Jun 21, 2010
Outside the Flowerbox with Poppies & Posies
I’m so excited to welcome Sierra & Juliet of Poppies & Posies as a new contributer here on Brooklyn Bride! These lovely ladies will be joining us every month to showcase fabulously modern florals…today, we start with a shoot inspired by a recent trip to Costa Rica…
Recently, Poppies & Posies was lucky enough to take a trip to Costa Rica. The unusual plant life and exotic flowers that encompasses the country side there were incredibly beautiful. One particularly inspiring piece of flora that we stumbled upon was a flowering vine. The vine had draped itself all over an ancient tree. Its bright yellow florets looked like the were glowing in the sunlight. It was truly other wordly and made the entire P&P team stop and stand in awe at the base of the tree for an inappropriate amount of time. The locals later told us that this vine only flowers once every two years and and when it does it only last for a day or two. Alas, when we went back two days later all of the petals had already fallen from the vine and the tree was bare again.
Our tablescape was designed in the hopes of transporting each guest to that almost other worldly, tropical jungle. A leaf canopy was built for the guests to sit under and large fiddle heads, gloriosa, and moss provide a jungle-esque runner. If you look closely there are butterflies and tiny turquoise beetles hiding in the flora of the tablescape. Janelle Sing handmade the seating cards with mini illustrations of bugs and mini pineapples provide a holder at each setting. Crisp white china and simple silver flatware provide a modern edge.
Sources:
Janelle Sing for the calligraphy/illustrated seating cards
Ella Cafe for allowing us to use their space for the shoot
[images from Missy Photography]
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June 21st, 2010 at 10:21 am
Costa Rica seems like a great inspiration – this shoot turned out great!
June 21st, 2010 at 10:37 am
Great feature…looking forward to many more
June 21st, 2010 at 11:36 am
Beautiful!@@
June 21st, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Congrats to Sierra & Juliet! So excited to see more Poppies and Posies on Brooklyn Bride! Hooray…
June 21st, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Love the vines and bright yellow blooms! Exotic and beautiful.
June 21st, 2010 at 10:17 pm
thank you for all of the lovely comments! we had so much fun working on this project and can’t wait for july’s shoot! xx
June 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Great shoot!! The inspiration of Costa Rica really shined through! Great colors!
July 15th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
True Paradise on earth
May 2nd, 2011 at 3:23 am
Love the uniqueness of the greens from Costa Rica. Interested in hearing more!
September 14th, 2011 at 2:39 am
What an excellent story thank you rather significantly for sharing with us.
September 19th, 2011 at 1:59 am
A lot of thanks for all of the effort on this web page.
September 27th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Great shoot!! The inspiration of Costa Rica really shined through! Great colors!
September 27th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Love the vines and bright yellow blooms! Exotic and beautiful.
October 13th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
love!Great shoot!
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