Sample Table Setting

Mom and Camille accompanied Jules and I to our florist, Kim Chi (yes, that's really her name). She had a sample table setting for us when we walked into her shop. I thought it was great from the get-go, but she gave us a bunch of other flowers and props to play with, and we had a lot of fun tweaking her setup to get exactly what I had in mind. This is the floral arrangement we came up with for the centerpiece:


It's basically going to be three glass vases, in different heights and shapes. The mango calla lilies will be the star of the show, backed up with turquoise stones, curly willow, leonidas rose petals, and this other orange flower. :P

Kim is also providing us with our linen. She'll be covering the tables in chocolate brown with turquoise napkins, and the chairs in ivory with a sheer brown bow.



I love it and I'm really excited to see a room filled with 15-20 of these settings.

Meeting Florists

Mom and I visited a few florists yesterday. Let me tell you, trying to convey your entire vision to a florist when you know nothing about colors, flowers, or design is really difficult. We spent two hours with the first girl going through every flower arrangement she could possibly make for us. She mentioned stuff like Mango Calla Lilies, Dendrobium Orchids, Aranda Orchids, Burnt Umber and Leonidas Roses, Protea, etc. (I got those from the quotes they gave me, not off the top of my head. Off the top of my head, all I know there is the Mango Calla Lily.)

In the end, we got about the same quote from the American florists, and half the price from the Chinese one. Plus, the Chinese one will do samples for me beforehand, and play around with the arrangement if I'm not happy with it. So I'm booking Ms. Kim Chi (yes, that's really her name) tomorrow. Oh, and she does linen too, so I won't have to find a separate vendor for that.

I would post pictures to make this post more interesting, but I think I'll just hold back and post pictures of the samples that Kim makes me, instead of pictures that can be found all over the Internet that won't be exactly what I'm looking for anyway.