Welcome Baby Alyssa!

My cousin had her baby on Friday, and to celebrate, I thought I would post some pics of the shower we threw for her.  She loves anything shabby chic {I mean, who doesn't?}, so I thought it would be perfect for the shower.  Below are a few pics of what I threw together.  Welcome baby Alyssa!  We can't wait to watch you grow!

Ombre is all the rage right now, and I LOVE it.  I had to incorporate it in the shower in some way, so I did an ombre cake.  One word...love!

My favorite part of the shower were the flowers of course!  I just think flowers add so much style and personality to any event.  They're a great natural decoration and they just make you feel good.

What's your go to baby shower them?

The Fenwick Wedding

Easter weekend, I had the pleasure of not only standing [as the maid of honor] in my friend Nina's wedding, but also getting to do the flowers, and some accessories for the bride/bridesmaids.  Although doing all that while actually having to be a huge part of the actual wedding was trying and hard at times, I am so glad she let me do it!  I'm so happy with how everything turned out!


The wedding color was blue, and she wanted to add some peacock feather accents [which I love]!  I made   all the bridesmaids navy flowers with peacock feathers, and Nina a classic white flower to accent her dress.  I also got the opportunity to add accents to her garter, which I was really excited about!  I LOVE the way it turned out!  I'm definitely adding these to the things that I'll be making on the regular.

For the flowers, she went with a very simple and classic look.  I used white and blue hydrangeas, peonies and billy balls for the arrangements and bouquets.  I love how it all turned out!

I also did two Cherry Blossom arrangement for the actual ceremony.  They later doubled as the as the  arrangements on the family table.  Everything at the wedding turned out beautiful, including the happy bride!  I wish the Fenwicks a happy EVERYTHING!    

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It's a Rustic Wedding shower, y'all!

Although it seems that I have been celebrating other people's life decisions since the beginning of 2012, I do have to admit that I love a good party planning sesh...no matter what! I recently hosted a rustic wedding shower for one of my good friends, and it was at that moment that I fell in love with rustic. Although I try to fight it, I'm a Southern girl at heart. More pics to follow soon...

Ahoy...It's a boy!!!!

A couple of weekends ago, a friend hired me to do the flowers for a baby shower that she was throwing.  The theme of the shower was "nautical," and the more I researched it, the more I fell in love!  Nautical themes are so cute!  I wish one of my friends would have a boy so I could throw a shower using this theme, there are just so many different things that you can do!  Chelsea was GREAT to work with and gave me all kinds of creative freedom [be sure to check out the wreaths...they are my favorite!].  Here are a few highlights...

I made two large arrangements and two small.  I heart hydrangeas!!!! 

Corsage for the mommy to be.

The wreaths!  I love them!

The Foster Wedding

I know most of you are friends on Facebook or already fans of Swish Productions, so you have already seen all the pics from Kim & John's wedding, but it is something that I am really proud of, so I wanted to make a post!  Last November, Swish Productions branched out into a little bit of wedding/event planning.  Kim and John were really great to work with.  Probably a little too great.  I doubt if I end up doing this more often, I will find a bride that is as laid back as Kim was!  Congrats to the happy couple!!!!

I did Kim's hair accessory, clutch and flowers.  Let me know what you think!!!!