Hello! Welcome! I’m Alaina, the owner and lead designer for Olive and Gene Weddings. I have been designing wedding flowers since 2015, and part of the wedding world since 2009. I started out working part time / interning for two different wedding planners in St. Louis mostly doing day of coordination. It wasn’t until after I bought a retail flower…
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An organic thanksgiving table A thanksgiving table design can be simple and beautiful with a few special touches of fruit, gold, and candles which most of us already have on hand. The rule I always use when creating a design is pick one item you either already have a lot of at home or just really love as a focal…
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COMING SOON! Ever wonder what it’s like to offer funeral flowers?! Well I’ve put all my knowledge from 2013 to now into these guide’s to help you learn all about funeral flowers. It wasn’t what I thought it would be when I first started, so I think even just for a good read it’s beneficial. Maybe it will help you…
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Personal flowers for your wedding include pieces like your bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquets, boutonnieres, and all other flowers for people. We love designing an organic, garden style for personal flowers. This includes using seasonal flowers and textures. Our personal flowers motto, “your bouquet should enhance the shape and movement of your wedding dress, not distract from it”. september: contemporary art…
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I had a couple little gifts I needed to purchase, so got on cb2.com which was so easy to pick out some really cute items. Also got a few little pieces for me! Here you can browse all my top picks, but I’ll break each gift down below! While I love the most is to gift one of my live…
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