Violet Lane

26/08/2024

2️⃣ years snuck up on me so quickly ✨🥂 A couple weeks ago I was struck by the marked change that's taken place in the last 2 years.

If year one was categorized as the "CHAOS of CREATION" then year two will be known as the year of calm - something so much closer to what sustainable reality can look like for me and for Violet Lane.

In year one I hustled - as one must when you're building something new. This year I moved in silence like lasagna (iykyk) - I took incredible care of myself and spent more time than I would have liked to tending my bodily needs and demands and getting really clear on how much I can do sustainably. Sustainable growth is what I hope to be the mantra of year 3. I'm ready to put my head down and create some amazing things.

The behind the scenes work I've been putting in to plan the next 3-5 years of Violet Lane has been incredibly difficult not to share - anyone who knows me knows I'm a yapper 🤓🥰

Good things are coming and to celebrate the hard work I've put in I'm taking a big break. I'm traveling, visiting with friends and family, and taking in so much inspiration to bring back home to create artful botanical florals for anyone who's Wildly Curious like me ⚔️😘🌷

See you in September, friends 💜

21/08/2024

Whether you're getting married in a lux spot downtown Des Moines or a back road far away from the city lights, your bouquet will be your favorite accessory ✨💍

We were 🥹🥹 when we saw H & A snuck away for a private sunset dance -- and only their bouquet from Violet Lane (and the stellar team ) was there to witness 🫠

We're drawing up designs with couples planning weddings of all sizes and aesthetics but H's garden party bouquet will always live rent free as one of our favorites ⚔️

If you're getting married in Ames, Des Moines, or at any countryside venue in Iowa, we want to build a floral plan that brings your vision to life ♾️

We're currently matching with couples getting married in:

Winter 2024/2025 🌹
Spring 2025 🌷
Summer 2025 🌻

and rumor is we're offering a hefty thank you (in the form of a credit) for any couple booking before November 1st 🤫🤑

01/08/2024

🚨🌸🚧💐 BLOOM BAR ALERT ⤵️

Local Iowa flowers
in sunset colors 🍒🍊🍋🫐🍇
sold by the stem 🌻
make a bouquet or we can build one for you 🤠
wrapped up for you to take home or gift 🫶

📍
🆙 to the 2nd floor studio 200 .quinn.art
August 2nd AKA First Friday
5-8 p

Food, drinks, photography exhibition, music, art installation dedication by

& good vibes throughout the building
Perfect for lovers and frands 💃

24/07/2024

Confession time: 🫣😱 I haven't done that many weddings.

Let me tell you what I have done:

x I stood on the side of the interstate with a college student after their first car accident

x I have helped parents bury their children after tragic accidents

x I have gone to a home crushed beneath a tree to assist the family in packing what is essential

x I have been able to share with a grieving wife that her husband had paid for life insurance and she wouldn't have to worry about her and their children's future

x I've spent countless hours wading through flooded basements

The uniting thread throughout my career is my dedication to serving others and helping them transition through big life moments.

So yeah, I haven't done that many weddings, but to me that's my superpower 🚀👩‍🎤🤘

My portfolio may be limited, but I'm about impact - if you agree, I'd love to discuss your wedding dreams and create something beautiful together💍💐

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19/07/2024

Bloom Bar is back and heading to Highland Park this Sunday to for a high-key good time! 🌸

will be there with refreshments 🫖 and in honor of the absolute genius of Brat album 💚 - we seriously can't stop listening - we've scoured the countryside for all the green, white, and "black" local blooms we can find!

We'll share all the inspo for the theme and sneaks of the gorgeous flowers themselves throughout the weekend in stories 👀, but plan to stop in and build yourself a bouquet on Sunday as part of the incredible 💐

17/07/2024

True love doesn't always mean you want to drop $50k on a party or have an 18-month lead time to plan and frankly most of us break out in hives thinking about planning a Pinterest level luxury wedding 😅🥵😶‍🌫️

We're big fans of small, intimate affairs - weddings with just you and your crew are our specialty 🫶🥂💍

If you are keeping your wedding circle small, you still deserve the florals of your dreams - we offer a la carte options for you!

Whether you're looking for just a bouquet or a few extra floral moments to make your day full of flower goodness, all we ask is for 2 weeks notice 💌💚

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04/07/2024

7.4.15 ✨🎆🖤🤍⚜️

We threw a Great Gatsby themed wedding on a DIY budget. The irony hits harder every year 🤓

Our moms, aunts, and grans did most of the decor. I still use the votives we all painted together during my bridal shower 🕯️⚜️

Half our wedding party + our officiant, worked at the where we met - which contributed heavily in the decision to get married on a holiday ♥️🤍💙

My wedding dress was purchased online from a non-wedding retailer.

I didn't know anything about flowers at that time, but the masters took my one note of "I like peonies" and set me up with a chic bouquet filled with David Austin Roses ✨

We smoked stogies and watched the fireworks over the Cedar River from the rooftop 🎆

Zach let me choose our first dance song so I chose the first song I ever heard about love, still popular after all these years 🎶

As time goes by it's such a delight to go through these photos again and again - you cry for the smiles you miss seeing everyday; you laugh at how much the little ones have grown; you cry and laugh at every one of your friends drawing 🍆 in the sparkler photos;

It reminds you how special love is: something definitely worth celebrating 💍✨

02/07/2024

July is always a special month for us because my husband and I celebrate our anniversary on the 4th 💍🎆

This year marks 9 years married and we're def going to share throwbacks in celebration of a holiday announcement for our couples! If you're getting married in 2025, you'll want to 👀 check in here while you're out making mems 🧨🏊‍♀️🏖️🎆

In addition to our anniversary we're celebrating the 80th birthday of my grandmother next week, so I've made the decision to suspend single orders for the first half of July. Designing for y'all is so special to me, but it's important to model sustainable rest practices which are part of my ethics. I hope your schedule allows for some rest time, too. 🌸

We'll be back in the 2nd half of the month with a Bloom Bar
hosted by to celebrate the with the - it's going to be such a fun party! 💐🫖

And finally, we'll start August with a Bloom Bar at at my flower friend .quinn.art studio for First Friday! This is one of our favorite DSM events so we're extra stoked! 🌸

The times are wild y'all so kiss the ones you love, kick off on an old back road, and get lost on the wild side this holiday weekend. 💚💜

23/06/2024

This song has been so healing 🍓🌸☀️
We hope these designs are healing, too 🙏🫶🌸

We say our designs are "artful botanicals" because we use nature as our muse and aren't afraid to think outside the flower. Each design takes nature on a fine art adventure, and our inspiration expands far and wide. For example...

Slide 1 reminds us of those potluck salads that have jello powder and marshmallows in it 🍨

Slide 2 is the song Country Roads by John Denver

Slide 3 is Bridgerton season 3

Slide 4 is a purple cottage garden

Slide 5 is a bowl of starburst candy 🍬

Slide 6 is one of those frothy Starbucks pink drinks 🍓

Slide 7 was to commemorate the spring solar/lunar eclipses 🌠

What do you think? Which arrangement are you putting on your dining table this summer? 💜🌸🫶

10/06/2024

💐🚨 G I V E A W A Y 🚨💐

We had to cancel an event this week due to that darn Midwestern wind 💨 so we're sitting pretty on the most stunning local flowers from SO we're spreading the love and giving away one Wildly Curious bouquet to a lucky winner!

We're also using this opp to celebrate 1200 of y'all in the wildly curious gang! This is one of the first milestones we set when starting out and we are so touched anytime we talk to someone who has been impacted by our flowers 💐✨

H O W T O W I N 🌈🫰🤠

Today and tomorrow (Mon and Tues) answer ANY of the polls in our stories ⏫ and that's one entry! Enter as many times as you like! We'll post the winner Wednesday morning 🫶✨ Central IA fam only 💐✨

We want to build a community that reflects our values and give you the insider info you want the most. We're really curious 😉 to hear your thoughts!

Tag a friend that needs a bouquet in their lives! 🫶

05/06/2024

Bouquets lately 🍇🧈🕊️🫐 🥭

Ever wanted to make a bouquet yourself?

Bloom Bar by Violet Lane Florals is the best place to start! We're bringing our Bloom Bar to downtown Ames tomorrow (Thurs 6/6) during Art Walk!

Stop by .distilled to build your own flower bouquet from 5-8 - we'll be right out front! 💐

If you've never been to Art Walk before, it's one of our favorite Ames events: over 45 local artists will be present in participating downtown shops 🤯 You can chat with the artist, buy their art to display in your home or office, and get a chance to see what the downtown businesses have to offer in the summer!

We'll have local blooms from farms across Central IA ready for you to build your own artful botanical bouquet to take home! 🌸

03/06/2024

Pride month is here and flowers are the q***rest profession in our opinions 😹 hear us out ---

Flowers are the reproductive organs of plants and my literal job is to pick the prettiest ones and arrange them for you to put on your table and stick your face in them ☠️😹🌸🫶

See? Super q***r 🌈

As for us, we're here for the g**s, the theys, and all those who feel most at home with the q***r community.

Dean Pelton from the show "Community" is one of our favorite q***r representations in media and a bit like us he refused to be placed in any one box of definition. Like him we're about 2/7s of the way out of the closet, but our defining philosophy is we are here to be love, create love, and celebrate true love in any form it shows up in this lifetime 🌸🫶

Scroll through our rainbow slide deck of flowers and let us know your favorite flowers to stick your face in 😉

31/05/2024

× I never thought I'd own my own business.
× I never considered myself an artist.
× I never considered my point of view worthy of sharing.

I was just a small town girl with a soft heart, why would my perspective matter?

⚖️ The truth is I've been training to run my own business my whole career, and I just didn't realize it.

🖼️ The truth is, I've been creating art constantly, not recognizing its potential impact.

🌸 The truth is, flowers were the first artistic medium I've felt safe creating in and it shows in my work.

🗺️ The truth is, when I share my story and my perspective new friends come from seemingly nowhere to meet me along the way.

It took me removing the elaborate mask I had created for myself in order to function in this society to realize that I'm the artist I've been looking for all along.

Even though I never saw this future for myself when I started my career, it finally feels like I'm exactly where I need to be: creating inspiring floral works to help you reimagine your relationship with nature 🌱

This spring my friend and colleague
joined me in my home and captured me and my collections with the most beautiful accuracy I've ever known.

I collect old things and new things and nature gifts me with little blessings every time I'm outside, and to share that with y'all feels intimate and appropriate. I don't have a fancy studio (yet) and every one of our designs is made in my home, surrounded by all the wonderful things that inspire me to be the best artist I can be 🫶✨

15/05/2024

🌸 P E T A L S L A Y ⚔️

What is petal slay?

When working with flowers that are completely stunning as individuals, instead of showing the whole bouquet or arrangement it's better to zoom in. Way in.

📸 Detail shots can

- show the nuances of a color palette 💛

- highlight the most precious details that would otherwise go unnoticed 💜

- exude the true personality and feeling of the moment 💚

Every Saturday in stories we share the week's best petal slays and put the stunners in our highlights ⤴️

Mother's Day had so many we thought we'd bring them to the grid this time ✨

Enjoy and let us know in comments which flower left no crumbs 🌸⚔️

12/05/2024

Mother's Day has always been an awkward holiday for me personally. Like many of us, I grew up in a non-traditional family structure and my mothering came from so many people, none of whom I ever called "mom". My own mother was a victim of cancer and lost her life in her 20s, when the American dream said her life should just be starting.

Since she left this world before I can remember, grief isn't crushing this time of year as you might imagine; rather, I choose to honor the people who don't have the title but show up anyway for kids who need it.

My mothers were my grandmothers; my friends' moms who opened their houses and hearts to this little girl who needed it.

My mothers were my teachers who I respected and admired.

My mothers were my best friends who taught me about unconditional love.

My mothers were my music teachers for finding the first thing I'd sit still for.

When I got married, I gained a friend and mother in my MIL.

Our mothers show up in our lives in a myriad of ways, if we just believe enough in magic to recognize them ✨

Now that I'm a grown woman with my own path, I want to be the cool auntie - the one who shows up for all my friend's kiddos. Society puts so much pressure on families to do it alone- we've forgotten it takes a village.

My American dream looks a lot like this: making flowers to celebrate anyone who mothers. I think my mom would be really proud, and I bet yours is too 🫶✨

We're building bouquets today for anyone who needs one - treat your mom or treat yourself to Bloom Bar in Highland Park from 10-4 💐😘

📸 By in

08/05/2024

We're pouring ourselves some espresso ☕ and going head's down to create some beautiful floral stories for your moms this weekend 💛🤍💜

Consider this your final call to order a bouquet for pickup in Ames or surrounding communities!

We're passionate about providing florals to the small communities in which we live. Our small towns are filled with hardworking and talented people, so let us help you celebrate Mom right with a wrapped bouquet from Violet Lane Florals 🫶✨🌸

If you live in Des Moines or don't see this post until after 5:00 pm on Thursday 5/9 - we're bringing one of a kind fresh floral arrangements to starting on Thursday through the weekend!

Better yet? Bring Mom to on Sunday 5.12 to build her own bouquet 💐💐💐

Catch you on the flip side friends! 🤙
- your wildly curious flower lady

06/05/2024

M O T H E R' S D A Y ⚜️🥂🦢🐚🍇👾

We know what moms want 🪩 📣 We know what moms like 🐚
They wanna stay up (till 9:15 pm) 🎆
and party all night (in their pjs not being in charge of anything) 💁‍♀️💁‍♀️

We also have a hunch they'd like flowers! Which is why we'd love to design something special for your mom this holiday. These bouquets would also make for nice grad gifts for the person in your life ✌️🫶💐

We've got an amazing lineup of bouquet pickup spots:

in greater Slater, IA - our hometown spot for coffee
- our fav local hangout in Madrid
- we order lunch to-go at least once a week here, a must try! Polk City
- Somerset Ames, right next to the distilled - our very first pop-up spot in Downtown Ames! Our recs: gua sha or jade roller if you're looking for a gift mom would love 😊
- THE place for plant moms (and dads) in downtown Ames!

We're also offering VIP Delivery options for bouquets and arrangements to get mom's weekend started off right! Snag one of a select number of deliveries we're accepting for Friday 5.10 and Saturday 5.11, we'll update ya'll in comments and stories once they sellout 😎

Lastly, we've manifested a Violet Lane pop-up Mother's Day experience that we'll post all the details for in the next post, so this might be a good time to subscribe for notifications - you're not going to want to miss this!

30/04/2024

Rarely does life leave enough time for us to capture the true beauty of some of our designs. Here's a few of our favorites from Spring so far. 💚💜🤍🩷💛

Mother's Day edit is now live. 💻 Capture this holiday for Mom with wildly curious bouquets and arrangements for pickup or delivery. 💐

23/04/2024

4 or 5 years ago I spent $25 buying discount tulip bulbs at Menards. Now I know a lot more about sourcing plants and what goes into creating a landscape that not only brings me joy but also provides nourishment for everyone else 🐜🐝🦋🐞🐌🦗🦔🦉🦅🐿️🐦‍⬛.

No regrets on these tulips though, they're stunners🌷

Speaking of tulips... We're picking up some *local* tulips from for all the weekend's events which include:

We've got a couple fun workshops at on Sunday (2 sessions, hit that link in bio to sign-up)

as well as

🌸🌷B L O O M B A R 🌷🌸
Saturday 4.27 from 9-3

So many of my friends who sell art and vintage will be there like e.good


just to name a few! And the vibes are always right when .live.music is on the guitar 🎸🎙️

It's the last weekend before many farmer's markets start, so get up early and visit the to get your flower fix 🫶

10/04/2024

If you've been waiting to see where Bloom Bar will pop up this spring - this post is for you! 🥂 April and May pop-up dates are as follows:

THIS Saturday 4.13 - from 1- 4
Saturday 4.27 - from 9 - 3
Wednesday 5.1 - in the evening
Saturday 5.5 - Sip & Thrift Market 10 - 4

Haven't been to Bloom Bar before? Here's what you need to know 👇

Bloom Bar is our in-person pop-up experience that encourages participants to build their own bouquet. This allows you to build a bouquet that suits your unique style and budget. Many of our flowers are priced between $1 - $3/stem for maximum accessibility. If you're not the creative type, we can build one for you, and we always have some seasonal vintage vases on hand if you're looking to build an all-in-one gift!

*N E W F O R 2 0 2 4*
We are also so excited to announce a series of workshops this year, the first of which is in Ames on April 28th. We're teaching you how to design like a floral pro with a hands-on workshop to create a stunning modern centerpiece. We provide all materials - head to to signup!

Our favorite pop-ups from last year are returning, but we're curious, where do you think Bloom Bar should go next? We're hoping to connect with some local coffee shops as coffee and flowers go together like....well, coffee and anything else really ;) DM us or TAG your favorite coffee shop below that needs Bloom Bar in their neighborhood!

29/03/2024

Aries season and spring in general feel like a roller-coaster beginning the first descent and gaining speed rapidly. If you don't tend to your foundation, you just might find yourself flying off the handle into territory you'd much rather have avoided. 🎢🪻🌱

If you've been wintering well, it's a beautiful time to start to stretch your legs and get outside; look for those first signs of spring out in nature! All the animals are out and about, you never know who you might encounter 🐿🦅🦝

If you're planning a spring celebration, we'd love to assist you with florals specially curated for your event. Let's make some flower magic! 🌈🌸🍒

On the last slide we've provided some dates we think are noteworthy - what spring holidays are you most looking forward to in the coming months? Did I miss any important dates? Let me know 🫶

with the fun spring photos as always

18/03/2024

I've been thinking about the idea of the "unruly teenager" - she's the one I've been in touch with the most lately. Looking back on my adolescence, I've realized how much effort I put into being "good". It's easy to say "oh well I'm a people pleaser" and attach the behavior to my personality, but with the "pick me girl" trending online, I realize now how often I wanted to be picked. To be seen. To be understood.

In my quest to become the "good" version of everyone else's plans for me, I became detached from myself in a deep way. I felt boxed in and trapped by my strict home rules, and would dream of going to college, because that's when I felt that My version of my life would start.

I felt stuck in a too tight wool sweater, rashy and itching to bust out, but once the time came, it was jarring to be vulnerable. Being seen felt terrifying, and it's taken me many years to find the path back to my center.

When you're used to getting your validation from others, learning to fill your own cup feels like learning how to walk or breathe again, and like all things, its a muscle I'm building one rep at a time.

Often, I mourn all the things I didn't get to do or see because I didn't know how to advocate for myself. Through this mourning, I'm clearing out space to create something beautiful - something from my core, and I cannot wait to see how much growth comes in the next few years.

I remember thinking I’d always be “broken” because of things that happened to me, but if I could tell my teen self one thing, it’s this:

Our broken parts are where our souls sparkle through for others to see. ⚡️

To all the women at their own point in this journey, I hold space for you, and I hope to be an example to you of what happens when an unruly "pick me" teen grows up to be an untameable woman 💣

📸 by the ever talented at

06/03/2024

🏹 for the 🌜 💙 🎠 🧊

Blue hyacinth and anemones for goddess 🫶🪻😘

is fixin' to take all our 💲with their lineup this year so far - we're not sorry at all about it 🪕🎸🎶📻

18/02/2024

In the spirit of love, we thought it might be sweet to share a few of the love stories we've gotten to impact in the past year:

- most recently, the boyfriend who slide into our DMs this Valentine's Day to order flowers for his lady. He didn't follow us but he messaged us that his gf loved our flowers and we hooked him up! If we're in his DMs, that's a good thing 🌹🌶😊

- the soon to-be-spouse who picked up a bouquet to surprise their significant other at the start of their wedding weekend. They wanted to say a special "I love you and can't wait to marry you" before all the festivities began to brighten their s/o's day and soften their nerves for the weekend ahead - swoon! 💐💝🫶

- the couple on their first date at one of our Bloom Bars who got a stunning vintage vase and a single flower to remember that day 😍✨🥂

There are many chapters in your love story that call for flowers, and when you're on that page, reach out! We'll help you tell your love story with flowers. In the year 2024, it should go without saying that we support all love stories, but alas, here we are. You don't have to explain who you are or who you love, our artful botanical designs are for you 🙋‍♀️🌷💟

16/02/2024

Even though 2.14 has come and gone, there's no reason we shouldn't celebrate love the whole month of Feb 💌

We're *so* into love that we've added one more Bloom Bar opp for all the lovers out there, because when calls, you answer! 💒💐 Join us for a kiki from 11-1 on Saturday 2.17 and grab a few flowers to treat yourself or someone you love!

Midwinter is a perfect time to get your wardrobe in shape because we all know that once "real" spring happens, we'll want to be out making memories 🍀🪻

10/02/2024

🫠💋💅❤️🎀💌🏹

Did someone say that the rose was the star of Vday? We missed that memo and submit this immaculate American grown ranunculus as proof that we made the right decision ✨
If you missed out on the bouquet pre-order we have a few bouquets left, so we'll leave the link live until we're sold out! As a reminder here are the 7 locations you can find our bouquets this Valentine's Day (if you preorder on our website!) in addition to our regular delivery offerings!


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For all my hands-on folks, come make bouquets with me tomorrow before the big game and - I'll put the promo poster in stories for all the details, there'll be music and so many groovy activities for lovers and frands alike! 💐💋🎀

05/02/2024

If you thought we'd go through Valentine's Day without doing a Bloom Bar (or 2), think again! 💐

For anyone new here, Bloom Bar is our beloved pop-up, where you design your very own bouquet using the freshest seasonal ingredients priced by the stem! This offers full control over the style and budget that fits your lifestyle best. If you'd rather us build one for you, we're always happy to lend a hand ;) We'll wrap them up for you to take home or you can choose one of many vintage & thrifted vases we'll have on hand for sale 🥂

T H U R S 2.8 4-8
It's no secret we love our small towns best, so we're overjoyed to bring Bloom Bar to for their Galentine's event!

S U N D A Y 2.11 2-5
Before you get your 🏈 on, come party with us in the East Village! 🩷 We've been going to for about a year now, so it's about dang time we've collaborated with them officially - bring your besties after brunch or someone special for a low-key afternoon of fun!

If you're looking for the details on a proper Vday gift, make sure you check out our other pinned post 📍for all the details!

04/02/2024

We strive to honor the seasonal cycles as they happen, in an effort to celebrate the hyper-seasonally available flowers as well as to fight against the hustle culture notion, so you won't see us posting about the next holiday the day after the last holiday ends - for everything there is a season🌷

Without further ado, our Valentine's Day collection is live until sold out 💌

BLUSH 🤍💟 | perfect for the lover of all things classic! Elegant American grown tulips & ranunculus alongside aromatic waxflower and geranium in white, light pink & blush tones.

BASH 🩷❤️💜 | for the person who’d rather go out than stay in! Punchy saturated tones of pinks, reds, and purple our American grown tulip & ranunculus duo will have your Valentine sending you

- 💝 BOUQUET PICKUP SPECIAL: our most accessible bouquet option features our "smalls" bouquet wrapped up and ready for gifting at one of 7️⃣ locations around Central Iowa:


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the dirty details: pre-order required for the bouquet pickups. Bouquets will be available for pickup on Wed Feb 14th *ONLY*. Please take note of each location's hours of operations. Our besties will pre-order by 2/9 guaranteeing their gift of choice - anything after that is a gamble 🃏🤡

03/02/2024

We have so many amazing local partners for bouquet pickup this Valentine's Day as well as our regular delivery for wrapped bouquets and arrangements 🌸🫶❤️‍🔥

Leave your Valentine speechless with a hand-wrapped bouquet featuring luxurious flowers available in 2 color options. One stop shop this Vday at your favorite local retailer & Violet Lane Florals! ‌ Choose your color option Choose your pickup location You’re all set! This year