Wednesday, August 5, 2009

f*ck peonies


I'll take Queen Anne's Lace any time. Especially when it can be found on the side of the road.

Check out Chelsea's linen and lace post on Project Wedding.
Posted by esb at 11:26 AM
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34 comments:

  1. bridechicAugust 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    Good point. Love it.

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  2. Victory BirdAugust 5, 2009 at 12:21 PM

    Totally. Also: Baby's breath. So cheap!

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  3. Color Me GreenAugust 5, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    hell yeah! i love queen anne's lace and those blue flowers that grow by the side of the road too

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  4. east side brideAugust 5, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    queen anne's lace = rad wildflower
    baby's breath = filler
    sorry.

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  5. MouseAugust 5, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    I concur.

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  6. lizAugust 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    i gotta disagree on this one... i've seen some awesome baby's breath bouquets.

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  7. FoxyAugust 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Hear Hear on the Queens Anne lace....

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  8. caraAugust 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM

    excuuuuuuse me? Fuck *what*?

    (I need a reality check. my first thought was actually 'fuck *who*? )

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  9. blind irish pirateAugust 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Queen Anne's lace will always be first and foremost in my heart, simply for the fact that it beat out dandelions when I was a child and it took me until I was twenty until I knew what a peony was. Uh oh.

    And, yeah, baby's breath is very 1990. You want to be modern? Go more vintage than 1990. Just sayin'.

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  10. east side brideAugust 5, 2009 at 6:11 PM

    Silly Peonies.

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  11. east side brideAugust 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    bip: you crack me up.

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  12. birdAugust 5, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    my bouquet was full of queen anne's lace. love it.

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  13. mary-kathryn herringtonAugust 5, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    absolutely... who doesn't love a good road side flower?

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  14. jamieAugust 5, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    i mean. you didn't have to do it on the same day i posted a picture or peonies.

    but whatev.

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  15. jamieAugust 5, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    "of" peonies.

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  16. little missAugust 6, 2009 at 7:35 AM

    Ha. Of course - queen anne's lace, combined with seeded eucalyptus are my "non negotiable" flowers. Most give me the stink eye when I inform them of this, but sigh.

    I love.

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  17. AnonymousAugust 6, 2009 at 9:10 AM

    I love checking out your blog as the range of topics and good taste of styles are so exciting and the photos are great. However, your unrestrained use of expletives make you sound very dumb, i.e, can't find words to express what you mean, and down right trashy. Unfortunate.

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  18. CassaundraAugust 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    umhm, you said it!

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  19. AmandaAugust 6, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    Ahh, I love the f*ck out of you east side. But seriously, peonies are still the best. Ok, second best. Sweet Peas will always be my fav.

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  20. AnonymousAugust 6, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    please don't hate me for saying this, but the flowers in the photo make it seem like Queen Anne's Lace looks eerily similar to ragweed... which I am horribly allergic to. It just gave me a visceral reaction. I guess I just like less "dainty" flowers. obviously I'm not a fan of baby's breath either. Give me a big fat tiger lily. :)

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  21. noa (feather love photography)August 6, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    emilia and i were just in Portland to shoot a wedding and i was freaking out about how queen anne's lace was growing wild like EVERYWHERE! so amazing. it's one of my faves. i love peonies AND peonies & polaroids too though ;)

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  22. deeAugust 6, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    You're so f'ing funny!
    I had lilly of the valley in my bouquet. I love it more than anything in the world.

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  23. iheartkiwiAugust 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    i suggested to my mother that instead of buying wedding flowers we should just snip a few branches of the bright pink bougainvillea that grows rampant on the side of every freeway in arizona... no one would miss them.

    i was prompty shot down. apparently it might be illegal. oh well.

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  24. lizAugust 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    illegal shmillegal. kiwi, don't let silly laws thwart your true love.


    and also, "shmillegal" is far more awkward to say than i'd intended.

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  25. UnknownAugust 6, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Youre damn right, as always....

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  26. JulesAugust 6, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    love it.

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  27. LibbyAugust 7, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    Amen! I am over peonies (although they are beautiful). I have been thinking of using tons of baby's breath at my wedding. When used alone and in large amounts its actually quite beautiful...
    Don't worry, I wont put it in my hair.

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  28. MegAugust 7, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    I got this for my flower arranging advertising thingy ma bob, and I had such a hard time using it, which pissed me off, because I love it so much. I think my mistake was trying to use it WITH other flowers, instead of just letting it rock things on it's own.

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  29. MegAugust 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    Oh. Hee. I just saw the anonymous post on your unrestrained use of expletives. F*cking ridiculous. Hee.

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  30. chelseaAugust 10, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Ha! You are so funny! Thanks so much for the link!!

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  31. bunny + chipAugust 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    I hear you...but..... can I still have peonies? I had my heart set, and {stamping feet and whining} I really want them!!

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  32. RachelAugust 21, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    F*ck everyone using peonies but they are my favourite & I loved them for our wedding.

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  33. MaggieAugust 21, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    Love, love love queen anne's lace. Especially when it's wild ALL over the place we got married.

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  34. AnonymousAugust 21, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    I like your expletives, ESB, don't ever change :)

    The faint of heart and spirit have martha stewart. Please, don't rag on my counterculture.

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