when you're good to mama, you buy her flowers

two places, one purpose -- to help you make the moms in your life happy.  once again, i'll be setting up {flower} shop this mother's day weekend.  stop by for a hand-tied, seasonal bouquet for your mom, wife, sister, granny, nanny, auntie, friend or for yourself!  prices range from $30-50*  

looking forward to seeing and hearing from you! x

*again, always happy to make an ::ahem:: fancier arrangement.  regardless, pre-ordering is highly suggested cause when they're gone, baby, they are gone.  don't play yourself and that special lady -- she deserves much better.

{photos by bryce covey photography}

real wedding: ellen & paul

what up groove bunnies...it's been a minute but i'm back with goodies. sharing some of my favorites images from ellen and paul's wedding, featured on grey likes weddings earlier this week.  it was a classic new york affair -- drop-off at the pierre, ceremony in a beautiful church, photos along fifth avenue, reception at rockefeller center... 

and though the cafe au laits say fall, the palette is decidedly spring -- all that's missing are the flowering trees. 

congratulations again ellen and paul. love wins one more time. for the full grey likes weddings post, click here.  

{photos by kelly kollar photography}

the three q's

last day of february and i feel like the year is flying.  am so sincerely over winter's baltic temps but i'm loving quince and all her iterations.  i like that my livelihood is so seasonally-based.  reminds me to be in the present and in the moment.  nothing wrong with looking forward to new things but since the future isn't promised, it's good to just marinate on where you are right now and just be.

but the light is changing and it's hard not be excited for spring.  while i've been working on a few projects here and there and the consults are starting to pick up {calendar is not nearly booked and still have spring dates available}, my season starts in earnest in april.  but in the meantime, i'm enjoying the quince, the quiet and my quotidian existence.  also helps that i'm heading to paris later this eve for some fashion moments too.

x

baby please forget me not, i want you to remember

t-minus 10 y'all.  in the immortal words of patrice rushen, please don't forget your love this valentine's day. announcing...

k a t  f l o w e r and 6 0 6  r & d  s t .  v a l e n t i n e ' s  d a y  p o p - u p   s h o p 

thursday, february 14th

9am-3pm and 4-8pm*

606 vanderbilt avenue {prospect & st. marks}

prospect heights, brooklyn 

in honor of st. valentine and love everywhere, i am partnering once again with 606 r&d restaurant for our second love day pop-up shop.  i will be on hand and in-store selling hand-tied romantic bouquets^ guaranteed to be a hit with your valentine.  prices range from $30-50 -- a sweet deal.  if you'd like to pre-order {and you can most certainly opt for, how-do-i-say, a more baller arrangement} for pick-up, please email me at kathleen{at}katflower{dot}com tout de suite.  for those of you planning on making it a day/night to remember, 606 r&d is currently accepting reservations for lunch and dinner {dinner prix-fixe has been posted - call 718.230.0125} and you can add a fancy bouquet, upping the ante.

looking forward to seeing and hearing from you! x
*or until i run out.  i say this every year, pre-order so you don't get played.
^not the dozen roses bit, just so we're clear...  

real wedding: danielle & jeremy

 

sharing images from danielle and jeremy's september wedding at the green building, currently being featured on merci new york.  also sharing some behind the scenes photos taken from the day.  as always, we were busy -- lots of onsite work to do, including designing and installing a 20+ foot ribbon and light backdrop using only one ladder.  shout out to jen for risking life and limb so i can realize my vision and to the rest of the team for getting it all done while i managed it.  whenever i see a can of san pelligrino aranciata rossa, i'm reminded of that day...

so here's the thing about wedding photos -- sadly, we vendors are at the mercy of photographers.  i've said it before...i suck at taking the time to photograph my work during event set-up.  and it's just as well because most potential clients want to see the work in context, i.e. in the venue, at the event, with people.  this means that we're chasing photographers {sometimes for a year plus} to see images, only to find that they didn't take photos of the flowers and/or the photos are crap.  you work so bloody hard and you practically have nothing to show for it but a couple of instagram shots and chronic back pain.  totally heartbreaking and soul-crushing homies.  but thank god that was not the case for this wedding.  danielle and jeremy hired oak street studio, who took beautiful photos and i hired clay williams, who took great images as we set up.  i'm learning...

anyway, check out the full post on merci new york if you have the time. 

and congratulations again to danielle and jeremy.  wishing you a long, healthy and blissful love. x  

{photos 1-7 and 12 by clay williams; photos 8-11 by oak street studio}

hey girl/boy...

happy 2013.  it's still january so in my mind, new year's greetings are still acceptable.  we'll state the obvious...it's been a minute since i've blogged.  honestly, i haven't felt like it.  probably not a nice thing to hear but it's the truth.  i promised myself way back when that i would only write when i had something to say and not out of obligation.  keeping true to that.

so like most, i've spent the last month starting the new year off in my way of right.  i didn't do resolutions but i did set five intentions -- five beautiful things that i will continually work on making happen during the next twelve months.  five is a pretty manageable number and it's been a great way to start each day.  i feel very purposeful. also taking advantage of the quiet and unplugging when i can.  so much of me is invested in my business and i need to save some more of me for me, if that makes sense.  it's just too hard otherwise.

anyway, the accompanying photos don't relate at all to the above but since i haven't written until now, it needed to be said.  back the photos...they are from a trent bailey bridal fashion shoot being featured on style me pretty today.  i loved that hellebore boutonniere.  i loved bouquet flowers too but i really loved the bout.  can't wait for those flowers to come into season again...
{photos by trent bailey} 

loving life and giving thanks

from my recent thanksgiving shoot for the huffington post...

tomorrow, we collectively pause from life's busy to give thanks.  i have much to be grateful for, not the least of which is how mundane and normal life is right now.  in light of recent events, ordinary feels extraordinary.  i'll probably start stressing in a few days but until then, i'm going to luxuriate in the banal.  i know that many are suffering, many from a lack of the ordinary and everyday.  my wish is that kindness and generosity is shared at least as equally as gratitude.

wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy thanksgiving. x
{photo by damon dahlen for the huffington post}