April 8th is Fleur’s golden birthday! Eight years is outrageously shocking to me. One of my wholesalers recently said, “Doesn’t seem that long!” which of course I responded with “To YOU!!”
Fleurotica was a huge success!! Friday night we exhibited a dress created with peacock & ostrich feathers, anthurium, orchids and various foliages. Biased, I loved it, and can’t wait for next year. The event a fundraiser for the Garfield Park Conservatory, my favorite one in the city. Eleven florists were featured paired with students hat pieces inspired by floral design from the Art Institute of Chicago’s millinery school. Also, local Chicago designers had models wearing pieces of their work struttin’ down the runway as well, including some of our besties, Shirley Kinietz and Jenny Stadler, owners of Wolfbait and B-Girls. I can’t gush enough about my model, Ursula from Ford Modeling Agency, who totally OWNED the peacock dress I made. And completely randomly, she we share mutual friends!!! Chicago is definitely a small world.
It’s Monday, my day off. I relaxed a little, I swear! I ate a delicious chicken sandwich for lunch and just finished my crossword. I really am going to make that lasagna for dinner tonight. Everyone at work is going to love it (it’s vegetarian, you guys! Walnuts instead of meat!) But in the meantime, here are a few things to be excited about for tomorrow!
Amanda Hein is such an incredible photographer. Here are some of her beautiful images from Patricia and Bill’s wedding on March 13th, at the Newberry Library. Patricia was such a sweet bride who just wanted springtime romance with a touch of french flair. It truly turned out soft and beautiful. The ring bearer’s pillow was adorable and the French tulips paired with forsythia were just perfect.
Changing our web host! We are not receiving emails right now, but we are receiving messenger pigeons!
Here are a few images from a wedding one week ago. Amanda will be sending over the professional shots soon, but I thought I’d wet your palette in the meantime. You’ll get a proper update when we have those. 
Oh, what a week! Moved into the new apartment, friends and family visiting from out of town, the first day of spring on a snowy day, and a wedding too! I still don’t have the internet at home, so as I sip on a beverage I am updating from down the block. Our new apartment is quite frankly.., probably better than yours. 
Well, maybe not but it’s pretty d**n awesome. I keep moving from room to room thinking, “This room rules.., it’s my favorite!” Then I walk into another room, and say to myself, “Hmm.., I love this room. Maybe this is my favorite!” In any case, we love it and love decorating and debating where Davey will hang his Cure poster and where I will hang my Baltic Tapestries (I don’t actually have them, yet. But I’m working on it). Good thing we both have a good sense of humor.
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