The Year is 2016

Winter has finally arrived. I won't say I missed it in December, but it's nice to have it for a bit. Though come March or even mid February I am sure I will be ready to see it go.

Over our break we thought a lot about where we want Foxglove to go. How we want to bring flowers to you and our community and what that looks like in our personal lives. Running a business is much like a puzzle. No two businesses are the same and some how you have to figure out how the pieces fit together for your own business. It's both a rewarding exercise and a scary one.

This year our word is SIMPLIFY. I find myself saying this over and over and have decided that is the word of 2016 for us. We have spent to much time trying to keep up that we have been spreading ourselves so thin that we end up working 7 days a week at all hours and that just is no way to live, or raise a kid.

I reflected on why I got in the business in the first place (thank you Design Sponge circa 2009) . Flowers were inspiring and this amazing medium that I had never really thought about. Last year we were so busy with day to day that I forgot how much I truly love flowers and bringing them to people.

So, we are focusing only on our events this year, cutting out the things that don't make sense with our business model.  I plan on upping my game with stones, rocks and crystals just for shits and giggles, as my side gig. A stone wrangler if you will. We are going to hone in on our design services both with flowers and tablescapes, continuing to do full event florals but also offering tablescape and event design services so that we can achieve a more cohesive look to the events we do.

I am also working with my friends Christine and Lindsey at Avium Flowers to bring city grown flowers to Chicago florists and csa's near you. More on that in a bit, but I am so excited to experiment with bearded iris, narcissus, frittalaria, tulips, dahlias and more.

These are some images from some shoots we worked on at the end of the year. Two of the shoots were for CB2 : one for cheese (mm cheese) and one for a centerpiece idea. And one for a birthday lunch in the studio. Stay tuned for some Valentine's Day info and as always, thanks for supporting Foxglove.

All photos by M Lindsay Photography.

Flea Market Style

This was the other project that I worked on with Julia Stotz at the beginning of the summer. The two of us were asked by our friend, Tereasa Surratt, to be apart of a flea market holiday dinner party spread for Flea Market Style magazine. It was a great experience and I loved working with these ladies and Emily Berman! Foxglove Studio did the floral's and assisted with the styling of these photos.
Thanks, Tereasa, for asking Foxglove to be apart of your shoot. You put together a great team.

Tereasa Surratt: Creative Director, Styling
Julia Stotz: Photography, Styling
Foxglove Studio/ Caitlin Kerr: Florals, Styling
Emily Berman: food styling ( and tasty leftovers for us to snack on!)

All images by Julia Stotz

dark romance

all photo's by Julia Stotz

I am currently working on this amazing photo series with Sara Jean Stevens and Julia Stotz. I was approached by Sara to make some floral head pieces different from a crown or wreath style. Our first model, Stacey, had the perfect color hair for a lavender and cream color palette. I love the way they turned out. Especially love Sara's tattoo's in the last photo! We have 2 more ladies to style and shoot. Looking forward to it!

a trip down dinner party lane

We created these arrangements in the beginning of the year but I just love them paired with this plate on the homepage of Dinner Party. Thanks ladies and you all should really check them out for any dinner party needs.  AMAZING !

c + j

(all photo's snapped by Stephanie Bassos)

My very talented friend, Stephanie, took these perfect photo's of Crystal and Jesse's wedding a few weeks ago. So honored to have worked and played with these lovelies. 

Happy weekend, diamonds!

the dark horse

This past weekend was Labor Day. The end of summer. I felt a little melancholy about the whole thing. I was really thinking about Foxglove and how we have grown and how much farther I want to grow. Day dreaming about projects, gardens, travel and beauty.

It is hard sometimes for me to take a deep breath and remember that all things grow with time, I just want it now so bad.

This week we are working on a special project with Sara Jean and Julia Stotz. Really looking forward to it.

details of garden party flowers

These are some close ups of the flowers we did for this weeks Birthday Garden Party. Happy Thursday.