The Art of Violets
✿ floral and event design for the nostalgist
✿ flowering the east coast + beyond
✿ booking 2022 + beyond
2023 trend prediction… more is more 🥵🕊️
Ended the 2022 season with some moody flower magic. My favorite.
In good company with
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A favorite fall combo…
Cappuccino roses x chocolate ranunculus 🕊️🍫
Gosh this peachy palette for Melissa was too good 🤤🍑🍊🕊
Florals — Dahlias, garden roses, spray roses, ranunculus, zinnia, butterfly ran
Local blooms from my friends +
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How to create a wedding you love? Do what you want!
I love a big wedding but this elopement was a dream and had all the elements we love!
— Lush compotes
— Layered candles
— In season florals
— Texture + Color
Inquire at the link in our bio to find out more about our intimate event package 🕊
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Mix and match bouts 🕊
A sweet + simple way to make these pieces feel a little more luxe ✨
Product: lisianthus, butterfly ranunculus, scabiosa, yarrow, straw flower, + scented geranium
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Samantha, her girls, + these cloud-like bouquets ☁️🕊
Flowers: quicksands, ranunculus, majolikas, sweet peas, pampas + bunny tail
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Beauty
We’ve got news - we’re moving to Nashville!
We’ll be calling Nashville home by January 2023!
If you’ve already booked with us for 2023, don’t worry… we’ve got you covered!
Maryland + the coast will always be home so, while dates will be limited, we’ll still be offering full service event services to the DMV + the East Coast!
I’m excited, nervous, anxious, and ready to start this new chapter with and the doggos.
Now, someone help me break it to Arthur that he’s got an 12 hr car ride ahead of him 😅
Oof the perfect color palette for an early September wedding 🤤🕊
It’s the chocolate ranunculus for me🕺
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Funky lit color palette on the menu for tomorrow’s wedding 🥵
Ceremony feature design ideas + planning tips 🕊
Design ideas —
✿ Arbor
✿ Free Standing Pillars
✿ Grounded Nests
✿ Lush Urns
✿ Full Aisle Runners
✿ Grounded Aisle Meadows
Planning Tips —
✿ Head on over to Pinterest and search for the different styles listed above and tell your florist your favs
✿ They’ll be able to provide guidance on what will work best for you, your venue and your budget
✿ Opt for items you can repurpose to reception to get the biggest bang for your buck
✿ Not every feature can be repurposed (like fixed existing structures) so ask your florist what they have in their inventory and inquire about rentals!
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Emily + Daniel and their vineyard wedding 🕊🌿
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Bouquets on film 🕊
Things to consider when dreaming up your wedding bouquet…
❁ Style + Shape
❁ Color Palette
❁ Size
❁ Seasonal Product
Design notes for this bb…
— Garden-Style, lots of texture + movement
— Classic White/Ivory x green
— Petite
— Spring Blooms — hellebore, love-in-a mist, sweet pea, ranunculus
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Makeup .gorgeous
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Let’s chat greenery installs…
I love them and want to put them everywhere!
Ceilings, beams, chandeliers, bars… add some pops of florals and… 🤌🏻
They create a luxe garden atmosphere that seems effortless but is hugely impactful.
Favorites to use…
❋ Smilax
❋ Elaeagnus
❋ Long Italian Ruscus
❋ Olive
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Stone buds 🦢🦢
When you book with us you get access to our ever-growing inventory.
Currently for bud vases we have…
ꕤ White stone
ꕤ Brass
ꕤ Clear Glass
ꕤ Scalloped Glass
ꕤ Clay
Pair them as a set OR a little mix and match situation is our favorite way to add a little texture.
✿ The Art of Violets ✿
Luxury x Sustainable x Nostalgic
Flower Selection!
We know the floral planning process can be overwhelming + we’re here to help!
Here’s how flower selection works when you book with us…
1. In our questionnaire we gather info on…
✽ Seasonality
✽ Budget
✽ Inspo Photos via Pinterest
✽ Color palette + Aesthetic
✽ Favorite + least fav flowers
2. We take all these details and prepare a vision board that breaks down the flowers we’re planning on sourcing for your day
3. We stay away from promising specific blooms and go heavily off of color palette and overall aesthetic!
Why???
✽ We work with seasonality and market availability! There are so many variables that go into what’s florals are available on any given week.
✽ Sometimes blooms we ordered months in advance just don’t come in OR don’t look fresh!
✽ Sometimes we show up to the market and find gems that we didn’t source ahead of time that we grab up for your day!
We want you to have the BEST! Trusting us through the process is how we turn out designs like this!
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Our booking process!
It’s forever evolving in order to make a better client experience for y’all! Here’s how to get booked with us…
✿ Inquire at the link in our bio!
We miss our insta dms sometimes because they don’t always filter to our primary inbox! Our inquiry form is the best way to get in contact with us.
✿ Submit a questionnaire
Treat this as your full wish-list + give us all the details!
✿ Consultation call
Let’s get to know each other + dream up all things design, florals, and the overall aesthetic of your event!
✿ Proposal + vision board
Based on your questionnaire + consultation we’ll provide a vision board and two quotes based on your priorities + budget.
✿ Signature + Deposit
We can make 1 rev before we require signature and 50% deposit, but don’t worry! We will have a finalization call closer to the event to capture any small updates needed.
Interested in chatting more?? Slide on over to the link in our bio + shoot us an inquiry!
Angela + Ryan 🕊
Building color palettes is our favorite part! We’re always looking for a blend of hues + a touch of something special to make the design more complex + dimensional.
We added touches of lavender + the perfect yellow-green to round out this spring filled palette of soft pastels.
In-between colors x vintage hues, an AOV fav
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Vintage pastel tones otw for tomorrows wedding 🕊
Cream, blush, dusty pink, peach, soft lavender + more in-between hues
All my weddings + clients are so dang good this year! This one has the vintage colors of my dreams!
Client love xx
Ah! We loved this wedding + working with this couple so much.
Our design process is really focused on getting to know our couples. It builds so much trust + helps us make sure the design feels like an extension of them.
It’s seriously the best part! 😭
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L + D x all the romance 🕊🖤
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Sustainable floristry!
Sustainability is one of those things that we’re always focused on and let me tell ya… sometimes it’s not easy!
✿ Right now this means we’re…
— completely foam free
— reusing mechanics as often as we can
— sourcing seasonal local product like these ranunculus from my friends at
— limiting single use plastics
✿ What are we looking to do more of this year…
— composting florals
— repurposing left over florals
— using less preserved florals
— + more
✿ Questions to ask your florist…
— Where do your florals come from?
— How are your designs being built?
— Where do the florals go post event?
We’re not 100% there but we’re working to get better with every event!
Follow along as we share more of this journey with y’all throughout the year!
Event Design Tip - don’t forget the candles!
Seriously! We love layers over here and nothing screams luxury romance quite like a layered candle tablescape.
☼ Tapers
☼ Votives
☼ Pillars
☼ Floating
A mix of them all is our favorite + we offer them all with our designs!
If you’re ready to talk tablescape design shoot us a dm or inquire at the link in our bio!
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Our signature go-to is ‘Garden Style’ everything. What that means to us…
✿ Organic shapes
✿ Layers of flowers
✿ Texture + bouncy movement
✿ In season blooms + foliage
✿ Clusters of flowers + colors
Floral product from this bouquet:
anemones, spray roses, ranunculus, sweet peas, scabiosa pods, butterfly ranunculus, + spirea!
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Floral meadows - one of our most requested statement pieces!
Think garden style, layers, texture, organic movement, + romance!
You can put these anywhere and we do! Our favorite places:
— Surrounding you + yours when you say “I do”
— Lining the aisle
— In front of sweetheart/head table
— Under displays
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A little down + dirty pricing guide for your wedding planning journey with us!
Our offerings are evolving so that we can better serve you.
Intimate Events, Full Service, + Destination services are available. Each with different levels of floral + design needs.
Each package is totally customizable but to help you get an idea of costs here’s what each could look like ↓
✿ Intimate Events
$2.5k + — close fam + friends style elopement
— Minimal personals
— Aisle Arrangements
— Luxe head table design with floral + styling elements
✿ Full Service
$6k + — Small Wedding
— Personals
— Statement Piece
— Luxe head table design with floral + styling elements
— Centerpieces for 10 tables
✿ Destination Wedding
$7k + — Small gathering outside of the DC/MD/VA area
— Minimal personals
— Luxe head table design with floral + styling elements
— Lush Statement Piece
— Aisle Arrangements
— Travel included
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Happy birthday to my mans 🕊
You’re the easiest person to celebrate. Thank you for doing life with me + making it so fun!
Welcome to 30, old man! 😚🎉🤍
POV: you got your floral + event design proposal in and you’re in sticker shock.
Wondering what goes into the cost?! For a custom event it takes…
❊ Months of planning with clients, planners, hard good suppliers, farmers, wholesalers etc.
❊ Hours of processing flowers
❊ Freelance labor
❊ Software - client management, design, accounting etc.
❊ Expertise + education
❊ And then comes designing + playing with pretty flowers and styling things
Have questions on the design process?! We’re here to make it as easy as possible! 🤍🕊
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Hi, I’m Lizzie! Owner of this flower biz over here 🕊
This photo was taken the first time .elbell and I ever ran around a flower field together
Lots of things have changed since then but these photos still feels like me + remind me of where things started!
Here’s a little about me for anyone new here:
❁ I eat Mexican food at least twice a week… if I had to choose 1 meal to eat forever it would be carne asada street tacos w/ extra jalapeños.
❁ Officially Started my business in 2019 but before that I freelanced and frickin loved it.
❁ At the time that this photo was taken I had just started dating and now we’re engaged… life’s wild!
❁ I’m design driven and love talking through design elements with my clients! Building vision boards to help people envision what the day will look + feel like is one of my favorite things.
❁ I have two pups that absolutely run my life but dammit they’re cute so idc.
❁ I’ll be rolling out additional services in the fall…. any guesses on what they are?!
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Pulling this one out of the archives to talk about wearable florals!
I love them + I want to make more of them.. ok?!
They can just be so artful and have the ability to elevate any event or shoot.
✿ Crowns
✿ Tattoos
✿ Bibs
✿ Corsages
✿ Jewelry + more
I want to do a whole project focused on artful wearables… this just me putting that into the universe 🕊
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