Star Spangled!!!!

Happy Independence Day! above are a few shots from a 4th of July tabletop. I collaborated with my friend Ed Roth of Stencil1 who added the stars to a hand dyed burlap runner. Summer flowers meandering across in various copper and rusted containers include Chamomile, Zinnias, Queen Anne's Lace, Explosion Grass, Cornflowers, Guam Flowers Black Eyed Susans and Gomphrena. The brown medicine bottles, beeswax candles and other vintage doodads create a rustic Americana Charm deviating from the expected literal red white and blue 4th of July we know so well.
With Health care passed I don't feel so bad celebrating this year- let's see how it shapes up.

Woodsy Fantasy

Here is a woodsy inspiration board I pulled together with inspiration from a little vintage plate, an antique print of a fern leaf, old copper leaf pendants and a museum artifact of a gold and turquoise snake necklace. The Agate coasters would also make great pillar candle holders and the small votive(lower right) is wrapped in copper painted galax leaves. I think the arbor would make a great starting point for the design of a naturalistic chuppa with grapevines and the flower shown are a combination of Blue Thistle, Blush Ranunculus, Dinner Plate Dahlias and Helioborus.