tattoo love

it will not come as a shock when i say that I love flowers... so much so that my boyfriend dare not buy me any for valentines day because i have too many favourites that he cant identify and also i'll know exactly how much he bought them for, how much they would have cost at the market and i'd over analyse the colours and intentions ;) so i excuse him from this tradition :)

i've been searching for years for the perfect tattoo that reflects my love of flowers... but also the fractal nature of foliage... i've googled and googled and just the other night i stumbled upon Shannon Archuleta's
website. Based in San Fran, I now have an even more compelling reason to visit.

Check out some examples of her very fine work below!

forrester wedding...

I've been waiting nervously since october for photos of the forrester wedding and after a long day struggling at work, i find a compact disc sitting in my mailbox (which for the record, until yesterday, was home to a very large and jumpy huntsman)

standard, david austin, peony and spray roses. silver dollar gum and dusty miller (which suffered in the heat sadly)

"...thank you SO much for the beautiful flowers, they were absolutely perfect!!... Everyone commented on how pretty they were..."

so I've got a wedding coming up. champagne, charcoal and white lace.

1 bridal boquet, 4 bridesmaids bouquets, 6 buttonholes and 4 church arrangements.

I have to say, i'm nervous! I'm confident I can do the bouquets and buttonholes... may need to offload the arrangements onto the florist i work for... but mostly... i'm nervous because I dont have a fridge to store them all in overnight so they dont wilt.... EEP!

peonies, dusty miller etc... will keep you posted!