How to become someone your daughter trusts

Last year, I was in a meeting with a client; she and her mother had a wonderful relationship with one another. They listened to each other. They respected one another. I could tell they had great admiration for each other as well. I’ve seen lots of different mother daughter dynamics through my years of working in the wedding industry, but this one was different. While the daughter completely respected her mom they also genuinely enjoyed being around each other. They were friends too. In one of our last ...

Maternity Shoot

Photographers, Reid and Brittany Riggan asked for me to create a floral crown for a maternity shoot they were doing. The mom, Ilona, looks so precious showcasing this floral crown and her baby bump!

Inside My Planner

Appointments on your phone are great, and I used to do that; but I found having EVERYTHING in one place helps my everyday productivity tremendously. I decided to buy myself an annual planner. I use Emily Ley’s simplified planner. I bought it keeping in mind it is going to get messy, but it’s a way to organize my life around the things that matter most! I learned a wonderful tip from Emily Ley: there needs to be plenty of white space in your planner.

Maggie Ried Bridal Portraits

I absolutely adored creating Maggie's bridal portrait bouquet! She was the sweetest client with a bright and bubbly personality. Plus, she trusted me with my creative vision! One of the main flowers she wanted incorporated with her floral was the peony - and they did not disappoint! They burst open with gorgeous pinks and lovely yellow centers. The Sterlings did a beautiful job photographing Maggie in the gardens at a local college. All of these spring colors are definitely getting us ready for a bright ...

8 Tips to Eliminate Email Stress + Take Back Control of Your Inbox

Remember when the smartphone came out? Remember how life changing it felt to be able to check your email anywhere? Talk about freedom! Fast forward to today - do you still feel that same freedom? Can I be honest for a second? Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong decade. I remember when I was a kid how the phone would ring and someone would yell, “I’ll get it!” I miss those days.

Sydnie Ross | Bridal Portraits

I had the pleasure of traveling to Palm Springs, California with my client to create her bouquet for her bridal portraits. The combination of her beauty against the drop dead gorgeous background made for some of the most stunning images that I have seen. Not only are Sydnie and her family gorgeous people on the outside - they are the kindest, most loving people on the inside, too. I love this family so much, and it was such an honor to be asked to travel with them for such a special time before the wedding ...

Make Your Work Hours Count!

The years 2011 - 2014 are a bit of a blur. I don't remember everything, but I remember the way I felt after coming home from work each day. I remember crawling in bed night after night thinking to myself, "I just worked my tail off, but did I actually accomplish anything? I worked hard, really hard for 12 hours today, but did I even make any money? Why am I working so hard and have nothing to show for it?" During those years, I could have won an academy award for my act. "How's business?" they would ask ...

Paris, France

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Tough Love

Hi! How are you doing with your quit time? Sticking to a quit time is much easier to do when you feel productive during your work hours. My next newsletter is all about making your work hours count - I’ve laid out for you what a typical work day looks like for me. I’ve listed several tips that will help you be more successful during your work hours and leave your work each day feeling accomplished so you can stick to your quit time! But before I send that one out - I need to speak to those of you who are ...

Jaime Gabardi | Bridal Portraits

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WHY I QUIT

Every single day I quit the same thing - I quit my work. Have you ever been home with your family and that little “ding” sound goes off notifying you of a new email? You immediately check it and feel the urgency to respond right away. While you are simply trying to get your thoughts from your head through your fingertips and onto the screen so you can press send, and your child walks over to you and says, “Mommy, look at…” only to be abruptly cut off by you with a response that resembles something like ...