If you missed Tough Love’s season finale, here are some glimpses on all the delectable details on their personal flowers. Aileen did a phenomenal job catering to the bride’s unique requests. Christina and Mario wanted a classic black and white wedding with gold accents. For her bridal bouquet, we made a graceful cascading bouquet of […]
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While she’s unable to serve you a cup of tea for obvious reasons, she would love to invite you to kick off your heels and settle in as you get inspired by her recent work, latest travels, and industry insight and advice.
June 10, 2010
June 4, 2010
Aileen and I are looking forward to attending Engage10 at the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman on Monday. To our delight, we received this adorable vase sent by the sweet ladies of Engaging Concepts. Rebecca Grinnals and Kathryn Arce put on the most spectacular wedding business summit. It draws the best of the best in our […]
June 1, 2010
Last night we had the honor of participating in the Season Finale of Tough Love Couples Wedding special. If you missed it, you can watch the full episode HERE. We had a lot of fun designing and provide the flowers for the ceremony as well as the personal flowers and two reception rooms. The wedding of Dennis […]
May 27, 2010
VH1 ‘Tough Love Couples’ season finale airs this Monday (5/31). Watch the heart felt episode of Dennis and Simone’s wedding ceremony and their spectacular wedding celebration filmed in San Diego. We are so honored to be selected as their wedding designer. Here is the sneak peak of Monday’s show. VH1 TV Shows | Music […]
May 20, 2010
Do you enjoy creating exquisite events? Do you love designing weddings? We have some new designer positions opening and would love to have you on board. We are looking for creative souls with a HUGE passion for gorgeous events. Designers MUST enjoy working with flowers. Please contact Karen 858.481.9424 or email me karen@karentran.com.
May 11, 2010
Yesterday Style me pretty featured our luscious vintage wedding at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Thank you SMP for such a wonderful feature! How lovely is Darby? You can read my previous post of Darby and Rod’s gorgeous wedding Here. I am so very fortunate to have so many beautiful brides who are just […]
April 15, 2010
I just picked up a brand new copy of The Bride and Bloom magazine Spring issue 2010. As always, I can spend hours browsing through it. It’s always inspiring with tons of new style and trends. However, in this issue, I was pleasantly surprised to see my very own wedding featured again under ‘Best of Real Weddings’. […]
March 16, 2010
Exquisite Magazine 2010 Spring is officially on the stand today. Completely loaded with tons of amazing wedding fashion. It’s gorgeous! We are so honored to be involved with their tabletop shoot again this year. We collaborated with Emily Smiley to produce an old world new age tablescape where vintage meets modern. Our tabletop setting was […]
February 26, 2010
The newest Rancho Las Lomas book has just been released and it is truly beautiful. This is a wonderful collaboration of spectacular preferred vendors at this amazing property. Rancho las Lomas is located in Silverado, just 60 miles north of San Diego. If you are looking for a unique location with magnificent grounds and […]
February 15, 2010
Ceremony Magazine described this wedding in their newest issue as ‘STUNNING’. Stunning is Right! It was glamorous, lavish, and over the top gorgeous. We are so happy to see one of our favorite weddings featured in this amazing magazine. Lexi and Dustin had all the wonderful scrumptious details that set them apart. Custom wedding canopy […]
