Revisiting our wedding flowers

Happy 5 year wedding anniversary to my husband, Jason! It's hard to believe that 5 years ago today we were married in La Jolla, surrounded by our closest friends and family. What an awesome day that was!

Below are some of my favorite pictures from the day. All photos are by the fabulous Suzanne Hansen Photography. Check out her amazing work here.

Here is a picture of my hair before the humid beach air messed it up(made my naturally curly hair super frizzy).

We chose to see eachother before the wedding, so we'd have good daylight for pictures. This picture was taken right after we saw eachother. I loved the back of my dress. The knot in the back is what sold me. It is an Elizabeth Filmore from The White Dress in Newport Beach.

This picture was taken in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art, where we had our reception. This picture just makes me laugh. Suzanne has always been able to get us to be silly.

The ceremony....quite possibly the most beautiful spot in all of San Diego.

I did my own flowers - I wouldn't have it any other way! How could I hire another florist (I'm too much of a control freak!)? I was very happy with the way my bouquet turned out. It's funny what you find inspiration from. Mine came from the tie we picked out for him to wear. I found a vintage broach at an antique store that I put in my bouquet that helped coordinate with my earrings.

This is perhaps one of my favorite pictures. This was taken in the Museum...how cool is that mural behind us? I wish I could remember what Suzanne said to us to provoke these weird poses, but I also love how much it shows off everyone's outfits.

Instead of doing a seating assignment table, I did a tree. I used a manzanita branch and blinged it out with real crystal chandelier strands. It was really pretty the way it moved around. I had many brides use it since my wedding.



Since we had the reception at the Museum of Contemporary Art, I wanted to bring in a creative way of doing the actual table numbers. I have been a long-time fan of Bella Pilar art. You may have seen her line of greeting cards at Papyrus. I contacted her to do these table numbers, and she was so nice to do them for me. We matted them so they really looked like their own piece of art. I got the mini easels from Ikea, and stained them brown. I was so happy with how they turned out.

Since I was doing my own flowers, I couldn't do intricate centerpieces. I had chosen to do square tables, which usually requires multiple centerpeices. Since the museum has an amazing ceiling, I knew I wanted to do something with height. I chose simple, but beautiful dendrobium orchids. We also put a cherry blossom tree branch in the middle centerpiece. I strung crystals in between the 3 vases. At the bottom, we had square vases filled with Hot Princess pink roses and white hydrangea. How cool is that blue wall?

Here is a great picture of the room. You can see the back wall was a red tapestry....that bothered me at first (the museum changes up its walls every quarter). In the end, it added so many interesting photos. The head table was behind Marilyn Monroe!

What an amazing day that was. I really can't believe it was 5 years ago already. Hope you enjoyed the pictures...it was fun for me to look at them again!

If you're interested in Daisies Of Our Lives doing the florals for your wedding or special event, email me - kelsey@daisiesofourlives.com or leave a comment!

Dining Room

I have been wanting to re-decorate my dining room for a VERY long time. Ever since we moved in, I never really liked it. It was just too rustic for my taste. I have slowly but surely been selling our current furniture on CraigsList to try to make a dent in my budget.

A lot of people don't use their formal dining room...but we do. I always host Thanksgiving and all the other family get-togethers. Plus, everyone walks by this room (it is right off the entry) to get to the main living space. There is no hiding it.

There are a few design dilemmas I've had to work around. First are our 30 foot ceilings. Second is the little "nook" space that is in the wall where the sideboard/buffet should go. Lastly, from the moment we moved in I never liked the slate I chose to go around the fireplace

I decided that my design aesthetic for this room would be a combination of retro (60's/70's) mixed with modern touches. I have diligently been on Craigs List just about every day for the last 6 months trying to find the perfect wing back chairs and lamps....and yes, I found them! Oh and if you've never heard of Craigs Easy....it is a lifesaver! They need a little love, but they're going to be fab! More to come on those...

Here are some of the pieces I'm planning on getting:

West Elm rug, Anthropologie curtains, Mor (the most annoying commercials in the world, but, they have a big enough table for us) dining table, Anna Maria Horner fabric for accent chair

Our upholsterer comes on Saturday to pick up 9 chairs....yes, 9 chairs that he'll be re-upholstering for us. I'm going to be using my two wing back chairs from CL as my end chairs...I really want to upholster them in this beautiful raspberry color to bring some femininity to the space, but not sure I'm brave enough! May stick with a nice royal-navy blue to match the curtains. All the rest of the chairs are going to be cream.

More to come on the dining room!

Happy Weekend!

The weekend is almost upon us! Hubby is home from traveling all week and I'm so excited to have some family time!


My baby girl, now 6 1/2 months (how did that happen?) has decided to cut her first two teeth and roll over all at once. She is already pushing up and trying to figure out how to bring those knees forward...uh oh. Not ready for this.

I'm really excited that a few new things are happening. First, the blog is under-going a long overdue facelift. I can't wait until we are ready to push it live. Second, my good friend Jen got engaged! Yay! Wedding is set for October. More to come on her wedding. Lastly, I have decided on a theme for Drew's big 1st birthday! Let the psycho-planning begin!

I came across a lovely blog called Me Oh My! via my daily visit to Made By Girl . She has such great inspiration for my home. From what I can tell, she lives in a "cookie cutter" home like we do. My challenges with our home is that there is no real personality to the house. She has done such a lovely job and gave me plenty of ideas!

Have a great weekend everyone....it is supposed to rain in San Diego, but we are still managing to squeeze in a bbq with some good friends. Chao!

Baby Month Cards

For those of you who have little ones, you know they grow so fast. Their baby days go by with a blink of an eye. My little Drew is 6 months this week. It's hard to believe that 90210 (09/02/10) was that long ago! :)

I made sure that I captured her growth, because I didn't do it with Micah. As I look back on his pictures I often wonder, "now, how old was he in this picture?". I was so crazy with the little ones that I unfortunately didn't get 1, 2, or 3 months, so I'll have an incomplete year, but I'm really happy with these last two. It was super easy to make. I encourage you to do the same...or else mommy brain will get the best of you too!

Have a great weekend everyone!

A funky, colorful wedding

I have to say that I do love a funky bride.

This wedding is like eye candy to me! I stumbled across these pictures on Martha's website and the flowers are from Flower Wild in Santa Barbara. She does such beautiful flowers...very inspiring. I spent quite some time on her blog today enjoying her gorgeous bouquets. How fun are all these colors and their tights? It makes for some great photos that are really eye-catching. The bride's red lipstick pops out and matches all the shoes! Love it!

I am dying over all these fun sun umbrellas they had at their ceremony. That is a great new take on the parosol craze a few years ago.

These black and white linens at the reception are so funky but still classy. I love how the hot pink flowers look on the table.

Check out more pictures from this wedding here!

Micah's party on Ohdeedoh!

I'm so excited to share with you all that Micah's 2nd birthday was featured on Ohdeedoh today! Checkout the post here. To see the full post and more pictures and details from Micah's party, click here.

If you remember, Drew's room was also featured back in December!

LOVE, Love, Love Ohdeedoh!

stairs & lots and lots of pictures

We have a lot of wall space in our home. Thank goodness I have the incredible Suzanne Hansen from SheWanders as a friend. Suzanne has been taking fabulous pictures of us since our engagement, way back in 2005. I finally got all our pictures hung and here is how it turned out:

Everytime we walk up the stairs, Micah likes to point out "mama" and "dada" and "Do" a.k.a. Drew!

The second story wall is finally done. It really is an "art" to hang all these pictures properly.

If anyone is in need of a fabulous photographer, Suzanne is available for travel world-wide (hence, SheWanders)! Suzanne is great with kids too.

Now on to my dining room re-decorating project! Yay!