Monday, October 20, 2008

young + dongjo 10.18.08



I love the venue that Young & Dongjo selected - the Brooklyn Botanic gardens. The ceremony was outside and the reception followed in the Palm House. The flowers were understated - orchids, roses, cala lilies and dahlias in shades of pink and white. Also some pink and white hydrangea with pink hypernicum berries for some of the center pieces.









2 comments:

Heather B. said...

Your designs are so inspirational! Would you some time tell us about what it takes to prepare for a wedding? I'm thinking of leaving my graphic design career for floral design and would especially like to specialize in weddings/events and work out of my home. What advice would you have?

lilytrue said...

Heather -

Thank you for the compliment! It takes a lot of work to prep for a wedding - from confirming with the client exactly what they want to ordering the correct about of each type of flower to actually assembling the arrangements.

Before you decide to leave a career, I would definitely build the small business on the side; though it is a lot of work! A book I would recommend is the 'The E-myth Revisited'. It is a must for ANY small business (especially for creative people - we need to be reminded about the business side of the process).

I'll do a couple posts in the coming month about floral design process - from working with a client to actually putting pieces together. A lot of it for me was trial and error.

Hope this helps!