At Bella Signature Design we always love the opportunity to design something for one of the bridal magazines, so when editor Laura Cassidy from Seattle Metropolitan called a few months ago with a need for boutonnieres, we enjoyed preparing a few for her lavender and cherry wedding idea.  I love how her featured came out, and which of our bouts she chose!  It’s always interesting to see out of all the items you prepared, which ones will be published.  Often it can be whatever went best with the story, whatever looked best with the model, or how cool the photography turned out on a particular item.  As a designer, it’s hard to give up control over things you crafted, but the pay-off (of getting published) s nice, even when it’s somehtign small like these boutonierres.  Any chance to tell our story, to show that we do something different, is fabulous!

We had Philip Meadows shoot these just before they were dropped off, so here’s a few behind the scenes look at what was in the magazine!

I like to think outside of the box, even on something little like a flower boutonniere!  I loved how these little red hypericum berries nestled in next to the calla…