Good Tuesday Morning! It was such a fun treat to open my computer to find this lovely little bit on Style Me Pretty! This couple, especially the bride, was such a joy to work with! She was beautiful inside and out! Cheers to Victoria and Jordan!

http://www.stylemepretty.com/2012/01/31/santa-barbara-wedding-by-team-hair-and-makeup-mi-belle-inc/ 

We were on Ruffled!!!

We are soo excited to announce that one of our weddings was featured on the Ruffled blog!

Be sure to check it out!

http://ruffledblog.com/vintage-inspired-santa-barbara-wedding/

Cheers!

Cheers to our favorite color!

Voted on as color of the year Tangerine Tango! 

A personal favorite of ours here in the TOAST office.  We love love love this color!

We have a feeling that this is going to be a big color in the new year and we can't wait to use it in our arrangements and in our inspiration boards and we especially can't wait to see how our future brides may use it in their upcoming weddings!  We feel so inspired by this fresh and fun color we are bursting at the seams with ways to incorporate it into our every day creations!

We look forward to showing you all the ways we use it!

Cheers!

So...TOAST world headquarters are currently located in the re-finished garage of my current home (a should-have-been-tear-down we purchased just over a year ago as another one of our 'project' houses- this is the 4th house my husband and I have done since we have been married). We drywalled, installed lights, put in French doors, painted the floor white (maybe not the best choice- but it looked awesome at the time), put a huge seagrass rug in- it looks great- you would never know it was a garage except for the garage door....trying to figure out a way to un-gargage door the garage door....will keep you posted. I will put up pictures of the wonderful space soon- as soon as I get my Christmas decor put away.

In the meantime- I wanted to share a bit more about the surroundings of TOAST and part of what makes us who we are. I clearly have a thing for flowers and when we moved into this house it was void of anything flower-y anywhere. There was only a gopher ridden field of weeds. So a year and LOTS of gopher wire later, I am looking to transform the beds of weeds into beautiful gardens. Part of my New Years to do list is to gardenize the house (yes, a word, I'm sure). After reading that daffodils and other bulbs are a natural deterrent for gophers, I went a little crazy and bought a few bulbs- well, 600 of them. It sounded like a great idea at the time- until I started digging the holes for them. I've only managed to get about 100 of them in the ground and my arms hurt. 500 more to go. SH.

Hopefully, by the time I am done, the dirt around the TOAST office will be covered in gorgeous flowers...including the 25 David Austin Roses that I bought last year hoping we would be ready to plant them last spring...they sat in a pot for a year. Above- the pics of the bulbs in their 'before' state and then the hopeful pictures of what they will become. And some of my favorite roses....

Cheers!

Hello 2012

I ADORE, no really, ADORE New Years.

I also love Mondays. I love mornings.

There is something rejuvinating about the opportunity

to press the re-start button and have a clean palate in front of you

to do well....whatever.

This year, I am so excited to see where TOAST finds itself.

Last year was a huge year for new ventures, learning experiences,

unique challenges,

incredible events and bonding with an incredible team.

As we send a special team member off on a new adventure

(she will be missed greatly),

we are starting new adventures and planning new events right here in the TOAST home offices.

This is the year for learning (I am ALWAYS learning - even though sometimes I think I've had it with learning...) and continuing to improve ourselves, our services and our design.

Here's to 2012! Cheers!

~Kim

(ps. the photo is a shot from one of our very last arrangements of 2011,

delivered to a special client....)