Fenimore & Rutland

Lesson: Make pretty things just for you.

I had insomnia so might as well be creative and make arrangements, right?

Sophia made her first bouquet. She even stopped me from putting an extra burgandy dahlia because she felt it was 'throwing the color off'. Um ok miss.

This was a Doordash order; the 'Sophia' bouquet. When it's ordered, she makes it and profits go to her.

Isn't she gorgeous?

She was created using AI Art app. I wanted to see if the app could create a wedding bouquet from a prompt.

Here is my prompt:

photography, Highly detailed, Natural lighting, medium dark skin in a white wedding dress. the bride is holding a bouquet in her hand. the bouquet is round and loose in shape with a trailing ribbon. the bouquet includes cream roses, toffee colored roses, cafe au lait Dahlia, ranunculus and eucalyptus. include other flowers in the apricot and light peach.

Well, you can see what it got right and what it definitely got wrong. But it's not Midjourney so I wasn't expecting much. And I know prompt engineering is a thing and mine could be better.

My thoughts are that you could train AI based on your own work and style and it could spit out mockups for future customers. Sounds cool to me.

Now, I hope no one is asking for this from floral designers. I was just curious about the intersection of AI and floral design and how it could help the designer. I'll keep y'all posted while I dig deeper.

What are your thoughts?

Join us this Friday following Story Time for a special floral arts and crafts activity with our friends from Fenimore & Rutland 🌷
Adult supervision is required! ☀️🌸🌻
Sign up here:
https://www.fenimorerutland.com/collections/events/products/childrens-activity-cardboard-floral-vase

And just like that, peony season is almost over.

I had the opportunity to do a few tables for the 2024 Charity Ball to support their children's hospital. This year's theme was Wish Upon A Star and designers were asked to use children's toys in the design. For my table designs, I repurposed toy trucks to hold florals. Each table had a similar truck with a woodland floral theme. I also used tiny vehicles for the wall shelves, because how cute!

Thank you to and
for fostering so much creativity year after year and supporting a great cause!

I'm so grateful to be connected to the flower farming community. This is very hard work. It's part science, part creativity, and occasionally pure bewilderment. But most of all we enjoy sending our labor of love out into the world. Our work ends up in your hands for self care, your homes, your weddings and other special events, your businesses and commercial events, your schools and your care facilities.

Have you seen the May issue of ? They are showcasing 10 flower farmers in the region. Thank you Amy Unger for the write up, for approving my pitch to showcase this community and for taking beautiful and fun photos!

We are so blessed to have farmers in the Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks counties. We serve our communities in various ways through flower subscriptions, farmers markets, retail and wholesale markets.

Of course our region has more than the 10 farmers listed. Would you like to learn more about them personally? Stay tuned in the next few months for more info.

Meanwhile, please reach out to the farmers listed below for your floral (and greenery!) needs. As always, thank you for supporting local flowers!

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Let the season begin!!

Spring is my favorite season for flowers. Looking forward to the tulips, peonies, ranunculus. This year, I'm also growing foxglove, hollyhocks, cerenthe, stock and lots more. My goal is to be a source of the romantic spring flowers. Because y'all can have the brain melting summer. Agree?

Webinar to learn more about Herbs All Year: Cooking Ingredients, Pet Aids, and Edible Flowers

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Pulled bits from the dried floral bin to create a neutral golden-ish fall meadow.

The mandate was airy baby's breath and white florals. It was beautiful! Many blessings to Emma & Neil. Thank you for trusting me with your vision.


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It's Dahlia season y'all!!! Thank you to my flower farmer community that came thru to help me restock my tuber collection when I lost hundreds last year. And thank you to for these beauties!! I mean...😍
Oh and look in the lower left corner. Do you see the colors of the leaves? That's hydrangea leaves in the fall. It gets a beautiful vein of dark red or rust. ( has them if you need some) Great combo for this compote.

Focal centerpiece created for an intimate wedding. I love creating these centerpieces. I'm going for a mood everytime. All the flowers are 100% local/regional growers.

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Awesome business branding shoot! Thanks for letting me be a part of it. I loved working with these ladies.

Planner/Coordinator – Jenna DePari – Back The Bride – https://www.backthebride.com/
Back the Bride, LLC

Venue – Fox and Finch Studio – https://www.foxandfinchstudio.com/
Fox and Finch Studio

Florals – Marly – Fenimore & Rutland – https://www.fenimorerutland.com/
Fenimore & Rutland

Hair – Styles By Kini – https://instagram.com/stylesbykini?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Amanda Benckini Hair

Makeup – Beauty By Bennett – http://www.beautybybennett.com

Photography – Petra Somers – http://www.petrasomersphoto.com
Petra Somers Photography

Branding Bonanza! Branding Portrait Photography in Bethlehem Pennsylvania

Ready for Spring Flowers? - https://mailchi.mp/856f5273798e/ready-for-spring-flowers

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I had the privilege of creating bridal bouquets for three lovely brides for their bridal reshoots. This all white with a bit of green was so fresh to make! ♥️ Each bouquet was as unique as each bride. It was a pleasure spending time with them and watching them get ready for their special shoot.

All flowers were locally sourced! We have fantastic flower sources in NE Pennsylvania. If you are getting, ask your wedding planner/coordinator or floral designer to use local flowers. Reach out to me with any questions.

Thanks to for coordinating the event. ♥️

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Is it possible to use 100% local flowers for bridal work? Absolutely. You can source from local farms for a variety of flowers for your project. Let your designer, planner or coordinator know you want to buy local first.
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Speaking of coordinator - My friend Jenna, of , can work with you as a day of coordinator. I wish I had one when I got married! Someone just to assist with everything on the wedding day? Yes please!

It's important to have a better understanding of imported flowers.

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