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August 16, 2023 ·

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For Angela 🍂 Gonna go back and share some magi

For Angela 🍂

Gonna go back and share some magical bouquets from this season! Swipe to the second slide to see all the yummy ingredients, learn some flower names, and get inspiration for later!

If you’re getting married and this is your vibe, SAVE this post for reference later, and then if you’re still looking for your florist, head to the link in my bio to set up a consultation ✨

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Another wedding season (just about) in the books 🎉

It’s always a little jarring when the grind of weddings every weekend slows down, but it’s always a pause I’m grateful for. Cooler weather always feels like the perfect time to slow down.

I’ve already been feeling more creative and inspired as my schedule and my mental capacity is opening up, and I’m so excited for the coming months, and hopeful for some new opportunities✨

Cheers!

Isn’t she ✨lovely✨? Stretching my creative

Isn’t she ✨lovely✨?

Stretching my creative muscles playing with some leftovers that dried so beautifully in their original installation (minus the lace flower that can just be removed when it starts to droop)

I tried not to trim the hydrangea stems (so they would remain versatile when I use them again for something down the line) and see what I could come up with using them at their current lengths.

I think this muted burgundy is one my new favorite fall colors, and loved working within a monochromatic palette, that still has a ton of depth to it through the natural variation within the flowers. The hydrangeas and amaranthus are both local from @solpatchgarden @pittsburgh_flowers and the quality shows 😍

I did add a touch of floral spray paint to the hydrangea to encourage more of the natural colors to fit the original palate I used them for, but I love how natural it still looks!

Where would you place this beauty??

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Color blocking is the new white and greenery! But

Color blocking is the new white and greenery!

But for real.. your wedding day is about YOU and what YOU like, not what Pinterest tells you you should like 🙃

If you’re looking for a fun, modern way to incorporate color into your wedding day, might I suggest color blocking (and also fruit)! It’s a fun way to view a lot of different flower varieties and textures in a way that spotlights them and gives your guests something to chat about at the table.

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The Handpicked Wedding Package, by Field and Hand

The Handpicked Wedding Package, by Field and Hand 👏🏼

A super simple, a la carte option for couples who love flowers, but don’t want to spend a lot of brainpower in the planning process.

Pick just what you need from a menu of available pieces in the color palette of your choice, then pick ‘em up and get married!

And if you really want to lean into the garden party theme of it all, add on some ✨accessories✨, like matching name cards and table numbers, dried rose petals, and a custom themed cocktail recipe 🥂

📸 @lizcapuanophotography

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It was a busy weekend 😮‍💨 1. Forgot to ta

It was a busy weekend 😮‍💨

1. Forgot to take video of the 4th bouquet 😪
2. If I look tired, it’s because I was !!
3. Tell my your favorite please 🤭

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Let’s add some ✨COLOR ✨ 💕🌸🎀🌺🦩

Let’s add some ✨COLOR ✨
💕🌸🎀🌺🦩🍇

This wedding was one my most favorite to design. Not only was there an abundance of bright, bold colors, but there was a strong emphasis on each specific color through color blocking, and the way it all worked together was truly incredible (thanks to a strong vision from the bride and the expertise of @wanderlustweddingsandevents in pulling alllll the details together)

I had so much fun finding flowers within each color block, but also those transitional flowers that allowed each color to seamlessly bleed into the next.

Plus, the fruit! Ugh try and name a better accent for floral arrangements 🍇🍊🍋🍑🥝

All this to say, if you’re choosing white and greenery for your wedding because they’re your favorite colors, awesome cool great, let’s do it up in a fun and creative way (+ fruit *cough*). BUT if you’re doing it to make a family member happy, or because it will look TiMeLeSs, or because it’s what the trends are telling you to do…. maybe let’s forget about all that and do what you know you really want to do 🙃

As always, inquiry form is in the bio for those COLORFUL (and white, if you must 😉) weddings!

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A wildflower wonderland! Wildflower weddings are

A wildflower wonderland!

Wildflower weddings are so so fun, because I truly just lead with my heart while I’m designing! I follow loose recipes based on flower shapes and sizes, and then just pull from my @pittsburgh_flowers haul as I feel led 😍

July and August are the most magical times for beautiful, local flowers in Pittsburgh!

Watch til the end to see the most wild “flower” of all 😂

📸 Cover photo : @spthomasphotography

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✨For Laura ✨ A fluffy, garden style bouquet f

✨For Laura ✨

A fluffy, garden style bouquet from last weekend. These colors are so so good for a spring wedding!

➡️➡️➡️

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For Monica ✨ Couldn’t fit more spring into th

For Monica ✨

Couldn’t fit more spring into this bouquet if I tried! We love a bride who loves color 😍

➡️➡️➡️ see what’s inside!

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The Violet Buzz 🐝 Dropping just in time for Mo

The Violet Buzz 🐝

Dropping just in time for Mother’s Day weekend, it’s a flowery spin on your (my) old favorite, the Bees Knees

Instead of straight honey, we’ve got a delightful blackberry honey syrup for the flavor, yes, but also the COLOR 😍

The floral flavors are coming from the pretty purple crème de violette, and we’re sticking with gin and honey to round it all out

Topped with violas from @pyrrhic_victory_garden , it’s the perfect thing to sip while celebrating mom ♥️

🐝The Recipe

2 oz gin
2 oz lemon juice
1 oz blackberry honey syrup *
1 oz crème de violette

*For blackberry honey syrup
6 oz blackberries
1/3 cup honey (or agave to make vegan)
1/2 cup water

Bring all ingredients to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes before straining. Let cool.

🐝To make the cocktail

1. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake for 30 seconds
2. Strain into a glass, and top with edible flowers

Happy Mother’s Day!!

📸 @lizcapuanophotography

#floralcocktails #fieldandhandcocktails #cremedeviolette #gincocktails #beesknees #springcocktails #pghflorist

The Handpicked Wedding package is here! If an eas

The Handpicked Wedding package is here!

If an easy breezy garden party style wedding is up your alley, then listen up! 📣📣

I designed this offering for couples who would put flowers at the top of their list of things that are important to them on their wedding day. Of course, flowers are not inexpensive, so I also had smaller wedding or elopement couples in mind. With that said, this package has the ability to reach farther than that.

To save you money, this is a PICKUP ONLY option, with pieces designed to be quick and easy for you to set up on your own at your venue. You pick the elements you need and your desired color palette, and we’ll pull together garden style arrangements fit for a laid back, relaxed celebration.

The Handpicked Wedding is my offering for Pittsburgh couples who:

🌸 Are obsessed with flowers and want their wedding to be heavy on the floral theme

🌺 Might be planning a smaller celebration and want to choose from an a la carte menu of floral offerings to fit exactly what they want and nothing more

🌼 Don’t have the budget to meet our full service minimum investment, but still want beautiful florals with a laid back feel

🪻Are excited about their wedding florals, but don’t have the interest or bandwidth to be hands on in the planning of their arrangements

Finally, because this package is to help create garden party-esque weddings, I’m also offering some pressed and dried flower accessories to help really carry the floral theme! Things like place cards, signage, toss petals, and even custom on-theme floral cocktail recipes 🥂

I’ll be sharing some more about these details in the coming days, but for now, feel free to head to the link in my bio to get the full rundown!

Cover photo 📸 (and soon to come product photos!) @lizcapuanophotography

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Something new coming to a Field and Hand near you

Something new coming to a Field and Hand near you 👀

✨5/8/24✨

📸: @lizcapuanophotography

Spoiler alert: you don’t need the fancy studio s

Spoiler alert: you don’t need the fancy studio space to have a successful floristry business 🤯

I’ve worked in my basement since I started Field and Hand in 2019, and having a home studio has allowed my business to grow in ways that it couldn’t have if I were working outside the home:

🌱 while working a 9-5 job alongside my business, I didn’t have another space to commute to to work on the flowers. While working full time from home, I could accept deliveries, have people swing by for pickups, and then pop downstairs after my formal work day

🌱 I don’t have to pay extra rent! And home studio expenses are tax deductible

🌱 I can be with my growing family while I work. This one’s the biggest for me. I can be at home with my son, and still make income for my family, in a way that wouldn’t be nearly as feasible if I had a separate workspace

My studio space is far from fancy, the lighting is not great for effortless content creation. But I worked hard, learned a new skill, and made it into a functional space that’s a lot easier to look at (and clean) while I do what I love ♥️

Cover photo 📸: @linneamariephotography

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Bring the garden inside! If you’d rather not st

Bring the garden inside!

If you’d rather not stress about the conditions for an outdoor wedding, there are still ways to have that natural, garden party feel indoors 🪻

🌺Choose a venue with a lot of character, and some unique focal areas, like this grand staircase @mansionsonfifth , a big fireplace, or a big brick wall

A blank slate is a great place to start!

🌸Figure out your budget for florals, and try and determine what elements are most important to you

Is it your ceremony backdrop? Your bouquet? Guest tables?

If you’re working with a strict budget, one large statement floral piece or installation can do wonders for giving you the feeling of lush abundance, rather than spreading your list of floral pieces across the entire venue for small pops throughout

🌼Let us transform your space into a floral wonderland! Remember those character elements at your venue, let’s cover them in vines greenery and fluffy flowers. Trust me on this one 😍

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The best budget tip 💰 Want to get the most ban

The best budget tip 💰

Want to get the most bang for your floral buck? Opt for a ceremony altar design that can be repurposed during your reception. Low, arching “meadows” like this one are PERFECT for repurposing.

If you have a limited budget, but still want to make an impact with your flowers, you have a lot of options for double duty designs. Floral pillars can (sometimes, depending on the mechanics) be repurposed behind the sweetheart table, or as a photo backdrop. Ground arrangements from anywhere in your ceremony set up can be used on bars or side tables, in front of your sweetheart table, or as accents on unique areas in your reception space.

We love not wasting flowers as much as you do, so we’ll talk about repurposing options during your initial consult.

Still looking for a florist for your late 2024, or 2025 wedding? Let’s chat!

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For Madison and Christine ✨ The wedding season

For Madison and Christine ✨

The wedding season started over here last weekend and it feels so good to be back. We kicked it off with the first ever wedding @franklinonpennweddings , in classic black and white and it looked like a goooooood time.

Christine and Madison were such a joy to create for and they deserve all the happiness in the world ♥️

➡️➡️➡️ for the matching bridal floral pocket square and those juicy flower deets

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Your April floral cocktail is HERE and I call her…

THE FIZZY FLEUR
🌸🥂🌼

She’s perfect for brunch or a warm afternoon when you want something light and refreshing (and cute!)

~The recipe~

3/4oz elderflower liqueur
3oz chamomile syrup*
1/2 oz lemon juice
2oz sparkling rosé

*for the chamomile syrup, boil 1 cup of water, and steep 1 chamomile tea bag for 5 minutes. Add 1 tbsp lemon juice and a drizzle of honey and let cool

~The steps~

1. Add elderflower, chamomile syrup, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker with ice; shake for 30 seconds
2. Pour into a glass, and top with rosé
3. Garnish with a lemon slice

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Wedding season starts this weekend for Field and H

Wedding season starts this weekend for Field and Hand and I’m SO excited to get back into it. Get ready to see some more beautiful bouquets and flower names hit your feed over the coming months 💐💐💐

We’re starting off at none other than Pittsburgh’s NEWEST and HOTTEST venue, @franklinonpennweddings and that’s just gonna be a blast. I’m equally excited to test out the space on Tuesday for their kickoff party and get even MORE pumped 🪩🪩🪩 (lemme know if I’ll see ya there 👀)

I’ve got a lot of fun things on my calendar over the coming months; events, workshops, grab and go bouquets, and obvi weddings! Gonna be busy busy busy but fun fun fun!

Ok that’s it for now just happy to be back and grateful to you all for following along bye!

Happy Earth Month! 🌎🌳🌷 I love finding ne

Happy Earth Month! 🌎🌳🌷

I love finding new ways to add sustainable practices into my business and workflows, and this month I’m going to highlighting some of the things I’ve added into my routines

It’s no secret that the wedding industry creates a ton a waste, so it’s important to me to do what I can to keep my contribution to that waste at a minimum. There are so many ways to do this in floristry, and while I’m certainly not perfect, I know that every little bit matters.

Here at Field and Hand, I don’t ever use green floral foam. While it may be a very convenient and useful tool, it’s full of microplastics and chemicals that are harmful to the environment and the people who work with it, and that’s just not worth it to me.

Instead, I often use @agra.wool.international wool blocks. They function in a similar way, are made from organic materials, and are compostable and sometimes reusable.

Using wool blocks for this photo backdrop for @kelseycunninghamphoto was a no brainer! The soaked wool kept the florals looking fresh all day, and the addition of some chicken wire kept everything in place.

Finding sustainable and eco friendly alternatives is certainly not easier than the old school ways, but a little extra creativity never hurt anyone 🙃

Follow along this month for more earth friendly floristry tips!

Cover photo 📸 @kelseycunninghamphoto

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