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Brownie Pop

September 1, 2011
by Anne
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Yummy In My Tummy: Brownie Pops

A few months ago my daughter and I were mindlessly watching a few shows on some random cooking channel {yeah, it was one of those days} when they started baking up these yummy looking brownie pops. mmm. It really surprised me how in to the show my little 4 year old got, she kept saying “mom let’s make those….let’s make that….mom, those look so good…mom we should have that for dinner!” {yup, she’s my kind of girl}. Anyhow, she really wanted to make the yummy brownie pops, and so I thought for her 5th birthday party would would give them a try.

don’t they look divine??? yum.

Just a few baking tips:

1. Gluten Free Brownie mixes don’t work in this pan. Yup, that was a mess. sad. oh well.

2. Make your brownies following the “cake like” instructions, not the “fudge like” instructions. That was another mess too.

3. Remember to spray the pan for EVERY BATCH of brownies that you make. ugh, it was just not my day.

4. Make sure you give yourself lots of time to make them, especially if you are going to make as many mistakes as me :-)  Because FYI: The brownies cook for about 35 minutes and then have to cool completely before you remove them from the Brownie Pop Mold. That can take a long long time…

But oh, I’d say they were worth all the effort, yummy:

:-)

Blue & Yellow Bridal Bouquet

August 19, 2011
by Anne
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Amanda & Ben

Here it is…the very last wedding flower post…well not the very last one EVER, but the last one for now. This Bouquet is the one I made for my sister-in-law’s wedding, which just happened to be the day after my sister’s wedding…it was a busy couple of days, but I am so happy for both of them! :-)

Amanda’s Bridal Bouquet {White Asiatic Lilies, Blue Hydrangeas & Creme de la Creme (pale yellow) Roses}:

I’m really starting to love Bouquet Gems…so pretty!

Erin's Bridal Bouquet

August 18, 2011
by Anne
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Erin & Joseph

Woops. I was supposed to post this yesterday, but I didn’t {c`est la vie}.

These are actually the wedding flowers I did for my sister’s wedding just a few weeks ago. I truly think this is my favorite bouquet EVER! Why didn’t my wedding look like this?!? ;-)

Erin’s Bouquet {Stephanotis, White Mini Callas, Purple Hydrangea, Purple Lisianthus, Moonvista & Moonlight Carnations, Vendella Roses, Blue Curiosa Roses and Glass Flower Gems – Wrapped in Green Ribbon}:

A close up. Sigh. I love these flowers…

Boutonnieres {White Mini Calla – Stems wrapped in green ribbon with a pearl pin}:

Pin-on Corsages {White Mini Calla, Stephanotis, Blue Curiosa Rose Petal Curls, Seeded Eucalyptus and a Glass Flower Gem}:

Wrist Corsages {White Mini Calla, Vendella and Blue Curiosa Rose Petal Curls, Purple Hysrangea, Seeded Eucalyptus and a Glass Flower Gem}:

Bridesmaid’s Bouquets {Vendella & Blue Curiosa Roses}:

Flower Girl Bouquets {Moonvista & Moonlite Carnations with Glass Floral Gems}:

Hopefully I will also be able to post a few of her bridal pictures…since I did the flowers for that also but didn’t have time to shoot any photos of just the flowers. Plus, get excited because there is only one more wedding to go until I’ll  be back to blogging about crafts instead of just posting pictures of my wedding flowers. { hip hip hooray…not that I haven’t enjoyed myself :-) }

Molly's Bridal Bouquet

August 16, 2011
by Anne
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Jon & Molly

So, just like I promised, here are a few pictures of the wedding flowers I did for my friend Jon and his cute new wife, Molly. This would be the 3rd wedding, out of 5, that I have done flowers for over the past 2 months. You can find pictures from the first two weddings here and here. And you can “enthusiastically anticipate” pictures from the 4th one tomorrow, and the 5th one the day after that ;-) phew…and then I will be done posting pictures of flowers…for now {bwah ha ha}.

Molly’s Bouquet {Peonies, Dahlias, Hydrangea and Freesia; wrapped in coral ribbon}:

Corsages {3 White Freesia & Seeded Eucalyptus}:

Boutonnieres {1 White Freesia with 2 open blooms & Seeded Eucalyptus}:

I also made a few bridesmaid bouquets but I didn’t have time to take any pictures. sad day. oh well. :-)

Gerb Corsage

August 15, 2011
by Anne
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Ashlee & Isaac

Remember the wedding flowers I did for my good friend Natalie the day after we moved in to our new house? Well, the fun hasn’t stopped, and I have since done the flowers for 4 more weddings. Usually I do about 2 or 3 weddings a year, you know, just a side hobby…but this year I have done 5 in the past 2 months, more like a part time job. ;-) I think it is time to take myself a little break. phew!

So, here are some pictures from wedding 2 out of 5:

Ashlee’s Bridal Bouquet {Orange Gerbs, Orange & Green Roses, Green Button Poms, Green Fuji Spider Mums and Purple Lisianthus}:

Bridesmaid’s Bouquet {same as the bridal bouquet just a bit smaller}:

Boutonnieres {3 Green Button Poms, Bear Grass and Israeli Ruscus}:

Corsages {1 Orange Rose, 2 Green Rose Petal Curls, 1 mini Orange Gerb, Bear Grass and Israeli Ruscus}:

Centerpiece {Orange Gerb and 4 Key Limes}:

Centerpiece {Limes, Oranges and Green Fuji Spider Mums}:

Centerpiece {Orange Gerbs, Orange & Green Roses, Green Button Poms, Green Fuji Spider Mums, Purple Lisianthus, Sliced Oranges and Key Limes}:

Someday I am going to actually fix up my ugly online floral portfolio so it will be pretty, and then I will post all my pictures over there and not over here. someday. :-) You know how it is…

…so until then stay tuned for pictures from the next 3 weddings right here on Floralshowers, because I am going to try to post them all this week. {I’ve been meaning to get this done, so we’ll see how far I get!}