Sunflower Bouquet

From Chandra Abel Designs

This bride showed me a photo of a bouquet that she liked that included sunflowers, but she wanted to add shades of purple. Other than that, she pretty much left the design up to me (which I loved!). Here's what we came up with.

Planted Designs

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From Chandra Abel Designs

Hey Peoples. Its been a while since I last showed you some of my work. Here's a photo (again by the amazing Melissa Fuller) of the Planted designs I've been working on. Right now, these terrariums are only available for custom orders and weddings, but keep your eyes peeled for them in boutiques and craft fairs in California.

My favorite bouquet

This bouquet is my absolute favorite out of all the ones I've made. The beautiful bride, Laura, wanted to include feathers in her bouquet, and is also very into things that appeal to her senses, especially smells. We wanted to incorporate materials from the location (the wedding was at the Tourists Club in Muir Woods - BEAUTIFUL!) so I gathered some geranium and branches of bay leaves. We also wanted to use other local materials (go sustainable!) so we used lots of wonderful smelling lavender. Her favorite flowers were ranuculus and peonies (a personal favorite for me too!), so of course I used those as well. Here's the finished product!

Orange County Register

Hi All! As some of you might know, I'm in the process of expanding my business to Southern California. A writer from the Orange County Register heard about me and contacted me about pricing for doing weddings more affordably. She did an article listing ways to save, and quoted me as the florist. Its just a small note in the graph section of the article, but I'm still pretty excited to be noted on there. Check it out if you have time, or if you know anyone getting married in Orange County.

Here's the link: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/wedding-people-economy-2413310-beckelman-year

My yelp reviews!

My yelp reviews are back! Yeah! They disappeared for a while for some reason (yelp is weird like that), but now they are up again. I've found yelp to be one of the best resources for finding businesses and service providers, so I am stoked to be on there. If you'd like to check out my reviews, you can view them here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/chandra-abel-designs-san-francisco

Hot Pink & Green Centerpiece

Here's sample for a May bride this year. She's on a budget, but wants something lush and full. Tulips are great for sticking within a budget, without looking cheap. I also used green hydrangea (great for taking up space/adding volume), green cymbidiums, waxflower, spray roses (a personal favorite!), hot pink ranunculus, button mums, and geranium leaves (which smell amazing). Enjoy!

Someone's blogging about me!!

Oh man I feel so special! I was google-ing myself tonight (Don't judge! I know you've done it!) and I saw my business name pop up under a photo credit for someone's blog. After clicking on it and checking it out, I found I'd been talked about for some of my designs! How exciting!! Just thought I'd share my thrill with you. Here's the link:
http://divineoccasions.blogspot.com/