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just loving the light in these spaces in tangier Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-5478894025326662982014-09-25T10:01:00.002-07:002014-09-25T10:09:07.342-07:00sound & true lookbook fall 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a few photos from the lookbook we shot for sound & true last fall. sadly, while the shop is now closed, i love that the products get to live on in these beautiful photos by <a href="http://mollywintersphotography.com/" target="_blank">molly winters</a>. enjoy.</div>
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// from above:<br />
-image from the <a href="http://blog.apieceapart.com/">apiece apart tumblr</a><br />
-painting by vincent hawkins<br />
-pattern design by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleyg/">ashley goldberg</a><br />
-le mary celeste, a restaurant in paris designed by <a href="http://www.wknds.com/">this duo</a><br />
-via lena corwin's <a href="http://blog.lenacorwin.com/">blog</a><br />
-still from a pina bausch piece via <a href="http://blog.apieceapart.com/">apiece apart tumblr</a><br />
-painting by <a href="http://caitlindoherty.blogspot.ca/">caitlin doherty</a><br />
-image from the <a href="http://blog.apieceapart.com/">apiece apart tumblr</a><br />
-a painting in finn juhl's house via <a href="http://blog.apieceapart.com/">apiece apart tumblr</a><br />
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i am reading/have read:<br />
--meghan o'rourke's <a href="http://meghanorourke.net/books/the-long-goodbye">the long goodbye</a>. it feels like she has a secret key to my own personal experiences with grief and loss.<br />
--joan didion's slouching towards bethlehem, finally.<br />
--jeffrey euginedes' the marriage plot.<br />
--louisa hall's the carriage house.<br />
--re-read voltaire's candide. goofy.Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-25959681924981850782013-06-25T11:55:00.000-07:002013-06-25T11:55:05.834-07:00still doin thangs...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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sneak peek at a shoot i styled flowers for with the very talented <a href="http://www.bonnieandlauren.com/" target="_blank">bonnie & lauren</a>, wardrobe styling by sweet shari of <a href="http://charmschoolvintage.com/" target="_blank">charm school vintage</a>.<br />
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inspired by anne of green gables... more to come!Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-29109066288156736782013-03-05T13:18:00.001-08:002013-03-05T13:18:08.562-08:00feb ru ary 14mixed it up a bit and this year for valentine's day, having my newly-launched retail shop to look over, set up a pop-up flower shop on-site, hand-tied bouquets for clients, and nixed deliveries altogether. it was a lot of fun, albeit extremely messy.<br />
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this was my third valentine's day as a florist, and now i have a steady clientele of boyfriends/girlfriends/husbands/partners/wives who come back every year. i wish i could list them all here and send them all very large pizzas and those crazy bottles of champagne you see in rap videos or something, but instead i'll just say that i am extremely grateful to all of them and feel pretty lucky.<br />
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Really psyched to share with all you google readers that I've gone brick & mortar and opened up a retail shop in East Austin! It's called Sound & True, and don't worry, Loretta isn't going anywhere. </div>
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In fact, I'll be selling cut flowers out of the store every Friday afternoon, so you can swing by and choose a few stems from my selection or have my pull you together a cheap bouquet.</div>
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The shop is focused on home and garden goods, specifically ones that are well-designed, well-made, and will be a part of your everyday life. </div>
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The shop's gotten some <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/own/austin/78702/sound-true" target="_blank">great</a> <a href="http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2013/02/dispatches-from-austin-rosewood.html" target="_blank">press</a> <a href="http://gotidbits.com/austin/your-first-threesome" target="_blank">thusfar</a> but there's so much more to come including our website (where you will be able to shop online!), and a whole slew of inventory yet to arrive from Japan, Sweden, and more locally made beautiful goods.</div>
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Stay tuned, but for now go <a href="http://facebook.com/soundandtrue" target="_blank">like us on Facebook</a> or follow us on instagram at <a href="http://instagram.com/soundandtrue" target="_blank">@soundandtrue</a></div>
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last winter, i had the pleasure of working with wonderful photographer <a href="http://juliecope.com/" target="_blank">julie cope</a> on a project inspired by my family's traditional advent wreaths around christmastime--but instead of using traditional greenery, i used kale from my garden, as well as asparagus fern and begonia leaves. it turned out beautifully and i highly recommend it in a pinch for a cheap and unique centerpiece. xx</div>
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2012, i was terrified of you. but, more than any other year, you have been good to me. hard on me at times, but the kind of year that proves that if you are patient and stubborn and hopeful and tough, the very best things in the world can fall right into your lap.</div>
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photos: holiday wreaths, above; my kitchen table, below.</div>
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crummy rushed photos from a beautiful november wedding that included filling 800 square feet of lustre pearl with approximately 300,000 rose petals. rose petals that almost did not make it, and that came in teeny tiny bags of about 100 each. it was a trip but i had absolutely zero time to take photos, i can't *wait* to share photos from the photographer.Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-42325448941236872912012-11-27T19:23:00.000-08:002012-11-27T19:23:48.288-08:00amanda & barrett<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a few early photos by the very talented <a href="http://lindseythorne.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">lindsey thorne</a> from an october wedding at laguna gloria. <a href="http://lindseythorne.blogspot.com/2012/11/amanda-barret-laguna-gloria-wedding.html" target="_blank">see more at her blog</a>.Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-3883797906438748852012-10-25T13:52:00.000-07:002012-10-25T13:52:18.060-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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have i ever mentioned how much i love my home office/studio? it's the most wonderful room in my house. it's got light like a greenhouse but can chill like a cooler when i need to keep inventory overnight. the photo above is my desk, which i try to keep limited to computer/paper/drawing activities but it usually ends up strewn in flowers on a wedding weekend, just like everything else.<br />
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the photos below are from a random roll of film i recently found that spanned a year of treks across texas. from new year's in marfa, to a trip to san antonio to see an old friend and photograph my grandparents' old home, to a meeting with a bride in houston where i got to squeeze in time at one of my favorite spots, the menil.<br />
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right now i am very very busy, i literally have to schedule time to hang out with my friends two weeks in advance. but i am also very happy. definitely the happiest i've been all year, probably the happiest i've been in seven, eight years? i have been spending free moments (most of which are at either 3 am or 7 am) writing weird poems that i keep in my pockets. i like watching the folds wear in the paper, feels like the poem and i are really getting to know each other. i dig for it in my pocket, pull it out and root out my favorite lines, re-arrange them. i suppose it's actually a lot like working with flowers.<br />
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<br />Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-16301622193420556172012-10-24T09:05:00.002-07:002012-10-24T09:05:59.661-07:00fall wedding instagramsjust a few iphone and instagram shots from weddings this fall. i've enjoyed so much being able to shape my business into one that i am excited about every day and i find that excitement leads to better and better work.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><i>After three years as an account executive at a local branding firm, one morning I woke up, typed three letters of resignation, and slyly left them on my bosses' desks while they were out to lunch. I had started to come to terms with the lack of even mere contentedness proffered by the job. My industrial-chic warehouse office, the glowing AmEx with my name evenly engraved across the bottom, and expensive letterpressed business cards all eventually spoke of little more than a facade of power and relevance. But what would I do? My answer brought quizzical and slightly concerned looks from not only my bosses that day but eventually my friends, family, and, as is wont to happen in the garrulous South, their friends and family. I was going to be a florist.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is how I currently find myself owner of the Austin-based floral design studio, Loretta Flower. Named for my favorite TVZ song, the business has taught me more than I ever learned behind that desk about connecting with people, what a brand is and should be, and how to challenge yourself professionally and creatively every single day. I've done all kinds of work, big and small, and have recently started styling for commercial shoots and writing two columns for Design Sponge, one of the blogs that first inspired me to pursue floral design as a craft.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a beautiful job, but by no means is it easy. You are constantly making waste, always cleaning up a mess that is much larger than the finished product, and keeping a watchful eye over your product for anything that might cause it to spoil. Refrigeration and cleanliness are mandatory, and time is of the utmost importance. Your fingers develop blisters, and then calluses, and the skin divides like a river, beginning to wrap egregiously around the bone. You must maintain your tools, as they make or break you. And then, at the end of day, a flower may just decide to wilt on you for reasons totally beyond your control. I've compared myself to a mortician more times than I care to count, doing my best to restore an object that is slowly succumbing to the same organic nature that gave it beauty from the start.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">There really is nothing quite like the experiences you get to be witness to, though.You're present at crucial times for people--when they are in love, when they are trying to save a relationship, when they are grieving, and when they are celebrating a new life. What a florist offers fades--it is by definition unlovable--but we also provide a moment of beauty and reassurance in trying times for people. Whether the hard work is worth it is not always easy to know, if the hours of manual labor for so little money and the anxiety that comes with any craft-based business will pay off in the end. But these moments make it not about reparation. For a second you no longer think about what you will receive but, rather, are grateful for what you have been able to give.</span></i></div>
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more photos from the southern california leg of my road trip this summer<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">recently revisiting images of gram parsons and emmylou harris for some edits to a previous post, i came across an amazing archive of images taken of emmylou from the 70's, 80's, and 90's while on tour. </span><br />
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a few photos from a may wedding i had the pleasure of styling out at star hill ranch. beautiful hand-painted sign by the very talented <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Swec-Sign-Painting/269384516424702" target="_blank">joe swec</a>Loretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-10648176708953764022012-06-24T13:07:00.000-07:002012-06-24T13:29:43.531-07:00outtakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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want to say big thanks to the wonderful ladies at <a href="http://spruceaustin.com/" target="_blank">spruce</a> for letting me shoot these beauties there AND for <a href="http://spruceaustin.com/2012/05/nugget-of-the-week-loretta-flower/" target="_blank">naming me their nugget of the week</a>. if you're in austin, i highly recommend stopping by for what is undeniably the best fabric selection in town. xxLoretta Flowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241835965022431143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474928012571579945.post-18701448776676903862012-06-22T17:21:00.000-07:002012-06-22T17:23:06.715-07:00southern california, part one<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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after finishing up the last of the spring weddings, currently taking a vacation driving all over california for ten days.<br />
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first stop was joshua tree national park, things got a little cosmic. spent the better part of an hour looking for the spot where gp was cremated, making a new, generous friend along the way. once we found it, it had recently been cleaned by the parks department, and only a few telltale ashes and rhinestones were left behind. earlier, finding myself without cash at a small souvenir shop, i jokingly bought a henna tattoo kit to meet their credit card minimum. at the site, we found ourselves with no way to mark it until we realized we had that silly henna kit with us, so we left a note for gram and my fingers are now sore from squeezing that little tube of dye throughout the lyrics of my favorite song.<br />
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