Pyrite Sun

Pyrite Sun Breath Eat Grow Experience Artist. Sustainable weddings and events. Planning. Beautiful food. Floral design. Gardens. Vintage rentals. Connection to nature.

11/05/2023

Lovely dark moody fall wedding yesterday for Katie and Tom! Gorgeous couple and the cutest flower girl ever.

Design, full event production, floral:
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Pro photos: (these photos by me)
DJ:
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10/26/2023

It's that time of year when we can't help but post the last dahlias because they are so precious and we can't believe anything in the world is so beautiful amidst all the world turmoil. And so, one more dahlia harvest from the garden today. These are my very favorites of all.

10/15/2023

Creating this wedding for my dear friend and his beautiful bride was the highlight of the year. Marcus , you're one of the very best people in the world. You're both our very favorites, and we love you both so much! To all the years of joy and happiness in your future.

09/17/2023

Love love loved making things beautiful for Patrick and Shannon yesterday! Especially getting to use the colorful dahlias and zinnias and many plants from my gardens.

09/17/2023

Such a joy to serve these tomatoes grown from seed and picked today from the garden.

02/13/2023

The most delicious dish I've made in ages. This one just for me, instead of Superbowl food today. Organic striped papillon pasta, roasted delicata squash, purple cauliflower, red onion, melted garlic, cilegine mozzarella, sesame sticks, nori, dukkah, zataar.

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11/09/2022

The final week of the garden before frost is always so heartbreakingly beautiful and bountiful. Picking the dahlias tomorrow as well for this weekend's wedding.

07/10/2022

Sweet little sample wedding cake. Filled with vanilla custard, berries, and fresh figs. Adorned with flowers and leaves from the garden. .

07/06/2022

Look at this beautiful bride! We loved creating your wedding with you, Naomi and Blake! I especially love that you wanted all the colors, and you and your guests were so full of love and joy!

06/26/2022

Hexagon arbor success for a beautiful outdoor ceremony, just as the rain cleared up today. We're usually fans of lots of color, but this simple white and light sage theme was lovely and refreshing. We loved having with us at Colvin House!

05/05/2022

A worthy bridal bouquet.

04/23/2022

Earth Day brought us lots of life giving rain and a beautiful wedding. Look at Spring spilling into our wedding altar! Congratulations Jeremy and Lauren! What a joy to help you celebrate! Can't wait for the pro photos from !

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04/17/2022

However you celebrate this weekend, may it be full of love, peace, connection, and understanding. We all share responsibility for our wholeness on this whole Earth. All of the holidays this time of year are actually celebrating rebirth, renewal, and resilience of nature and life through periods when we are not as close to the sun. The world does not revolve around religions or any individual humans. Life revolves around the sun, as a collective whole cycle.

And, as everyday, forever, #слава України #мир #любовь

04/03/2022

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03/29/2022

I make food too remind us that it is the source of all life. A pie or quiche, round and whole, a planet. The chives and day lily shoots are up in the garden, my rosemary made it through the winter still alive under their leaf protective gear. So many lives and work go into making one simple quiche - the wheat, butter, eggs, pork from humans tending the life of grain fields, cows, pigs, chickens. The potatoes had a collaboration with the sun and microorganisms and nutrients in the soil. The spinach and herbs sensing the longer days, and in their will to grow, turning sun into food. We depend on each part of the whole. We depend on each other and nature. We depend upon freedom to grow and live. We depend upon the freedom of Ukraine.

All I think about is and the war. And peace and the sticky green buds of resistance in spring. To my beloved clients waiting for emails, I'm moving slowly but surely sending love to you as I also send it to Ukraine.

03/22/2022

The blossoms are still opening on this amaryllis and I am hoping the awareness of our interdependence in the hearts of each member of humanity is also growing, petal by petal, painful bomb by bomb.

Today explained in his address to Italy that there will be more famine far outside Ukraine if Putin is not stopped. The world network depends on the grain and sunflower oil and other agricultural products that are grown in the fields currently being bombed and filled with mines. We depend on nature for power, food, and energy - the way fruit depends on the balance of pollinators. I believe in that peaceful world where the fields can be planted and people can have access to food and safety, and the independence ‐the true freedom of living beings- that comes from embracing our interdependence with nature and each other. The world can't eat if the fields can't be planted, if the pollinators cannot safely reach the flowers that need their assistance to grow into our food. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

03/21/2022

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Committed event yesterday. Ready for a summer of celebrating love and planting sunflowers in resistance to the evil forces in the world that foolishly think violence is more powerful than love and freedom.

Blue and yellow, love and peace. Every act of love, every joyful gathering shared with friend and family, every wedding, is a sunflower sprouting up after winter. Love courageously with all your hearts, friends. Plant seeds for peace.

03/14/2022

Please witness and watch his daily addresses and updates. My world and the entire world is illuminated and bettered by his ability to inspire, learn, and communicate the essence and interconnectedness of all life on Earth. I want there to be growth in our network of human consciousness, like tree roots growing and communicating with each other when the blue sky and yellow sun provide the light, water, warmth, and nourishment that tell them it is safe to grow.

I plant an amaryllis bulb every year and say out loud, “things will be better when it blooms.” I believe in the power of nature. I envision the war ending as each blossom opens. White for peace, red in remembrance of the people who have been lost and the suffering of the people of Ukraine. For all suffering. Blue, yellow, freedom, sun sky.

He is giving daily updates on the war to his people, but Zelenskiy is also appealing to what it means to be connected and human on this Earth. He has talked about the harshness of spring as a season that leads to growth. He spoke about the need to make plans to plant the fields with crops and grain that feed the region, and the importance of believing in the harvest. He has described the natural process in which the cycles and balance of nature allow for seeds to grow and people to dream and hope. Putin will ultimately fail, he explained, because the life force of freedom and hope organically makes any attempt to dominate it unsustainable. This message is not just about the war. This also speaks to our future on the planet. Life depends upon the food we eat and the water we drink, the land we live upon, and the sun that warms us and provides the energy to grow the food we eat, and our connection to the rest of the world (from pollinators to medicines). No human can survive alone and without these basic keys to life, no matter how much money or ability to dominate and destroy they amass.

I want the seeds of unity and connectedness to grow. The awareness that war destroys the aggressor as well as the attacked. That destroying or dominating other living beings and ecosystems is weakness, never power. (Continued in comments below)

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It was so fun to do a piping extravaganza for this retro style wedding cake! #weddingcake #cake #fancyweddingcake

Quote by Georgina Reid from The Planthunter: Truth, Beauty, Chaos, and Plants. Garden by me, Clover the Cat, and all of Nature.

It was such a treat to have time to take photos during this beautiful wedding! The triple ceremony kiss and JB the dog for the win! Can't wait for the pro photos from @sophiecazottes The couple wanted the feeling and colors to be reflective of Lake Michigan, the beach, wild flowers, and native grasses, with light summery pastels and pops of brighter colors. The very talented bride sews and makes all kinds of beautiful things, so we incorporated some of her fabric into the wedding arbor. She also dyed the gorgeous fabric behind the seating chart. Then instead of a guest book, she had every guest write their name on a quilt square which she will later embroider and then sew into a big quilt of love commemorating their wedding day. I grew all of the zinnias, dahlias, and cosmos from seeds and tubers in my gardens. Few things make me happier than picking the first dahlias. But the most exciting part was making the neck garland for JB the dog. He was a star and wore it the whole time. I collected the beach glass on the altar and the sweetheart table from years of beach walks. Laura @sew_lovely_laura is the most amazing creative partner and makes everything sooooo lovely. Congratulations to Andrew and Kelsey! We loved being part of your celebration and helping you express your creativity and individuality. You are both so awesome! Venue: @colvinevents Wedding planning & design, vintage rentals, furniture vignettes, floral, and cake: @pyritesun Catering: @lulacafeevents Photo (the pro ones, not these): @sophiecazottes DJ: @cageandaquarium MHU: @nikavaughanbridalartists

Birds! Sounds on.

Still thinking about this @chihistoricalcostuming event @colvinevents last weekend with so much love. So many of the guests made their 1890's style gowns! Cannot wait for all of the pro photos and videos and many more costume balls to come.

This beautiful couple wanted an Alice in Wonderland/Fairy Garden themed wedding, and love baby's breath and pink two-toned carnations. We were very excited about this! Congratulations, Sam and Sophia! Love and joy to you! #aliceinwonderland #fairygardenwedding #weddingarbor #weddingaltar #Chicagofloraldesign #weddingflowersdecor #weddingflowers #historichomes

Happy Autumn Solstice! Fern and I are multitasking: celebrating the special day while trying so hard to catch up on emails and proposals before the wedding weekend. Hope you get some time outside today to celebrate nature in all her glory with the migrating birds and the stalwart hummingbirds. #autumn🍁 #autumnequinox #backyardoasis #weddingplanning #chicagoweddingplanner

Wedding arbor magic on Saturday for a beautiful couple, Anastasiia and Westley, under the Mulberry tree at Colvin House. No floral foam no wire no waste. Just love, magic, and flowers. #sustainablewedding #nofloralfoam #sustainableflorist #chicagoweddingvenue #Chicagofloraldesign #chicagoeventplanner #weddingarbor #weddingarch #bohowedding @greenweddingalliance

We loved being part of @Wedtoberfest last night! Ready to start planning your weddings, new couples! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 @colvinevents . We also sponsored composting for the entire event through @theurbancanopy ! #chicagoeventplanner #Chicagofloraldesign #chicagoweddings #chicagoweddingrental #vintagetable #vintageweddings #witchyvibes #weddingcakes

About to be on Around Town @wgnmorningnews for @wedtoberfest

Queenie zinnia loves for one of today's wedding cakes.

We've been doing weddings weddings weddings over here, but today I got to send a birthday cake home with mom @janeoftheglen to my dear brother @joey_of_cleveland Happy birthday, Joey! I love you so much!