Floret Flower Workshop

Last month Matteo and I hopped on a plane headed for the States and Canada for a Month long road trip.  We weren't really planning on heading back to the States on our next adventure, but back in January I applied for a scholarship to Floret Flower's Seasonal Floral Intensive Workshop.. I didn't get the scholarship BUT I was a runner up (yay!), which made it a little more affordable for us to make the trek from Sydney, Australia all the way to Mt Vernon in Washington State US. 

The workshop was amazing, more incredible than I could have imagined!!  Every day was so well planned and thought out, yet it still felt so relaxed -  Exactly what you want from a workshop.  Each day we had breaky and lunch together and designed in the most gorgeous barn built in the 1900's.  The barn was filled with buckets of flowers and festoon lights .. bliss!   On the first day, after we all had chat to get to know each other a littler better and opened our goody bags from Erin, we headed to Erin's farm to pick fresh blooms for our three day flower festivities!!   

Erin's team included so many super talented, inspiring floral designers.  It was the best surprise ever when I met Gabriela from La Musa de la Flores .. I have followed Gabby for a long time now, she's a huge inspiration!  It was so great to meet and learn from her... and after a few days together and a wine or two on day three, we're kinda like BBFs now ;).  Jill, one of Erin's amazing Floret crew members, brought along Felix, her 4 month old son, he just hung out with us for three days and didn't cry once!  

It was a life changing experience and I am so grateful to Erin and her team for the unique opportunity.  I'm also so incredibly grateful to my partner Matteo for coming all the way over and then going shooting and feasting from food trucks while I was at the workshop, haha!!  When I mentioned the Floret Workshop to him, he must have seen how badly I wanted to go, and he just said '"lets do it!". 

After the workshop, Matteo and I road tripped around the States and Canada and had some crazy camping adventures, met up with friends and made a few new ones.. a trip of a lifetime! 

Here are some of the photos from the workshop, I'll post some more soon - enjoy!  
Tanya x

JULY WILDFLOWERS SCHOOL PHOTO!!
I'll never forgot this experience, thank you Erin! 

 

DIY Flower Crown Workshop

DIY flower crown workshops are super popular here at Oh Flora.  I've offered there since the start of Oh Flora and absolutely love all the lovely ladies and brides-to-be I meet when I'm invited out to run a workshop for a special occasion.. seriously, it is a VERY rare occasion when my clients aren't the best clients ever.. they are all just so lovely!!  I feel very blessed :)

A little while ago I threw a DIY crown workshop for my super sweet friend Laura (who only just said 'I do' a couple of weeks ago now!).  I picked up some champagne, organised some yummy punch & nibbles, prepped the flowers and styled the yard a little then poured myself a wine and waited for Laura and her guests to arrive. . 

Sophie from thelittlestthings.com came over to shoot all the prettiness of the day.  I truly admire her work, everything is always just so perfect!  You know when you meet someone who just gets you?  Well thats her to me.  Of course when I work with Soph, I know the images she will produce will be absolutely stunning but then when I get them I just sit there and look at them in awe, and annoy my boyfriend Matteo for half an hour with "look, look, LOOOOK!!!".  The way she captures my work and events we work on together is just breathtaking 
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

It was such a fun day, the champagne was flowing (literally) and all the girls looked gorgeous!!

I love how every time I run a flower crown workshop, all the girls have the same types of flowers to use, and every time, everyone really personalises their crown.. each always looks so different.

They're all just so beautiful!!!!

To book or enquire about a flower crown workshop just send me and email.  hello@ohflora.com.au

You can also get Soph to come along to shoot workshop! 

All photos by Sophie - The Littlest Things
Cupcakes and sweet treats - Thanks to The Cupcake Room
Turkish towels & blankets - Thanks to The Wandering Eye Textiles 

Road Trip To Mudgee

Late last year I came across Mudgee Made Roses on Instagram, Tanya and I (yep same name!) soon became 'instafriends', she lives in Mudgee and grows the most AMAZING garden roses, by amazing, I mean the most beautiful, fluffiest, most fragant, glorious roses I've ever seen!!  After months of stalking her Instagram feed, she invited me out to drool over them in real life… saying I was a little excited is a bit of an understatement! 

Back in January, I finally had a free weekend, so I asked my friend Sophie and her husband George to come along with boyfriend Matteo and I, and we made a weekend road trip of it. Flowers, food & wine.. yes please! 

After four and a bit hours on the road, we got there and met the gorgeous Tanya and her friend Lara (together they run a DELISH catering company - Mudgee Made).  Tanya let me grab my cutters, handed me her rose basket and let me go wild in the garden.. I was so excited!!  It was absolutely gorgeous and I had free rein of picking through the beds!

The excitement (and picking!) defiantly wasn't over, but it was time for a little break. Lara bought out the most gorgeous hand made flat bread and dips, lamb sausage rolls and mini merangs topped with vanilla bean cream, raspberries and freshly picked peaches from her garden.. I was pretty much having one of the best days of my life and it wasnt even 1 o'clock yet!

After our aaaamazing treats, while Soph was shooting all the floral beauty and gorgeousness of Tanya's farm, I got flowering and taught a mini lesson on cake toppers and arrangements with Tanya.  

All photos are by the very talented Sophie at  thelittlesthings.com

How delicious looking are Lara's cakes?? And yes, those sausage rolls did taste as good as they looked! 

An endless supply of foliages and textures including wattle, berries, asparagus and strawberry leaves were so much fun to play with!!

HUGE thank you to Tanya for letting us visit & Lara for the most beautiful food!!  It was such a memorable day & I really can not wait to visit again!  

Bouquet Inspiration | Shoot with The Littlest Things

A couple of weeks ago I went to visit my amazingly talented friend Soph for breaky and a mini inspiration shoot..  I wouldn't choose anyone else when it comes to shooting my work, she's is incredible! Every time, always!  Soph has the most perfect sun room, white, country style windows and filled with the most gorgeous natural light.. So perfect to shoot flowers! 

If your in need of an amazing photographer that totally gets what you want or you just need a little inspiration, check out Soph's blog here

Well this post doesn't need a lot of words, its defiantly all in these stunning images!
The light, the dress, the flowers.. so dreamy!