Modern Valentine

For this shoot, I wanted to reimagine the traditional colors of Valentine's day in a way that felt modern and more organic. Lavender, coral red, barely blush, camel, and white. We used several motifs that are traditional to the holiday, but in unexpected ways. Flowers were deconstructed and used as earrings and art throughout the shoot. Paper, that could be used to wrap a bouquet of flowers or a gift was hung as an interesting, color blocked backdrop. We added dried flowers to a white chocolate bark, playing on the traditional gift of flowers an chocolates. 

Happy Valentine's week, everyone!

Styling: Stay Co.

Flowers: Amber Reverie

Photography: Cali Heber

Paper Goods: Old City Mailroom

Cakes: Annie's Cakes

Models: Jenna Jarvis and Brooke Alius

How To Host a Beautiful Galentines | Published on Cottage Hill

Last year, my friend Jessica of Jessica's Photography and I hosted a Galentine's luncheon for some of our creative industry friends in Utah. It was such a beautiful winter day, basking in the sun streaming through the windows at Ember SLC, eating delicious foods that Jessica made for us. Especially during the winter months, I find it necessary to connect with other women and feel a sense of shared support and community. So this gathering was the perfect remedy to my winter blues? I brought some of my favorite, delicately scented spring flowers, and Jessica captured every detail beautifully. 

You can read more about this event, and get the recipes for what we ate over at Cottage Hill. 

I've had a few requests for the flower recipe as well, so here is a breakdown of what I used for these arrangements:

• White Lilac
• Cafe Latte Roses
• White/Blush Hanoi Ranunculus
• Brown Japanese Sweet Pea
• Antique Carnations
• Blush Tinged Lisianthus
• Blackberry Branch
• Autumn Eucalyptus
• Blossoming Branches
• Lunaria

Old Home Love

Recently, we moved to the charming old town of American Fork, Utah. And lucky for us, we have some of the coolest neighbors who make their living off restoring old houses, which is a huge passion of mine. Any and Candis of Old Home Love also has a beautiful book, another on the way, and you may have seen them a couple months ago when they gave away a beautiful restored house on Facebook. (Yes, really!! It's around the corner from us, so we got to watch the whole transformation.) I've created flowers for a few of their spaces, and last spring they asked me to create dramatic flowers for their One Room Challenge master bedroom reveal. 

You can see the full reveal, with before and afters, here.