Our 2023 Educators
Janelle
Lavenders Florals and Tono+Co.
Janelle is a California-based florist and educator for creative entrepreneurs. She is highly sought after for her creative direction and is widely published for her thoughtful and transformative wedding installations, editorials and laser-focused work-ethic. Working in tandem with her luxury textile company, Tono+co., her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Brides, Style Me Pretty, Magnolia Rouge Magazine and Utterly Engaged Magazine.
Janelle has a BA in Studio Art, and has studied at the renowned Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. She has used her education and visionary intuition to create unique designs for hundreds of weddings world-wide. Janelle is an artist through and through. She strives to create long-lasting bonds with her clients that are built on trust and a common wish for things that are wildly unique and magical. With a passion for living life to the max, Janelle wants to empower her clients, fellow creatives and entrepreneurs to realize their full creative potential.
Michelle
Be Sage Consulting
Michelle Loretta is a strategist for the events industry and creator of Be Sage Consulting, formerly Sage Wedding Pros. She has been educating, coaching, and consulting event professionals since 2009. With a degree in accounting, roots at the Big 4 firm Deloitte, and experience as a stationery entrepreneur, she dissects numbers to help level-up businesses’ earnings. Michelle wakes up each day excited to create Financial Strategies for Wedding and Event Businesses. She has been asked to speak at a number of industry conferences, including NACE Experience, Biz Bash Live, and The Special Event. She was named one of the TOP 1000 Event Professionals by BizBash in 2019. She is also the winner of the 2021 ILEA ESPRIT best conference award for the Be Sage Conference.
Join Michelle at Be Sage Conference in Sonoma this February 2023 for deeper learning.
Allie
Creatives Learn Law
I’ve been a photographer since 2006, the year I met my husband in a high school darkroom. I’ve been a lawyer since 2017, the year I worked for a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court after graduating from law school near the top of my class.
In 2019, having worked for a national law firm and the Colorado Attorney General’s office, I realized that I was always meant to work with other small business owners. I’m here to give peace of mind to entrepreneurs who started their own business so they could be in control of their career.
Beyond teaching and representing clients in my own firm, I also have experience teaching students how to represent small businesses and nonprofits from having served as a teaching fellow in the Community Economic Development Clinic at Denver Law.
Cheri
Southern Charm Weddings & Events
As a Chapel Designer since 2017 and staple floral designer in Colorado with ties to Texas since 2012, Cheri is an amazing talent to learn from.
”Visual storytelling is my job. Bringing flowers together in their best capacity, with detailed and artistic curated designs, displayed in graceful abundance, is how I envision each event.”
She is also one of four designers who is part of Let’s Propose - an online platform of experienced floral designers that create floral proposals, sells comprehensive floral recipes and leads an inspiring community of floral design professionals. (They also have a Freelancer directory!)
We can wait for you to learn from Cheri, she is such a sweet and kind person, as well as an open book about all things floral & beyond! Her focus will be on leasing a team of freelancers, building a strong network & how she goes from proposal/recipe to the live event.
Lisa
Lace & Lilies
Founded in 2011, Lace and Lilies is a collaboration between Lisa and Lacey formed from a shared love of flowers and self expression. They specialize in wedding flowers, large-scale floral installations, weekly deliveries and workshops.
Lisa Lowrie - Co-Founder, Creative Director & Lead Floral Designer
Lisa is all about the flowers. She leads the design team in creating all of the gorgeous arrangements and installations.
Over the last 11 years, a memorable moment for Lisa was the day they found out Lace and Lilies was in Martha Stewart Magazine as one of the top 62 floral designers in the nation. "There were lots of emotions, tears of joy, laughs, smiles and lots of celebrating."
Though Lisa has been working in the floral Industry for 15 + years, she can still find flowers that are new and spark fresh inspiration. It's easy to feel her passion and creativity in each of her designs.
Shannon
Founded in 2015, The Olive & Poppy is a high-end floral & design Haus, specializing in event florals, decor and custom fabrications. Based in Denver, Co, proudly designing events from California to Florida. With imagination as our only limitation, every event is an opportunity for new design pairings. If it doesn’t exist, she can make it come to life.
Shannon has an affinity for the unique and insatiable appetite for new floral and botanical pairings. She is constantly evolving and falling in love with new designs and styles.
Amy
Amy Lauren Floral Design
Since launching in 2015 Amy has designed hundreds of weddings! Her weddings have taken them all of the country and globe. She has worked her mind, body, and heart more than ever thought possible in the name of flowers. She love her clients, she loves her craft, her fellow wedding professionals, and this business.
Loving to source seasonally and locally, she brings to her designs a thoughtful and meaningful touch. Amy also believes that one should never stop learning and developing their skill.