Heart of the Summer Wedding in Emporia, Kansas

This bouquet was everything! Blair asked me to make her bouquet unique, and to include pheasant feathers and some dried elements. Challenge accepted! I love being asked to be artistic and to be trusted to make your dream bouquet.

Bride's bouquet with king protea

Beautiful photos by www.briannahuynhphotography

This is the wedding of Blair and Doyle Conley on July 1, 2023 at the Messiah Lutheran Church with the reception at the Anderson Building in Emporia, Kansas. It was a beautiful day! Blair’s bouquet was a mix of blush roses, peach and white ranunculus, white scabiosa, and pale pink stock, accented with mixed eucalyptus greenery, feathers and dried grasses. The focal point was a white king protea.

Another great design element in this wedding was the groom’s pocket square boutonniere. I really love making these and this one is definitely a statement piece.

Groom's pocket square boutonniere

And finally this picture. Isn’t this what wedding parties are all about?

Congratulations to Blair and Doyle!

Katie and Adam at Magnolia Venue and Urban Garden, August 17, 2019

This story starts in the year 2001 for Katie and me. She was my daughter’s best friend in 5th grade and that was the year they talked their parents into letting them join a traveling summer softball league. So many long weekends and so much fun. And here we are in 2019 with Maryann standing up with Katie in her wedding to Adam. Good friends last a lifetime.

Photos by Brittyn Elizabeth Photography

Photos by Brittyn Elizabeth Photography

The wedding colors were classic with dusty blue dresses, charcoal suits, creamy white flowers, and mixed greenery including several types of eucalyptus as well as magnolia leaves.

Katie’s bouquet included white Mondial roses, white garden roses, brunia, waxflower, stock and lisianthus.

Cream and Ivory bouquet with magnolia leaves

It was a perfectly perfect day with lots of sunshine and lots of laughs. I was honored to be a part of this wedding and wish Katie and Adam all the love and happiness they deserve!

Photo by Brittyn Elizabeth Photography

Photo by Brittyn Elizabeth Photography

My Wedding- August 10, 2019- Eskridge, KS

This is my wedding- my story. On August 10, 2019, I married a man I love very much and it was a wonderful day filled with all the people I love most. Many of you know that my last ten years have been a journey I didn’t plan. But that’s life and we all have stories. The smiles in these pictures represent everything good about unexpected journeys, and being able to accept, adjust and move forward. And a special thank you to our daughter-in-law, Hannah Kraus, for capturing everything perfect about this day in photos. @hannahkrausphotography

Warren and Jennifer
Getting Married!
VIPs
Warren and Jennifer

I know I’m a florist and you would think flowers would be an important part of my day but….. I was just too lazy and honestly more interested in the food and wedding cake! I did make myself a bouquet of my favorite flower-Stock, in three colors. And I decorated our historic park bandstand with Smilax which was super fun to work with!

Martha, Larkin, Nora, Hannah, Connor, Warren, Jennifer, Maryann, Ellie, Zeb, Erica, and Ryan

Martha, Larkin, Nora, Hannah, Connor, Warren, Jennifer, Maryann, Ellie, Zeb, Erica, and Ryan

Larkin, me, Maryann and Erica
With the grandchildren
Warren and Jennifer

Two of my favorite quotes and ones that I think about often. ““What lies behind us, and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson. and “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”- Robert Browning.


The food was amazing. Amy and Lucas Moody. @forkluvsspoon

The food was amazing. Amy and Lucas Moody. @forkluvsspoon

The party
High five!

It was a really hot day in August and we had fun anyway! With all of our friends, amazing food, and yes, yard games including volleyball, we celebrated everything great about finding the person you love.