Bees & Blossoms {Details- Part II}

Details. I love them. Everything about them. Once I knew what I wanted in this shoot, I called upon some very talented vendors. I mean some really talented vendors. They make details their way of life. Amazing details. Beyond anything I could have ever imagined.

Let me start with Rosy Posy Designs. She created a headpiece for this shoot called Busy Bee head band. It not only was very pretty, but worked perfectly for this shoot.

Lisa who owns Perch52 on Etsy, is so talented. Not a single detail is left out of any piece of her work. Each piece is prepped, wrapped and sculpted by her hands. If you are in need of a unique cake topper or maybe a unique boutonniere idea, your search is over….

Jenny DeLang, an amazingly talented independent artist from San Francisco, CA, hand crafted all the paper and guest gift details. She paper mached bees and created the flowers out of vintage piano music paper from the mobiles hanging in the trees by vintage ribbon. She used the same bees & added an apple blossom on top of all the gift boxes that included handmade honey soap. All the boxes were finished on the inside with a hand painted honey comb design. The lid was finished off with vintage pink ribbon. The menu was created to look like a honey comb as well- featuring a menu of honey inspired items. She included a custom crafted guest book featuring a paper mached bee, apple tree branch, and blossom to match the gift boxes. All the bees and paper blossoms were hand painted and no two are exactly alike.

Cassie carried pretty soft pink and white peonies. Several square vases were placed around the table and guest book area with beautiful shades of pink ranunculus accented with limes. They were created by a small independent flower designer, Shannon Earle. A tall vase greeted the guests as they arrived and signed the guest book.

My Mother offered up her china, crystal, and tableware. They are a family heirloom and are about 60-70 years old.

The reception area included a small place where guests could mingle and play a little tic-tac-toe before dinner. A few bee boxes stacked together created the table and included an old piano stool (about 100 years old) and a vintage wire chair for guests to relax on.

The desert table included a beehive honey cake, tiny bugs as individual cakes for guests, and jars of classic Bit-O-Honey candies and Honey Stixs. The honey cake had hand crafted marzipan bees laid on it looking like they were busy collecting nectar.