Once Wed - Flowerwild Workshop Captured by Photographers Jose Villa and Amanda Temple

Do you ever come across a photograph and feel a flood of memories overwhelm you? Moments stolen or forgotten of a particular vignette, frozen by your perception of that time. When you linger over each image, do you remember the pungent smells, the textures and the tears or even the laughter that made up that split second - captured forever by a camera?  I do.

Bouquet Designed by Nikki J Begg, Creative Director @ Petals

The images taken by Jose Villa at The Flowerwild workshop Amanda and I attended back in March in Palm Springs, California are to be featured today on Once Wed. They have just arrived via Drop Box and in doing so, awoke a treasure trove of memories from what feels like an eternity ago. I vividly recall the profusion of amazing bouquets we made, but above all, I remember the incredible group of women, each with an insatiable curiosity and a love of floral design, absolutely in their element, doing what they most love. Everything flowers.

We had all travelled from across the globe to attend the workshop

Kate Holt from Flowerwild  photographed by José Villa

Ashley Fox from Ashley Fox Designs

Ashley Bond and Elizabeth Durels from Vancouver

Choosing Blooms

 Amanda having way too much fun working on her bouquet. Amanda's blog also has an incredible collection of images that she captured on the day and lots more images of the stylized shoot as captured by Jose Villa 

Chelsie came to the workshop with her mother Jackie Perez - I so want to steal Chelsie!

Kelly Perry from Philosophy Flowers

Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm

Kate and Nikki

Nikki's bouquet

For more inside details, read the original post: The Agony and The Ecstasy and please, drop me a line, I'd love to know what you think!

Behind the scenes: 

Nikki  doing some stylin' and Kim Sanders from Art with Nature Design 
making sure the maestro did not fall

Jackie's Bouquet

Mar Romero of Team Hair and Make Up worked her magic on the beautiful models

Kim's Bouquet

Kelly's Bouquet

 Amanda's Bouquet

 Whitney Hardin's bouquet

Kathy Burnham's Bouquet

Bouquet by Gretel Adams from Sunny Meadows Flower Farm

Erin's Bouquet

Kate's second bouquet

While everyone was working on their initial bouquet, I decided to make a second! 
Can't decide which one I prefer - so very different!

Prop rentals and styling was provided by Jeni Maus of Found Vintage Rentals