I recently had the pleasure of working with Kelly from Paper Stories and Indie Wed, Stevi from Avery House, and Lauren from Ryan Alexander Events on an entry for the Inspired Creations Contest sponsored by The Sweetest Occasion and Elizabeth Anne Designs.  Thanks to Room 1520 for providing the location and the model (thanks, Haley!) […]

Pollen is tickled to join Anita Vaughan of AnitaWeds and other wedding vendors in Under a New Moon, a contest celebrating civil unions in Illinois!  At Pollen, we think everyone should have the right to marry, regardless of sexual orientation, and we’re excited that Illinois is taking steps toward same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples can enter […]

At a consultation yesterday, I proclaimed that the grandmothers of the couple being married usually prefer pin-on corsages because wrist corsages are new-fangled, and the mother of the bride informed me that wrist corsages actually go way back.  I guess I associate wrist corsages with high school dances, so I always assumed they were a […]

Pollen is excited to be a part of the Chicago Green Wedding Alliance‘s workshop on green weddings, being held later this month. Entitled “Eco-Chic Weddings: An Event Planners’ Workshop,” the half-day workshop will highlight achievable ways that wedding planners can incorporate green elements into their weddings. Planners will leave the workshop with real, tangible ways […]

Short answer:  Nope. Long answer:  We just aren’t set up to do individual gift deliveries.  Since we specialize in weddings and events, the only stock we have on hand is what we need for our next event.  Sorry!  I’m happy to recommend some wonderful storefront florists who deliver throughout the city.

Along with blogging more, I resolved to take more photos of my work this year.  So while I didn’t get photos of Saturday’s wedding while in the studio, my bride, Jennifer, was kind enough to offer to pose for photos of her bouquet! The bridal bouquet… And one of the bridesmaids’ bouquets… I was so […]

Pollen will be displaying again at Indie Wed this year!  I know, I know…  I’m not much of a wedding show person, either.  But this one is different, I swear!  Indie Wed features more non-traditional wedding vendors.  Ones that lean toward the modern, the edgy, or the eco-friendly. Last year was fantastic, and this year […]

I love texture.  And unusual, non-floral elements.  So I had a blast working on Erin and Dan’s wedding at the end of November.  Erin wanted her flowers to be a little unexpected, while still soft and natural.  Her color scheme of white, browns, sage green, and navy was tastefully understated.   Incorporating herbs, fiddleheads, berries and […]

At long last, it’s the slow season.  Well, slow for doing the kind of work that involves handling flowers.  Busy, though, for consultations, proposal writing, bookkeeping, and all the things that I told myself during the wedding season that I’d do when I had more time in winter.  It’s been a time evaluate and regroup.  […]

In the spirit of the season, Pollen will apply half of all deposits received in the month of December to Kiva microloans, small loans that help out entrepreneurs in developing countries.  So get your deposit in, reserve Pollen for your 2011 wedding, and do some good! For more info on Kiva, visit kiva.org. Pollen will […]