my pretty girl, and red velvet cake

Been taking it easy the past week or so as things calm down a bit at work. we're delaying the opening of Saipua for another 2 weeks as we finish small details like furnishings and lighting. Jenna made us this Red Velvet cake to celebrate the end of construction. Saw Whatever Works and Moon. Did some hiking with Nea.

a feathery wedding from the marathon weekend...more images of the others soon. now I'm off to unpack some flowers into our new shop which is 99% finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm also downloading whitney houston!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I made a rhubarb buttermilk cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOS!!! Saipua needs a web/tech person

We're so lucky to have so many neat people who work with us and hang with us.
Now we need someone to lend tech/web support.
This person would:

- be able to do a light overhaul (is that oxymoronic? is oxymoronic a word? no, it is not.) of our current site saipua.com
- know how to manage the "shopping cart" feature for our website
- possibly set up the site so that I can make quick updates
- help us configure a network in the new saipua headquarters
- lend expert computer knowledge in general
- preferably live in NYC
- be efficient and able to start this project RIGHT AWAY

This person would be paid by the hour whatever the fair going rate is for this stuff.
If this is you, please email me at sarah[at]saipua.com with some info about yourself

Please spread the word if you know someone! THANKS!!!!!!!!

is it july yet?

here is Jenni's wedding bouquet from last weekend. with peonies, mountain laurel, ranunculus, angel vine, delphinium, dill flowers, clematis, etc.

this morning I feel very lucky. a little anxious. a little tired.

small stump and studio choo

Sitting down to "work" at home which means that in approx. 3 min. I will be cleaning the cat box, making some elaborate dessert I'm incapable of completing, or looking at blogs...which brings me to the point of this post which is to tell you again how much I love small stump & studio choo's designs...look at these 2 arrangements of theirs from today...really so good

6 weddings and my own funeral

As a florist, the best way to recover from a crazy June wedding weekend is to buy yourself something really expensive, but since I'm operating from a mode of fashion self-restraint these days, I opted to maniacally clean my apartment from top to bottom. OK, just the kitchen. OK...just the kitchen floor. Then I walked the dog for, like, 25 miles in Brooklyn since she's been sorta neglected these days. Now I can't really feel my hip flexors. On our walk I stopped to get a manicure on Court Street and I opted for no polish. A NO POLISH MANICURE. How effing mature am I? Right?

delphinium in blue...

gather round children of saipua,

amanda here, sarah's assistant.
the sun is shining after what seems like forever and we are happy about that, like really happy.
sarah is out delivering one of several weddings we got going on this weekend and im here in the new flower studio toiling away on the rest.
stop in for a bunch of this beautiful blue delphinium; $10 bunches...