A WORLD WHERE THE WEIRD ARE WELCOME AND THE PARTIES ARE LIT
First things first, we love flowers. Flowers are life. But we aren’t florists. We are an experiential event design studio who juuuust so happens to use bold, structural florals in a lot of our work. We love and are deeply inspired by classic Dutch Masters design, but we bring it into the modern age with a touch of 90’s nostalgia, loud colors, funky shapes, and the occasional disco ball to boot.
Our thing is designing start-to-finish events that will have people saying “wow” from the minute they walk through the door until the day you politely ask them to stop bringing up your event because you’re tired of talking about how great it was (if that day ever comes).
Founded by Sky Armstrong
she/her
RLY RLY (the artist known as Skyvanah), was founded in 2014 not long after I graduated with degrees in fine art + graphic design. As most recent grads are, especially when there’s an art degree in play, I felt a little lost. One fateful day, I stumbled into a flower shop and immediately fell in love with the tactile nature and versatility of the floral/event design industry. Fast forward a few years spent traveling the country freelancing for mom + pop floral shops, multi-million dollar event production companies, and everything in between, I eventually ended up where I am today.
I’ve always been obsessed with art history, especially the romantic renaissance/golden age. Throw in a healthy dose of Pride + Prejudice and Greek Mythology, add a dash of 90s spice and 00s glitter, and you have the chaotic creative brain child : RLY RLY studio.
FAVE DINO: stegosaurus
FAVE NIC CAGE FILM: face off
supported by our kickass crew
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Jade
she/her
Jade is our resident music nerd + production baddie. Meaning she keeps the tunes boppin and flowers flowin!
FAVE CANDLE : mahogany teakwood
FAVE HOT SAUCE : tobasco
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Robin
she/her
RLY RLY’s strike QUEEN. Call her, beep her if you need to reach her but she’ll be there at the end of the night crushin’ it.
FAVE FRUIT : bananas
FAVE 80s POP STAR : jon bon jovi
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Jess
she/her
Jess is to RLY RLY what Donna is to Harvey in Suits, and a spreadsheet whiz and Taylor Swift aficionado. Also, she and Sky met in elementary school and reconnected after they both moved from their home town. Small world.
FAVE PIZZA TOPPING : banana pepper + sausage
FAVE T SWIFT ALBUM : reputation
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Lee
he/him
Lee is RLY RLY’s fabricator who brings all of our wild ideas to fruition. We’re waiting on our HGTV big break so we can show off Lee’s super sick furniture skills too.
FAVE 90s CARTOON : rockos modern life
FAVE CONDIMENT : vegan dijonaise
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Jeff
he/him
Jeff is RLY RLY’s first permanent employee. And he has a lifetime contract, because he’s married to the owner. He actually runs his own business, but he never fails to show up for me and the RLY team whenever we need him. In short, he’s pretty cool. I think I’ll let him stick around.
FAVE TACO BELL MENU ITEM: chalupa
FAVE PODCAST: my brother, my brother, and me
Plus a whole heap of bonus hands
Though it’s primarily us in rotation, we have a whole bunch of cool as hell contractors that help us with everything from set up to break down to moral support.
and shoutout to Kori Whitby who continuously slays our copy