a new design blooms for inBloom!

So here are some shots of the weekend event we just did at Wooden Sticks Golf Course in Uxbridge. Despite the cold, hurricane-like winter storm, we managed to decorate the pretty tent, amidst fears of blowing away! We decorated the tent in a style we like to call "Woodland Chic" - fresh spring green and chocolate browns accented with branches with white blossoms, square white plates, and a natural white lighting effect on the walls of the tent for brightness (thanks to Adam at Pandor Productions) for a clean, but oh so inviting look. No one left their seats for hours! Take a look and breathe in the freshness of our woodland inspired design...inBloom has teamed up with Gervais Party Rentals to offer this design to all Wooden Sticks brides and grooms. Stay tuned, more pics to come! {photography by Craig Morrison and Joelle Segal }

the brooklyn bride features inBloom!

inBloom was really excited to see an outdoor wedding that our company planned and designed on one of our favourite blogs ever, The Brooklyn Bride. The Brooklyn Bride features inspirational 'modern weddings' and we are so honoured to be part of Vané's repertoire! Thank you for recognition!


Here's some of the pics again:

beautiful mismatches

A few days ago, Joelle Bloomer stumbled on a most awesomely inspired wedding ever on Flickr photos. The mismatched details are so so so cute, and well, surprisingly well-matched. It's a mismatched match, hardy har har. Methinks it could be a pretty good do-it-yourself project... take a look at some of frecklegirl76's inspiration
{via Design Sponge}.

all mismatched yet matching vintage vera napkins - with different patterns!

cute little jars of maple syrup with the same mismatched matching fabric

And here, take a glimpse at all of the patterns of the vintage vera napkins:

it's amazing how they all come together so sweetly...

And voila, the big picture of frecklegirl76's wedding!

real wedding - emily + sharon

This summer, inBloom assisted the lovely couple Emily + Sharon in designing their overseas wedding in Israel! Working closely with Emily to hone in on her favorite ideas and how to put them together inBloom-style, this is how it all turned out! Emily wanted a clean, simple white design with soft green accents, carried out with the simple elegance of a garden party. From adorable clothesline seating cards to her linen napkins on the table settings, mission was accomplished! Great job to Emily for carrying out all the details to perfection.

sweet inspiration

A good friend of mine bought me a subscription to Real Simple magazine for my birthday (thank you Rebecca!), and this month's issue has been sitting pretty on my coffee table, staring at me, every hour of every day, with the prettiest picture on the front. I can't stop looking at it. I love the mixture of the colours - soft green, bright yellow, white, and an accent of blue and red. So fresh and new! Just think of all the pretty things you could do with these colours at a wedding. In fact, I am trying to convince Shayna (fellow Bloomer) to use these colours for her "practice wedding" next July. And because it's a rainy day in the city, I thought I'd go buy some flowers at Ave & Dav, and see if I could play around with a centerpiece that mimics the freshness of the pic above. What do you think? If only I had a blue pot!

living artfully & artful events

So, remember just this past summer when all of The Bay's commericals would come on the telly, with their new main slogan "Live Artfully"? This certainly caught my attention, all those glorious drips of paint, and I've been thinking about it ever since. First of all, I think this is a darn good slogan, if you ask me, and I sure do wish I had thought of it first! In particular, one quote on their site struck my fancy: "To live artfully is to recognize that art doesn't have to be found in galleries and museums." I wondered to myself, as you are probably wondering, what does "artful" really mean? It seems rather vague, no? The dictionary says that artful means something that is "done with or characterized by art or skill." And I realize, this is exactly what inBloom does. We fill our events with as much art and detail as possible. In every corner, on every table. Your weddings, bat mitzvahs and other events - they will all be part of your own personal art galleries, and for this reason, the utmost attention should be paid to making it full, plentiful, detailed, and beautiful. No so-so jobs! It is always going to stay in your memories or documented in photos for your children, their children, and their children's children. And so now it makes complete sense! This is exactly why you should hire the professionals like inBloom - to help make your wedding and events "artful." Live artfully & have artful events - executed with skill and style, to forever be documented in your own personal galleries. Thanks to The Bay for pointing out how important it is!

marigold + pewter: an autumn wedding

As Melanie mentioned last week, on Saturday inBloom Events + Design, planned, designed, coordinated, and set up a wedding at the McMichael Art Gallery in Kleinburg. The colours for the wedding were 'marigold and pewter' {courtesy of Martha Stewart} and after months of planning, choosing a venue, printing invitations, menus, signs, tags, seating cards, wine labels, choosing florals and linens, and populating the candy bar, pie station, and pop shop, it was amazing to see all of the colours come alive together. Not to toot our own horn or anything, but the wedding was truly spectacular!

The weather was phenomenal too, and it was sunny and uncharacteristically warm for October. The equally gorgeous bride {Julia} and groom {Iain, in his kilt} got married atop 'Wedding Hill' overlooking a forest of colourful autumn leaves. The venue, which is both rustic and elegant, was decorated with marigolds and oranges and pewter grays - everywhere was a little personal detail, and everything was perfect. Here are some photos taken as we were setting up...we will have some professional photos of the entire affair to share very soon, but in the meantime you can salivate over these!