March 7, 2017

Margaret + Darrell’s Modern Portland Wedding

Margaret and Darrell were such a pleasure to work with, and I’m so thrilled I was able to be a part of their special day. Their wedding consisted of a modern rooftop celebration with their closest family and friends in downtown Portland. Their wedding was intimate and simple, yet classy. Margaret swears her career in interior design helped her through the wedding planning process, and it honestly couldn’t have turned out to be any more beautiful.

From the Bride:

“We met the old fashioned way, in a bar! A mutual friend had been trying to set us up for a while but Darrell was always traveling since he snowboards for a living so it never happened- one night I was out with our mutual friend and Darrell happened to be at the same bar coincidentally. We were finally introduced and a couple weeks later we were dating. We dated for 6 years before Darrell proposed on Cannon Beach by writing Marry Me? with a lantern and took a long exposure photo of it. I was standing behind the camera not knowing what he was writing since it was pitch black, 10 seconds later, Darrell is by my side as the words pop up and he got down on one knee. We wanted our wedding to be intimate but a real celebration – both of our families like to have fun! We met and live in Portland but most of our family lives out of state or in another country so we thought it would be a great excuse for some of them to come visit for the first time or visit again and see why we love it here. I’m an interior designer and I swear my job has helped me get through this process and making all of these decisions. We knew what we wanted for the most part and neither one of us needed to see a million different options. We chose something we loved when we found it avoided going down the rabbit hole, we’ve heard wedding planning can be like!”

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January 23, 2017

Ponderosa and Thyme Floral workshop // Dorset, England

The Ponderosa and Thyme workshop was taken place in the beautiful and tranquil country side of Dorset, England.

I have so many amazing memories from this workshop at the St Giles House, and feel so grateful and honored to have had the opportunity to go on this trip. I’m especially thankful to Katie from Ponderosa and Thyme for bringing me along. Photographing flowers is one of my favorite things to do, and I got to do it everyday in such a dreamy place. One of my favorite memories on this trip was spending the crisp mornings together foraging on the many acres of land that surrounded the St Giles House. I got to know so many amazing and beautiful people throughout this week, and formed friendships that I know will last a lifetime. Katie is such an incredible teacher and mentor. She has a way of digging deep and asking questions that really make you think as a creative. The students and myself were brought to tears everyday (good tears) because Katie not only brought her skills and expertise, but she brought her heart.