tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40475197619522962822024-03-05T05:14:40.289-08:00Kuga DesignsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-50763314990404055512016-02-15T00:07:00.001-08:002016-04-06T13:20:28.299-07:00I've moved! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeBHYtIRMcTxa2wMKM-otOzvREJdnQ5TMuBZxFFPZ6-pPZULfTUCH4XAPjrS4nKYL6yIsOuotZn3gRGP3tJHg1xnqgGxKZ3smdcm1IbCg4JjfWV6yh5gwKj0rqtZsTi8_8qcsbkESW0iC/s1600/Hot+Pink+Wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501381783948919746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCeBHYtIRMcTxa2wMKM-otOzvREJdnQ5TMuBZxFFPZ6-pPZULfTUCH4XAPjrS4nKYL6yIsOuotZn3gRGP3tJHg1xnqgGxKZ3smdcm1IbCg4JjfWV6yh5gwKj0rqtZsTi8_8qcsbkESW0iC/s400/Hot+Pink+Wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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Hello out there! </div>
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If you find yourself on my homepage of my old blog, then head on over to my new space over at <a href="http://www.kugadesigns.net/" target="_blank">www.kugadesigns.net </a></div>
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I have a new website and will be blogging and updating my portfolio there. I am also starting a milk glass rental in the Bay Area for centerpiece and for dessert tables. If you are into vintage milk glass, make sure to stop by from time to time to check out my collection. </div>
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Thank you so much for following me here on blogger. It was a place for me to start and I was very fortunate to "meet" many new floral friends and I discovered a bunch of great blogs. </div>
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Thanks and see you soon! </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-42217250288314117882012-10-07T11:20:00.000-07:002016-01-05T21:09:17.675-08:00Just do it, she said.<br />
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Hello out there. *taptap* Is this thing on???</div>
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She said "JUST DO IT. Who cares what you write or how much you write. Just do it. Type away."</div>
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And I'm finally typing away. A whole month after I went to visit Jen over at <a href="http://www.greenquince.com/" target="_blank">Green Quince </a>. I told her I didn't even remember my password to blogger, I didn't remember how to link anything...sigh...I'm a hot mess and I'm a procrastinator and that equals trouble sister.</div>
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She told me: just. blog. </div>
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So this is how I got to this post almost a year and 1/2 since my last post. I'm going to just jump right in and then catch up on all the flowers and stuff that's been going on since then. </div>
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Sooooo here's the thing. I really don't like carnations. I think it has to do with the fact that when I was going through floral classes, I had to use them in everything. I really hated them, but there are two exceptions for me.<br />
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1. When they are in unusual colors or if they are bi-color.<br />
Like these- what color would you say=> white and purple?<br />
White and deep wine? I don't even know what color these carnations are but me likes.<br />
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2. In mass, as in my hot pink pomander wedding earlier this year.<br />
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Some will shun me for this bouquet, but I really loved these purple bi color carnations and the imported peonies in December were dying for me to buy them. I bought the peonies, $5 a stem(wholesale) and since I had some leftover statice, some roses, lisianthus, and spray roses- I threw together a bouquet for a friend of mine.</div>
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I kinda dug it.;)</div>
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I'm getting married on Monday."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WHAT?!?!?!?!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> I called her from my cell phone from bed immediately to hear the story. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hahah</span>!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She told me she was eloping and that she wanted me to make a quick bouquet for her with the only instructions being that I use white flowers and meet her at City Hall at 2:30.<br /><br />So I ran frantically through the flower market on a Monday after the Holidays with zero luck on the flowers that I had in mind, but I did find some callas, football mums, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">alstromeria</span>, stock, tulips, and dusty miller.<br /><br />So here is what I whipped up. :)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_skoudgScMio/TRpnG2z6tUI/AAAAAAAAFUQ/XwtkAuTNWw8/s1600/white%2Band%2Bgreen%2Bbridal%2Bbouquet%2BKuga%2BDesigns.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV72OeiNfZTGzcF7Vp3SxH97T3BJbj22800A3MHHrVnjxpD1syh-VXk7cYNFx76_tTsFHEUudr_dU46NTUDh7mtIgIsIMuOg-_Bfa88QpuVcq8BgRiiLeDSGfmpZHgfeKpwRTpi5MaD8S/s400/silver+and+white+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555866442306519826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9BRaILG1H0SL6RhcfOsMDTUpTeMB1TBESiL5z7JKeM-nlj7mc6DwKFleh6pXKrepZNt2WMdNnUrRRMoAUEVJX8PuReQdXLQyso2mSfyn8K_8DR825tkVKTKElqpnu_uHpYdXu2eo8KNw/s1600/silver+and+white+wedding+flowers+kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9BRaILG1H0SL6RhcfOsMDTUpTeMB1TBESiL5z7JKeM-nlj7mc6DwKFleh6pXKrepZNt2WMdNnUrRRMoAUEVJX8PuReQdXLQyso2mSfyn8K_8DR825tkVKTKElqpnu_uHpYdXu2eo8KNw/s400/silver+and+white+wedding+flowers+kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555866445986962338" border="0" /></a>I finally got a change to use my rose applique on the handle of the bouquet- score!<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74DUTjQ8srbgAQUDTlZuXYtDMIlIgk85Dh-kAhSdJYZZE0hHjy-_h1wwCIMajZ1_jdSP-C3P4sZ0VUv6ODSfSZhyHZhhGBJFY1gD6YEyTct06Sb-q-cP8nHDYAL8m7vaFvscv4wsSl7y1/s1600/wedding+bouquet+handles+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74DUTjQ8srbgAQUDTlZuXYtDMIlIgk85Dh-kAhSdJYZZE0hHjy-_h1wwCIMajZ1_jdSP-C3P4sZ0VUv6ODSfSZhyHZhhGBJFY1gD6YEyTct06Sb-q-cP8nHDYAL8m7vaFvscv4wsSl7y1/s400/wedding+bouquet+handles+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555871270894689986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She forgot to add in a boutonniere so I made one just in case she wanted to use one :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxPzOp_LhmIM7HOidlVR9yBfw7lV2W9Zer4W-jitdbQv9i3Ar5qa0ZaJLiPQjbQxIMdS2gws_EMQKp1ZXS7LAsVXJvgV7TrmMQSSV2SZBnL5Xphfwusb6TJrpNlhEA9uIg2dCWN9slOe_/s1600/silver+wedding+calla+boutonierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxPzOp_LhmIM7HOidlVR9yBfw7lV2W9Zer4W-jitdbQv9i3Ar5qa0ZaJLiPQjbQxIMdS2gws_EMQKp1ZXS7LAsVXJvgV7TrmMQSSV2SZBnL5Xphfwusb6TJrpNlhEA9uIg2dCWN9slOe_/s400/silver+wedding+calla+boutonierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555866450665452290" border="0" /></a><br />So I wish my lovely White Elopement Bride MUCH love and happiness!<br />You looked beautifully radiant with happiness and I am happy to have been able to be a part of this! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">xoxoxoxo</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-58604183776408827432010-12-25T21:43:00.000-08:002010-12-25T21:53:50.571-08:00Merry Christmas/Happy New Years!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJsnEJu0Su9YsBSqnxusz-SUbbtExDAYxDgGsu4SVFCtvytWqtwWGil8OKp5xvHHHgcvNawEXBXaJ8peDlXlTN4_BqmVlo6kWD6LfQ8JnJ2Wdqlt0-cH7Twqc5mbLaydI6KpC6rh5CYd8/s1600/merry+xmas+kuga+designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJsnEJu0Su9YsBSqnxusz-SUbbtExDAYxDgGsu4SVFCtvytWqtwWGil8OKp5xvHHHgcvNawEXBXaJ8peDlXlTN4_BqmVlo6kWD6LfQ8JnJ2Wdqlt0-cH7Twqc5mbLaydI6KpC6rh5CYd8/s400/merry+xmas+kuga+designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554863696128128722" border="0" /></a>Thank you for checking in on me and my little blog. :)<br />I have been a bad blogger this year but I hope to be back on very soon after the Holidays with a what feels like a years worth of recaps.<br /><br />It's been a challenging year, but things look GREAT for 2011 and I'm so ready!!!!<br />I hope you have a great rest of the year and I wish you all much love, happiness, health and success for 2011!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Happy Holidays!!!</span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-7700052466674850872010-12-05T20:34:00.000-08:002010-12-05T20:46:32.649-08:00Winter Wonderland Bride<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pFXHiPGzH2TfN6Jl8XKxycrAh9Ha5zXQKLxLXDxkIs73iDxou3s9Zfmg9rkRg71Bb_eS_6ohYIWC-fpAcJpdU5YjIJbWvCLPTORp3j-OGmFzNGIG6GNqJdzkDVwk6ajTggzySgAeDg2I/s1600/kuga+designs+all+white+wedding.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pFXHiPGzH2TfN6Jl8XKxycrAh9Ha5zXQKLxLXDxkIs73iDxou3s9Zfmg9rkRg71Bb_eS_6ohYIWC-fpAcJpdU5YjIJbWvCLPTORp3j-OGmFzNGIG6GNqJdzkDVwk6ajTggzySgAeDg2I/s400/kuga+designs+all+white+wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547423275513837202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">AHA!<br />I'm not dead.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I lure you in with a picture, and then<br />BAM! I hit with an<br />"i'm sowwy"{sad face}<br />In hopes that you will accept my apologies for my lack of posts.<br />For those concerned- yes...I'm aliiiiive.<br />I have been busy personally and professionally and I didn't even want to half a** my blog until I had the time. Umm...except that's not now, this is just a teaser pic so that you know I will be back. Before Christmas even, just not until I finish out my latest project that will consume me till the 18th of this month. THEN, its a new me baby.<br /><br />BTW~this pic is from an all white wedding at the Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco over the weekend. It was stunning! The Bride wanted to create a winter wonderland and that we did!<br />I will share soon =)<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-11074777182091843842010-08-28T10:14:00.000-07:002010-08-28T20:08:26.403-07:00Love it to Pieces<div style="text-align: center;">The Julia Morgan Ballroom has the ceiling I love to pieces....as a matter of fact if I could take a piece, I would. : P<br /><br />I had a walk through this past week with <a href="http://www.dreamsonadime.com/">Jessica of Dreams on a Dime</a> for a wedding we are working on next month. Jessica and I worked on<br /><a href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/2010/08/pink-city-hall-wedding-reception.html">Pink San Francisco City Hall Bride</a><br /><a href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/search/label/Green%20Room%20San%20Francisco">My San Francisco Green Room Bride</a><br />along with my Julia Morgan Bride in October and my<br />Winter White Wedding Bride in December....lol! I know, I know, what's up with these names right? Well if you follow my blog you will know I try my best to protect the innocent and rarely publish a first and last name unless they have given me the green light. She's a super cool person and one helluva vendor if you are looking for a wedding planner.<br /><br />We met Linda, who BTW, is one of the nicest ladies EVER, for a quick walk through of the venue.<br />Bank by day, wedding ceremony location by night. The gold, marble and bronze is ridiculous in there! The ceremony will take place up front where the doors to the bank will be draped and two 6 foot arrangements will go.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYb9_BsBMOCpRlZKWbmtAmo2HyNByaeKTZoUXOc_PHsFbGFeM2nre4wUb_Pa9oJWZYPZKYryWtCKkk69gESr-viPPVevSooTJIuxx_7zt4ktCTBFojfG2bLkE1SbA7UhJ8S37B2r8j5eeE/s1600/Kuga+Designs+Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+San+Francisco+Flowers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYb9_BsBMOCpRlZKWbmtAmo2HyNByaeKTZoUXOc_PHsFbGFeM2nre4wUb_Pa9oJWZYPZKYryWtCKkk69gESr-viPPVevSooTJIuxx_7zt4ktCTBFojfG2bLkE1SbA7UhJ8S37B2r8j5eeE/s400/Kuga+Designs+Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+San+Francisco+Flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510643817705554" border="0" /></a>The guest come upstairs for a cocktail hour and then the doors are open to a reception area with honeycomb ceilings and spectacular views of the San Francisco.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPaI0OUZ-Zr-eOMl9GGIBQu4oM9TDnIbt9z1EmYBH2-VNVSo5eUJ4FFz2zW8PwXPx0WW7-sxdR6DbmN_MHx1Mm6ez7kfH6EodEpnf31WUD_ZvWUQAQtDOxuSKdJcr-ZRJbKL9XjIZy_lf/s1600/Wedding+Pictures+for+Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+San+Francisco+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPaI0OUZ-Zr-eOMl9GGIBQu4oM9TDnIbt9z1EmYBH2-VNVSo5eUJ4FFz2zW8PwXPx0WW7-sxdR6DbmN_MHx1Mm6ez7kfH6EodEpnf31WUD_ZvWUQAQtDOxuSKdJcr-ZRJbKL9XjIZy_lf/s400/Wedding+Pictures+for+Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+San+Francisco+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510656752556034" border="0" /></a>GORGEOUS.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcZra57gsreT0OZX18oEfzHyWAMQg36vfX4gqoClpbOQTzJwyOW0Maqe13EoorbWmP7I5X2NqBIqEYx0aqariewn66VaVL1FE_pn5lyz411MClD2F4HYbPnNnAhStL_JqNskf4rKNIgh5/s1600/Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+wedding+SF+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcZra57gsreT0OZX18oEfzHyWAMQg36vfX4gqoClpbOQTzJwyOW0Maqe13EoorbWmP7I5X2NqBIqEYx0aqariewn66VaVL1FE_pn5lyz411MClD2F4HYbPnNnAhStL_JqNskf4rKNIgh5/s400/Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+wedding+SF+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510511361089375634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpG8vQjpUX5EE9j9Mr_mFVPIahRqauMK33zIpKMDo_cjvbDBzHk8kZ4ac8gYIcoBBMFHorK8CSL6cZp6DqHq2qv5Mjp_sEP0cVGmA5v85JBe7-AqynA-asYxmrta3esRqZkBOZ18dZApl/s1600/kuga+designs+Julia+Morgan+Ballrrom+Wedding+picture+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpG8vQjpUX5EE9j9Mr_mFVPIahRqauMK33zIpKMDo_cjvbDBzHk8kZ4ac8gYIcoBBMFHorK8CSL6cZp6DqHq2qv5Mjp_sEP0cVGmA5v85JBe7-AqynA-asYxmrta3esRqZkBOZ18dZApl/s400/kuga+designs+Julia+Morgan+Ballrrom+Wedding+picture+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510667018570930" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 20 foot fireplace is majestic.<br />Jessica made me laugh by saying I could rotisserie her if I chose to...lol!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9_KwBzxjq4i_8Q5_4iZP8STPeprDtXl_DquyZu05kJug_Lx9SdzDSoPcFXw_1dZLTxlcNdmmjwaLi-LVfSxRJZkYj-3KLVQRD16ALUScb0EUjabry1ZZIcS21o6Ykowh6p0jNlC3ue-Y/s1600/kuga+designs+Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+Wedding+flowers+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9_KwBzxjq4i_8Q5_4iZP8STPeprDtXl_DquyZu05kJug_Lx9SdzDSoPcFXw_1dZLTxlcNdmmjwaLi-LVfSxRJZkYj-3KLVQRD16ALUScb0EUjabry1ZZIcS21o6Ykowh6p0jNlC3ue-Y/s400/kuga+designs+Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+Wedding+flowers+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510673820572530" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Jln_KndQyaz35C8QdYqa7mxeeTBrKpe7ioyoDLLqWEP1kC2iTBqHXokhvU8tskfPZy6PJXeBvn-V0NvTrcjf1LnJYo33ODNhDcueY8Lvb9PHwvBfkYLNx8VykUAG0LclOECFbyYQKIYP/s1600/Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+Kuga+Designs+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Jln_KndQyaz35C8QdYqa7mxeeTBrKpe7ioyoDLLqWEP1kC2iTBqHXokhvU8tskfPZy6PJXeBvn-V0NvTrcjf1LnJYo33ODNhDcueY8Lvb9PHwvBfkYLNx8VykUAG0LclOECFbyYQKIYP/s400/Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+Kuga+Designs+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510511358917462946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfjy85jtyorx9Jo3835qAqjRox3QBnEndes5yguIzHYlQZjonP66f_rEoiNgIijT898U01AjsJafhKbE24OnIt0Iretg-b4l96qPqlWn3YxugvIasfHrUY5TFyCumUnI153NUwHx_JvzV/s1600/Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+SF+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfjy85jtyorx9Jo3835qAqjRox3QBnEndes5yguIzHYlQZjonP66f_rEoiNgIijT898U01AjsJafhKbE24OnIt0Iretg-b4l96qPqlWn3YxugvIasfHrUY5TFyCumUnI153NUwHx_JvzV/s400/Julia+Morgan+Ballroom+SF+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510511373361087138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0Sa3m4VtDcLQ1ONRBts8OZfiKAlCJXbN1n29XJxxrr2NCvOE4RCvNc2MtKUS7Mmn9k2sewU176c-zfAnmkz8mUBp0wr6VcXt5cb7GltzMp0MtbgxjsqVNSzR7kzMZkrxl4RTccSAOolf/s1600/Julia+Moragan+Ballroom+San+Francisco+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0Sa3m4VtDcLQ1ONRBts8OZfiKAlCJXbN1n29XJxxrr2NCvOE4RCvNc2MtKUS7Mmn9k2sewU176c-zfAnmkz8mUBp0wr6VcXt5cb7GltzMp0MtbgxjsqVNSzR7kzMZkrxl4RTccSAOolf/s400/Julia+Moragan+Ballroom+San+Francisco+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510510653746962114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We will use lots of candles, glassware, curly willow, orchids and roses in browns, rust, oranges, and reds. I can't wait for this one!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-27461128362134091482010-08-25T14:10:00.000-07:002010-08-25T16:10:36.603-07:00Pink City Hall Wedding {the Reception}<div style="text-align: center;">Long overdue but life and wedding season has been crazy busy. Kids are back in school, I'm back in school this week, I still have about 12 more big weddings to get through before finals and the Holidays and then I'm off for a month between mid December and January..it's going to be awesome. This summer went by super fast.<br /><br />Here is the final post on the Pink City Hall Wedding In San Francisco.<br /><br /><a href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/2010/08/let-them-eat-cake.html">Part 3 Let Them Eat Cake</a><br /><a href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/2010/08/pink-san-francisco-city-hall-set-up.html">Part 2 The Set up</a><br /><a href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-pink-city-hall-bridethe-bouquets.html">Part 1 The Bouquets</a><br /><br />Here is one of the two centerpiece we used for the tables. The centerpiece was an all orchid arrangement of a combination of light pink to fuchsia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Phalaenopsis</span> orchids surrounded by clear cylinder vases with floating candles in them.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQS7Xubz8rcuR6RBuOoalQRO315C_iFHCEO-ZwBaLo0sYDrtVvVji_JCpeJeK3ixuAo_dhzFQtNy0gSAF0EoMsxI0m4Xew_IFh9PElWADpEjdIAWho94FK71qEWO_E2wKWrU0Cyqf1h9t/s1600/fuschia+orchid+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQS7Xubz8rcuR6RBuOoalQRO315C_iFHCEO-ZwBaLo0sYDrtVvVji_JCpeJeK3ixuAo_dhzFQtNy0gSAF0EoMsxI0m4Xew_IFh9PElWADpEjdIAWho94FK71qEWO_E2wKWrU0Cyqf1h9t/s400/fuschia+orchid+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471298873700946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9lTakmtDCbXSKxHwvgcWatRKlWAST5qq7isFLQ4VGKEgwL-DkIB2VzIYzTwngeR1RdHeyJuOIjhKSDsidAd8DK6pMM3wisXucgaWbbOZgwfcA4a9-Uf_DsNNgRQeLPrNXDzkec_vFTFe/s1600/Hot+Pink,+fuschia,+and+magenta+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9lTakmtDCbXSKxHwvgcWatRKlWAST5qq7isFLQ4VGKEgwL-DkIB2VzIYzTwngeR1RdHeyJuOIjhKSDsidAd8DK6pMM3wisXucgaWbbOZgwfcA4a9-Uf_DsNNgRQeLPrNXDzkec_vFTFe/s400/Hot+Pink,+fuschia,+and+magenta+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509472026486071010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz1e8iWMfz_nbUd6TMHQ0e9idtxMN1NqDuRjEUTleh8yNzfJaA0xeEczy6wR6wGK9LasBqx8WnDZUsNZD8uzpqb27EeUDs7qnCSqGkiWcszlJWtTgDKHJTKryC87Pj9g6McEhcn1YqEyP/s1600/hot+pink+wedding+at+City+Hall+SF+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz1e8iWMfz_nbUd6TMHQ0e9idtxMN1NqDuRjEUTleh8yNzfJaA0xeEczy6wR6wGK9LasBqx8WnDZUsNZD8uzpqb27EeUDs7qnCSqGkiWcszlJWtTgDKHJTKryC87Pj9g6McEhcn1YqEyP/s400/hot+pink+wedding+at+City+Hall+SF+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471314337463714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The table linens and gold accents on the napkin ring holders and the plates were so pretty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYt15TVcOojga5tcVS9WD-m1XcvW13SOu8yZ9reOvG1cWC3EYUq3bQs6_7izS9mQDGB5xvKpWf-flLvTtvqVvD-EF3ALXY2Q9CpUWLVaV3ZTVkrmmoEWD_ZRGK4Isl6G_g8N6w6GZuoME1/s1600/Kuga+Designs+Fushia+Tabletop.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYt15TVcOojga5tcVS9WD-m1XcvW13SOu8yZ9reOvG1cWC3EYUq3bQs6_7izS9mQDGB5xvKpWf-flLvTtvqVvD-EF3ALXY2Q9CpUWLVaV3ZTVkrmmoEWD_ZRGK4Isl6G_g8N6w6GZuoME1/s400/Kuga+Designs+Fushia+Tabletop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471294436723074" border="0" /></a><br />Here is centerpiece two, a rose pave in a clear cube vase. On top of the flowers sit three vases in varying heights with water and floating candles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cuypKed16qPxjWY94jj-3KdkhPo5RLR9kNNTU3mpiMkRNb1ntlh-0IBjDhp61hTxjD66uYuYJR2WeKjgVViwKTZedBVzGgCb2bE8p8zDWLnnr1eDiw2ZQmwIgYD4UHiir7yv9RZIARTJ/s1600/Pink+rose+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cuypKed16qPxjWY94jj-3KdkhPo5RLR9kNNTU3mpiMkRNb1ntlh-0IBjDhp61hTxjD66uYuYJR2WeKjgVViwKTZedBVzGgCb2bE8p8zDWLnnr1eDiw2ZQmwIgYD4UHiir7yv9RZIARTJ/s400/Pink+rose+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509477515090316498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADu2RZ5bXd-gq4uwL7x4zmjQg-oZxPvVla8yM80ne6G3W_fGhkY07FI-UZ4kRrYBI-GkFmGwPj3ntdnRHroDYfsqIDJ_i0e38oZScE3unBCPgQJja7Tx0Ijg1-2ua1BP2jkrg99oBKREv/s1600/pink+pave+candle+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADu2RZ5bXd-gq4uwL7x4zmjQg-oZxPvVla8yM80ne6G3W_fGhkY07FI-UZ4kRrYBI-GkFmGwPj3ntdnRHroDYfsqIDJ_i0e38oZScE3unBCPgQJja7Tx0Ijg1-2ua1BP2jkrg99oBKREv/s400/pink+pave+candle+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509477503199352338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfh6E_ygSwPQGpX0DCXjPKRein5W9ZKvDWIahuxSZjeQYi0UrETIGZMOeRA9m0m8_cP3BmFpdNWEiEySNz9fT6Ky_94ti_yf1pCNSU_fIVkqMqyoHZmlPgnKAsSu_0nYg8SoTVmDYieUUE/s1600/Candle+and+Pave+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfh6E_ygSwPQGpX0DCXjPKRein5W9ZKvDWIahuxSZjeQYi0UrETIGZMOeRA9m0m8_cP3BmFpdNWEiEySNz9fT6Ky_94ti_yf1pCNSU_fIVkqMqyoHZmlPgnKAsSu_0nYg8SoTVmDYieUUE/s400/Candle+and+Pave+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509477499778868882" border="0" /></a><br />These pave centerpiece took me about an hour each.<br />Here's the design I played with to start. I took a picture with my camera phone when I realized I would be sitting there for the next 8 hours or so pave-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ing</span> my little heart out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0XXtY2Fs4cFPWvJs7HBYCNKmokQIh4XP51LTMYzrMqbirj5ocsYa0384hBzpa4KS3tUaVzQRpIJ9vomJB9PxjgmqEm74D_f2EWfsuQuINNQd6Siz9BNZ8HLV5PUZzvP_AKxIE1d_xnUu/s1600/pink+pave+flowers+kuga+designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0XXtY2Fs4cFPWvJs7HBYCNKmokQIh4XP51LTMYzrMqbirj5ocsYa0384hBzpa4KS3tUaVzQRpIJ9vomJB9PxjgmqEm74D_f2EWfsuQuINNQd6Siz9BNZ8HLV5PUZzvP_AKxIE1d_xnUu/s400/pink+pave+flowers+kuga+designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509480374725405762" border="0" /></a>Here is a last minute Buffet piece we made for the Antipasto table.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfh6E_ygSwPQGpX0DCXjPKRein5W9ZKvDWIahuxSZjeQYi0UrETIGZMOeRA9m0m8_cP3BmFpdNWEiEySNz9fT6Ky_94ti_yf1pCNSU_fIVkqMqyoHZmlPgnKAsSu_0nYg8SoTVmDYieUUE/s1600/Candle+and+Pave+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs+.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0HPDRhNZp2ztAK4QK8piwebE_IXXJsEqsVVkRyJRFRq8OCU_3XRR9bVnU2LU_v4a-vAq8rRXqPuyeThcBk6jmIrHknMbVvGCuAz3Wn3lgGOW_4NlyY4qXKGuzIdqJRdTXmQQvgLzcfz0/s1600/Fuschia+Wedding+Flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0HPDRhNZp2ztAK4QK8piwebE_IXXJsEqsVVkRyJRFRq8OCU_3XRR9bVnU2LU_v4a-vAq8rRXqPuyeThcBk6jmIrHknMbVvGCuAz3Wn3lgGOW_4NlyY4qXKGuzIdqJRdTXmQQvgLzcfz0/s400/Fuschia+Wedding+Flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471710570209586" border="0" /></a>The Dessert buffet looked delectable once it was set up! Wish I had taken a picture of it afterward.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb8_zvpf0MaVgvqMNRKepT8fhr1K_E3_3Ijn6RFAkQiw0p5i7bgFGsv8CCbYC7foGkXIW2vyn_4YK2E8f9MHN-B6keYN0bXw0lCzo1TiQqcWnn10BLVkNNe3GgkAXvkRx1YNZVunoGoEb/s1600/tall+cylinder+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb8_zvpf0MaVgvqMNRKepT8fhr1K_E3_3Ijn6RFAkQiw0p5i7bgFGsv8CCbYC7foGkXIW2vyn_4YK2E8f9MHN-B6keYN0bXw0lCzo1TiQqcWnn10BLVkNNe3GgkAXvkRx1YNZVunoGoEb/s400/tall+cylinder+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509470812577178306" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYt15TVcOojga5tcVS9WD-m1XcvW13SOu8yZ9reOvG1cWC3EYUq3bQs6_7izS9mQDGB5xvKpWf-flLvTtvqVvD-EF3ALXY2Q9CpUWLVaV3ZTVkrmmoEWD_ZRGK4Isl6G_g8N6w6GZuoME1/s1600/Kuga+Designs+Fushia+Tabletop.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Ice Bar was sweet. I think I need one of these at my next wedding. :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6keLWpyXzSFmV627URT_sbvMxJxq8ZKG4WWpBhh2KNylvzBhKIIf4LFu1gHFJyPJJTHbrCB9tq9dTGjY8Vh06gczBIJRYKXTsdmm2tyMNR4gKBO9r1-XBArk2sRyVtUNfTzwmhmj_otNz/s1600/wedding+ice+bar+ice+sculpture+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6keLWpyXzSFmV627URT_sbvMxJxq8ZKG4WWpBhh2KNylvzBhKIIf4LFu1gHFJyPJJTHbrCB9tq9dTGjY8Vh06gczBIJRYKXTsdmm2tyMNR4gKBO9r1-XBArk2sRyVtUNfTzwmhmj_otNz/s400/wedding+ice+bar+ice+sculpture+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509470820110095458" border="0" /></a>A few random pics of the room and details.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EmGAIslo05qX4voJx8TGaGoTXbiIMrHjrKehFjMUpgC5vn6xsC3L6gnVRZOujCUmdIKdOinXVYIRKy_ipdrul_VBaPw-tVscCWHg8H8RZhq8OSjgYtvyPWiCXaknNV-ZgUvE_HlZOCpD/s1600/Orchid+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EmGAIslo05qX4voJx8TGaGoTXbiIMrHjrKehFjMUpgC5vn6xsC3L6gnVRZOujCUmdIKdOinXVYIRKy_ipdrul_VBaPw-tVscCWHg8H8RZhq8OSjgYtvyPWiCXaknNV-ZgUvE_HlZOCpD/s400/Orchid+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471286612603490" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3p7_ReUW95W8-YCUW3nxXsT5aoSAqqbDK4IMCb8NlXjMvM-pW_cgP4wJx_6OUIrH-dcoD8D8NZCI0-7r5y8_tSZyHXORI9iWenkRB1m5w9BYTniHndcCtF4zinZkpAUjjfFYFl2MAAr-7/s1600/Magent+and+Pink+wedding+Phalaenopsis+Centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3p7_ReUW95W8-YCUW3nxXsT5aoSAqqbDK4IMCb8NlXjMvM-pW_cgP4wJx_6OUIrH-dcoD8D8NZCI0-7r5y8_tSZyHXORI9iWenkRB1m5w9BYTniHndcCtF4zinZkpAUjjfFYFl2MAAr-7/s400/Magent+and+Pink+wedding+Phalaenopsis+Centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509470820536347922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3lCp4nszgqrM9xatcQWyak7wjmhFFq1J2NPve_bCQHDafVEE41X8KQkvQs4tsEh7wjiSUmxc1bVYrofwt47LnKVsJf7dSwUvnqMZpTJ82htZ_yfO8koAVBqzUD-ckXQxYsobIISTjcNr/s1600/Fuschia+Wedding+Flowers+and+Linens+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3lCp4nszgqrM9xatcQWyak7wjmhFFq1J2NPve_bCQHDafVEE41X8KQkvQs4tsEh7wjiSUmxc1bVYrofwt47LnKVsJf7dSwUvnqMZpTJ82htZ_yfO8koAVBqzUD-ckXQxYsobIISTjcNr/s400/Fuschia+Wedding+Flowers+and+Linens+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509470803347223730" border="0" /></a>The staircase to the upper level in City hall was lit with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bao</span> and Crystals name :)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGb8_zvpf0MaVgvqMNRKepT8fhr1K_E3_3Ijn6RFAkQiw0p5i7bgFGsv8CCbYC7foGkXIW2vyn_4YK2E8f9MHN-B6keYN0bXw0lCzo1TiQqcWnn10BLVkNNe3GgkAXvkRx1YNZVunoGoEb/s1600/tall+cylinder+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ooEhm0RhvxDaC6bzDtUoud8lZeki5ys_YTs_OtdVpEI66vBbKvRDqro2brsDmxR1GXKEnYQ19rZHePqUNEr2T499QzeBdVjQv2nUMe49uk3afxtp-qOAQfYdOSwNc_bSE05_yxu2BZv3/s1600/Flowers+San+Francisco+City+Hall+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ooEhm0RhvxDaC6bzDtUoud8lZeki5ys_YTs_OtdVpEI66vBbKvRDqro2brsDmxR1GXKEnYQ19rZHePqUNEr2T499QzeBdVjQv2nUMe49uk3afxtp-qOAQfYdOSwNc_bSE05_yxu2BZv3/s400/Flowers+San+Francisco+City+Hall+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471309860560594" border="0" /></a>The ceremony pieces had to be taken down from the staircase and re-purposed around the room in various areas. The room was filled with flowers and orchids everywhere.<br /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsNW5PHL558lCmwH9K6hTejzYZ_F_cbYcNAYwNxDP5RXY7ka7qEj9eGZJR6zaSIFH2IsqYGiK3Biby1Wh29axiHtE5karo2wvbt1SOdQB7hQVdLn4Ojw44cBJfm3nb_BInD-YocWHDLnG/s1600/Hot+pink+ceremony+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsNW5PHL558lCmwH9K6hTejzYZ_F_cbYcNAYwNxDP5RXY7ka7qEj9eGZJR6zaSIFH2IsqYGiK3Biby1Wh29axiHtE5karo2wvbt1SOdQB7hQVdLn4Ojw44cBJfm3nb_BInD-YocWHDLnG/s400/Hot+pink+ceremony+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471703647611938" border="0" /></a>This is a mini version of the bridal bouquet to place on the head table for the bride to toss and it just glowed in the lighting there.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjf_cIdUlr_Q2TNSg3aRIoaBF76GL0bf5TdJgI8o3dt_Z0CNgcHvO29QUwM7Y_BthfIEblg26moqRQ1eT5MLkjjrGUu-mtydyUy5aDA5Fz9TSGwBfVrdQuJfSq5kYmTs-EOktKSssboFaY/s1600/Cream+and+pink+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjf_cIdUlr_Q2TNSg3aRIoaBF76GL0bf5TdJgI8o3dt_Z0CNgcHvO29QUwM7Y_BthfIEblg26moqRQ1eT5MLkjjrGUu-mtydyUy5aDA5Fz9TSGwBfVrdQuJfSq5kYmTs-EOktKSssboFaY/s400/Cream+and+pink+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509470800217597394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So all in all, it was very successful and beautiful event. I am very lucky that Crystal is just the sweetest person, she mad<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">e it</span> really easy to work with and she was just gorgeous on the day of! All of her gowns were beautiful and she looked stunning in them. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bao</span> hi <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">five'd</span> me like 4 times at the end of the night, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">lol</span>, the only thing I wish I could have shared with you was the crazy grooms cake of him sitting at his computer with 9 screens!<br />So I thank C&B for allowing me to share in your special day.<br />I wish you much love and success in your marriage! : )<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">{And they lived happily ever after...}</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-52408145224327343322010-08-17T17:16:00.000-07:002010-08-17T17:42:04.753-07:00Let Them Eat Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf1xfB9QkfEXVn1pjIMK67NSuYmD2qACkpKR-ikC1rRRNTc4r_hasWfGIHVE4pEoCX-Tc-WK5ki1PsRJFIGGrKeBsUOIlOJm_LWyUEeYmyIjjjrFapS905huoE1WZjeDSbSBWiSAvfiwv/s1600/The+Buttercream+Studios+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to me:<br />Tracy at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thebuttercreamstudio.com/">The Buttercream Studios</a> is a *&&^*@#% Rock Star. period.<br />WOW. wow. woooow.<br /><br />Enough about me, and what I think of her...let's look at the facts. Go to her site and look at her cakes and tell me they are not *gorgifical*{real word, trust me I'm a florist.} I am a self proclaimed flower snob and her orchids and hydrangeas are unreal...go look! Check out the couture cakes. Not only is she talented, but she's super sweet. I <3 her.<br /> She also competed in the Food Network challenge that's airing later this year so be sure to check her out ;)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Pink San Francisco City Hall {part three}</span><br /><br />Our bride served one sliver of each flavor to all the guest so that they too could enjoy each and every delectable bite of this humongous cake.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the pictures of he beautiful cake she made for my pink wedding wedding.<br />With no flash and no lighting it was gorgeous.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideRw_v2QHIIE3BhUwE7pKvnUY3xSGlm0rvCUkZwOBeet2KUwZNa9QnglhxKnvyHhWkZMRY7Zu5TLnQ8PNJRXjzV1K0_5AKvQ5QhWz679K9Kzf8rE-lTU6pjPPuRwiuWghuLDJriqmDxd5/s1600/Kuga+Design+San+Francisco+City+Hall+Pink+wedding+cake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideRw_v2QHIIE3BhUwE7pKvnUY3xSGlm0rvCUkZwOBeet2KUwZNa9QnglhxKnvyHhWkZMRY7Zu5TLnQ8PNJRXjzV1K0_5AKvQ5QhWz679K9Kzf8rE-lTU6pjPPuRwiuWghuLDJriqmDxd5/s400/Kuga+Design+San+Francisco+City+Hall+Pink+wedding+cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506537621675666082" border="0" /></a>But when the gold and pink lights hit it, it was spectacular!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv61mqpe1sE1L2QYOw_zALR5uKKKNmQA0gl29-VaSSlTJno9BZ-i7Ghou_TPtoEltGBDtOiCaBGiZ2g8j1J4boLe8Y039pwUmZDW8phWK3WPLi1SVi6OYFV41d4EFutkvEpq1WzZaQKI-/s1600/Kuga+Designs+The+buttercream+Studios+pink+and+Gold+Cake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv61mqpe1sE1L2QYOw_zALR5uKKKNmQA0gl29-VaSSlTJno9BZ-i7Ghou_TPtoEltGBDtOiCaBGiZ2g8j1J4boLe8Y039pwUmZDW8phWK3WPLi1SVi6OYFV41d4EFutkvEpq1WzZaQKI-/s400/Kuga+Designs+The+buttercream+Studios+pink+and+Gold+Cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506537623126474050" border="0" /></a>Everything was hand made and hand painted...just look at the detail.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmqfbzHxFxEXYJZGIFjKjNAQJLT2ycn5_-3nAUvwt9TbIJhkONXQgRuo0DK2dyLTJ7JC-Cgi9-W0GQ07553jvA1agyawWZhXZOSLY_obLuxXmSGQkU7Qs6_B8r9xrgHu6IgJwDohYKySt/s1600/The+ButterCream+Studio+Cakes+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmqfbzHxFxEXYJZGIFjKjNAQJLT2ycn5_-3nAUvwt9TbIJhkONXQgRuo0DK2dyLTJ7JC-Cgi9-W0GQ07553jvA1agyawWZhXZOSLY_obLuxXmSGQkU7Qs6_B8r9xrgHu6IgJwDohYKySt/s400/The+ButterCream+Studio+Cakes+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506537616653479922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCu_txrcYygjGkzK6lbC2KPsWbRLaMi1IrU-_8Aa2OQLVm5HI_fi1fUcU-U2Myxa49QY0PW5xdLthp3T2NJUeOJTYKLjl8KTW1Uqc-ReEr3ZC97p1bnsIC7tEHNp0ryvXTmuAZ0EzqhZwq/s1600/Pink+and+Gold+Wedding+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCu_txrcYygjGkzK6lbC2KPsWbRLaMi1IrU-_8Aa2OQLVm5HI_fi1fUcU-U2Myxa49QY0PW5xdLthp3T2NJUeOJTYKLjl8KTW1Uqc-ReEr3ZC97p1bnsIC7tEHNp0ryvXTmuAZ0EzqhZwq/s400/Pink+and+Gold+Wedding+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506537609675983714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWonzYev1GcsU18JxCzj7_JLsSKLFCfp7EQhUlRWOrfDdE_25VSe5CEUaSp6C8OpFQiVvXSpBGdFXW_o9hDwS4qzkvzWRRUTvfiXYUyXclq9rakHl3t-VVnpGtbUFIDcXPzKmWI94HmEjn/s1600/Pink+and+Gold+Buttercream+studio+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWonzYev1GcsU18JxCzj7_JLsSKLFCfp7EQhUlRWOrfDdE_25VSe5CEUaSp6C8OpFQiVvXSpBGdFXW_o9hDwS4qzkvzWRRUTvfiXYUyXclq9rakHl3t-VVnpGtbUFIDcXPzKmWI94HmEjn/s400/Pink+and+Gold+Buttercream+studio+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506537601628031570" border="0" /></a>The night before I was running behind and couldn't get to her studio so my sister went out there for me with flowers and she came back with a tray of cake. Before she said "hello" she said open this NOW so I can eat it. I let her have one bite of each {because I am greedy} and she too was in love. I managed to save some for my husband and at 2am this was my dinner.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf1xfB9QkfEXVn1pjIMK67NSuYmD2qACkpKR-ikC1rRRNTc4r_hasWfGIHVE4pEoCX-Tc-WK5ki1PsRJFIGGrKeBsUOIlOJm_LWyUEeYmyIjjjrFapS905huoE1WZjeDSbSBWiSAvfiwv/s1600/The+Buttercream+Studios+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf1xfB9QkfEXVn1pjIMK67NSuYmD2qACkpKR-ikC1rRRNTc4r_hasWfGIHVE4pEoCX-Tc-WK5ki1PsRJFIGGrKeBsUOIlOJm_LWyUEeYmyIjjjrFapS905huoE1WZjeDSbSBWiSAvfiwv/s400/The+Buttercream+Studios+Cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506542097017208450" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-36973478066605662972010-08-16T08:36:00.000-07:002010-08-16T12:36:14.617-07:00Pink San Francisco City Hall {The Set Up}<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXhKdv9FXNQOC0tMXAklGpxoE31gIT1KplKqq1c5laifeMaMC0zcccbpbOrGatMYN9jVG20xTOOZB4XOLopPTijYEpTAlKfiH883OC6un1ebexslHR6AksiEZNUy28WRcTr4fitiC5FuP/s1600/Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the beginning post of this particularly large wedding: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">{</span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-pink-city-hall-bridethe-bouquets.html">the Bouquets</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">}</span><br /><br /> Now onto the crazy set up. First of all, let me tell you I obsessed over every last little detail and flower for 30 days straight. I had been in touch with the lovely bride for months of course, but we changed the style and look of the wedding 3 times. I'm talking a complete haul over. We ended up with a mixture of the three. At point there was an after lounge involved, but in the end, it was nixed.<br /><br /> The last 30 days was crazy. I had to go to the fire department in SF to clear the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">votives</span>, which didn't pass, I had to re-shop (for the best price) the tallest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">votives</span> I could find which were <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">UG</span>-LAY ,so I had to use vases which tripled the cost right off the bat. I switched orchids vendors because two weekends before this event, the 15 orchids bunches we ordered came in under our standard of excellence for a white wedding that I will post once the photographer sends me pics, and I find my memory card. So we had to add $9 per bunch to our already huge order and then the tall vases we ordered were sold out a week before I picked them up (yes, 5000 vases in the inventory was depleted) and the other company I went with charged $6 more per vase...YIKES!! But, that is to be expected in this business. Just imagine, $1200 worth of vases.<br /><br />When it all comes down to it, it has to <span style="font-weight: bold;">make dollars and sense </span>or what you love to do, you will not be able to if you are not watching your bottom line.<br /><br />But here was the plan for the day:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Task: </span>To set up the ceremony area with 10 arrangements, set up the arrangements on the escort card and antipasto tables, along with 18 cocktail tables all between 2:00 pm and 4:45pm.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THEN</span> the couple would get married between 5:00 to 6:00pm during which we would be hiding in the back room getting the centerpiece and dessert buffet pieces ready.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally</span> at 6pm we would have the guests move up to the cocktail area and then have <span style="font-weight: bold;">1 HOUR</span> to wait for the caterers to move the the theater style chair set up, roll in the tables, and then have us place 18 centerpieces down. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Sounds</span> easy? Not so much. Each centerpiece had a trio of vases filled with water in different sizes that need to be placed at each table filled with water, and then the candles dropped in and lit.....<br /><br /><br />So after we cleared the security check, unloaded the trucks, parked the cars(Thanks for the passes Pam!), dragged everything upstairs in what felt like 30 trips we finally started on the ceremony area at about 2:30pm.<br /><br /><br />Here is a picture of us setting up shop in the North Light Court of San Francisco City Hall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EU2DDgHZ_A17OXc4fjw2y8iixJwhFlJc9amDvTyX-jHACNLhWEYHvL69PnPSHygnKmNWCojHC5YUavZ-qNgveWNnJj-03-Eem3jf-FP2oEjib-fc6gOeACmxzTZ76J4CU5Mwv4DtWL6F/s1600/Kuga+Designs+pink+ceremony+flowers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EU2DDgHZ_A17OXc4fjw2y8iixJwhFlJc9amDvTyX-jHACNLhWEYHvL69PnPSHygnKmNWCojHC5YUavZ-qNgveWNnJj-03-Eem3jf-FP2oEjib-fc6gOeACmxzTZ76J4CU5Mwv4DtWL6F/s400/Kuga+Designs+pink+ceremony+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506048457430562754" border="0" /></a>These are all the cylinder vases waiting to be filled up with water.<br />Our shortest vase was 7" and the tallest was 47".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpv8xO0LrbeY-MhyphenhyphenFvZaja4szCH0Ji2s6oNrYQWs6EVdQI0H-V5Idadx2TK8ktmNgDvSkilocWzytgwEd_um1BxGAT58b49NfgPD3zr9xQfMWvVXcTCEapbqtOxeCFRpkvJIWIGBb3DfA/s1600/Kuga+Designs+City+Hall+wedding+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpv8xO0LrbeY-MhyphenhyphenFvZaja4szCH0Ji2s6oNrYQWs6EVdQI0H-V5Idadx2TK8ktmNgDvSkilocWzytgwEd_um1BxGAT58b49NfgPD3zr9xQfMWvVXcTCEapbqtOxeCFRpkvJIWIGBb3DfA/s400/Kuga+Designs+City+Hall+wedding+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506048447891064706" border="0" /></a>These all had to be taken to the first landing of the stairs of City Hall and let me tell you, these vases were HEAVY! Well...I wouldn't know because I didn't pick them up, but judging by the sweat running down Daniel and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Durojaiyes</span> faces as they lifted these vases, I figured they were as heavy as they looked. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hehehe</span>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjRoOJA15UrfM-4Ui6YEQ2_d91lK3sQYCSdUj-tGm5wHAbcEqzrXk4sy6EgTqnDJ__9ntxRgwcfmVI_2wUSyla92Rbk-PI1Zd-cpj3sqaP_EW6shSRqcCyhpyQS9jDd6lMHV4VzNQ99fH/s1600/City+Hall+San+Francisco+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjRoOJA15UrfM-4Ui6YEQ2_d91lK3sQYCSdUj-tGm5wHAbcEqzrXk4sy6EgTqnDJ__9ntxRgwcfmVI_2wUSyla92Rbk-PI1Zd-cpj3sqaP_EW6shSRqcCyhpyQS9jDd6lMHV4VzNQ99fH/s400/City+Hall+San+Francisco+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506042575435150338" border="0" /></a>The tall floral arrangements were only made about 70 percent of the way. Once we got to City Hall we had to fill them in with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Phalaenopsis</span> orchids and the rest of the roses.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9CHIBRyA6naT94-QzSvh9vFwR-PWMrZ5OuM6nKbjulqKBnzLrjgGlqgN6snpw0OsAwxXYh9QR6XEJgv-DPErRK-qCfcqGyIc_wjP-yjJ7tp66jOim6AXZGwPt99jmo7Mu1pWgTZPr2zk/s1600/Hot+Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9CHIBRyA6naT94-QzSvh9vFwR-PWMrZ5OuM6nKbjulqKBnzLrjgGlqgN6snpw0OsAwxXYh9QR6XEJgv-DPErRK-qCfcqGyIc_wjP-yjJ7tp66jOim6AXZGwPt99jmo7Mu1pWgTZPr2zk/s400/Hot+Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506042580443411490" border="0" /></a>Here we are in full action getting those done while the rest of the crew was on water and cocktail arrangement detail.<br />I told everyone wear black. Think: WAITER. lol,<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">BIG Thanks to </span></span><br />Allison, Daniel, Durojaiye, Debbie, Monica, Michelle, Mary,Melissa, and Tania for all your help!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGiKuBHs9kdD_RYN5-v_3zoAjVo96Z179TD4zbBnWv28KbFQPJ2_48qYkKTqx0vt2zPz_EEzY9zo8xVAM5bpnAeTpW8ZZ5v9vIrnVWyNMEdYkPrki-ff0IKT4QNrCwSOi4YMh2ca80NTT/s1600/Kuga+Designs+Pink+wedding+Flowers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGiKuBHs9kdD_RYN5-v_3zoAjVo96Z179TD4zbBnWv28KbFQPJ2_48qYkKTqx0vt2zPz_EEzY9zo8xVAM5bpnAeTpW8ZZ5v9vIrnVWyNMEdYkPrki-ff0IKT4QNrCwSOi4YMh2ca80NTT/s400/Kuga+Designs+Pink+wedding+Flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506049341036535010" border="0" /></a>These arrangements stood almost 4.5 feet tall!<br />Michelle and I worked<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bb-nnBiamdnDXAFj-VbrTniuafFNJe1y8fqUjQBLgd0hDoigU73WmqOm7fBh3V3JELApLicYO5DglodQhyyqe6FeRCNV_eSqDpRzzqrkakJpnBfaxdXzkOONH1twcim4-jjHqUllLboh/s1600/SF+CIty+Hall+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bb-nnBiamdnDXAFj-VbrTniuafFNJe1y8fqUjQBLgd0hDoigU73WmqOm7fBh3V3JELApLicYO5DglodQhyyqe6FeRCNV_eSqDpRzzqrkakJpnBfaxdXzkOONH1twcim4-jjHqUllLboh/s400/SF+CIty+Hall+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506048760468715554" border="0" /></a>Here is Michelle working on the orchid placements.<br />That girl can work an orchid like it's no one business!!!!<br />Michelle and Julian were married 2 weeks before and it was her lovely all white orchid wedding I worked. ; ) She was a beautiful bride and her wedding was GORGEOUS! I can't wait to share her pics.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_34cfsJHD0xTcwywpw-cuj7w-Dgw7dQhvP1XLhIwN6j7poEGtd1f6GhvMidgN7k2-9UaEaSRuDCEXqbI7aA3_tbvnceLTy5ewpQC5SN5UyZZl560AbcdsxM8AlrsFsGBgrhrrc-MWlJK/s1600/Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_34cfsJHD0xTcwywpw-cuj7w-Dgw7dQhvP1XLhIwN6j7poEGtd1f6GhvMidgN7k2-9UaEaSRuDCEXqbI7aA3_tbvnceLTy5ewpQC5SN5UyZZl560AbcdsxM8AlrsFsGBgrhrrc-MWlJK/s400/Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506042994318402162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfZ5twvlMJDXobEbH2T1F_3vg61XxcrI7pmUpWXdHk8eNfrRR49-z4bYTrotdlsARfyBaOF61mRm6tay1D58Ys8wLTIToN8X39XuQgwx52ETqt6dz3kQ40DJRZj4sSPcEEn0KHMYGcS4O/s1600/Hot+Pink+wedding+San+Francisco+City+Hall+Kugs+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfZ5twvlMJDXobEbH2T1F_3vg61XxcrI7pmUpWXdHk8eNfrRR49-z4bYTrotdlsARfyBaOF61mRm6tay1D58Ys8wLTIToN8X39XuQgwx52ETqt6dz3kQ40DJRZj4sSPcEEn0KHMYGcS4O/s400/Hot+Pink+wedding+San+Francisco+City+Hall+Kugs+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506042584772170898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3scFD6HwuanolXJTLaUuYr2czH8WSU-wsItnII7GcVr5W63A04X7SVgpmO7zEisIjQcTMRkgMBSvql81SaHdRCUt5BCe61Kqu01HYqLcp0yte8v2n2KlHO3Pprdmde6ZJAi40UQ2cUywW/s1600/pink+San+Francisco+City+Hall+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3scFD6HwuanolXJTLaUuYr2czH8WSU-wsItnII7GcVr5W63A04X7SVgpmO7zEisIjQcTMRkgMBSvql81SaHdRCUt5BCe61Kqu01HYqLcp0yte8v2n2KlHO3Pprdmde6ZJAi40UQ2cUywW/s400/pink+San+Francisco+City+Hall+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506042593807526306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzAqJreH67k-wPDdVahneeaAPm9oBP7dn25Ewf_dVZ42l9MmY0kOGOIj6FePWR1CZoc37HDngpksFzQXE88jomlBsjlkjRv_nk6nmBeEVEkT0O8wNb4tyHZmlJ_Nux_hoBeNFN_N6aE6w/s1600/Kuga+Designs+SF+City+Hall+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzAqJreH67k-wPDdVahneeaAPm9oBP7dn25Ewf_dVZ42l9MmY0kOGOIj6FePWR1CZoc37HDngpksFzQXE88jomlBsjlkjRv_nk6nmBeEVEkT0O8wNb4tyHZmlJ_Nux_hoBeNFN_N6aE6w/s400/Kuga+Designs+SF+City+Hall+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506042591908134690" border="0" /></a>So then just as we are finishing up at around 4:30 pm the Fire Marshall come in for an inspection. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">DUMDUMDUUUUMMMM</span>....he told us we could not leave all the vases up there on the stairs.<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">WHAAAAATTTTT</span>?!?!!?! Are you kidding me? Do you know how heavy these are? This is the look we want, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">whaaa</span>....? Naturally I didn't say that I jut started laughing when they told me...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Jessica, the wedding planner,( in the blue) finally convinced him to let us keep it up there for the ceremony and that they would be moved after wards. She's so good at what she does! I laughed at this pic because she has her head cocked to the side like she's trying to convince him that he's nuts, there will be no earthquake, we will be FINE....but he said no. So after the ceremony they were moved. Oh and that also had to get done in the 1 hour allotted time. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">grrrreat</span>.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9CHIBRyA6naT94-QzSvh9vFwR-PWMrZ5OuM6nKbjulqKBnzLrjgGlqgN6snpw0OsAwxXYh9QR6XEJgv-DPErRK-qCfcqGyIc_wjP-yjJ7tp66jOim6AXZGwPt99jmo7Mu1pWgTZPr2zk/s1600/Hot+Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE0fDf0M0zfyLsL_6-NHf-Qx_dglpN9L-IRTvGFdRYOidjj08fYqTAXMsoGnr2scRXnH8D5mmFCS3e5vqrXo1gxKRWlzcu3FAsia7z8nqgZrkuDGoiceywnopdl5m6FTKSOagn1wWNdYS/s1600/City+hall+of+San+Francisco+Wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE0fDf0M0zfyLsL_6-NHf-Qx_dglpN9L-IRTvGFdRYOidjj08fYqTAXMsoGnr2scRXnH8D5mmFCS3e5vqrXo1gxKRWlzcu3FAsia7z8nqgZrkuDGoiceywnopdl5m6FTKSOagn1wWNdYS/s400/City+hall+of+San+Francisco+Wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506064045997645234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjRoOJA15UrfM-4Ui6YEQ2_d91lK3sQYCSdUj-tGm5wHAbcEqzrXk4sy6EgTqnDJ__9ntxRgwcfmVI_2wUSyla92Rbk-PI1Zd-cpj3sqaP_EW6shSRqcCyhpyQS9jDd6lMHV4VzNQ99fH/s1600/City+Hall+San+Francisco+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjRoOJA15UrfM-4Ui6YEQ2_d91lK3sQYCSdUj-tGm5wHAbcEqzrXk4sy6EgTqnDJ__9ntxRgwcfmVI_2wUSyla92Rbk-PI1Zd-cpj3sqaP_EW6shSRqcCyhpyQS9jDd6lMHV4VzNQ99fH/s1600/City+Hall+San+Francisco+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"> </a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the finished ceremony site! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">McCalls</span> turned the lights on and it was magical.....gold and pink splashed everywhere.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While the guests were arriving and the couple got married, we were busy in the back room getting the centerpiece ready to go. Here are the tables {sans centerpiece} that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">McCalls</span> set up. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Fuschia</span> linen, fuchsia napkins with a gold napkin holder and gold rimmed plates.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZwwRYYG3ZnaHUmyKZG2cj94KcxiLbfGCc0naAx4VERYV_Q2ckOH_8kJYWLCn8wUSssencWdl2vSp0NtaxrOlqDRAlZnRIcJU56188ZaWCVyi8LL9vuRknriZ_BVgZnj-nWhf1xkNCEMH/s1600/McCalls+Catering+wedding+set+up+Kuga+Designs+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZwwRYYG3ZnaHUmyKZG2cj94KcxiLbfGCc0naAx4VERYV_Q2ckOH_8kJYWLCn8wUSssencWdl2vSp0NtaxrOlqDRAlZnRIcJU56188ZaWCVyi8LL9vuRknriZ_BVgZnj-nWhf1xkNCEMH/s400/McCalls+Catering+wedding+set+up+Kuga+Designs+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506064067837665714" border="0" /></a>We set up the pave centerpiece cubes down without the trio of glass vases and floating candles so that they would be partially set up and easier to assemble once we hit the hour of truth.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYMiBZxGXgV_lbns-8Ex_kiPujtuyBW4u4GUuEM-IqszsvjY0BOKpGA3tIzuetp2ZdXsRUzq7EPQIDPfZf9h8KGIr6KjK7ceXD5GatEs-i0roG27EL_eGEZB0zdv1wMY1lRHPKJzc_aeU/s1600/Pink+and+White+pave+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYMiBZxGXgV_lbns-8Ex_kiPujtuyBW4u4GUuEM-IqszsvjY0BOKpGA3tIzuetp2ZdXsRUzq7EPQIDPfZf9h8KGIr6KjK7ceXD5GatEs-i0roG27EL_eGEZB0zdv1wMY1lRHPKJzc_aeU/s400/Pink+and+White+pave+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506065278579959666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwaMDvg1g_z6yyP4Xl6HvZnsYa2eBewXBEnOyEnIaPHep5Dj3zcU9CZP8RgMBrPGbdc57ak-0AH9RrA8vc1cNQeYupFnH8MPh0LFaiZ1iW3mU6g6bxuWC2haYkvMtHPbodvPwooazxCKRn/s1600/Pink+and+Hot+pink+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwaMDvg1g_z6yyP4Xl6HvZnsYa2eBewXBEnOyEnIaPHep5Dj3zcU9CZP8RgMBrPGbdc57ak-0AH9RrA8vc1cNQeYupFnH8MPh0LFaiZ1iW3mU6g6bxuWC2haYkvMtHPbodvPwooazxCKRn/s400/Pink+and+Hot+pink+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506065271366190994" border="0" /></a>The second <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">centerpeice</span> was a 6 vase cluster of vases: 3 with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">phalaenopsis</span> orchids draped over one side of the vase, the other 3 with floating candles to give us light.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nZiYW8UKHGvUbsHxvk2agVCkJiXqh0KBbUPO7GCS7IjcdjaYefel9WaUYcM-uSzn2Rl1XQapzdw1MT0JP-zaok5hM9BYqC3ghDWOM8agaiKj_FFkunhF4476zURPfReoyMUSeuTJWzj-/s1600/PInk+Phalaenopsis+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nZiYW8UKHGvUbsHxvk2agVCkJiXqh0KBbUPO7GCS7IjcdjaYefel9WaUYcM-uSzn2Rl1XQapzdw1MT0JP-zaok5hM9BYqC3ghDWOM8agaiKj_FFkunhF4476zURPfReoyMUSeuTJWzj-/s400/PInk+Phalaenopsis+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506064850585559954" border="0" /></a>Then they told us the dessert table no longer accommodated our design and that we had to par it down to two vases. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">wwwooonderful</span>.<br />The arrangements would be visible from 3 sides instead of just a front view, so we quickly had to turn this pink hydrangea floral arrangement into an arrangement to match the ceremony flowers...in 15 minutes.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGvw6DhnAffz95eWhCuZ5chGRJqBAMF0em5WmUgR3dGKXEzAGmwqZgzUAEfi5YtOa35EQAP5nRsIFrxhzfJzLU3hzojZaYhG7T0Ai7oTLOEQ3mShxfsjPp9HGuwgPRnFYOpKc-923cLTd/s1600/light+pink+tall+cylinder+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGvw6DhnAffz95eWhCuZ5chGRJqBAMF0em5WmUgR3dGKXEzAGmwqZgzUAEfi5YtOa35EQAP5nRsIFrxhzfJzLU3hzojZaYhG7T0Ai7oTLOEQ3mShxfsjPp9HGuwgPRnFYOpKc-923cLTd/s400/light+pink+tall+cylinder+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506064857030713618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Michelle filling in from the bottom and I am filling in from the top.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioo6sNrIHun-yP3o02vuMADNvdCfinoNT3Z47E9m5KuvCdwnbO573BYuChyU2T4jbv2GQaI2JYEhX8fpPJyo-raueMGJpcOJ05H8qFRDq8kBh0zZbgo8hDVKUxY20hulOyZ8IwZg4ikr2p/s1600/Pink+and+White+pave+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGIdiSi9qCHel2xJuosQCno1ZM-eXnTZL2kTz4u9H6Bf2MBeifztARXEm6CYxwKZtxms70hvEZ1OR6hh_7azzRJPgDzMEc8Eb1jpI8Ygyw7n7is7d8sa670S2FNmOLvnXRLvpd0RDDjfQ/s1600/Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs+tall+cylinder+vase.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGIdiSi9qCHel2xJuosQCno1ZM-eXnTZL2kTz4u9H6Bf2MBeifztARXEm6CYxwKZtxms70hvEZ1OR6hh_7azzRJPgDzMEc8Eb1jpI8Ygyw7n7is7d8sa670S2FNmOLvnXRLvpd0RDDjfQ/s400/Pink+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs+tall+cylinder+vase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506064054684327538" border="0" /></a><br />Even with our ups and downs of the day, lack of rest and food, we were running on time. Stay tuned for the next post of pics which include the actual reception and end product. : )<br /><br />Side Note:<br /><br /> I worked 7am - 11pm Wednesday, Thursday, and 7am - 1am Friday and 7am 2:30am the day of....I was beat. I also had forgotten to order my water proof stickers for the bottom of my vases and I called out for help on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Facebook</span> and a few friends came through with great ideas, but Jennifer from Green Quince offered to make them for me last minute! SCORE! She has the CUTEST <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Etsy</span> shop ever and her invitations are so beautiful that I had to take her up on her offer. I was so grateful for her help. Look as my cute stickers : )<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXhKdv9FXNQOC0tMXAklGpxoE31gIT1KplKqq1c5laifeMaMC0zcccbpbOrGatMYN9jVG20xTOOZB4XOLopPTijYEpTAlKfiH883OC6un1ebexslHR6AksiEZNUy28WRcTr4fitiC5FuP/s1600/Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXhKdv9FXNQOC0tMXAklGpxoE31gIT1KplKqq1c5laifeMaMC0zcccbpbOrGatMYN9jVG20xTOOZB4XOLopPTijYEpTAlKfiH883OC6un1ebexslHR6AksiEZNUy28WRcTr4fitiC5FuP/s400/Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506084703620842034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Vendors and Links:<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenquince"><br />Green Quince</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dreamsonadime.com/index.html">Dreams on a Dime</a><br /><br /><a href="http://mccallssf.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">McCalls</span> Catering and Events</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-51669356189333240812010-08-13T23:44:00.001-07:002010-08-13T23:51:44.141-07:00Silver+ White+Yellow<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bride: </span>Do you do "Handpicked" looks?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moi: </span>Why, yes I do. Step into my garden.....<br />I do it with a twist. I hope you like it ; )<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J_dnzjkDIES3y6d0OLI8YRUcXdK03aSyFMaak_rm91pNO_RvqLKFJdRW4tUzvRFgGPqDvI3tajH-y00IUloq9kwdc_MVyoYFnTTpns-GOcNP5LyiAItbjozyZJ2Vrh8MSJycMDB1tq49/s1600/silver+and+white+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J_dnzjkDIES3y6d0OLI8YRUcXdK03aSyFMaak_rm91pNO_RvqLKFJdRW4tUzvRFgGPqDvI3tajH-y00IUloq9kwdc_MVyoYFnTTpns-GOcNP5LyiAItbjozyZJ2Vrh8MSJycMDB1tq49/s400/silver+and+white+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505152992326608594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6M84pKj7mlL2-7WiLRB8zGOl6ieCJHOJN-R9MnyAZD82U6PfPAYFNtqrwTQhInKdLqY9wokTlGoRltIbaIaUPh0PW8dcEZY-_hXCbb0bYnD_fhbJkgrgdap8Z9mDRRjQjgz3XH0bcE5E/s1600/yellow+and+white+floral+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6M84pKj7mlL2-7WiLRB8zGOl6ieCJHOJN-R9MnyAZD82U6PfPAYFNtqrwTQhInKdLqY9wokTlGoRltIbaIaUPh0PW8dcEZY-_hXCbb0bYnD_fhbJkgrgdap8Z9mDRRjQjgz3XH0bcE5E/s400/yellow+and+white+floral+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505152983221781650" border="0" /></a>Mock up for a silver, white, and yellow wedding.<br /><br />These white and silver floral arrangements will be the bouquets/re-purposed centerpiece.<br />Feverfew flowers, lambs ear, scabiosa, dahlias, and sweetpeas.<br /><br />The Bridal Bouquet will have the blue and the centerpiece will be a multi vase flowers that I will post Sunday. Happy Friday the 13th!<br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-31637643929038281302010-08-11T11:11:00.001-07:002010-08-11T12:50:10.572-07:00My Pink City Hall Bride{the Bouquets}<div style="text-align: center;">I was such a blogging roll till July came and it was all about these crazy big weddings that nearly gave me ulcers. Seriously, all I could do was focus on flowers, vases, fire permits, ribbons, colors swatches, and such. I went to NYC for the 4th of July again and when I got back it was on!!!<br /> I did manage to lose one of my memory cards that contain a beautiful white wedding, a garden style wedding, and some simple mock ups that I planned to share but what-evs...what can I do?<br /><br />I can share with you my biggest wedding to date, that's what! : )<br />I ordered 2000 roses, 250 phalaenopsis, 200 hydrangeas, 300 spray roses, and almost $1400 worth of vases. DEAR GOD. It was humongous but I now have the experience to run a big production like that.<br /><br />I will start with a few pictures of the personal flowers for now. I wish I had taken pics of the 44 sets of corsages and bouts but there was no time. I worked 70 hours in 4 days. 19 on the day of...it was madness. Pink madness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPwFBs-i1QTdQY8ykDnyHBYWxi2-acIJDeHyn3iU7xMNutRjOwQTsoVQLpaAUvLRTjFy-hYZNZWkU_tgzr72cys1ZOLcIw3FgKpkBAlOX9TvgxV3KMKDAA44vqmVbHM6149-3yuVfXV8w/s1600/Pink+and+White+Bridal+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPwFBs-i1QTdQY8ykDnyHBYWxi2-acIJDeHyn3iU7xMNutRjOwQTsoVQLpaAUvLRTjFy-hYZNZWkU_tgzr72cys1ZOLcIw3FgKpkBAlOX9TvgxV3KMKDAA44vqmVbHM6149-3yuVfXV8w/s400/Pink+and+White+Bridal+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504219888268399650" border="0" /></a><br />The Bridal Bouquet smelled *HEAVENLY*. Garden roses smell the best! Like real roses are supposed to smell like. They engineered thorns out of the commercial roses we all use, but along with getting rid of the thorns, they also got rid of that delicious scent. The only true rose that smells divine outside of garden roses are the Sterling rose, well, any purple rose really. Try it next time you go by a shop; smell a purple rose in comparison to the other ones and you will smell the difference.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgx29Qq6aPhxrX77Uyi8c4fTQ-iqDp8owjC35aJohDi08lJxv2p9y48_JKvgrZlHs5aX5FYNwNfpld0Fw040waNW55oM4vWACI78cQ1PZ0R-jlH9h8dPKgGxPLqKrnHvHxJ3Z8BQ7AYRS/s1600/Pink+and+White+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgx29Qq6aPhxrX77Uyi8c4fTQ-iqDp8owjC35aJohDi08lJxv2p9y48_JKvgrZlHs5aX5FYNwNfpld0Fw040waNW55oM4vWACI78cQ1PZ0R-jlH9h8dPKgGxPLqKrnHvHxJ3Z8BQ7AYRS/s400/Pink+and+White+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504230758366777010" border="0" /></a><br />The compose of this bouquet was Patience Garden Roses, cream garden roses, Pink Sweet Akito Roses, and Bridal Akito Roses.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga23SzZZWM4cliXjLQTxZ3PSd0roWZAZEYFrioIz5rHMS2dz7q1nucC0K5xLRLB0uFl3poBiipB3jRiuXWt8iQXaZd4f5LSO9bacHFII6nSwA2wYDripsmYHeM9Ay0Yw_vb_0FU6KowYZD/s1600/Pink+and+Cream+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga23SzZZWM4cliXjLQTxZ3PSd0roWZAZEYFrioIz5rHMS2dz7q1nucC0K5xLRLB0uFl3poBiipB3jRiuXWt8iQXaZd4f5LSO9bacHFII6nSwA2wYDripsmYHeM9Ay0Yw_vb_0FU6KowYZD/s400/Pink+and+Cream+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504228824465893170" border="0" /></a>The Maid of Honor Bouquet was a mixture of hot pink and blush pink to match the gorgeous dresses they wore.<br />In this bouquet I used Pavoratti roses, Rosita Vendellas, hot pink spray rose, and Lydia spray roses.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIiO4Ai-6Cm-jI4FJVupx7clfMIUSOaxdRdBwHHKdgcYx1jue8khI69X7rdcaYUCzHofgj4-htNioJu3hU3z4i1zjfh-BaeXcO5a3kLQRSNNARVfgoYrLqgNL3nXI8LVf1wqpNe0kyocW/s1600/Hot+Pink+Wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfIiO4Ai-6Cm-jI4FJVupx7clfMIUSOaxdRdBwHHKdgcYx1jue8khI69X7rdcaYUCzHofgj4-htNioJu3hU3z4i1zjfh-BaeXcO5a3kLQRSNNARVfgoYrLqgNL3nXI8LVf1wqpNe0kyocW/s400/Hot+Pink+Wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504222244403310658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>This is a shot of the Bridesmaids bouquet, the Bridal bouquet, and the Maid of honor bouquet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFV2sS-ayiCr6qIIVdZAWyeuYmLmPhSyh95X2_Nig3TF1pDUexe568bzoau6ihAQeIX230t6MdYlp1UvNdyWFq9HEJfgpR8TCWUibxHywfxyFmXbY7kXbdgvXnFqGeu5_gBYNySao5FT3U/s1600/Pink+and+cream+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFV2sS-ayiCr6qIIVdZAWyeuYmLmPhSyh95X2_Nig3TF1pDUexe568bzoau6ihAQeIX230t6MdYlp1UvNdyWFq9HEJfgpR8TCWUibxHywfxyFmXbY7kXbdgvXnFqGeu5_gBYNySao5FT3U/s400/Pink+and+cream+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504233777179943986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uKWjU2e5JsEz5FgYx7EROOa3ORHAuWz8YIHgZjzM-_EktbLbyRXHrG8yr4PIeFsHNDY93O0MUWZJeDIVxTwb_nkCCb-8NUYwjsO-g865R17hHCR7TsCP-GV_s7hbHJLmbVJw8SkpJ698/s1600/Pink+and+white+wedding+bouquets+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uKWjU2e5JsEz5FgYx7EROOa3ORHAuWz8YIHgZjzM-_EktbLbyRXHrG8yr4PIeFsHNDY93O0MUWZJeDIVxTwb_nkCCb-8NUYwjsO-g865R17hHCR7TsCP-GV_s7hbHJLmbVJw8SkpJ698/s400/Pink+and+white+wedding+bouquets+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504233303384168738" border="0" /></a>This is a top shot of the pink and cream bouquet for the MOH and the Bride.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOuvvPUTfvbfE7jOYCBUCxWMRM8z6aMPiwpLr0rzXl7QK1N3Sh6TdP0Q_yc2mP20dG1oNNouZ7ebZfSPoAsxfLfKolnUbpvzOeKMSnpfy8mKIdTYxHuMK4iHw9MCaGZYm4eUY5jbwM-bz/s1600/hot+pink+and+ivory+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOuvvPUTfvbfE7jOYCBUCxWMRM8z6aMPiwpLr0rzXl7QK1N3Sh6TdP0Q_yc2mP20dG1oNNouZ7ebZfSPoAsxfLfKolnUbpvzOeKMSnpfy8mKIdTYxHuMK4iHw9MCaGZYm4eUY5jbwM-bz/s400/hot+pink+and+ivory+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504226029593697234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MlzAeGHlBszahb1x0yXMJ-Cj0-nFZ7KPBtE7e2p5vjjLIZziV2kx-TKjDp6Kb_S8VsOd00X1SsU7SNmxTQNepMvnCY3gx6fX1O90ryZarv9juaw7cbYvasHwRT0marnlZfqTNa5fzba5/s1600/Hot+Pink+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MlzAeGHlBszahb1x0yXMJ-Cj0-nFZ7KPBtE7e2p5vjjLIZziV2kx-TKjDp6Kb_S8VsOd00X1SsU7SNmxTQNepMvnCY3gx6fX1O90ryZarv9juaw7cbYvasHwRT0marnlZfqTNa5fzba5/s400/Hot+Pink+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504222039705472706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The bouquets were all tied off with pink satin and ivory satin and pinned with some clear crystal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcs0ju7Sxm0-EujdjuvNN8QRwgwMqpE8-N5gTIVGq4X6nNd4U3oMNauUvavraZfSh03aetxsc1fPgfsAamKUdIJRYB1UDFGkb28g67BwbbzqVEflwhnuRR2d102wWzzkFfydVsfP-wOlH/s1600/Fuschia+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcs0ju7Sxm0-EujdjuvNN8QRwgwMqpE8-N5gTIVGq4X6nNd4U3oMNauUvavraZfSh03aetxsc1fPgfsAamKUdIJRYB1UDFGkb28g67BwbbzqVEflwhnuRR2d102wWzzkFfydVsfP-wOlH/s400/Fuschia+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504224243499370914" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I just received some pics in the mail so I will be posting the crazy(19 hour) set up and reception pictures in the next two days. Thanks for taking a look!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7vvGuvhNsZ2o43w9Z4Ct56elsSiLi380GJcSljbj9dLsr1S-0eADbqCq79j3ElldvgtDpVx6YFW3lg7U-o0wI3ZmcB9naGrfv-B2deMjdthx7ZlH7dhmOZj_VKhEoMvMsIAIuZJz2bQe/s1600/Pink+and+Cream+Wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-70147489636759961552010-06-30T00:08:00.000-07:002010-06-30T00:21:03.240-07:00Yarrow, Scabiosa Pods, Dahlias...These are a few of my favorite things.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSg1DCPYBRtgx0jpfIwXUFhMmIzh3-w3bLp6ruvWhsBrd4BMaYqFNc0t01JQexuiIkcLgWa_oimcXwvHcBdGlXHtyVRWJPmnQXycmPhiwvlFq0o0YeVamasaE7ZvKi0-2aWrNNsLSflbG/s1600/Yellow+dahlia+and+scabiosa+pod+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSg1DCPYBRtgx0jpfIwXUFhMmIzh3-w3bLp6ruvWhsBrd4BMaYqFNc0t01JQexuiIkcLgWa_oimcXwvHcBdGlXHtyVRWJPmnQXycmPhiwvlFq0o0YeVamasaE7ZvKi0-2aWrNNsLSflbG/s400/Yellow+dahlia+and+scabiosa+pod+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488367743115874194" border="0" /></a><br />I love the Farmers Market.<br />Unfortunately due to most of my weddings always landing on Saturdays, I can't go. :(<br />But if you truly want to see what flowers are in season,<br />the true seasonal flowers are always showcased there.<br />Most flowers you can get year round...if you are willing to pay a price that is.<br />But at the farmers market you can get a reasonably priced flowers without a badge, super fresh, and from a local farm. All pluses in my book.<br /><br />This bouquet reminds me of a farmers market...I actually wish I could do a photo shoot there and am working on making that happen in the next 6 weeks.<br />This bouquet has dahlias, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">scabiosa</span> pods, bunny tails, tulips, and yarrow.<br />This reminds me of Country Time Lemonade for some reason,<br /> but who names their flowers that...right?<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgGiTE2oXfEbW9d2NgLLxr1m-OSi-EUkmMvCWMlsoMMcGGaiwkYLP0B1A4HK2AMtDr6XHilJUHQebZBCnze-C5uxk30Pn6zjyjha7xEXpF5jbxMhvP0d04GLeCwqe2oWlRNpODEk1xh7r/s1600/Yellow+and+Brown+country+wedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgGiTE2oXfEbW9d2NgLLxr1m-OSi-EUkmMvCWMlsoMMcGGaiwkYLP0B1A4HK2AMtDr6XHilJUHQebZBCnze-C5uxk30Pn6zjyjha7xEXpF5jbxMhvP0d04GLeCwqe2oWlRNpODEk1xh7r/s400/Yellow+and+Brown+country+wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488367766066247650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I made a little boutonniere( still can't spell that right on the first try) made out of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">scabiosa</span> pod, a fuzzy bunny tail(that's what I call it) and the white and yellow yarrow that makes me want to scream, it's so damn cute. I finished off the wrap with a little gold <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bouillion</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bmFC21_snfcRo2MdRoWgaLPQFvCNR5cn3c-HD83hlMbSFXPC22RHuNCbz-5C5E7DW4X4fuyt8I9sMFg9HWVlU4RFn_Vg5mZg-Q2xjdXbGt0AHfStZT0e0yCoLoeeHmV1sRC_knzdSLGb/s1600/green+and+white+country+style+boutonnierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bmFC21_snfcRo2MdRoWgaLPQFvCNR5cn3c-HD83hlMbSFXPC22RHuNCbz-5C5E7DW4X4fuyt8I9sMFg9HWVlU4RFn_Vg5mZg-Q2xjdXbGt0AHfStZT0e0yCoLoeeHmV1sRC_knzdSLGb/s400/green+and+white+country+style+boutonnierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488368011788630002" border="0" /> </a>Blue and yellow together ROCK.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFO2JlibVkRfdRCbsY1ItHr3Wb0fYnM0BKTEPetHHbHO2pwNvLw_iZfskyrAQ8PIjqFOHzQG3lJmOYk6de159LvLQTK-OnQvh6LDiVga2GVeknh36WzyKpVF1RBiHBKOCjQGzCcnHXiq-/s1600/yellow+and+blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFO2JlibVkRfdRCbsY1ItHr3Wb0fYnM0BKTEPetHHbHO2pwNvLw_iZfskyrAQ8PIjqFOHzQG3lJmOYk6de159LvLQTK-OnQvh6LDiVga2GVeknh36WzyKpVF1RBiHBKOCjQGzCcnHXiq-/s400/yellow+and+blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488367757865839234" border="0" /></a>The bouquet can later be dropped into a tall container<br />and in the words of a wise sage named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Emeril</span>: <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">BAM</span>!</span></span> its a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">friggin</span> centerpiece.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOEG_UWhKszxuoC8FS7A4633BDmcQ9HZU_QM-xLNkUnY1ooSWKmmcyfdVd5TuJZDhoDLtCgDIQ2V8eW1abzhSJHGrj7WYVZ8ii8jZaDTVd_wIT8NAY71GFVcOanyHb8LoQSv3ZqJQMZjm/s1600/yellow+dahlia+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOEG_UWhKszxuoC8FS7A4633BDmcQ9HZU_QM-xLNkUnY1ooSWKmmcyfdVd5TuJZDhoDLtCgDIQ2V8eW1abzhSJHGrj7WYVZ8ii8jZaDTVd_wIT8NAY71GFVcOanyHb8LoQSv3ZqJQMZjm/s400/yellow+dahlia+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488367737105494578" border="0" /></a>This ceramic cream container I bought at Goodwill for $3.99. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">HOLLA</span>!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love a great deal almost as much as I love it when I get a bunch of roses and there are no duds....has this ever happened to you? You go home and open up the roses and 1 or 2 rose heads are broken...I hate that. So when nothing falls out I give my roses a pretend hi five for being good gals. : )<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-22102943339310251842010-06-28T15:33:00.000-07:002010-06-29T10:01:27.743-07:00Something Blue...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJnUAx1K0NNCxqCkCa9oeVUeMdqDnFlk4BMkobo1zC04XHb_YeBUu-ZnjD_jUUmo1iVgMmbLk39vuZ03NpWXHhkHX_O3B2XX59_EwkKIYxpnQaA-nN93pisp5iaJ1qqdbzp8Yk_gmw53h/s1600/blue+white+and+chartruese+wedding+bouquets+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJnUAx1K0NNCxqCkCa9oeVUeMdqDnFlk4BMkobo1zC04XHb_YeBUu-ZnjD_jUUmo1iVgMmbLk39vuZ03NpWXHhkHX_O3B2XX59_EwkKIYxpnQaA-nN93pisp5iaJ1qqdbzp8Yk_gmw53h/s400/blue+white+and+chartruese+wedding+bouquets+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225853432453378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Something Old<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Something New<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Something Borrowed,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Something Blue.<br /><br />This one started with Mrs. M emailing me to see if I could help with flowers for her son and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DIL</span> (Daughter in Law...<br />I have a friend who reads my blog and always asks me what the heck MIL or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">FH</span> mean exactly? )<br />Anyhow, she was going to host the wedding at her house and it was going to be blues whites and silver. The happy couple live out of state so the planning was a little tricky because of the time difference and we were swamped with events, weddings, the dress for the museum, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ect</span>. But we finally found something that worked.<br />Her bridal bouquet was a compose of dahlias, white <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lisianthus</span>, roses and spray roses, lime <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">cymbidiums</span>, green and white hydrangea, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">snow on</span> the mountain, and blue <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">tweedia</span> for that something blue accent.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60sefSh9SBU0yu0xnIF_eSwZm0rAHmHgW5lii54mA9P9aSY3QjSAUYcVlefkdMX9Y4_9haJopQbHwS7Gn4vb6Euus5xLS_XVwGoPb2Sw0OelmJjeaAOmiB7R7TYyvTVL19Ue1Pwnzd9ej/s1600/Blue+and+white+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60sefSh9SBU0yu0xnIF_eSwZm0rAHmHgW5lii54mA9P9aSY3QjSAUYcVlefkdMX9Y4_9haJopQbHwS7Gn4vb6Euus5xLS_XVwGoPb2Sw0OelmJjeaAOmiB7R7TYyvTVL19Ue1Pwnzd9ej/s400/Blue+and+white+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487956720660293538" border="0" /></a>The matching boutonniere( you know I always have to spell check boutonniere?)<br />was a single white avalanche rose with blue <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tweedia</span> accent wrapped in white satin.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxay40rjiEf7tFrEU81qtG_7QwZu7M11WNSVb0ReIwtsFcf7GMPXKzh6k1kw7JN-79iveYZb-jLdn-waMcQU6ceoITW-Zgs6fB2b0LsMMtXqBnX3Wk-pufcB3B-dgByAlAISfYIclMi79/s1600/blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxay40rjiEf7tFrEU81qtG_7QwZu7M11WNSVb0ReIwtsFcf7GMPXKzh6k1kw7JN-79iveYZb-jLdn-waMcQU6ceoITW-Zgs6fB2b0LsMMtXqBnX3Wk-pufcB3B-dgByAlAISfYIclMi79/s400/blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487956705993493074" border="0" /></a>The bridesmaids bouquets pictured here are unwrapped since I was going to use some fabric from the dress that the bride provided for me once I got to the house.<br />The bridesmaids bouquets were white, blue, and green hydrangea, white roses, white <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">lisianthus</span>, lime <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">cymbidiums</span>, blue delphinium, and white spray roses.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv21bAmYe1mFY6gbveH2EYrtkwPVDMCX7J5xhcPu1XvwUT5MY46sSgG_OJU2CmRekzbu-bcfSpQXWcyuZSQWd0y4vL_jySZJQFAHnjjfdtYdKMdl8Iqz5-q0viSL5P-BvgxhNLZwwL2CT/s1600/green+and+white+and+blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv21bAmYe1mFY6gbveH2EYrtkwPVDMCX7J5xhcPu1XvwUT5MY46sSgG_OJU2CmRekzbu-bcfSpQXWcyuZSQWd0y4vL_jySZJQFAHnjjfdtYdKMdl8Iqz5-q0viSL5P-BvgxhNLZwwL2CT/s400/green+and+white+and+blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487956700423522834" border="0" /></a>When I arrived to the house Mrs. M had set up shop in her garage with the flowers for the tables, so I made self a little station. My portable workstation consisted of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">hasami's</span>(Japanese shears) newspaper, and a towel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79Rkf9kC9q6EBwfY2o2eMAYugXyNjlcgghkt0o7sJWx2rMNPaZyAQ5aarN5Lk-4ynTZXuLVGXW4O3C3RjKRHtFWA9Ls5bONkAjBf7OMVDnuIMcDxjfuxRnBd3eKrXW6L9OdLdtfSbaD36/s1600/lime+white+and+blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79Rkf9kC9q6EBwfY2o2eMAYugXyNjlcgghkt0o7sJWx2rMNPaZyAQ5aarN5Lk-4ynTZXuLVGXW4O3C3RjKRHtFWA9Ls5bONkAjBf7OMVDnuIMcDxjfuxRnBd3eKrXW6L9OdLdtfSbaD36/s400/lime+white+and+blue+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225617394960754" border="0" /></a><br />Here they are with the fabric from the dress on the handles of the bouquet. The color is what I would call "Lake".<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0DFuHmY7pivdMkFd3aEXb1pzg3H9gY9TfxUFGT7aaBpg4zjnyvbRrm4Isw-Y0Xr8i_0oXvs1vvLaLnbAwgYKOpix51wtkmO1LGdA4seCw03pu4NJfYIEAC62kHrShnMx8PjUb7wvbEX3/s1600/blue+green+white+bridesmaids+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0DFuHmY7pivdMkFd3aEXb1pzg3H9gY9TfxUFGT7aaBpg4zjnyvbRrm4Isw-Y0Xr8i_0oXvs1vvLaLnbAwgYKOpix51wtkmO1LGdA4seCw03pu4NJfYIEAC62kHrShnMx8PjUb7wvbEX3/s400/blue+green+white+bridesmaids+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487956675097754450" border="0" /></a>Mrs M decided she would make the reception flowers herself.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now that's <span style="font-weight: bold;">love </span>right there because it's A LOT of work.<br />I mean the processing, the vases, the cutting, the foam, the cleaning, the design, the set up, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ect</span>.....and then you have to get dressed and get your nails/hands decent to shake hands and take pictures for the wedding that <span style="font-weight: bold;">you are hosting </span>in your house???<br /><br />She's a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">rock star</span>.<br /><br />Check it out...she made blue hydrangea terrariums. A woman after my own heart.<br />Doctor by day; Florist by night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9-htNCPpMirPqRNm2n01NXIhyCMi40boTEJU6nstxLBdcdjhZzZd83Mcl9btJJ-k9qWVh1WWc7mM-liBqPk89bfctaFexG_l0D6_5RobXZH49smZ1hTR8OCOUzzLAulfyRLGsRbxX-f9/s1600/Hydrangea+Terrarium+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9-htNCPpMirPqRNm2n01NXIhyCMi40boTEJU6nstxLBdcdjhZzZd83Mcl9btJJ-k9qWVh1WWc7mM-liBqPk89bfctaFexG_l0D6_5RobXZH49smZ1hTR8OCOUzzLAulfyRLGsRbxX-f9/s400/Hydrangea+Terrarium+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225075381778194" border="0" /></a>She found a local grower to get her blue and white hydrangeas and she then picked out some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">amaranthus</span> and kangaroo paws along with some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">phalaenopsis</span> orchids.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NZoBGO-pLHbvo3PAh1gvvp-YEaEP8PNLxXM89nmAsZNtvDvrC1u9X8sSmXc1TKVPU7WtE_Bl2YTQPLdTAlFYKkpkwavO-i8c9hCWyXdAD6gN_Gs_epYdIckxQFO90lJFLrjUvMP21Djg/s1600/Blue+Hydrangea+Wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NZoBGO-pLHbvo3PAh1gvvp-YEaEP8PNLxXM89nmAsZNtvDvrC1u9X8sSmXc1TKVPU7WtE_Bl2YTQPLdTAlFYKkpkwavO-i8c9hCWyXdAD6gN_Gs_epYdIckxQFO90lJFLrjUvMP21Djg/s400/Blue+Hydrangea+Wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225061165131138" border="0" /></a>Look at these colors! My camera could not capture the shocking blue of these gorgeous hydrangea heads.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRYQ0ILv-GpzaiEUrV5ztJaVpUNTe4MYkihyphenhyphenpFRUYa0csMgUCTHj_0dzJvD4aQZ_Uxxzvj_Du2ncA7Lue60kWh05UecRlL67SYc1AHwDfvM4WjoxtpSaFiLfW3h112BUCS-wtI9yeB5YN/s1600/Hydrangea+Terrarium+wedding+Flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRYQ0ILv-GpzaiEUrV5ztJaVpUNTe4MYkihyphenhyphenpFRUYa0csMgUCTHj_0dzJvD4aQZ_Uxxzvj_Du2ncA7Lue60kWh05UecRlL67SYc1AHwDfvM4WjoxtpSaFiLfW3h112BUCS-wtI9yeB5YN/s400/Hydrangea+Terrarium+wedding+Flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225056415829458" border="0" /></a>Blue popcorn hydrangea in all its glory.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT2Hh7CkEnonFDcv7MemF02NVepbv4VVIEo72iT3ingNK69KbK44Y1-0sWzKuA4seGiXqwzCrOdDG2iZUVnwF4FE08QYUBWko65twh7g8F9XpqT6sPmS-VUsPDyJLogarZqi8sKBgai0b/s1600/Hydrangea+Wedding+Centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT2Hh7CkEnonFDcv7MemF02NVepbv4VVIEo72iT3ingNK69KbK44Y1-0sWzKuA4seGiXqwzCrOdDG2iZUVnwF4FE08QYUBWko65twh7g8F9XpqT6sPmS-VUsPDyJLogarZqi8sKBgai0b/s400/Hydrangea+Wedding+Centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488225049061477394" border="0" /></a>Look at the backyard...I only wish I could see it lit up at night.<br />The tent had hanging lanterns of all sizes that would make it look like mars at night under the moon. The weather was at 82 when I left so the night would be perfect for them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GNSIQzN7dTgI1mVUMwAaXW4XD7abCOmIEeOIjDRf9nl2rfh-XjiIfJESsP6fUn5juRhXTil0BUT3QnhCmM_Ako1wHe5Q7sOSWbd9bYxMNDlGJ7PYvc1sAYU_eAMkFsOZfwhxCW4ymdR4/s1600/Blue+and+white+lantern+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GNSIQzN7dTgI1mVUMwAaXW4XD7abCOmIEeOIjDRf9nl2rfh-XjiIfJESsP6fUn5juRhXTil0BUT3QnhCmM_Ako1wHe5Q7sOSWbd9bYxMNDlGJ7PYvc1sAYU_eAMkFsOZfwhxCW4ymdR4/s400/Blue+and+white+lantern+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487956692243262498" border="0" /></a>Thanks for letting me be a part of your big day!<br />I wish you much love and success. : )<br />Mrs. M...if you ever want to make floral arrangements...you know who to call! ; P<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">{And they lived happily ever after...}</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-4387731157733892172010-06-24T08:52:00.000-07:002016-01-05T20:45:47.133-08:00BLOGARDEN { Peony Edition}<div style="text-align: center;">
Plucked from a home garden for me with LOVE....: )<br />
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I promise I won't act crazy like in my last post where I actually illustrate how flowers talk to each other in a street fight or catty gossip girl episode...I will just present my info! ; )<br />
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<br /><br />You will see a whole catalog of peonies in pink.<br />What makes them different is the the size and fluffiness factor<br />{an official term I'm sure}<br />There are:<br /><!--3--></div>
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single, semi double, double, japanese and anemone peonies and the Bomb double peony.<br />
So you see, they don't just come in pink or fluffy. ; )</div>
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These beauties are the Coral Charm double salmon peonies and Old Faithful double peonies.</div>
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The big fluffy pink ones are Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelts</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscRZRrMReZmlanvCEm1I6FDlun7HQx1LDH6B19P817xGBEpHm9J6GRZzhrvjrAM7I3ty6qoD1p6HYctCzQt9wXiHk7reOhn0yreW69SQbST5dnachlyFEUUIm68XIvA7ZQTTyXQJWC5T7/s1600/Bubble+Gum+Pink+peonies+Kuga+Designs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486199891769533058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscRZRrMReZmlanvCEm1I6FDlun7HQx1LDH6B19P817xGBEpHm9J6GRZzhrvjrAM7I3ty6qoD1p6HYctCzQt9wXiHk7reOhn0yreW69SQbST5dnachlyFEUUIm68XIvA7ZQTTyXQJWC5T7/s400/Bubble+Gum+Pink+peonies+Kuga+Designs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The hot pink peonies that I love are the Double Pink Ellen Cowley and the yellow ones are Bartzellas I believe.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LJh_lNK3quQxhYHQtvaIP1UawuhnDTtNAvBNphIpjZnYrYyi0QAfpV02gNNmZtfcXHk2l-p0CIEQhA9Tsm_RmU5dWI8ce-McAXwrn4mbS4YBUmHEeJu39Y9MqWlJQ-O5zF83D8LCVM-T/s1600/Butter+and+Cream+Peonies+Kuga+Designs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486199878049069810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LJh_lNK3quQxhYHQtvaIP1UawuhnDTtNAvBNphIpjZnYrYyi0QAfpV02gNNmZtfcXHk2l-p0CIEQhA9Tsm_RmU5dWI8ce-McAXwrn4mbS4YBUmHEeJu39Y9MqWlJQ-O5zF83D8LCVM-T/s400/Butter+and+Cream+Peonies+Kuga+Designs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>They range anywhere from $4 to $9{wholesale} per stem when they are in season. The cheaper ones I find are the bomb peonies that have a single layer of petals on the outside then a fluffy ball on the inside. They sell those at Trader Joes for like $10-$15 for 5 stems in the peak of the season. The ones that brides like are the full double peonies that are what my vendors call the premium peonies. The big mommas a la Martha Stewart.<br />
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I'm everyone's type. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I imagine Peonies say to other flowers as they stun them with their beauty.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Back up Bi#$@!*, I rule May and part of June. </span><br />{and some of November and December when I'm imported from the netherlands}<br /><br />And then Godetias roll their eyes and say <span style="font-weight: bold;">What? I can last three weeks without my water being changed and I come in crazy colors that REEK of spring.And guess what? If you bunch me up with all my girls, we look like Peonies so there.</span><br /><br />Then the tulips get all uppity and say <span style="font-weight: bold;">Yeah well, I am in season too, and I am super cheap right now and I'm crazy! I come in all shapes and sizes, parrot, field, double, frayed edges-you name it, I got what you need, baby.</span><br /><br />Sweet Williams - says <span style="font-weight: bold;">FOOLS! People love me and they don't even know I'm a carnation so HA! They claim they love us only in mass, but they are looking- oh yeah, they are looking.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWz1vOuzUWIVMGjZFx8Yx20km4tEsj7-1yScvmjM4jwCk5zYx6Jlb0Dw5p0HODb6HdvOG1pEwsAKClwn-xl1lAZP76jnrwZG-xcqMlyWTx6m8fbxKQ6zsSYmlXQ4D1N5Xk2ck2Fx-a__n/s1600/hot+pink+and+magenta+Peony+flowers+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWz1vOuzUWIVMGjZFx8Yx20km4tEsj7-1yScvmjM4jwCk5zYx6Jlb0Dw5p0HODb6HdvOG1pEwsAKClwn-xl1lAZP76jnrwZG-xcqMlyWTx6m8fbxKQ6zsSYmlXQ4D1N5Xk2ck2Fx-a__n/s400/hot+pink+and+magenta+Peony+flowers+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485842022448591618" border="0" /></a>This is about the time that I truly believe I will lose all my followers because they think I'm nuts.<br />My husband just shakes his head and refuses to read one word.<br />My teenage daughter approves so I know I'm close to the edge.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This rare glimpse into my {crazy} flower world yield me no credibility and I should just take my peonies and call it a day. I can't help it. <br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQv_P6vxnAkGGlKJbHLECptllCP1z_dtUoTCTKVRT9Qaz2f5bju7oNoHxZMpagIbnAJUglvVyqr0cXHGvs66RhLFFjyRCJdgEDMq58em20Rme3qwCLrjPX4_dqoUpk99Y1vPYayKM5eWN/s1600/hot+pink+and+coral+peony+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQv_P6vxnAkGGlKJbHLECptllCP1z_dtUoTCTKVRT9Qaz2f5bju7oNoHxZMpagIbnAJUglvVyqr0cXHGvs66RhLFFjyRCJdgEDMq58em20Rme3qwCLrjPX4_dqoUpk99Y1vPYayKM5eWN/s400/hot+pink+and+coral+peony+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485842006495507618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But look at these colors and flowers?! Aren't they GORGEOUS! ugh. they make me sick.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIlB8HQpP3Xt00zlaUfZl5bYv3i6am_eXSW_2knjdj7vcTk2yitiPmc_NrwTngg5THlH6C42gsG28zrQEmlpvUJLRPuPjFckTyBfbqmjp3UaggI9fuk4epdBC8AYoe1NsBG9nx1fK5g5j/s1600/flowers+in+season+May+KUga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrIlB8HQpP3Xt00zlaUfZl5bYv3i6am_eXSW_2knjdj7vcTk2yitiPmc_NrwTngg5THlH6C42gsG28zrQEmlpvUJLRPuPjFckTyBfbqmjp3UaggI9fuk4epdBC8AYoe1NsBG9nx1fK5g5j/s400/flowers+in+season+May+KUga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485842423906819618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They are also in season and I needed to post this so that I remember next year what I have in store for May and June. Godetias, that last only FOREVER. Sweet Williams that come in bi colors and anywhere from garnet red to deep velvet purple to light blush. Field tulips that I can get practically anywhere in all colors. The peonies, in coral and hot pink have been really good to me, but this is their last week.<br /><br />PS. all the crazy blues are here for hydrangeas, yarrow is off the chain right now, the blue tweedia is growing like weeds, and there are absolutely no rununcuals anywhere in the market right now. ; (<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-88439695063428517172010-06-22T19:47:00.000-07:002010-06-22T20:05:07.719-07:00My favorite flower...the Sunflower.<div style="text-align: center;">My Sunflower Bride was the sweetest bride.ever.<br />She contacted me to help her out with her wedding and I knew I wanted to work with her right away because she was just so sweet and I love sunflowers.<br /><br />Her bouquet was a compose of blue hydrangea and sunflowers.<br />You can't see the variegated lily grass loops but they are there as the collar to the bouquet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVAk9QK5MBP9XnG90erzjtBVDrn1cRdwn4mA2QzjpDzamZhWs5_mZPmfLiDffPJ4IyykBPrE5DzYGwCnGNsIeqX4SalWMcwBmPP8r1oM5RPeAaRb3ewsrV7EiHDbpz8AwESGVWeqvKka8/s1600/yellow+sunflower+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVAk9QK5MBP9XnG90erzjtBVDrn1cRdwn4mA2QzjpDzamZhWs5_mZPmfLiDffPJ4IyykBPrE5DzYGwCnGNsIeqX4SalWMcwBmPP8r1oM5RPeAaRb3ewsrV7EiHDbpz8AwESGVWeqvKka8/s400/yellow+sunflower+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485740876287087346" border="0" /></a>I made her a hair piece to match her bouquet.<br />It was yellow chrysanthemums that look like mini sunflowers, blue hydrangea florets and lily grass loops all glued onto a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">salal</span> leaf that was glued onto a clear comb.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwyyWgLKP-R1nQTAqInL5Mf13EFIteKK4rHvnyZdlZSnKFSLsO2t14rnwSqLNWTNv-3msvSEZSQHhFJshRQd3A5p51_amG-V4t04Go0S0kB3u5LUvTOafrDuPoJi9my6_Y-J8edEXcawl/s1600/kuga+Designs+hair+piece+sunflower+wedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwyyWgLKP-R1nQTAqInL5Mf13EFIteKK4rHvnyZdlZSnKFSLsO2t14rnwSqLNWTNv-3msvSEZSQHhFJshRQd3A5p51_amG-V4t04Go0S0kB3u5LUvTOafrDuPoJi9my6_Y-J8edEXcawl/s400/kuga+Designs+hair+piece+sunflower+wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482683257150645938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQgSk7USVzTn522-BoasqK6KDDAW05WPRctzvdT4tovP0owZ7SG0_Dcvkwy3P7SvX_mG_ZcWmAgVigLbxRVVbeunbGA1H0CNPIEGmLn6NUtmtqPuwKPzkXnB0LTduF2iFhyphenhyphenYu4bzQesgT/s1600/hydrangea+wedding+hair+Piece+Kuga+Desgins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQgSk7USVzTn522-BoasqK6KDDAW05WPRctzvdT4tovP0owZ7SG0_Dcvkwy3P7SvX_mG_ZcWmAgVigLbxRVVbeunbGA1H0CNPIEGmLn6NUtmtqPuwKPzkXnB0LTduF2iFhyphenhyphenYu4bzQesgT/s400/hydrangea+wedding+hair+Piece+Kuga+Desgins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482689082873534578" border="0" /></a>I always make two so that the bride can freshen up her hair piece as the day goes on.<br />Especially if it's something as fickle as hydrangea.<br />She's so pretty!<br />Her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bridesmaids</span> were all so helpful and her groomsmen help set up the ceremony site like it was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">nobody's</span> business.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGIXYemCpaKxxoFFRXGpkG_NSA3vuMnBSsviKmRlmLEmQNyY_WJOXcqNPDiPyrOkpbKhjxLrgfAhE7EFYVhfhkzU0fCvqhOZuPjtWX_O-pVcJEXoZhXOrIcXZoP56rIAPUAKGIllEOawg/s1600/Kuga+Designs+yellow+and+blue+wedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGIXYemCpaKxxoFFRXGpkG_NSA3vuMnBSsviKmRlmLEmQNyY_WJOXcqNPDiPyrOkpbKhjxLrgfAhE7EFYVhfhkzU0fCvqhOZuPjtWX_O-pVcJEXoZhXOrIcXZoP56rIAPUAKGIllEOawg/s400/Kuga+Designs+yellow+and+blue+wedding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485737339486582690" border="0" /></a>Here is the grooms boutonniere.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ToXeDYJomxjfWu3twFlBht5awdM7RdGHX74qzuF1-ihwo4QkBYN5ftCRNk98zoFo34XJFcglVFlWR5tOSmva-QnhTcRqABbD1tcDxILhyphenhyphensyCnQ_VySPa9aNPBjwtLzkKbWFAjdyKIElQ/s1600/yellow+and+blue+wedding+boutonierre.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ToXeDYJomxjfWu3twFlBht5awdM7RdGHX74qzuF1-ihwo4QkBYN5ftCRNk98zoFo34XJFcglVFlWR5tOSmva-QnhTcRqABbD1tcDxILhyphenhyphensyCnQ_VySPa9aNPBjwtLzkKbWFAjdyKIElQ/s400/yellow+and+blue+wedding+boutonierre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482681907280711346" border="0" /></a><br />They had so many cute details in her wedding it wasn't even funny.<br />I did not capture them all, but I made sure to capture my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">favs</span>.<br />The couple had a tree on a piece of paper and this little note that read please leaf your thumbprint. The guests were to place their thumbprint on the trees to look like leaves.<br />SUPER CUTE!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVF-q7sVp-tt5PVB9-9awDNsoYxmNsL6oTEMxM41zOKbGvDl-dX4dc3rb5ILzktZXDXqIwKpGhKe2ga4XBohTyur5bXjE4yPR7GMx4adBXXGwceJ8OUoks3dm4KUFKVcFCvUeub7ZHEvft/s1600/wedding+tree+guest+book+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVF-q7sVp-tt5PVB9-9awDNsoYxmNsL6oTEMxM41zOKbGvDl-dX4dc3rb5ILzktZXDXqIwKpGhKe2ga4XBohTyur5bXjE4yPR7GMx4adBXXGwceJ8OUoks3dm4KUFKVcFCvUeub7ZHEvft/s400/wedding+tree+guest+book+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482688334551325234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx2DY5wMBnfALomkSmF5-8tGGXbS_LwhInwYkax53WNNvK7n3_xaZbyo6dFp04TmVp1G8F7HyndWgQFiwI8XAlpjN14-MpwkVgqKQZJkFS2GMowPzkLg_Lu4EIPDZUQugI-Lp9NOW0lVH/s1600/wedding+tree+for+guests+check+in+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx2DY5wMBnfALomkSmF5-8tGGXbS_LwhInwYkax53WNNvK7n3_xaZbyo6dFp04TmVp1G8F7HyndWgQFiwI8XAlpjN14-MpwkVgqKQZJkFS2GMowPzkLg_Lu4EIPDZUQugI-Lp9NOW0lVH/s400/wedding+tree+for+guests+check+in+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482687827766616578" border="0" /></a><br />After all the guests had checked in it looked like this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JeVDKxdfFpzDh8Z6GxFhcEiDaoM4TtFF1HELEqLDRwgCqN0OsPSH7WojssLJ20N1-ZPziGvnxYD4rlqYSFal88nBU8jno6n9Ayh5wjwqOUIW0aoSP1q0Zl1MNL0f2SlSTQcfj-4zG4xS/s1600/kuga+designs+wedding+tree+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JeVDKxdfFpzDh8Z6GxFhcEiDaoM4TtFF1HELEqLDRwgCqN0OsPSH7WojssLJ20N1-ZPziGvnxYD4rlqYSFal88nBU8jno6n9Ayh5wjwqOUIW0aoSP1q0Zl1MNL0f2SlSTQcfj-4zG4xS/s400/kuga+designs+wedding+tree+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482687840265867138" border="0" /></a>They made 1000 cranes and they sprinkled a few here and there and a few of them made it on to the sweetheart table where they placed this lovely wooden block.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILSWDCauIPdvb1dWyvr3a5r6MZPTlXLaqAuIPIHWUuOdQZfMKYJPmvdnW19LKn8rr6PMygMaCbqnEOIE8xjE3rD5VGC_z5BjaiEnwkKTSJW6P3Zh2CSdVOwK6drARr1PSP9NseHyjVxHb/s1600/Kuga+Designs+yellow+and+blue+wedding+flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILSWDCauIPdvb1dWyvr3a5r6MZPTlXLaqAuIPIHWUuOdQZfMKYJPmvdnW19LKn8rr6PMygMaCbqnEOIE8xjE3rD5VGC_z5BjaiEnwkKTSJW6P3Zh2CSdVOwK6drARr1PSP9NseHyjVxHb/s400/Kuga+Designs+yellow+and+blue+wedding+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485736642646778866" border="0" /></a>The rest of the cranes made <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">it</span> on to a family crest that Momma Sunflower made for the happy couple. How awesome is this?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj8dOdbf3WITCOVlHZYanBSvmCZjS0s10bjNBLF1pwP6eHCBkHaMW6hG8mZWF46bHQFfeBgZWfC6A_83tGf1PEFr4KcAZYdW6ReNsnf678KodcxpcyO8oqjFKw2Fi4CsvXWgVuCo6Zr0u/s1600/Wedding+Crest+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj8dOdbf3WITCOVlHZYanBSvmCZjS0s10bjNBLF1pwP6eHCBkHaMW6hG8mZWF46bHQFfeBgZWfC6A_83tGf1PEFr4KcAZYdW6ReNsnf678KodcxpcyO8oqjFKw2Fi4CsvXWgVuCo6Zr0u/s400/Wedding+Crest+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485739931816839602" border="0" /></a><br />The cookies with the stickers were killer.<br />Jealous much? Yes. I was.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUsKdFKAFYqizXoDYdQCUwchCF4mGHpQ9FXf0PsFQAB5L9mTvjCKy6ijVtiQ7NHYWp0CYni9AdlHEwn5TcNPgUcovhNpmp6SC5mFn7KL0wHX6RRZwraWDEb3SK6WlzTGD7AHrQXP0D1ms/s1600/cookie+wedding+favors+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUsKdFKAFYqizXoDYdQCUwchCF4mGHpQ9FXf0PsFQAB5L9mTvjCKy6ijVtiQ7NHYWp0CYni9AdlHEwn5TcNPgUcovhNpmp6SC5mFn7KL0wHX6RRZwraWDEb3SK6WlzTGD7AHrQXP0D1ms/s400/cookie+wedding+favors+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485777829339426402" border="0" /></a>This was an awesome couple and I wish the couple much love and happiness!<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">{And they lived happily ever after....}</span></span><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-24803410467450780252010-06-10T09:23:00.000-07:002010-06-10T11:32:50.565-07:00Red, Black and White Damask<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Classic red roses with a touch of that dark red, almost black, eucalyptus for a wedding at the <a href="http://www.hotelvitale.com/">Hotel Vitale</a> in San Francisco.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5x-kL8UInPBFHXVU5oa4RQRa8OHNFOOW1VvBxj1QllmKXAxotAyiKHYFz_MUdWcre18Hko4iptSzV800VFjCsS-JsIqoLbYsokN9UumkU8UFt1r6tnyC_tvWqyIicUMDAeVMkbXWZtFz/s1600/Red+whtie+and+black+wedding+damask+wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5x-kL8UInPBFHXVU5oa4RQRa8OHNFOOW1VvBxj1QllmKXAxotAyiKHYFz_MUdWcre18Hko4iptSzV800VFjCsS-JsIqoLbYsokN9UumkU8UFt1r6tnyC_tvWqyIicUMDAeVMkbXWZtFz/s400/Red+whtie+and+black+wedding+damask+wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481195050061707618" border="0" /></a>The bride wanted to keep it simple and so I used all red roses and spray roses, some red hypericum here and there, and touches of that eucalyptus. I love that the change in color and size of the roses gives it texture and depth, and that the eucalyptus gave it a feathery look.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTZPPg8tiar5MDr1VRknWf-b25iRAe7GcM6KxYAXKn1vg_UV4KwRCSJUFsd9CxGsdYKXQf8XZn1Jdx3DsMW3FVbEKxgrLSYOhlT2S7akGPXcIEJsZ039KDd2tm3c-NIDSLXy04VL02TXb/s1600/red+and+black+damask+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTZPPg8tiar5MDr1VRknWf-b25iRAe7GcM6KxYAXKn1vg_UV4KwRCSJUFsd9CxGsdYKXQf8XZn1Jdx3DsMW3FVbEKxgrLSYOhlT2S7akGPXcIEJsZ039KDd2tm3c-NIDSLXy04VL02TXb/s400/red+and+black+damask+wedding+bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481191891156284434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">These are the two roses I used throughout the wedding: Black Bacarra Red roses, and Freedom Red roses. This is the perfect example to me of how a color is subjective. When someone contacts me and says I want red roses, I say ummm....what shade? Lipstick, Ruby, dark red, wine, ect....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBLHB6Gq1SmTW2prJ7oXoZ07iakVO0xgrv1XLE8CZGbpHeOsa9XEP_OoG4IXXsvReQJhunlcy9hcO4QRgahk-rYiqLrf-T_3sgCRdo7CwEVmfWIarrY7t6j-UjuU-4C38bCBykJiROKR7/s1600/red+and+black+wedding+boutonierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLBLHB6Gq1SmTW2prJ7oXoZ07iakVO0xgrv1XLE8CZGbpHeOsa9XEP_OoG4IXXsvReQJhunlcy9hcO4QRgahk-rYiqLrf-T_3sgCRdo7CwEVmfWIarrY7t6j-UjuU-4C38bCBykJiROKR7/s400/red+and+black+wedding+boutonierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481189764705743058" border="0" /></a>Here are the centerpiece lined up and ready to go.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfKIuZP5f8lXUAK_8_LPiZyJW43G1ch4-yW8qayFpdYjvY_cAkBk_6j9vdR5xhj9426kbv3v1MgG465PuDYHrxPfkCM1kkRQWY7TvRN5H7QLnCuSzlMmAk8zpKBPcd6a7S0QmGLmER1EU/s1600/red+and+green+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfKIuZP5f8lXUAK_8_LPiZyJW43G1ch4-yW8qayFpdYjvY_cAkBk_6j9vdR5xhj9426kbv3v1MgG465PuDYHrxPfkCM1kkRQWY7TvRN5H7QLnCuSzlMmAk8zpKBPcd6a7S0QmGLmER1EU/s400/red+and+green+wedding+flowers+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481186952465446690" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3rSqCzt5SH0RM-3XB3yhfgWrrGZSCSAV2XC6TwG6qb_pxUwuBka54xpAGryIZ5CeLXHAKhLVuULJkD6dOepApY_OGYumhsty-PguJRHOqEbtbD0AX-3vWZmB5HwIasdGY2DJZPM5yrwh/s1600/red+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3rSqCzt5SH0RM-3XB3yhfgWrrGZSCSAV2XC6TwG6qb_pxUwuBka54xpAGryIZ5CeLXHAKhLVuULJkD6dOepApY_OGYumhsty-PguJRHOqEbtbD0AX-3vWZmB5HwIasdGY2DJZPM5yrwh/s400/red+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481189777334980210" border="0" /></a>Here is a shot of the centerpiece which are composed of the same bacarra and freedom roses, red hyperium, red peruvian lillies, red carnations, black eucalyptus, variagaited ivy, and some salal.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z1j0xqFzgzK6jP_UAN62_F6bp0QmLbre6-qzq6_XdrTjvBcWLP3xPEvMC9_euWeh_y6Os1zRZ4o_rb6orXLkmpca4VHKaLqFQsJIHlMd8CGS7rT-V6e4s7sVyrBpMVBNZG-_D5y-7lHN/s1600/red+and+black+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z1j0xqFzgzK6jP_UAN62_F6bp0QmLbre6-qzq6_XdrTjvBcWLP3xPEvMC9_euWeh_y6Os1zRZ4o_rb6orXLkmpca4VHKaLqFQsJIHlMd8CGS7rT-V6e4s7sVyrBpMVBNZG-_D5y-7lHN/s400/red+and+black+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481188070220857026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxP1Ksn7HfUcIQg3QGakRKbsMNthACSE5YOYI50O1g0FLis1xTz8sLrxvjgN9WlWQ7C-ilgEByr7mqAv4_UpeXD0G7CoenS-3Snx1t4O_wwczJrw1hr_hwlcCsTVzq0DyZUH3Ee-IMYw0/s1600/red+white+and+black+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxP1Ksn7HfUcIQg3QGakRKbsMNthACSE5YOYI50O1g0FLis1xTz8sLrxvjgN9WlWQ7C-ilgEByr7mqAv4_UpeXD0G7CoenS-3Snx1t4O_wwczJrw1hr_hwlcCsTVzq0DyZUH3Ee-IMYw0/s400/red+white+and+black+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481191902190718882" border="0" /></a>Cupcakes...my favorite!<br />The couple opted for a small cake on top of the cupcake tower so that they could cut into an actual cake to get that cake cutting shot. I just love the sugar flowers and the edible dragrees.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigShfpBn7WVBYq3j6F55NkiE4tJSv9ImZrseJ3_yzWZOh3o3KCSOw-oo7slPz7r-o3NaMvExw_04qaB0TvqfLtRLxcPQOG26olHB7LYmUIhVfm4ndQdXIUWofa9twAqUjuT9CKSZ4dEezh/s1600/Red+and+White+sugar+flower+cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigShfpBn7WVBYq3j6F55NkiE4tJSv9ImZrseJ3_yzWZOh3o3KCSOw-oo7slPz7r-o3NaMvExw_04qaB0TvqfLtRLxcPQOG26olHB7LYmUIhVfm4ndQdXIUWofa9twAqUjuT9CKSZ4dEezh/s400/Red+and+White+sugar+flower+cake+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481187431758902066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YiEhYd5vg_dN8oIS7-pDzcL14J5BA4xKmKR5De3dFEimSxFJuFCfvpxvcKfeqWEPXeJ7YlvlE5GhsW6rM87sROgUNgsi-f2_ODlJev5vEIPhgbQbyV1gN4TNy-AsH8X0vnUH1WdXcTSt/s1600/red+and+white+wedding+cupcake+tower+kuga+designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YiEhYd5vg_dN8oIS7-pDzcL14J5BA4xKmKR5De3dFEimSxFJuFCfvpxvcKfeqWEPXeJ7YlvlE5GhsW6rM87sROgUNgsi-f2_ODlJev5vEIPhgbQbyV1gN4TNy-AsH8X0vnUH1WdXcTSt/s400/red+and+white+wedding+cupcake+tower+kuga+designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481185896111247170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">{And they lived happily ever after.....}</span></span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Soooo I'm patting myself ( just a little) for blogging my little heart out this week. :D<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">BTW~Does anyone know an app that updates your FB and Twitter from the blog? Thanks!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-3222596410024850282010-06-08T09:36:00.000-07:002010-06-08T12:01:42.157-07:00Citron + Cream = Chic<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiED7301wq_USNBnaEtWWjghBpXdzUQlGGvHcOfHhVwlBwToJPpa9iktDHd9Z8VaCQ-QVUinqKce234NgqLda_iKDOFesces3X0fN-tOp5IQdVolj2d-zusL3eIj8k7tI64tDU78LAihFaC/s1600/Citron+and+White+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiED7301wq_USNBnaEtWWjghBpXdzUQlGGvHcOfHhVwlBwToJPpa9iktDHd9Z8VaCQ-QVUinqKce234NgqLda_iKDOFesces3X0fN-tOp5IQdVolj2d-zusL3eIj8k7tI64tDU78LAihFaC/s400/Citron+and+White+wedding+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480460269729044562" border="0" /></a>I just love it when people ask me for white and green flowers. They are so crisp and clean together...that and they were my wedding colors! lol, I guess I am a little biased but can you blame me?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a baptism we worked for a blessed little boy a while back.<br />I am catching up so as you might now, my posts are a bit out of order,<br />but better late than never right?<br />We set up at <a href="http://theintramuros.com/?page_id=83">Intramuros</a> which is truly a hidden gem out in South San Francisco.<br />It was big and spacious and I loved the indoor garden feel of the veranda where this family had the reception.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUYYsOcJmqy1uVtGZN2G2Vaj3DAqso36JCxg8nDNT6zF-2WEJjBXuJIS3F7jDwmRT2mouVHu4RhRncPyGgHQCbdqtZCPNJ2jph7Ibhba54QMSaKsXjGEQmaX-6A0s_bemEBjHdQmAhrPY/s1600/Chartruese+and+Cream+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUYYsOcJmqy1uVtGZN2G2Vaj3DAqso36JCxg8nDNT6zF-2WEJjBXuJIS3F7jDwmRT2mouVHu4RhRncPyGgHQCbdqtZCPNJ2jph7Ibhba54QMSaKsXjGEQmaX-6A0s_bemEBjHdQmAhrPY/s400/Chartruese+and+Cream+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480474969804908738" border="0" /></a>I just adore the napkins hanging off the table like that.<br />The tables were set up with small cube centerpiece like the ones out in Berkeley we did last year.<br />check it out here: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://kugab.blogspot.com/search/label/UC%20Berkeley%20Faulty%20Club">Lavender Wedding</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghS31rW3TGAjQVGZDTYtNX2piSgimHStm3rBcErIMOLXhdBu5gNCiwAspi5aoFFNbkPN2wbHmT78Pza8lx-kaUQURhNkZ1gJXvM_x2V5Y25K7KVLJB9mrXFkvBYKzCN8Fh8L3JAb0gVQIE/s1600/Green+and+White+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghS31rW3TGAjQVGZDTYtNX2piSgimHStm3rBcErIMOLXhdBu5gNCiwAspi5aoFFNbkPN2wbHmT78Pza8lx-kaUQURhNkZ1gJXvM_x2V5Y25K7KVLJB9mrXFkvBYKzCN8Fh8L3JAb0gVQIE/s400/Green+and+White+centerpiece+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480468968581148130" border="0" /></a>They were all just a little bit different in placements to make them interesting from table to table, and we surrounded the cube with rose petals.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYdmnV_M78feosEX2u0cFu1w-t2XobxYfy9m-amfqCgbrWnWULvEgGYHP5Vch4eTXYJoO64zox7hf0ALtE0zAdyjshcR5dCHZanWLAbzVH9EZN4CMLhpyZ7otPIr_9ncC98WDvmBwOMKQ/s1600/Lime+and+white+centerpeice+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYdmnV_M78feosEX2u0cFu1w-t2XobxYfy9m-amfqCgbrWnWULvEgGYHP5Vch4eTXYJoO64zox7hf0ALtE0zAdyjshcR5dCHZanWLAbzVH9EZN4CMLhpyZ7otPIr_9ncC98WDvmBwOMKQ/s400/Lime+and+white+centerpeice+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480475403875775954" border="0" /></a>These are my favorite green roses. The Super Green rose is just a ruffly, true green flower.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRNP2XD5_Dxi2tiHdTMyJlKGyhFoJ6uDNgyj2mTxECB_sCfmy94wQsfz0pPAnEfTkuUF-ZxSirhCwd0YsMfBnSdpj4k348ojEopWk3ZVihT6kihEhjRRfiRHXyD8TA4b1lsdvQV718qJ6/s1600/Chartruese+and+white+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRNP2XD5_Dxi2tiHdTMyJlKGyhFoJ6uDNgyj2mTxECB_sCfmy94wQsfz0pPAnEfTkuUF-ZxSirhCwd0YsMfBnSdpj4k348ojEopWk3ZVihT6kihEhjRRfiRHXyD8TA4b1lsdvQV718qJ6/s400/Chartruese+and+white+wedding+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480468958873048994" border="0" /></a>The cupcake tower was too cute! I loved the iridescent sprinkles on them that I could not capture with my camera. mmmmm...red velvet.....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7861CYB0kbpQZYlzicV-abXZC00NZ7bAfIFbAUSZz8wNDBLY_OcHf8sJ5yckqPDG9YGtlkg61goiDBU8ok6bJdjHA987UriE7_mt4n1NHWch2unNeZdfvh6H22W1c37F8ukyy_4l2BaHF/s1600/white+wedding+cupcake+tower+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7861CYB0kbpQZYlzicV-abXZC00NZ7bAfIFbAUSZz8wNDBLY_OcHf8sJ5yckqPDG9YGtlkg61goiDBU8ok6bJdjHA987UriE7_mt4n1NHWch2unNeZdfvh6H22W1c37F8ukyy_4l2BaHF/s400/white+wedding+cupcake+tower+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480474955976995314" border="0" /></a>The favors were caramel apples and these super cute lucky bamboo favors in a vase.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh383BrgXON6-kHWrEoGyV-5I2-lCPId70iDFAB7iGSkuF1MpB1ULQKK8lKH18AoQde21zY5P7ryJlgWVnvZjqdhezJWd6426RPmWpNFn9yn-fV3aekTvlBSI2YIkm6U8h4UimTX_KdCxsp/s1600/lucky+bamboo+wedding+favor+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh383BrgXON6-kHWrEoGyV-5I2-lCPId70iDFAB7iGSkuF1MpB1ULQKK8lKH18AoQde21zY5P7ryJlgWVnvZjqdhezJWd6426RPmWpNFn9yn-fV3aekTvlBSI2YIkm6U8h4UimTX_KdCxsp/s400/lucky+bamboo+wedding+favor+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480474147695476786" border="0" /></a>*PERFECT* for the venue. Bravo J, that gal has great taste! ; P<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-70618216486096678782010-06-06T11:30:00.000-07:002010-06-06T11:43:13.393-07:00Orchid Wedding Bouquets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTM4tR5dRC6qqEC74ACUx0Oje9c5TWRndxbk7qkYMbVrpwsZS3xpWgtFNhva5r0m9ag7CJ20k06gVcWaKA6fvddAVGA-Fz1aC4yWzyjbiID7Irm2P23v5QWR0O6vfZ8jBqQ-AsdtXYqJr/s1600/Hot+Pink+and+Lime+Orchid+wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTM4tR5dRC6qqEC74ACUx0Oje9c5TWRndxbk7qkYMbVrpwsZS3xpWgtFNhva5r0m9ag7CJ20k06gVcWaKA6fvddAVGA-Fz1aC4yWzyjbiID7Irm2P23v5QWR0O6vfZ8jBqQ-AsdtXYqJr/s400/Hot+Pink+and+Lime+Orchid+wedding+Bouquet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479730964600623794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My goodness these were good enough to eat!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">One of my instructors, who was a past AIFD president, once told me that when you pick out flowers, it's like picking out fruits and vegetables. They should be firm, green, fresh and good enough to eat. If the stems are brown, soggy or the petals were a bit limp~ pass on it.<br />Would you eat a salad that way?<br />Huh. Good point.<br />So since then I remember this jewel she dropped on me and these orchids were so bright and fresh I thought, I could eat this freaking bouquet! lol<br /><br />This bouquet was a slightly forward cascade with the folded Ti leaves in the back to give it a nice shape. I normally don't do cascades, but this one begged for it and when the flowers speak,<br />I listen.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDhC09PY6jxTBIZ2c1VcRXMGDp2CdiM3rc-LOxkTctSD_z2MVKabKct53FljcHbsjtFApAOCoz-f1ZKgK3BVE_a7lGU36_UHOWl0hDa8hu6dDgWBBalM9wAhV0DII4yR0WfsuZIC3XF0c/s1600/Hot+pink+wedding+Bouwuet+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDhC09PY6jxTBIZ2c1VcRXMGDp2CdiM3rc-LOxkTctSD_z2MVKabKct53FljcHbsjtFApAOCoz-f1ZKgK3BVE_a7lGU36_UHOWl0hDa8hu6dDgWBBalM9wAhV0DII4yR0WfsuZIC3XF0c/s400/Hot+pink+wedding+Bouwuet+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479731844913534306" border="0" /></a>The grooms boutonniere was a simple loop of the ti leaf and a single cymbidium orchid with a matching chocolate brown ribbon.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrzfQV7J_UqPFWom7vNjVGqs5BKt6jcYMIjUqyioq7bXyjnYmFGMHo6VyvV9iXwZDQoeS7ah5nB9TxuKupbkgRksaTnyWsi9w8gQ6s9y3v3OS2wD-UjUTAX_7YVkQVcfiDJCfFfNmTMtu/s1600/orchid+boutonnierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrzfQV7J_UqPFWom7vNjVGqs5BKt6jcYMIjUqyioq7bXyjnYmFGMHo6VyvV9iXwZDQoeS7ah5nB9TxuKupbkgRksaTnyWsi9w8gQ6s9y3v3OS2wD-UjUTAX_7YVkQVcfiDJCfFfNmTMtu/s400/orchid+boutonnierre+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479730950544173890" border="0" /></a>The happy couple went off to get married at the San Francisco City Hall ( My 4th City hall wedding this month!) and she looked so gorgeous in her dress with these flowers in her hands. I just know the other brides were jealous! HAHAHA! no, seriously, they were.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Much love and happiness to the happy couple and I can't wait to work on the big wedding later this year!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-90081381768941096062010-06-05T21:05:00.000-07:002010-06-05T21:07:16.721-07:00Quinceanera Flowers<div style="text-align: center;">A long time a very smart lady told me to apply my weddings skills to funeral work and I must say that I am very thankful to her. I figured I would do the same for a request for Quinceanera flowers.<br />The rite of passage in the Latino culture for young girls is the Quinceanera , or Quince, that is similar to the sweet sixteen, excpet the girls are 15 years old. Most of the Quinceanera's have a court that consists of either 14 couples, with her and her "chambelan" making up the 15th couple~ or she has 7 girls and 7 boys with her as the 15th person in the court.<br />Either way, that's a lot of personal flowers.<br /><br />So here is a bouquet that is left for the Virgin Mary at the altar. It's typically the showiest piece in terms of personal bouquets so we made this one a bit bigger than we usually have for say a bride or a bridesmaid. My daughter is the model for the day. ; )<br />Its a bouquet with scented geranium, stock, lisianthus, and spray roses, and greens.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVX8Zs7f98Gspt2X9DjVswVmHd5W7RgZgPL0PyT0OS7POlIwLFRxGT9gkKiBo6jpPhN4wjyGJZjw7oUTX33L_I8xnfegTNiFgURSmZF6wefBTCqVbU5wYKBNXAfhMwxCBAExRdCaIemQ7c/s1600/white+and+green+bouquet+wedding+or+quinceneara+Kuga+designs"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVX8Zs7f98Gspt2X9DjVswVmHd5W7RgZgPL0PyT0OS7POlIwLFRxGT9gkKiBo6jpPhN4wjyGJZjw7oUTX33L_I8xnfegTNiFgURSmZF6wefBTCqVbU5wYKBNXAfhMwxCBAExRdCaIemQ7c/s400/white+and+green+bouquet+wedding+or+quinceneara+Kuga+designs" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479498474306249234" border="0" /></a>This smaller bouquet was the matching green and white floral bouquet for the<br />Quinceanera to use.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9H3f7Gpe9eUVzJZCzKW0MDnBjk57IudiAxWM_KY38lfXmtcz5YdpZ90z-YdmFKWkouxS6gdFDrqpU725yRXr6rpl57WhWCjkLWEEhZaurveyfObTN_c90I_KnXB1CzlMSbK3mnW9p7Yj/s1600/white+and+green+bridal+bouquet+Kuga+Designs"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9H3f7Gpe9eUVzJZCzKW0MDnBjk57IudiAxWM_KY38lfXmtcz5YdpZ90z-YdmFKWkouxS6gdFDrqpU725yRXr6rpl57WhWCjkLWEEhZaurveyfObTN_c90I_KnXB1CzlMSbK3mnW9p7Yj/s400/white+and+green+bridal+bouquet+Kuga+Designs" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479498452156495138" border="0" /></a>Since there were so many couples, we decided on a simple three rose compose of flowers for the girls to use. Three red roses, geranium, huckleberry, and a red eucalyptus berry.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mA9x3MACWPvdMFD_eOdQBOAfmI9shr3zui-p5x_vb-vqyR8aJZm4_9Y9rVl_5XNFgBjnIBH7T-N4KE5DRptrZ937srEFHNhO4j7WJpxvxqR50HX7jKARyH918umA02Hu8ET8aKwY72A0/s1600/Red+rose+nosegay+Kuga+Designs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mA9x3MACWPvdMFD_eOdQBOAfmI9shr3zui-p5x_vb-vqyR8aJZm4_9Y9rVl_5XNFgBjnIBH7T-N4KE5DRptrZ937srEFHNhO4j7WJpxvxqR50HX7jKARyH918umA02Hu8ET8aKwY72A0/s400/Red+rose+nosegay+Kuga+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479498438432726882" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was the mothers corsage which was just a single rose, the berries, small sray roses, and bit of the huckleberry.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxSs9Dc-8fRt6EcQyig_20narMjfYaHavQUN6bAHx47VjTOetab4ZZU8uudEZkQCbSM8yaIXQMBbF6omOapJAAP3l3CuJM6yvH-moOuwdWAWQC6mTj8RG9o-JKJvt7uDd474hyphenhyphenQW5wxVl/s1600/Red+and+white+wedding+corsage+Kuga+Designs"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxSs9Dc-8fRt6EcQyig_20narMjfYaHavQUN6bAHx47VjTOetab4ZZU8uudEZkQCbSM8yaIXQMBbF6omOapJAAP3l3CuJM6yvH-moOuwdWAWQC6mTj8RG9o-JKJvt7uDd474hyphenhyphenQW5wxVl/s400/Red+and+white+wedding+corsage+Kuga+Designs" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479498460550225554" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I hope the Quince had a lovely day and may God bless her always! ; )<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-37640304298576226452010-06-05T20:54:00.000-07:002010-06-05T21:05:17.658-07:00no seriously.<div style="text-align: center;">Ok, so here's the real deal.<br /><br />I have been swamped on so many levels it's not even funny.<br />Between weddings, and school, and flowers, and my daughter, and family emergency, and traveling, and parties, and plays, and sports, and MOVING...it's been a crazy year.<br /><br />But the main reason is that I have been working hard to get myself and my daughter transferred to new school. She auditioned and got into a performing arts school which I am *thrilled* about. But between the transcripts, the interviews, the tests, the auditions, the recommendation letters, the shadows, the tours, and the open houses for six different high schools...I thought I would just die. But on top of that I had my transcripts, essays, interviews, paperwork, ect. to apply for my schools as well.<br />I am happy to say it got me into UC Berkeley where I will be going to study in the fall. WOOHOO!<br /><br />So that is why I have been so busy and not blogging. So now I am free and will be catching up on pictures since MARCH...can you believe it? I can't.<br /><br />So bear with me if anyone is still there...I will be posting in random order so if you see somehting form like the winter...you know why. ; )<br /><br />Thanks!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-2920657768175134042010-05-18T18:09:00.000-07:002010-05-18T18:16:05.106-07:00Pretty Pink Peonies<div style="text-align: center;">I love this time of year for the Peonies. magical 6 weeks out here....<br /><br /> I present you a Pretty in Pink Peony Piece. HA! I just got a kick out of all the "P's"...anywhoo.<br />I know there's nothing funny about me not blogging in, I don't know how long, but I have had a crazy year...and it's about to change in the next few days, but I don't to say just yet how....and no, there will be no addition to my lovely family.<br /> I don't think I couldchange Ku-GA to accommodate another kid. : )<br />Have I told the story of my name? I probably have....<br /><br />Anyhow, get a load of these puppies:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Garden Roses, Peonies, spray roses, kale, and field tulips.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIPKP1tV2Vy_sQX9mmP1OdBcD8_q8gaTpH45uQeaDpTfKDsK9Rl_VDIvjxUzEEimr9AEPNayp1xADzYY9cX4PE0AH15B4B_Vp6hTUcjColAVe4HlyXF1GxrowoypCD_bHsBxocznXb-GE/s1600/kuga+Designs+Peony+wedding+flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIPKP1tV2Vy_sQX9mmP1OdBcD8_q8gaTpH45uQeaDpTfKDsK9Rl_VDIvjxUzEEimr9AEPNayp1xADzYY9cX4PE0AH15B4B_Vp6hTUcjColAVe4HlyXF1GxrowoypCD_bHsBxocznXb-GE/s400/kuga+Designs+Peony+wedding+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472783147292099410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have a ton of pics form events to share but it has to wait till next week when I finally finish what I'm doing. : )<br /><br />Thanks for reading!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047519761952296282.post-24552660365625319872010-04-25T12:22:00.000-07:002010-04-25T12:31:47.425-07:00RED CARPET SAN FRANCISCO<div style="text-align: center;">Catch the dresses made out of flowers tonight at 6:30pm!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">KRON channel 4 in the Bay Area<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">http://www.redcarpetsf.com/<br /><br /><br />Meanwhile here are some pictures from photographer Drew Altizer.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Im8X9gAFvaeVBjR14cCoy1NO_alZKCEcwGqsGXSVb1phTYkogJWnog6ohz5AL_Hu29TAolpzKvVtswdCb2RvlCGQ-3noOEnR6KKuZFmFGhh_Ts1KCERjzYLUFGuCXNl2AdjMRwPdWcTN/s1600/0815-Bouquets-Arts-100419.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Im8X9gAFvaeVBjR14cCoy1NO_alZKCEcwGqsGXSVb1phTYkogJWnog6ohz5AL_Hu29TAolpzKvVtswdCb2RvlCGQ-3noOEnR6KKuZFmFGhh_Ts1KCERjzYLUFGuCXNl2AdjMRwPdWcTN/s400/0815-Bouquets-Arts-100419.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464159301283499394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivU85AiNAowMxKe0ptb3Qb0boxfNNT5qc6IH5MT4qIAByMg7c-65dFgeaIkax-ekYZlrYZvKkJPJy92vuDZKJM8isJ8aYNsQ52zBynvN_bNP3Fm-DDTjVU09Tqd4rph82EOJHQ_GKh-Gh1/s1600/0557-Bouquets-Arts-100419.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivU85AiNAowMxKe0ptb3Qb0boxfNNT5qc6IH5MT4qIAByMg7c-65dFgeaIkax-ekYZlrYZvKkJPJy92vuDZKJM8isJ8aYNsQ52zBynvN_bNP3Fm-DDTjVU09Tqd4rph82EOJHQ_GKh-Gh1/s400/0557-Bouquets-Arts-100419.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464159285634119794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-nHPLlR0dgFxURPEgKQZ_NosQLAdythEmXpD0r-cxdKISMCsxoRlP0ViKKf2B52KpjOsJHef0XSAPe1bzPRyuv-1BJJTzE5TI7fqUtOesgkwFRfHfT5tmtM-lf0SHbp4Mmj2kkI9L95q/s1600/0817-Bouquets-Arts-100419.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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I can't remember now. But this too, ties into the story of how I had a verbal malfunction at the Gala in front of a reporter who was interviewing us no less...virtual delphiniums to the person who can help me out!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2141zX2AtdQJL0z8GDawkWXdaXAJkBSIfNSsaEp7EswLGmwhyphenhyphenWPry-Squ4dMYcYdVDF4FTlwjCwyP4LoXwjvKwLnQT-dn2RycRqpzLbgCguelNneC6xr44_UYO75CQdRZrdczRG3uazW/s1600/Succuletnt+cocktail+hat+Kuga+Designs+Bouquet+to+Arts+2010+SF+De+Young+Museum"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2141zX2AtdQJL0z8GDawkWXdaXAJkBSIfNSsaEp7EswLGmwhyphenhyphenWPry-Squ4dMYcYdVDF4FTlwjCwyP4LoXwjvKwLnQT-dn2RycRqpzLbgCguelNneC6xr44_UYO75CQdRZrdczRG3uazW/s400/Succuletnt+cocktail+hat+Kuga+Designs+Bouquet+to+Arts+2010+SF+De+Young+Museum" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462859992118602386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What a nice surprise to find in the San Francisco Chronicle the following;<br /></div><br />"Meanwhile, to <strong>Ruby Kade </strong>and <strong>Brenda Mira</strong>, City College students who, "inspired by the French impressionists," created <strong>Easton Grainer</strong>'s dress out of 100,000 delphiniums (provided by Whole Foods, where Kade presides over the flowers on Fourth Street), bravo, and you'll catch up on your sleep later.<div id="TixyyLink" style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/21/DDVH1D118Q.DTL#ixzz0lo5bafuJ">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/21/DDVH1D118Q.DTL#ixzz0lo5bafuJ</a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I am super juiced!<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are also going to be on TV on Sunday at 6:30PM on KRON on RED CARPET SF!<br /><br />From the websit<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">e: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.redcarpetsf.com/"> </a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.redcarpetsf.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ><span class="text"><span style=";font-family:Arial;" ><em>Red Carpet Bay Area</em></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;" >, a brand new magazine-style program highlighting the region’s unique culture, personality and style, airs bi-weekly on Sundays at 6:30 pm on </span></span></span>KRON.</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Check back to see how we turned turned 100, 000 of these into a full on couture gown.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHmq0mYU1n3193kdaBpPnZ6pao6sccg9_3ulbasiMPzBvhGrcuU0CoXmcV_GRuScp6zmciK2Hb3UXibmnTc89o0dlQl8D8S60MC8aharJgxk0VS9mxYwbBmLRT4Nf9sXJ2cuXD2lWF-SA/s1600/Kuga+Designs+Dress+made+out+of+Flowers,+Floral+Couture+Fashion+"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHmq0mYU1n3193kdaBpPnZ6pao6sccg9_3ulbasiMPzBvhGrcuU0CoXmcV_GRuScp6zmciK2Hb3UXibmnTc89o0dlQl8D8S60MC8aharJgxk0VS9mxYwbBmLRT4Nf9sXJ2cuXD2lWF-SA/s400/Kuga+Designs+Dress+made+out+of+Flowers,+Floral+Couture+Fashion+" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462859986711070530" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2