Amy Crum Designs

01/09/2024

Did she say color???! Yes she did! 💛🧡🩷

13/08/2024

Clare and Michael’s preview😍

28/07/2024

Never met a ladder I didn’t like.. 🤓

28/07/2024

Congrats to Isabel and John!
Thanks for trusting me with your flowers! 😘🤗

11/07/2024

I said YES to another 🌸🌺🌷🌻dress!
annual Fleurotica gala is October 17th.
Pictured is my dress from 2022.. 🤔this year? Metallic gold and pink?

30/06/2024

Celebrating Caroline and Alex on their engagement day!!

02/06/2024

A (🪜) is for Amy. But I don’t fly solo. Feeling an abundance of gratitude 🥹❤️ for friends and colleagues on this post wedding Sunday!

Allison Denny my unofficial business partner, barder buddy, and trusted friend. I’m in awe of this woman’s design, business, & juggling abilities. I’m touched by her generosity on a daily basis.

Natalie Walsh who’s creativity and work style is an inspiration. 20 years and I continue to laugh and learn from her.

Vita Pietryka A lovely human, with some badass floral abilities.

Derrick Taylor
He’s always willing to lend a hand, a welder, or your guns aka Paul.

Suppliers: Michelle, Fernando, Steve, Javier. They always deliver & put up with me.

Logistics: Jim and the professor for always coming through and being on time.

And last but not least, Pat Fuentes The most hardworking positive helper for 25 years now. (She’s the one lighting the candles.)

16/05/2024

Mishka and Taylor’s preview 😍

18/03/2024

Miranda and Justin’s preview 😍
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10/12/2023

Winter wonderland wedding!!! ❄️❄️❄️❄️
Congrats to Aja and Robert!

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10/12/2023

“Amy, the room was absolutely stunning!!!!
The room reveal made me cry it was so beautiful!” Happy Bride, 8am text 😍

Planner:
Venue:

10/12/2023

“Amy, the room was absolutely stunning!!!!
The room reveal made me cry it was so beautiful!”

Planner:
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05/11/2023

Hannah’s bouquet

25/09/2023

That’s a fireplace!

25/09/2023

These two said “I do”😍
Maddy and Tom 9-23-23

Thanks to for the Iphone shot. You were right, this was the best one.😀

28/08/2023

She asked for moody.

20/08/2023

Fun girls dance on the bar. 😉

14/08/2023

Chicago blues.. hydrangea, thistle, and viburnum.

06/08/2023

Good flower day = bad hair day! 🙃

Photo credit: Sarah future MOG..❤️

27/07/2023

Packed and ready!
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11/06/2023

She said “I do” today!
Congrats Taylor and Henry! You guys are the best!! Xoxox

15/03/2023

Prettiest mugshot ever! 😍

22/02/2023

Summery vibes on this cold chicago day! got so many stunning shots of Hanna and George’s wedding!! I’ve added the flowery ones to my website! 😀Link in bio .

20/02/2023

Bouquet made for my neighbor who renewed her vows yesterday.
Knitting up a storm lately.. Top down sweaters are the best cause you can try them on along the way and take selfies.. You can see I’m still on the needles..

19/12/2022

05/10/2021

My pleasure to flower the Holly Hunt showroom this week for Neocon. FIFTY Utah Anthurium makes a statement a kinda sexy one at that!

My flower friends know that I'm kinda obsessed with mechanics. How to achieve this design without floral foam in a wide shallow bowl was a feat and something I'm proud of.
I silicone glued a Holly Chappel plastic cage on the bottom of the bowl, surrounded with rocks so it didn't show and then made a clear tape grid across the vase. I was able to insert the stems through both support points so they stayed in place. The arrangement was as heavy as F! Wheeled it up the dock ramp without a hitch, yay,!

pleasure to flower the Holly Hunt showroom this week for Neocon. FIFTY Utah Anthurium makes a statement a kinda sexy one at that!

My flower friends know that I'm kinda obsessed with mechanics. How to achieve this design without floral foam in a wide shallow bowl was a feat and something I'm proud of.
I silicone glued a Holly Chappel plastic cage on the bottom of the bowl, surrounded with rocks so it didn't show and then made a clear tape grid across the vase. I was able to insert the stems through both support points so they stayed in place. The arrangement was as heavy as F! Wheeled it up the dock ramp without a hitch, yay,!

20/06/2021

I love this photo of my dad. It was taken at his garden center in Ohio.

Every May we’d get in hundreds of geraniums. They all had to be watered, and kept ready to sell, with no yellow leaves or spent flowers. I was his helper.

From what I can tell, this would have been in the mid 70’s. He got Alopecia a couple years later, and lost big patches of his hair and eyebrows. They said it was caused by stress. Customers assumed he had cancer, and asked about his treatment. He chose to shave his head entirely. My brother helped him after dinner one night, as my mother beat her fists the bathroom door, presumably to watch. Dad owned his new look. He got himself a tanning bed, and even wore a gold chain for awhile. We thought he looked cool, like Telly Savalas.

My father had an insane work ethic. He instilled that in me when I was little by dolling out unattainable tasks. “Make these plant boxes”, he’d say, (it was a ream a mile high) or “sharpen these pencils”, (it was a box of 500). He paid me a dollar an hour, but that's not why I did it.

Dad knew every tree, shrub, insect, and plant disease, and we had every chemical to make things grow faster, kill pests, and banish weeds. He also had graph paper and nifty plastic templates to draw landscape plans.

He got awards for his projects and we made trips to the White House to accept them. I remember he wasn’t too happy with Nancy Reagan, who kept all of us landscapers waiting rose garden for over an hour. It was scorching hot. She gave some excuse, we agreed it was a lame one, and that Betty Ford was much nicer.
You can see that in the photos.

The last photo was taken on one of his few visits to Chicago. he's wearing his company polo. I still have it and wear it to sleep in.

14/04/2021

If eye candy had flavor what would this taste like? 🤔For me, I would say plum jam on buttered toast. 😋

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