Kennedy Occasions

03/18/2023

Although the temps are still chilly, the spring blooms are here and I’m so excited for this next season!

12/09/2022

WREATHS!
This year is just different and I am CRAVING the stillness that this season can bring. But with one more event this weekend, a holiday party Saturday night and our KO team gathering next week, I’m not QUITE there. But my new Christmas tree is up, shopping is done and all (4 sets!) of our matching family pj’s are in the queue…
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And I haven’t made A.SINGLE.WREATH.
I freaking love making wreaths!….
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So I’m going to design 5: fully decked out with my handwoven bases, velvet ribbons and large jingle bells and full of textured greenery. If you’d like one, let me know asap!
$70-$110

# holidaywreath

11/24/2022

May your table be long and beautiful and full of friends and family. Happy Thanksgiving!

11/24/2022

WREATH SEASON IS COMING!!!

11/22/2022

Anyone else almost done with Christmas shopping? Just me?
Aside from baby things, my favorite gifts to find are those for my team. I love searching for things I think they will love and I’m really excited about our gathering and service activity this year!
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11/21/2022

I’m a different person than I was this time last year. Instead of “wife, artist, business owner, etc.”, “mother” is now a part of my description and it still blows my mind every time it dawns on me. Six months has flown by.
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03/15/2022

What a fun surprise last weekend’s snow has been! And I’m not mad to be surrounded by snow this week with family in the WV mountains… But I’m ready for spring!
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03/08/2022

If you haven’t bought flowers since Valentine’s Day, this is your subtle nudge to treat yourself to some gorgeous spring flowers. Late February to mid-April brings some of the most beautiful flowers of the year!
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03/07/2022

Last week was full of spring weather and spring flowers and I’m not mad about it. BUT. We are headed to the mountains for a ski trip soon so I’m gonna need winter to hang around just a TEENSY bit longer!
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08/16/2021

Saturday was the third wedding date for Megan and Michael. After rescheduling their beach wedding and then cancelling those plans altogether, they opted for a closer option for their friends and family. We worked with tropical plants and blooms as a nod to their original design plans and the end result was bold, unique and so much fun!

06/23/2021

That gorgeous bouquet in the top left corner? I designed that for a sweet March 2020 bride whose wedding was battered with the onslaught of the pandemic. Her venue cancelled, her vendors and guests were unsure how to proceed, some of her flowers stuck in transit…But with incredible grace, she and her fiancée made plans to elope on a neighbor’s front porch and have their sweet March wedding. , and I worked safely and tirelessly to make this sweet day as perfect as we could! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I would be honored if you would vote for this beauty in the “wedding work” category of the Garden Rose competition happening NOW!

05/27/2021

Excited for a BIG installation for Monday’s wedding that will involve hundreds of stems of roses, peonies, spirea, eriostemon, hydrangea... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
May has been a whirlwind, but such a treat filled with precious brides, beautiful designs and talented vendor teams!

05/19/2021

This lovely bride couldn’t be kinder and I’m thrilled to see our work and her beautiful wedding day featured in People!
Photos by Matt Andrews

The couple were married Saturday at the picturesque Wightman Chapel in Nashville

05/11/2021

Mother of Urns... at least that’s how I’ll feel after this month!

05/04/2021

Welcome to my candle Op-Ed....⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Selecting the items to accompany your flowers and complete your centerpiece should not be left up to chance. Or whatever your friend used for their wedding. Or tiny clear votives picked up Hobby Lobby. This is YOUR WEDDING; you’ve dreamed and schemed and dropped loads of money and the details matter! Don’t throw clear tea lights at your table. Don’t use old, melted-a-thousand-times pillar candles caked in a dirty cylinder. Trust us: we designed a LOT of weddings, with all sorts of color palettes, and the end results are show stopping. Your color palette was carefully chosen. Your flowers were thoughtfully curated. Your candles and final details deserve the same consideration!

03/26/2021

Oh hi, it’s me! It’s Friday and I’m in the studio creating bouquets and bouts for tomorrow’s wedding but wanted to introduce myself to some new followers! I don’t show my face here too often, but that’s me, casually tweaking the nearly 16 ft tall floral arch of my dreams! 😉

I love when a wedding is totally different than something we’ve seen before. I will, shamelessly, try to encourage you to use color in your wedding. I will tell you that candles are important and prove it to you.

Personally, passport stamps make my heart happy in a way I can’t describe and I’m dreaming of ALL the travel. I love the color green, leggings, winter, Thin Mints and Corgis and I’m currently binging (and INVESTED in!) Cobra Kai on Netflix. Tornadoes scare the **** out of me and I’m a bit amped up today after last night’s storms. Anyone else?

03/26/2021

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I don’t like pampas grass. It’s messy, too trendy and it gets on EVERYTHING. It’s also looks like swords in most designs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
HOWEVER, I bit my tongue when these gorgeous stems arrived from New Mexico and my team and I created this beautiful, boho aisle for one of our late fall brides. With a lush growing installation on a custom built stage, vintage rugs and hand blown glass bottles, this ceremony setup lands in our top 5 favorites of 2021....a place I swore pampas grass would never land. So congratulations pampas grass, you won me over, this time!

03/23/2021

Let’s hear it for appropriately proportioned bridal bouquets!!! 🙌🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Pro tip: Bigger is not always better! 😉 This bouquet is FULL of ranunculus and garden roses: popular, beloved, not inexpensive blooms. With less than 7 stems of greenery, this bouquet features focal, show stopping blooms, minimal/no filler and allows your dress (on which you’ve spent THOUSANDS of dollars) to not be overshadowed or for your frame to be dwarfed. A bouquet 6x the size of your head looks a ta**ry. Choosing quality and timelessness over quantity and bulk is always a win.

02/25/2021

Excellent tips and plan for Spring and Summer weddings!

https://thegettogetherevents.com/theblogposts/protocol-for-your-safe-covid-era-wedding?fbclid=IwAR1MDSyY36naADlESjZXRlC2G_ZG6PpSg2-8WeF_NxYlUwcfPKquoGQcM8w

In the last few days, Governor Cuomo has announced some very vague new rules for reopening events in New York. Emphasis on vague. In Nashville, approval of your event is required through the Health De

02/23/2021

Details: an individual feature, fact or item. The backbone of a creative’s business. Collectively, details make the wedding that creates the experience and lives on in memory long after the sun sets on your wedding day. i.e. DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT.

02/21/2021

A few years ago, , and I dreamed up a “Waiting for spring” inspired shoot in Mammoth Lakes, California. With the dreamiest of early spring blooms, my mother in law’s epic diamond ring, a gorgeous couple and vintage winter sports gear, we traipsed around in the snow having the MOST fun. It’s one of my favorite events and some of my favorite images. Today, as the snow is slowly melting after days of ‘snow’ much fun, I find myself anxiously “waiting for spring”....

02/15/2021

This winter-loving girl is hoping for LOADS of snow today!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Stay safe guys....we have a thick layer of ice on EVERYTHING around us right now!

02/12/2021

Pro tip: Wedding details are important. Add styling flowers to your floral proposal (it’s not an expensive add-on and packs a big punch!) to ensure your stylist/photographer/designer has premium, gorgeous blooms and botanicals to work with, and not just dredges from the discard piles. And, if budget allows, hire a stylist/designer to your vendor team...Your details will be WELL curated and documented! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Flatware:

02/11/2021

I really don’t love photos of me but I’m trying to be better about sharing who I am/face behind the business. Also, those pitiful roots and gray hairs really needed to be celebrated because 2020 was tough.

02/11/2021

Flower friends, I’m wishing you all endless amounts of caffeine, energy in all its forms and stamina you’ve only ever dreamed of in these next 4 days! You’re going to make so many people happy this Valentine’s Day and I can’t wait to see the beauty you create!! 💪🏻 If you’re still taking orders, let me know so I can share your info!

02/10/2021

Carve out time for the two of you to be photographed, alone, in a beautiful setting. If your photographer or planner doesn’t suggest it, tell them it’s something you want! In a very digital world, THESE are the photos you frame and hang in your home.

01/17/2021

Should you incorporate color into your wedding? 1000%. I promise it will be more fun. 😘

01/06/2021

It seems my over-the-sink candid snapshots are crowd favorites. Maybe I’ll try posting more bts, iPhone shots to share in the new year! .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

01/01/2021

Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
On the day we took this photo, things around us started shutting down. We missed a border shutdown by less than 36 hours. We left Canada, got home and got cozy. An appropriate photo for our New Year’s card! It’s been a year; one no one will ever forget. We have laughed and debated and cried more than I believed was humanly possible! Grateful to our precious clients who trusted us with their flowers, to our communities that rallied around us and bought SO MANY BOUQUETS and to our 2021 clients filled with hope and excitement...you’ve all been bright spots for our small business in this whirlwind! THANK YOU and may your 2021 be filled with growth, happiness and new hope.