Flower Power...
...and a little of an overload. On Thursday night, Aug. 31, I took a red-eye flight to Dallas, where I arrived at 8a.m. Sept.1. So basically, starting Aug. 31st, I received little to no sleep until last night. And for me to say that I've had little to no sleep, it really is little to no sleep. (see, I am a night owl and insomniac and average no more than 5 hours per night).
When I got to Dallas, me and Huyen, the other "Project Manager" (what bride and good friend Linh called us) worked day to night on her flowers in the hotel room. The hotel room that we slept in was freezing (keep flowers cool) and stunk of flower food and stripped leaves. Linh had bought a bunch-o flowers wholesale and needed her friends' help to do all of them. We built and made: 19 large tabletop orchid arrangements, 50 smaller tabletop rose arrangements, 1 giant orchid & crystal draped arch, 1 giant orchid and crystal willow tree, 40 boutonnieres, 2 giant tropical arrangements, 1 bridal orchid bouquet and one matron of honor orchid bouquet. My hands nearly got raw from the floral tape and all the wires, but it was worth it for Linh and to see how please she was that we succeeded in creating her vision.
We worked on the flowers Friday, Saturday and all day Sunday, until the end of the reception, from early morning to past midnight. We strung 100s and 100s of crystals and orchids. My only regret is that I didn't take enough pictures of the flowers, nor did I take a detailed picture of the veil I made for her. The one pictured below is before I added more Swarvoski crystals to it to make Linh sparkle more.
Interesting tidbit - Since I am a towering (drum roll) girl at 5'5" I was a giant-ess this past weekend. Most of the girls there were teeny tiny height and weight-wise. I think Linh is the next tallest at about 5'3" so I was always the tallest. It was a little weird experience.
Ok, so the other reason I haven't slept much is because of the filming for Uncommon Threads, which I will have to post about another day (but soon, I promise).
When I got to Dallas, me and Huyen, the other "Project Manager" (what bride and good friend Linh called us) worked day to night on her flowers in the hotel room. The hotel room that we slept in was freezing (keep flowers cool) and stunk of flower food and stripped leaves. Linh had bought a bunch-o flowers wholesale and needed her friends' help to do all of them. We built and made: 19 large tabletop orchid arrangements, 50 smaller tabletop rose arrangements, 1 giant orchid & crystal draped arch, 1 giant orchid and crystal willow tree, 40 boutonnieres, 2 giant tropical arrangements, 1 bridal orchid bouquet and one matron of honor orchid bouquet. My hands nearly got raw from the floral tape and all the wires, but it was worth it for Linh and to see how please she was that we succeeded in creating her vision.
We worked on the flowers Friday, Saturday and all day Sunday, until the end of the reception, from early morning to past midnight. We strung 100s and 100s of crystals and orchids. My only regret is that I didn't take enough pictures of the flowers, nor did I take a detailed picture of the veil I made for her. The one pictured below is before I added more Swarvoski crystals to it to make Linh sparkle more.
Interesting tidbit - Since I am a towering (drum roll) girl at 5'5" I was a giant-ess this past weekend. Most of the girls there were teeny tiny height and weight-wise. I think Linh is the next tallest at about 5'3" so I was always the tallest. It was a little weird experience.
Ok, so the other reason I haven't slept much is because of the filming for Uncommon Threads, which I will have to post about another day (but soon, I promise).
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2 Comments:
Wow, from what I can see the flowers were absolutely gorgeous. Job well done. It sounds like a tiring yet gratifying and lovely trip.
I am a satisfied bride! The flowers were FABULOUS and were assembled by love. Grant it, my super-power team probably did not feel much luv while threading all the crystals and leis, but the results were absolutely STUNNING. Check my blog (later)for more pics of the flowers: www.lefloraldesign.blogspot.com.
-Linh
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