Are we in France yet???

       These containers would look great in this venue!

Do you ever wish you could steal away to the south of france and have a lazy brunch sipping mimosas and eating well prepared organic foods?  You can!  Arcadia Farms in Scottsdale is such a charming little piece of the dream right here in the valley- just ignore that little plaque behind us that says "Bienvenidos a Arcadia farms" and pretend it reads "Bienvenue a Provence".  We recently took our friends Seth and Amanda (also francophiles) and pretended to be away from it all.  This place would make a lovely venue for an intimate lunch wedding or as the day after family brunch site.  I also dream of hosting a Mom's brunch here with an open bar on Mimosas! 

Kid's music that won't make you die inside...

another awesome picture from Kym

Aaron and I are always in search of good kids music, the kind that will inspire a young mind to maybe dance to a different beat, you know, create and form a little artistic brain.  We've found some good stuff like Dan Zanes, the standard Jack Johnson, Lisa Loeb has a great kids album and our latest find- Frances England is so good you'd probably listen to it on the way to the grocery store without your kid(s) in the back seat.  Check her out...

Attention crafty ladies!

All you DIY-er's should check out the newest offering from Bright Event Gallery.  I've noticed it's become more popular among brides to do it yourself, which I personally support and I always offer my bride's free floral advice on easy centerpeices or other easy decor projects.  So all of you crafty girls need to check this out!

Creating a stylish budget wedding

This is a sneak peak at a fabulous package we'll be offering along with 3 other fabulous vendors that have been mentioned over and over again in this blog so far, just because they really are THAT good!!!  Coming soon to my revamped website will be a "wedding package" page for that bride who is on a budget but wants style and beauty.  Oh yeah, those vendors again are Ventola Photography, Sweet Pea Bakery, and Paperjoy.  Call or email any of us for details!

The sweetest pea...

What could be more merry than the 25 extra pounds you'll put on from eating all that luscious holiday food??  Well, spend those calories wisely- on chocolate macaroons of course, at the Sweet pea bakery in downtown Phoenix.  Kym and I founded our blog "2 nerds in Phoenix" there and had our first photo session outside the bakery.  We're excited to be working on more projects with the super talented owner and chef Danielle.  

PS.  How awesome is this photography?!  Thanks Kym!

Happy toys!

Christmas shopping for kids can be downright scary these days, Aaron and I were really disapointed to find that almost every toy in Target is made in china.  Although we know we can't totally avoid it we hoped to get her a few fun toys that wouldn't potentially give her brain damage.  Much to my delight, I found these great items at the Children's museum of Phoenix today.  The tea set is totally environmentally friendly and made in the USA!  The book is a great way to encourage the little artist in Emma, Georgia O'Keefe is one of my faves, some of you know I have one of her flowers tatooed on my upper right arm.  The best part was they were really well priced and now I am officially done my christmas shopping, YAY!!!

Refresher course...

I'm new to this blogging thing, and I wanted to share some pictures of earlier work with JolieJour flowers, these pictures were taken by David de Dios in Aug. 2007 for a display at Bright event gallery- a wonderful place to check out when planning a wedding.