The Christmas Bouquet (Buchetul de Craciun)

This bouquet is entirely made of ribbon scraps that I collected while making green wedding invitations. I keep a box where I collect all ribbon ends and wait for when I have time and inspiration to use them in some project.

Last year I made a blue bouquet for my friend's wedding. This year I chose emerals green, the Pantone color for 2013 to make another winter bouquet.
I picture it being part of a winter or early spring wedding with lots of green, woodsy, Scandinavian, just a little rustic, more like nature-inspired.

My wedding took place almost 10 years ago and I am not sure I am going to celebrate the anniversary in any way although my colors were green and white and I can imagine  a beautiful nature-glamour table for it. So the bouquet is currently for sale and you can find it in my Etsy Boutique here.

Me and the bouquet. I truly love it! It is much more beautiful in reality than my camera could capture in this gloomy December day. Holding it makes me feel like a Scandinavian princess... I guess in my heart I will never stop dreaming of tiaras, fancy dresses and beautiful castles. In my next post I will show you why my mother says I should act like a grown up with two kids.

Dazzling Blue

It's that time of the year...
I woke up this morning thinking: 'Hey, what's Pantone spring color for 2014?'

Dazzling Blue. And dazzling it is – a couple of steps up from navy, more matte and usable than cobalt blue, and sure to be all over the wedding industry trends soon.

Here is a little inspiration from my own portfolio. A ribbon rose bouquet I made this time last year for my friend's brides made.
It was a wonderful experience that kept me enthusiastically working for about 3 days. I never imagined this was going to become Pantone spring color one year later.

You can see Raluca's Winter Wonderland Wedding Invitations here.

And here is a picture of me at her wedding. I was very pregnant with Eduard who is turning 6 months today.