Gorgeous and Green Blog

Gorgeous and Green Vintage California Style

February 21st, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Here’s a couple of pics from a Chicago couple who tied the knot here in the East Bay. They came all the way to California for a vintage style impromptu wedding with Gorgeous and Green decor that included local succulents, kale and craspedia. The photographer was Rebecca Wilkowski Photography, a green photographer here in the Bay Area. (We’re both green certified businesses and happen to be friends too!)

Succulents in wedding decor have been a big deal the past few years, and airplants are also becoming popular. Luckily we carry many airplants here at the boutique, and we often have succulents too!

In Green, Beauty and Health,

G&G

Love and the Online Boutique!

February 9th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Hello neighbors and friends!

We’ve been getting ready for the big day of love, and the opening of the Gorgeous and Green online boutique: shop

We will be open every day up to Valentines Day, including Monday (our usual day off) so please come in to find something unique and sustainable for yourself or someone else. We will have a lovely assortment of flowers for bouquets, as well as the usual suspect, the rose. All our roses will either be locally grown in Petaluma, or they will be sustainably grown and fair trade Veriflora roses. For those who can’t come in, we will have online ordering available as well as orders via phone: 510 665 7974 for local deliveries.

It’s been a long time coming, but our online shop is finally opening tomorrow February 10th 2012. We’re happy to offer our lovely selection of local and sustainably made gifts and flower arrangements to online shoppers. We have lovely sustainable arrangements and local succulent terrariums that can be delivered locally by pedal express, a local worker-owned bicycle courier ! Yes, that means your local flowers and gifts can make their way to local friends and family without emissions. For deliveries outside of the local east area, we will continue to use our carbon neutral high mpg or biodiesel vehicles. We are also offering other sustainable, locally made and eco friendly gifts and items that can be sent via USPS. We will be adding more and more lovely items in the coming months, but hope this assortment will be helpful to those seeking gifts of love for themselves or someone else.

To give you a little taste of what we will be offering online, here are a few items from the shop:

Local Calla Bouquet with local roses, succulents and greens in twig vase.

vintage earrings by local artist “the smiling cat”

Local anemones in leaf wrapped vase

Large container of seed bombs with handmade bomb slingshot

Earrings by local artist Tangleweeds, made with recycled materials

We hope to offer many new up and coming local artists and sustainably-minded artisans in the boutique, so feel free and spread the word. We love what we do and want to spread the love to others getting and giving gifts and flowers this holiday and every day. After all, we love the earth too.

In green and health,

G&G

Green Wedding in East Bay Parks

January 3rd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Featuring Gorgeous and Green Floral Designs!

Here’s a link to Rebecca Wilkowski’s blog, the photographer who shot the cool wedding:

http://www.rebeccawilkowski.com/blog/2011/11/east-bay-regional-parks-botanic-garden-wedding-karey-ben/

We provided awesome kale, crespedia, celosia and succulent bouquets for a Chicago couple looking to get hitched in the East Bay. Congrats!

G&G

Floral Designs for SF GAFFTA Event

December 30th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

A few weeks ago Gorgeous and Green teamed up again with the awesome catering company, Table Nectar on an event at the Warfield in San Francisco. There were a total of 26 tables in the space, and it was tricky to find something that would fit on the very narrow tables. I also wanted to include the GAFFTA logo and modern charcoal color, so I came up with this:

and this for the VIP tables:

and a variation on that theme for all the tables:

And a larger piece for the entryway:

In Green, Beauty and Health,

G&G

Green Wedding at Costanoa

December 23rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

This fall Gorgeous and Green provided the wedding party and reception flowers for a quaint wedding at Costanoa lodge in Pescadero, CA. The bride gave us a fairly loose idea of using local and seasonal flowers and branches, and we went with our own ideas.

Take a look at some beautiful shots of the Costanoa grounds and the event designs.

a bridesmaid bouquet with local crespedia, amaranth, celosia

the Ranch House where the reception took place

a beautiful arrangement of local japanese maple, sustainably grown thistle, etc

Ceremony decor at the altar space

the dining table designs

and lastly, a simple family boutonniere

In green and health,

G&G

Gorgeous and Green on RUFFLED

November 17th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Hello!

Just wanted to mention that a wedding Gorgeous and Green worked on at Flora Grubb Gardens this past summer is on the wedding blog Ruffled. Check it out: http://ruffledblog.com/diy-british-columbia-wedding/

photo courtesy of Stephen Hughes Photography

In Green, Glamour and Health,

G&G

New Winter items at the GG boutique

November 8th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

The items available at Gorgeous and Green are always changing. We have some new arrivals in preparation for the gift giving season ahead of us. And, as always, we try to find other sustainably minded artists and folks locally, when possible.

I recently brought in some locally made soy candles from Cocibolca, and the purchase of each candle helps save the rainforest!

We are almost sold out of the wooden ties we got in from Wood Thumb, a small business by two brothers in San Francisco. Time to reorder!

For those in love with tillandsias or airplants, we have new airplant display art in the boutique by JFish designs made right here in Berkeley. Some small and large clove hanging holders, small wall pockets in various colors and hanging twig vases/holders.

For a special or not so special occasion, we have handmade bow awards from ghost academy.

And local repurposed vintage jewelry from La Chat souriant.

In preparation for 2012, we have a lovely calendar made by local Young America Creative artists featuring seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Swing by the boutique and see what’s new and looking cool.

In Green, Beauty and Health,

G&G

Day of the Dead 2011

November 1st, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Greetings!

I wanted to share some nice pictures of some of the fun we had at Gorgeous and Green this week in preparation for Dia de los Muertos tomorrow.

I also wanted to let people know that we will be closed tomorrow, November 2nd 2011, in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland General Strike. I invite people to join in the strike. http://www.occupyoakland.org/

Here are a few pics of the celebratory art and altars: