Hey Summer~it's me Alison

I know we haven't seen much of each other... it's not that I don't want to spend time with you. I think you're lovely.
It's been a busy time for me. It's kind of a poor excuse though, I should have made time for you. Hey summer, did you know I
got married a couple of weeks back? He's the most tender hearted human and he loves me more than the stars. I know the two of you have shared some time by the pool recently and I couldn't be happier... honest. Perhaps we'll all have a chance to frolic together before Autumn comes to take your place. Until then.
Alison xo

Just a few to tease you!

Joseph and Jaime popped into Coriander Girl today with a few photographs from the wedding. These are Fujifilm's Instax, like polaroids but even cuter! They are the size of a credit card in real life!
Thanks for taking the time to drop off these darling photos before you head out for Italy tomorrow guys!!! Sorry I couldn't join you but I'm dreaming about your plum french toast!


click on photo for a larger view, is that obvious?;>
Alison xo

August 6th 2011 Our wedding day

I've spent the last year dreaming about our wedding day. Obviously I had expectations but I can honestly say it blew me away and was the single most glorious day of my life. Every moment of it was perfection. I think there was a moment that I got to choose whether or not I was going to 'sweat the small stuff' in the early morning my maid of honour and very best friend, Brittany Smith, assured me the rain was not going to come even though the clouds were rolling in and the weather network promised rain by 80 percent. When you have as many people as we had praying to the sun gods, collectively we made a difference! And the rain held off! It held off just long enough for the campers to pick up the last of their things the next morning and then it poured for two days! We had angels surrounding us that day. My allergies were no where to be found, I suffered not a single mosquito bite and the eye twitch I've had for well over three months vanished a couple days before our big day. That's all I needed, to squint my way through our vows! I decided to come in to the ceremony on a tractor, a flat bed to be exact, perched on a bail of hay. We met Willard at the end of the road and dad helped get me situated on the tractor and then he and Britt drove off and over the hill they went. There I was, all alone on my bail of hay, the wind gently blowing through my hair. I was overcome with joy as we descended the hill towards my love, and our family and friends. I was so overcome that I squealed at the top of my lungs, of course having no idea that they could all hear this yelp echo throughout the valley below where they were waiting patiently. I guess it cut some of the nervous tension building as Tyler stood waiting for me to arrive. And what a moment that was. As I approached, the group stood and clapped and cried and laughed and it was truly the most love I have ever felt in my life. Seeing Tyler for the first time was nothing short of magical. Not a moment is blurry, as I was more grounded and more present than I had ever hoped I would be. The vows resonated so deeply as we spoke them. Nothing felt rushed. The biggest surprise and certainly the best gift we could have given ourselves was to have my father marry us. I knew being pronounced husband and wife was BIG but I had no idea it would be as profound for me as it was. I also didn't expect to feel any different now, exactly one week later, but I do feel different. It's a deeper commitment and we've been speaking to each other with even more tenderness, if that's possible.
The rest of the day played out much like the beginning, with abundant joy. Our families now joined and loving each other more than we could have ever hoped, gathered on the tractor following the ceremony and headed up the hill for pictures. Joseph and Jaime our amazing photographers were like super heroes dangling off the flat bed like spider man, they helped make the experience even more magnificent! We can't wait to see how they captured our day and as soon as we have something to show you we'll post them here on the blog! The dinner and dessert was superb and the dance was killer! We had karaoke intermixed with dance beats and I think it worked really well. I'll never forget singing a duet with my nephew Jack to Billy Idol's White Wedding. Our MC's, Aly and John were hilarious, the speeches were so heart felt and our families amazed us with just how much they could share their emotions. It was beautiful to see so many tears that night.... Bill. ;> And the laughter was infectious.
There are too many people to thank all at once here and so over the next few weeks I'm going to shine a light on the people who helped make our day so amazing. I had to at least say hello for now and give you the highlight reel.
Can't wait to share more of this incredible day with you. Thanks to everyone for your love and support.
All my love.
Alison xoxo

A lovely wedding shower

My bestest friend in the land, Ms. Brittany Smith threw me the most magnificent wedding shower last week, even though we were in the 11th hour she felt it was really important, and I'm so glad she did. Our dearest friend Jamie Dobbs A.K.A The Sassy Lamb joined in to help out with food and decorations and a lovely wedding shower was born.


To have all my best girl friends and very special lady family members showering me with love was so magical.


Jaime's desserts were so beautiful, and look! It's a cookie in honour of our rabbit Harry and maybe I'm biased but her Coriander cupcakes are to die for!



Coriander Girl flowers had to make an appearance.


Cucumber water, yes please!


Such beauties.


I would like to thank all the beautiful women who attended and contributed to the group gift, a spa day!!! It's booked and I'm going on Tuesday! For those of you who couldn't make it, you were deeply missed. Much love to every single one of you for making this such a special day for me. A special thank you to my dear friend Jenn for her delicious salads and joyful spirit, darling Mischa for helping Britt and me in so many ways, to my dear Kerriander for taking so much stress off of me on a daily basis and a killer fruit salad and to my aunties for their fruit and vegetable contributions as well. What fun we had!
Stay tuned, as the next post will have even more details with pictures by the lovely Jaime Dobbs(The Sassy Lamb).
Alison xo

Wedding season!

Hi darling doodles! I've been MIA because it's wedding season and wedding season means weddings, weddings, weddings all day every day without rest! Not only am I doing 50 weddings for other people but I'm getting married in less than 3 weeks!!! So,
in order for me to fully experience my own I've got to get completely caught up. If you think I've been off the map, friends and family, these next two weeks I'm going to encourage you to not file a missing person's report and trust that I'll be back soon!
Much love! And huge shout outs for my florist sisters...and brothers too!
Alison xo

My darlings!

Every once and awhile my beautiful friends, France, Van and Helene from Montreal come to TO for a visit and it's always the most lovely and hilarious time. If you can believe it, they slept in the store! These girls seriously rule.
Ladies, thank you so much for stopping over and taking my mind off of the stress of my business for a little while. I'll be coming to Montreal very soon to party it up!





Alison xo

Happy Father's Day!

To my darling dad. Happy Father's Day. My dear blog followers have come to know you as the Coriander Dad, Coriander Delivery boy, Coriander Caterer, Coriander Renovator, my Coriander Cheerleader. If they only knew just how extraordinary you really are. Your generosity, endless encouragement and support astonishes me every day.Your enthusiasm for life is infectious. I know how blessed I am to have you so close. Just yesterday as we boarded the water taxi to deliver flowers to Toronto Island I thought, "this is a time in my life I won't ever forget." I've said it just recently but we've become quite the team haven't we?
We've always been the others sidekick but more so than ever it seems. I love how close you and Tyler have become. I love you so completely. I want to yell it from roof tops to honour you! A wee blog post will have to do.

And to my darling step father, Walter Morehouse, Happy Father's Day. Your quiet praise is felt deep in my heart. Truly your support and love come through loud and clear. I don't have a pic of you on this new laptop, remember the water damage fiasco? But friends, I can assure you he's a handsome fellow. Picture a cross between, George Clooney and Danny Devito, yeah, my mom's one lucky lady! Really, you're such an adorable human and you've loved us a whole lot. Thank you so much for all that you've done for me pop.

And to Tyler's darling dad Bill, my soon to be my Father-in-law, Happy Father's Day Billy! The love you've shown your boys should have won you some kind of an award. And you've been so very loving to me, thank you. I hope you're having an extraordinary day today. Much love.

To all you dads out there and father's to be, Happy Father's Day! To my brother~ way to go! Jack is an incredible young man.
To my friends and family who have lost their fathers and some of you much too soon, my heart aches for you today. I simply cannot imagine life without dad.

In celebration of fathers, let's have a dance!
This one's for you Diddy! It's his theme song.
Click here and dance with me!

Alison xo