I love the first signs of spring – and all the loveliness that goes with it.  This arrangement, which we made in 2009 for a magazine soot, i still so timeless and relevant – I love the romantic feel of it, and the yummy Magnolia blossoms.  Right now we have a ton of 8 foot tall magnolia branches in our studio waiting to bloom any moment with the help of some TLC and direct heat.  Yum!  Can’t you just smell spring around the corner? What are your favorite spring time blooms for spring weddings?

I love how this model looks with our magnolia flower clip – wouldn’t they be great after the veil comes off for a reception accessory?

We had so much fun being back on New Day Northwest  – everyone is so sweet to work with!  Here’s our clip – it shows the really cool new product we found  – Floralgrid!  More about that in tomorrow’s post!

I so enjoyed working with Tiffany over the last 18 months – we designed her beautiful “rustic but elegant” wedding at the fabulous Sodo Park. No professional photos yet, but here is a sneak peak of her  personal flowers!!

Snoberries, garden roses, calla lillies and Scabiosa pods were featured in Tiffany’s bouquet, while the bridesmaids bouquets had scabiosa, dusty miller and gray bersilia berries.  My favorite were the berry boutonnieres!

Our good friends and fabulously talented photographers Ken and Tanya Sheppard from Azzura Photography were out and about at the wedding show furiously capturing everyone’s art. Here’s a few shots of the booth design we created for Herban Feast and Sodo Park! Our “edgy enchanted fairytale” booth featured overgrown branches, whimsical birds and butterflies, lots of moss, and a subtle “earth to sky” color palette of earthy chocolate, moss green, turquoise blue and navy.  For a subtle pop of color we HAD to throw in 2012’s Pantone Color of the Year, Tangerine!

Thank you, Azzura, for capturing our art!

Many of you visited us at the Seattle Wedding Show – we had so much fun designing and creating the “edgy enchanted fairytale” design for the wonderful Herban Feast and Sodo Park booth, and were delighted to win Best of Show!

It was such a pleasure to meet new vendors, lots of new brides, and to be able to give away a custom bouquet designed by Daniela herself, to one lucky bride.  And the winner is??

Melissa Holzer!

Congratulations!  We will contact you shortly to go over the design details. And to the rest of you, we couldn’t leave you totally empty handed either…so contact us if you signed up and we’ll send you a surprise!

Our sister company, Varmala Design, creates South Asian and fusion weddings – full of yummy colors & traditions.  We were so excited when Laura Cassidy of Seattle Met Bride and groom called us to design a South Asian themed table – everyone knows we LOVE color, so we had to bring it!! What do you think?

Love how these colors popped!

Fabulous Paperie by Covet and Swoon – Menus, table numbers, escort cards and favor tags to match!

I love the destination weddings that we do here at Bella Signature Design – I love working with the bride and groom to get every detail correct, even when  long distances challenges us at every turn.  I SO enjoyed the trips to Napa and Sonoma to scout locations and design every element of this event! This wedding was such a fabulous one, the quintessential wine country wedding with a luxurious touch.  No detail was overlooked, and while we don’t have the professional photos yet from the fabulous Catherine Hall, here are a few sneak peaks. It was such a pleasure to design and collaborate with the wonderful Asiel Design!

I adored this rich color palette of eggplant, magenta and pear.  Absolutely elegant and rich, without being stuffy.

The ceremony was held out at the fountain – I love how the modern ghost chairs looked with the vintage feel of the fountain, and the lushness of the florals – yum!

The florals war absolutely over the top stunning!  Rich hues of magenta, fuchsia and eggplant, with tall arrangements of orchids, roses, calla lilies, stock, and yes, even carnations!

Fabulous lower arrangements close to the tabletop created a rich runner of blooms, especial set against the fabulous linens by La Tavola.

Cake, dessert and dancing was in the barrel room….see sneak peak below – more pictures next post!!

“Oh, L’amour, L’amour” (to quote one of my all time plays and movies)..

The engagement season is upon us!  More couples get engaged between Christmas and Valentines than any other time of the year.  This is one of our favorite times, as we get to meet with new brides all excited about their weddings, inspiring us to create, think out of the box, and design something so custom that it is utterly YOU.   Bella Creative is a group of boutique event design firms, to meet your every wedding design need here in Seattle, and anywhere you need us to go.   Here is a breakdown of our services:

Bella Signature Design

Bella Signature Design is our parent company, and has been creating weddings in the Pacific Northwest and beyond since 2002.  A full event design company, we specialize in working actively with you to design every aspect of your wedding, from color palette, atmosphere and feel, to details such as cake design, invitation design, event branding and of course, floral, linens, lighting, and all things pretty. We are known for our creativeness and ability to uniquely capture your essence in the style and decor we create for you so that each guest intimately experiences YOUR wedding – not a cookie cutter wedding.  All florals are created in-house, and graphic design, lighting and linens can also be in-house or outside vendors.  Design services begin at $5000.

BLOOM by bella

Bloom is our floral company, and was created for all those brides who feel in love with our florals but didn’t want to spend $300 on a centerpiece.  Our annual collections give brides affordable and beautiful options.  In addition to our floral collections, clients can add-on linens, rentals such as chargers and candle holders, etc.  BLOOM is more A la Carte than Bella, and is perfect for the couple who does not want full design services.  BLOOM has no minimums, and works various budgets.

Varmala Wedding Design

Varmala specializes in cultural weddings, especially South Asian cultures such as East Indian and Persian wedding traditions.  Varmala staff is well versed in the needs & traditions of cultural weddings, and can provide incredible decor, rentals, and expertise not found anywhere else in Seattle.  Varmala is available for design, floral and rental services.  Visit Varmala’s web site at www.varmala.net

wedding rendering

Covet and Swoon

We are SO excited to add the fourth part of our quatrefoil (yes, there is a reason why the quatrefoil is in our logo and so ubiquitously prominent in all of our branding) to Bella Creative!  Covet and Swoon is the graphic design division of Bella Creative.  After working with years with the ultra talented Marissa Mead we just HAD to bring her on board, so Marissa and (Bella’s founder) Daniela created Covet and Swoon.  From custom invitations to branded wedding items such as totebags, drink stirs, favors and all sorts of crazy yummy details, Covet and Swoon can create as much or as little as you need.  Whether you just need to add on escort cards or want to create a custom logo for your event, and have that logo carried out into the details, Covet and Swoon promises to delight and make you and your guests swoon.

And so, our quatrefoil is complete.  How may we help you create your next event?

I loved the color palette we used for this New Years shoot for a national event magazine. Gold is so hot for 2012, and here we mixed it in a mixed metallics pallet of copper, platinum and gold, with hints of gray and taupe. Yum!

Photos by the lovely Laura Marchbanks and Steven Fogell.

I love New Years.  It’s a new start for all of us, an opportunity to breathe fire into our passions, start anew with our plans and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.  After a bad car accident this year, I feel blessed.  Blessed to be alive, to be talking and walking, to have two amazing children, and to have a thriving business creating beauty for YOU.  My car accident shook me up in more ways than one.  I will never forget the feeling that the sky was falling, watching one of my best friends in pain in the passenger seat, and looking in the rearview mirror after it was all over and seeing that big, blue semi truck staring at me like a monster breathing fire.  I still remember glass shards flying through the car, a random cd sailing  towards the back seat, and the rush of horror as I look and saw my son’s car seat crushed into the passenger seat – followed by the hugest flood of relief as I remembered the children weren’t in the car.  I remember laying on the board and feeling sprinkles of the rain on my face as the EMT’s strapped my head to the board in the middle of the highway, and being oddly grateful that the semi hit us AFTER we had set-up the wedding, versus before. I am grateful that someone was watching over me, that I get to hear my children’s laughter for many years to come, that I will eventually get to dance again, and that I will continue to create beauty for all of you.  I look forward to all the amazing weddings, parties and special moments I will get to create with you.  Happy New Year!