A wine-inspired fall wedding

I'd love to share a few images from a beautiful, bold wedding at a Virginia winery.  The clients asked for bold, fall-inspired bouquet and soft, romantic centerpieces.  I am never one to shy away from color so I created some rockstar bouquets and some super sweet centerpieces for the reception.

The bridal bouquet was made of burgundy dahlias, orange protea, red hypericum berries, dark purple and orange calla lilies, burgundy carnations, burgundy cymbidium orchids, craspedia, burgundy astilbe, kiwi vine and agonis.

 The boutonnieres were created with dark purple and orange calla lilies, craspedia and red hypericum berries. I used a little bit of greenery and tied them with twine.

 

The bridesmaid bouquet was similar to the bride's but I used more orange flowers instead of burgundy and purple.  They were wrapped with twine and lace. 

The aisle was lined with burgundy and orange rose petals and the altar was created with orange and red gladiolus placed on top of wine barrels. 

 

We went the complete opposite direction with the ceremony. I created these hydrangea and baby's breath centerpieces in birch lined vases.  To tie in with the rustic feel of the bouquets, I used kiwi vine as well. 

 

The image below is actually one of my favorites from the whole wedding.  The flower is called Hearts, and as you can see, it opens like a heart.  I love using this rose for wedding work.  What better way to add more love to a wedding than to use a rose that is shaped like a heart?? 

All of the images above are thanks to Paired Images Photography.

Burgundy Wedding Inspiration

With Pantone's color of the year being Marsala, I thought we should talk about the color burgundy. We can debate about the different shades of dark red, but in my opinion, Marsala is a less vivid version of burgundy.  Take a look at how burgundy is used in the bouquets below!

In the bouquet below, the burgundy gerber daisies are paired with a purple orchid.  I love how they compliment each other and the pop of yellow creates great contrast!

Tami Melissa Photography + A Garden Party

Here the burgundy in the agonis leaves are paired with a lighter pink and peach combination.

A Garden Party +Jeff Anderson Photography

In this bouquet, the burgundy agonis leaves are paired with a hot pink rose.  I love the lighter pink shade that acts as the accent color!

Alicia Jayne Florals + Birds of a Feather Photography

Again in this bouquet, burgundy and light pink make a beautiful contrast for this bouquet.  The burgundy ribbon is a gorgeous addition that brings extra visual interest to the entire look!

Anna Delores Photography + Knot Just flowers

I love this bouquet!  Not only does the burgundy act as a connecting color between the purple and hot pink flowers, but I love the many different shapes used here to create texture.

Decoration Inc + Pepper Nix Photography

These sweet little posies use burgundy as the main color, with accents of orange and blue.  Paired with these beautiful deep blue dresses, the bouquets are the perfect accent to the dress!

Garden Gate Florals + Shipra Panosian Photography

I love the simplicity of an all white altar with burgundy flowers accenting the poles.

Joyelle West Photography + Allison Phalen Floral Design

These beautiful burgundy dahlias are accented with orange and yellow.

KGMExpressions and A Garden Party

When Nina called me to ask for a pink and burgundy bouquet, I jumped at the chance.  I had been wanting to do something with these colors and Nina's call came at the perfect time.  Here, pink is the accent color to some beautiful burgundy dahlias and roses!

Regeti's Photography + Sweet Blossoms

Hopefully, from these flowers, you can see that burgundy can be the main color of your wedding, or an accent color.  Burgundy actually goes beautiful with contrasting colors such as light pink, orange, or yellow.  It can also go with similar colors such as plum or hot pink.  I hope these images have inspired you.  Happy Monday!

Nina's bouquet

So I had the sweetest bride who called me this summer.  Nina only needed a few bouquets, and her colors were burgundy and pink-a color combination that I have been dying to design with!  I practically begged her to let me have complete design control, and I think because I was so enthusiastic, she agreed.  I am so in love with this bouquet and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

For this bouquet, we used Hearts roses, pink cymbidium orchids, pink godetia, light pink calla lilies, white spray roses, red dahlias, burgundy scabiosas, pink limonium and agonis leaves.

Wedding at Musket Ridge

One more wedding designed by Lisa Sommer, of Petals and Promises.  Lisa took on two weddings that weekend and asked me to help her create the designs, but also to carry out the delivery and set up at Musket Ridge--what a MAGNIFICENT setting it was!  We had a gorgeous fall day and the bride did a stunning job of creating decorations to compliment Lisa's designs.

 

The maid's bouquets are made with seeded eucalyptus, burgundy dahlias, deep red roses, antique green hydrangea, red hypericum berries, and tied with a green ribbon!  Yes, these gorgeous bridesmaids wore cowgirl boots!  Can you see those lovely mountains in the background?  You can't tell from the pictures, but the trees are in full color as well!

 

These rustic mason jars are filled with burgundy dahlias, yellow spider mums, deep red roses, and seeded eucalyptus.  Some were hung from wrought iron shepard's hooks and others were hung from the white chairs that created the aisle.

More work with Petals and Promises!

I wanted to post a few more pieces that I created for Lisa Sommer, of Petals and Promises.  She is a wonderful mentor to me, and in addition to running my own business, I am also able to carry out many designs that she creates for her own company, Petals and Promises.  Enjoy!

 This placecard table arrangement is a 30 inch glass trumpet vase filled with curly willow, orange and burgundy mokara orchids, yellow calla lilies and accented with green bear grass.

These sweet, yet elegant table arrangements are simply varying sizes of glass cylinders filled with "drowned" yellow mokara orchids and topped with a floating candle.

This aisle arrangement is a 30 inch glass trumpet vase filled with curly willow, Bells of Ireland, white calla lilies, and white Dendrobium orchids.

These simple aisle arrangements are made of baby's breath and tied with a white satin ribbon.

This lovely bridesmaid bouquet is made of an orange protea pincushion, burgundy dahlias, orange roses, and tied with a burnt orange satin ribbon.

This gorgeous fall bridesmaid bouquet has seeded eucalyptus, burgundy dahlias, deep red roses, antique green hydrangea, and red hypericum berries.










Thank you again to Lisa Sommer of Petals and Promises, who continues to allow me to carry out her beautiful designs!

2010 arrangements for Bright Horizons

I created these arrangements for Bright Horizons Family Solutions, my employer at the time.  These were some of the first arrangements that I designed on my own.  I was completely honored that my supervisors would allow me to make the arrangements for such important events!

 This was created as a simple arrangement for an awards banquet to honor the incredible teachers.  The banquet was held at Magianno's in Bethesda, MD.

These were created as a centerpiece that doubled as a raffle item for a holiday party that was given for the directors of the region.  This arrangement includes local holly, red Charlotte roses, and white Asiatic lilies.

These arrangements were created as a centerpiece for a board meeting.  I had no preparation time, so all flowers were purchased at the local grocery store!