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Beautiful Days featured on fantastic blogs!

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:23:53 +0000

Creating gorgeous floral designs and unique and thoughtful event design is a work of love! I am truly honored when our work is recognized as lovely and inspiring by others. Some of Beautiful Days’ work has been recently highlighted in two great blogs so distract yourself for a few minutes and check them out!

The lovely Kittery, Maine seaside inspiration shoot is on the fabulous Grey Likes Weddings. Dreamy, vintage seaside story with Sara O’Brien of Griffin-vites and Brea McDonald.

And bridal shower perfection with pink and white flowers and gold accents on The Sweetest Occasion! Loved collaborating with Sam at Gus & Ruby Letterpress to help create the fantastic florals for her best friend (and business partner) Whitney’s celebration at Blue Sky in York, Maine. Captured perfectly (as always!) by Emilie Sommer.

Maine Wedding Inspiration – Snug Harbor Farm

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:26:42 +0000

I love exploring, hunting, gathering and being inspired by the many special places and people in Maine. One unique setting is Snug Harbor Farm in Kennebunk, Maine , a nursery that houses an eclectic mix of stunning topiaries, garden ornaments and perfect finds for the home and garden. I have fantasized about how perfect a wedding celebration would be in the greenhouses! With the blessing of the gracious and talented owner Tony Elliot I was able to create a celebration setting in one of the greenhouses last spring! The super talented photographer Heidi Lynne of White Loft Studio in Newburyport loves Snug Harbor as much as I do and together we put together a photo shoot that was a breath of fresh air! We gathered some of the best wedding vendors in Maine and New Hampshire and the results were fantastic! Photos are coming soon – in the meantime Lynne Valerie of VideoDesign Films captured the shoot wonderfully! Enjoy…and be inspired!!!

I can’t say enough about all the fabulous and talented vendors that helped this shoot be such a success!

Setting: Snug Harbor Farm

Flowers & Design: Beautiful Days

Photographer: Whiteloft Studio

Rentals: Be Our Guest

Video: VideoDesign Films

Dress: Madeline’s Daughter

Stationary Suite: Gus & Ruby

Calligraphy: Love Jenna

Lanterns & dining table candle holders: Luna Bazaar

Make up: Joya Beauty

Hair: Hair That Moves

Cake: Wild Orchid

Chocolates: Byrne & Carlson

Food inspiration: Robyn Friedman

Styling: Wendy Freedman

Special thanks to the Sarah, Randy and Olive for being our beautiful and patient models!!!

Holidays…Part 2

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:45:23 +0000

Yes warmer days are here and tomorrow is the first day of spring but I can’t resist posting more photos from the holidays! The lovely and super talented Geneve Hoffman spent a day with my little family back in early December to capture our day of finding just the right Christmas tree and then bringing it home to decorate. Even though there wasn’t snow on the ground it was still the perfect day spent together getting into the holiday spirit!

Luckily we have a tree farm just down the road from us and after a very thorough search we found the perfect tree.

We’re big on crafts around here! Groovy paper from Gus & Ruby‘s fantastic Portsmouth shop ready to be made into garlands and Wyatt and Geneve’s daughter Sage are busy making wrapping paper!

Special snacks and treats are a must! Gorgeous organic carrots, pear, ginger honey and cheddar paninis and hot cocoa of course!

Decorations ready to be hung on the tree..I definitely have a thing for anything that sparkles around the holidays! And I adore my little silver birds!

Tree trimming! So much fun especially now that Wyatt is a little older and can participate with out tearing the whole thing down! The garlands are perfect (thank you Whitney at Gus & Ruby for the inspiration!)

Decorations around the house..more fun with paper from Gus & Ruby to make extra special candle lanterns!

Many thanks to Geneve for capturing so beautifully a very special day!

Merry everything!

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:33:28 +0000

Christmas is my favorite holiday! I plan menus, look forward to gatherings of friends and family and deck the halls. I am so pleased with the decorations from this year! Some gold and green, a little glitter, some gorgeous plants and alot of candles….

Some of my favorites…my glitter deer family and little birds hidden throughout the house, the gorgeous succulents, creamy poinsettias and rosemary topiaries, glowing, gold votives, our beautiful tree cut on a sunny winter morning just down the road, modern paper garlands and gorgeous candle lanterns made from fabulous paper from the fantastic Portsmouth shop Gus & Ruby , handmade wrapping paper by Wyatt, simple yet special gold ornaments scattered everywhere, lovely little green and spiky gourds, making my favorite treat – Whoopee Pies (with some crushed candy cane for good measure!), “The Nutcracker Suite”, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “James Brown Christmas Collection” playing all day everyday, the ivory burlap runner on my dining table, a warm fireplace, a pre christmas trip to the farmers market to stock up, my kitchen overflowing with homemade sweets and savories….but I truly get the most joy from having all my family around my dinner table for a feast after watching Wyatt and his three cousins eagerly and excitedly open presents… and my heart is full after seeing the huge smile on my husbands face on Christmas morning as he put on his skates to teach our son Wyatt how to skate for the first time on our pond. I think I’ll hold on to that moment and carry it with me into 2010…