It is official!!!!!  We are booking clients in Northern Utah, Southeast Idaho, Sun Valley, and Jackson Hole!  WHEW!  That is a lot of ground to cover!  We are sooooooo excited to be doing this!  What is even more exciting for us is this; we have decided to NOT charge extra travel fees to these areas!  Yep you read that correctly! When you hire Petal Pixie for weddings in any of these additional areas you will be charged the same delivery and set up fees as our SLC, Park City, and surrounding areas!  Currently our delivery/set up is 10%-20% of your subtotal depending on venue, event size, and time of year.  We feel this is a fantastic deal for those brides who felt like it was out of their reach to have a Petal Pixie wedding.  If you are a bride outside of this area don’t you worry!!!  Petal Pixie loves to travel and we can source our product anywhere in the United States!!!  Travel fees and compensation are determined on a case by case basis.  :) So whether you are in California, Washington, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, New York, or wherever we would LOVE to work with you!!!  And when I say LOVE…I mean LOOOOOOOVE!!!!

On a more personal note….I bought a camera!  Wahoo!  So now I am going to be trying my hand at a little photography and food styling.  Below is an arrangement I made a few weeks ago and photographed in my new back yard.  And yes those are huge pine trees!  They line my whole backyard and I love them!!!

We chose to do two different centerpiece designs.   First is a tall traditional design composed of roses, china mums, stock, and varies greens.  The second centerpiece was gold candlesticks and a small pave arrangement.  We accent all the centerpieces with candles and rose petals.

We kept the bouquets classic and simple with deep red and white roses, white ranunculus, hypericum berries, carnations, fern curls, and white callas.

Photography- Claire Marika Photography 

Flowers used: white ranunculus, white stock, white china mums, orange poppies, queen anne’s lace, and jasmine vine.

Photograph by:  Tonya Peterson Photography

I will be giving away a $500 credit towards the winner’s flower order!  That is 50% off our min order!  Pretty sweet deal I think!

I just wanted to let you all know about this great opportunity to learn more about photography.  My dear friend and amazing photographer is offering a Basics of Photography class!  Tonya is beyond amazing and is a fantastic teacher.  Check out her blog here and sign up for her class, you won’t be disappointed! 

You can see lots of Tonya’s work right here on my blog and website! She was the photographer for my Irish Romance Shoot as well as some other beauties in the floral design section.

 I am so excited to let you all in on my secret project I have been cooking up!  In the fall of 2011 I decided to make the leap and re-brand and change my business name from Chic Design Studios to something spectacular.  I had no clue what the name would be but I knew it had to be done. It wasn’t until the end of December I was bouncing name ideas off my best friend that he suggested Petal Pixie.  I LOVED it!  It felt good, sounded even better, and was totally ME!  I contacted some of my dearest industry friends, bounced the name off them, and next thing you know Petal Pixie started to form and the process began! 

 Some of you are probably thinking, “Why would you change your name?”  The only answer I have is this, one day I realized I wasn’t being true to myself or my art.  I was hiding behind a blanket a safe place where I could be easily looked over. 

 The name Petal Pixie is a very personal choice and reflection of my personality and style.  I personally struggled with it for months, “Am I making the right choice?  Where will this change take me?  What will people think?”  I replayed these questions in my mind over and over again.  But with the help of my closest friends and colleagues the fear and anxiety lessened and I couldn’t deny that this adjustment was the best decision I have ever made. 

I hope you all enjoy the new look and feel that is Petal Pixie!  I am very excited about this change and hope that it provides me with all the opportunities and desires I dream about.  I am so grateful for all my family, friends, colleagues, and clients (past, present, and future) that support me and help me grow as a person and designer.  Let the journey begin!!! 

 Luv, Kim

Photo Credit-Pickled Pepper Photography