There’s so much love and joy to share about our florist and dessert catering work fulfilled for Lauren and Dan on their wedding day at Tivoli in Fallbrook, on February 9, 2024.
first of Spring stems
As soon as Spring was official, I was deep in colorful stems. I’m sharing what I designed within a weeklong streak of gorgeous blooms for bouquets and bud vases.
surprise dinner party
My daughter turned 20 on the first day of Spring. To celebrate, I pulled-off hosting a surprise dinner party for her and her friends, highlighting florals, good food, and her mom’s dessert. This was so fun! Sachi was surprised!
juicy color in fall tones
We are highlighting the photography by Bree of Parallel33 Photography, capturing our wedding floral work and install at Botanica the Venue in Oceanside, for Lexi and Ryan.
chocolate ganache: three ways
Chocolate ganache is simple and delicious, easily elevating your dessert-life with the use of prepared chocolate and a milk/cream of your choice. There are a few ways to go about chocolate ganache, and I thought it would be nice to share all three of my methods in one post: Quick One-Cup, Drizzling, and Thick Firm-Setting.
Ganache is a staple recipe I make at least once a week (especially for my dessert catering work via Mili’s Sweets). This is a naturally gluten free food that can be made vegan.
Ashley & Christopher in North Carolina
I’m truly in awe of what Karen is able to pull off! She arrived in North Carolina, sourced, created, and installed all of the wedding flowers for Ashley and Christopher at their beautiful black tie wedding in Wallace, North Carolina.
dreamy tree arch
We gave our all to take good care of Sally and Billy on their wedding day – with custom flowers, plus wedding cake and a dessert table spread on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at Botanica Gardens in Oceanside, California.
Peek at our post of the flowing tree arch – a dream-installation – naturally framing the pond and waterfall, without compromising this beautiful space, or the integrity of the precious tree.
No-Knead Artisan Bread: easy. awesome. dutch oven method.
This is the easiest and best dough (for bread, focaccia, fritelle, or pizza) that I am constantly making.
Everything I have ever loved or wanted in a home-baked loaf, is wrapped inside this comfort-food recipe for easy and awesome, no-knead artisan bread. Here we have a golden, crisp crust, and soft-pillowy air to the inside, with the sounds and taste that bring me more joy and notes from my childhood than I can put into words.
August at Botanica Gardens
I’m sharing details of our custom-recipe dessert catering at Botanica Gardens in Oceanside. This August we were onsite to set three unique dessert tables plus wedding cake for our beautiful wedding couples.
It’s fun to share the visuals and look back in a busy wedding season. (The weekends of late-summer and early fall go by so quickly, one week feels like three have passed!) These images and notes also help our potential clients consider specific quantities and how they may be presented.
flowers, “New Bay,” and Nonna’s cakes
We celebrated Nonna’s 80th birthday as a family with a seafood boil featuring our New Bay seasoning, July-baby floral arrangements to decorate, and her two favorite cakes.
bud vases and joy, for Julieann & Cole
Fine-tuning the details for Julieann and Cole’s wedding day at Botanica the Venue in Oceanside was a joy. Our team gave love, personal care, and attention as wedding vendors via florist work from Glorified Hobby, and custom dessert catering via Mili’s Sweets.
L & O at Ethereal
Laurie and Oliver traveled from Hawaii to plan their San Diego-destination wedding at Ethereal Gardens.
Together we created custom flavors for an unstacked, three wedding cake display, alongside a dessert table to enjoy with their family and friends.