Flowers, and I team up to host floral workshops at least once a year and for this one we wanted to try something tried and true - flower arranging - with something completely new - a delicious dinner. And it was a huge hit! We had the biggest group of ladies attend yet and you were all so wonderful. Thank you for gathering with us for an evening that gave us a beautiful little prelude to spring. We so needed that!

Here's a look at our evening.

Sunny set up all the extra greenery and filler florals and then as guests arrived, we added their flowers (hence the potluck) to the vases to fill the table. Sooo pretty right?!

Guests enjoyed house made hummus and guacamole appetizers and drinks from a special cocktail menu created for our spring party. Pomegranate, mango and grapefruit were the flavors I remember and wow, they were delish! 

Then Sunny taught the group how to go about creating an artful arrangement, giving us a few great tips to having that magic hand with florals. But as it turns out, it's so much easier said than done. :)

And here's a look at each woman's creation!

Since I took all the pictures that evening I thought I'd throw in a few of those I'd posted on Instagram (@kirstyg). Thanks to my sister Daena for snapping them!

And after our vases were filled with all those beauties, we dimmed the lights and sat down for dinner. Chef Ben at The Creamery created a special Botanical Bites menu for our gathering and we ate a lovely meal of swordfish skewers over cous cous, semolina pasta, and lavender panna cotta for dessert. The perfect ending.

Thank you all for being there and hope to see you at our next event at summer's end!

xx Kirsty