BLOOM'S LET'S DIY TOGETHER

Hello my little chestnuts!

In life, I'm a lover of flowers, especially real ones, but I can also die of love for silk flowers from Karuna. When it comes to floral art, I'm really not an expert, I know how to match colors, and as for knowing the names of all the flowers, I'm really a bad pupil... I love buying armfuls of flowers and making the bouquets myself... I find it complicated to find a good florist in Paris who remains affordable and creative, so rather than being disappointed by foliage or packaging that's too girly, I prefer to take everything back to the studio and do my own cooking. Some time ago, I had the opportunity to go to Rungis to buy flowers for an event, and I promised myself then and there that I'd go back and do the flower arrangements myself for my wedding venue. Rungis means getting up at 2 a.m. to be there at 3 a.m... And on the eve of your wedding, it's not really advisable to make late-night floral expeditions.

And then, in July, I met Clément and Arthur, the founders of Bloom's. And they simply made me dream! These two cousins have decided to revolutionize flower sales on the Internet. Quite simply. They're all about Do it Yourself and seasonal flowers only. How does it work? On the site, all you have to do is choose your flowersand the size of your bouquet, and you'll receive your box 48 hours later to compose your bouquet(s). Because these boys are generous, and you can really make several small arrangements... The prices are very reasonable (from 18€) and the flowers really fresh, and I can tell you that it's a nice change from flower deliveries on the classic Internets which, a bit like photos of burgers at Mc Do, are rarely faithful to the product purchased... And if you're undecided, you can also let yourself be guided by choosing some of our flowers. monthly subscriptions They came to the studio and we all fell in love with them, giving our opinions as flower consumers and internet addicts. Then we decided that we were going to make floral DIYs together, on a regular basis, which was enough to make us jump for joy! One thing led to another, and in the course of a discussion, we decided we wanted to go further. "What if Bloom's did my wedding? So together, we made dozens and dozens of bouquets, boutonnieres, centerpieces... Two days before the wedding, the studio was transformed into a giant flower store, and we all learned how to make twisted bouquets... I have wonderful memories of those hours.

As I was saying, we had a crazy venue for the wedding, an architect's house under construction on 5 levels (we only used 3). It was under construction, but it was okay, there was electricity and running water... And everything was glassed in, with an unobstructed view of Paris. So I had to come up with some decorating tricks, because it was difficult to dress up such an atypical place. All I knew was that I wanted lots of flowers to play on the raw/poetic contrast. As for the furniture, it was a bit of a story because I still wanted to play on the hyper-modern/retro contrast. So we rented the chairs we used for the ceremony and the dinner, as well as the rattan armchairs, tables and candleholders on the website La bohème. Some time before, I'd seen the website Un beau Jour2 Emmanuelle armchairs and fell in love. I too wanted one for our moonlit ceremony...

Here's an ultra-easy DIY for flowering a rattan armchair. plastic test tubes so you can prepare your chair in advance, and your flowers will still be fresh on D-day! 

You asked me yesterday if my ladies had any special outfits. Well, no, they just had a round bouquet, with a green hydrangea as the central flower and carnations, spray roses, thistles and gypsophila all around... At first, I wanted them all to be dressed the same, but getting 5 different personalities to agree on such a sensitive subject turned out to be a bit more complex than I'd imagined, and besides, what's the point of trying to standardize them? They were perfect anyway! However, at the Town Hall, they surprised me by all arriving wearing Nina suits! What magical girls!

Getting back to the decor, I'm sure you're wondering what's on the chairs... They're little booklets with speeches by all the protagonists of the ceremony translated into French and English. I have no idea how they managed to put this together, but I suspect it was quite a challenge to centralize everything and get it translated! At the end of the ceremony, everyone left with their chairs on the lower level for dinner. "The dinner room". I use quotation marks because we hadn't planned a seating plan; the tables were laid out like in a café, with a bouquet on each one in vintage vases (I'll come back to this a little later), so that everyone could sit wherever they liked... I hope these little ideas inspire you, but I think the most important thing is to listen to your desires. And if you do your decorating with passion, everything will cohabit very well, even if at first sight and on paper, the associations seem a little strange... Words of a moonlit bride, sitting on flowery rattan armchairs for her wedding whose dress code was all shades of blue in a house under construction! 

All photos by Martin de Say Cheers.

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