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 shop in 2013, I ventured into wedding flowers. I fell in love with an organic design style after attending my first flower workshop in Los ... Read More about Weddings: about the designer
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Create your own organic thanksgiving table
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 / starting point then pull all your other items to go with that focal piece. I usually grab a basket, walk around the house, and pull items from all over. SO, are you ready to create ... Read More about Create your own organic thanksgiving table
Funeral Flower Guide’s
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 decide for sure if you're on the fence about it or have been thinking about it. I'm honest, as always and have a lot to share on this topic! I think I say it more than once in the ... Read More about Funeral Flower Guide’s
Wedding flower design: PERSONAL FLOWERS
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 museum, saint louis, missouri Mike Cassimatis ... Read More about Wedding flower design: PERSONAL FLOWERS
CB2 home decor and gifts all under $40
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 planters which you can see that gift on this post, but I knew gift number one was for someone who loved candles. I'm going to put together a little gift box with 2 candles and the candle accessories. Here are ... Read More about CB2 home decor and gifts all under $40
How to. be more healthy
put your health first There are so many things in life that have our attention and so many things we are trying to be. Be busy, be successful, be happy, be strong, be present, be good at this or that...well what about BE HEALTHY. I struggle. It's not easy to be healthy. I want to zone out in front of the t.v. with a glass of wine and yes, I do that (sometimes). I also am trying to do more little things to help increase my overall health. 3 things to add to your daily diet add a ... Read More about How to. be more healthy
