The big wedding was over and Max and I were in the home stretch, called "a strike" where everything gets taken apart and packed up. The remains were sorted and the vehicles were full. I started to pull out and head home. A powerful scent wafting from the backseat made me stop and turn my creaky body around. Some amazing fully blown garden roses sat in a bucket in the back seat perfuming the air. Leftovers from the wedding, the spoils we got to bring home and enjoy another day or two.
The roses were so beautiful. Damn! I'm such a sucker for flowers.
This is the largest event that I've been responsible for to date, together with Max Lampert (my designer co-hort). It necessitated several vans and a crew to pull it off. The venue was a rustic roadhouse in Nicascio, CA. with many little areas around the large property to dress up. The wedding family wanted a more sophisticated but still rustic feel. I had worked with Max (Staging to the Max), staging the bride's mother's home years ago and they expressed complete faith in what we were going to do. Wow. It makes such a difference in having appreciative and grateful recipients.
I didn't have a chance to take any photos from this wedding. Jon is learning my camera and he realized that I would be too busy, so he kindly (what a guy) offered to come shoot some pictures until the professional photographs are available. And also thanks to Dana, Max's partner who carved out time to put his talents to task, Suzanne Shellhart for the addition of some key garden flowers, and our crew, Carol, Cooper, Nancy, Carol K, and Sandy. And a special thanks to Julie, the chef and total mastermind behind Rancho's special events and her staff. There a a lot of loving hands behind these events.
Here's a few photos Jon took. I will be sharing the professional ones later.
This is a practice run for a vignette we are setting in the the entry
Installing the vignette
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