Jennifer's Wedding

Jennifer's wedding at Woodend Sanctuary last spring was so full of life and bright colors.  Jennifer wanted a really loose and organic bouquet.  She collected some beautiful old vintage bottles for the tables and she told me that she wanted to use a vibrant coral color with succulents.  I knew immediately we had to use coral charm peonies, and I think they stole the show in these designs.  Jennifer and Erik were so sweet to work with, they even met me in the middle of a snow storm to discuss flowers!

Jennifer's bouquet was filled with white and pink spray roses, pink and peach roses, peach stock, craspedia, peach and yellow ranunculus, light pink hydrangea, coral peonies, succulents and jasmine vine.  I finished the bouquet with some gorgeous ribbon picked up from a trip to New York City.

The boutonnieres were made of coral spray roses, craspedia, limonium and eucalyptus and tied with twine.  The corsages for the mothers were made of coral ranunculus, light pink spray roses and craspedia.

 

I loved that the bridesmaids carried single coral charm peonies.  I left a lot of the greens on and we chose not to even use ribbon!  So simple, but when you have such a show stopper like these coral charm peonies, you really don't need much else!

This sweetie pie flower girl wore a crown of light pink spray roses, with a touch of yellow from the craspedia and a little bit of limonium and eucalyptus to add some airy-ness.  The aisle was lined with jars of peach stock, yellow ranunculus, limonium, and champagne lisianthus.

 

To fill the vintage bottles, I used flowers that complimented the flowers from the ceremony.

 

Jennifer and Erik had a small but elegant cake.  Those peonies!! I love how the yellow from the ranunculus picked up the center of the peonies.

One other special area that needed decor was the bottom of a long staircase inside the mansion.  Most of the reception was held in a tent but the music and cake table were inside.  So, to add a touch of color, I created this arrangement for the staircase.  I added green hanging amaranthus to add a bit of drama and "drippy-ness" to the design.

Here are a few more of my favorite shots from the day.

 

I just love this shot of Jennifer's bouquet on the mantle.  It shows off those vibrant bright colors as well as the way the custom ribbons picked up all the color. How sweet is that little yellow ribbon that looks like a flower chain?!

 

This post, of course, would not be possible without Sarah from This Rad Love Photography.  Thank you so much for the gorgeous images!

Natalie's Wedding at Stone Manor

I have been DYING to share these photos with you all....My gorgeous bride Natalie was so fun to work with.  When telling me what she wanted for her bouquet, we went back and forth several times about flowers and the end was a result was actually a compilation of three different designs!  I remember her saying that she just wanted her bouquet to be the best.  Well, ask and you shall receive, because this bouquet was a stunner!  The superstars of this entire design are the saucer-sized cafe au lait dahlias, which were grown locally at Don's Dahlia farm.

Natalie's bouquet was made of cafe au lait dahlias, Apache coral roses, Quicksand roses, a smaller cream colored dahlia, light pink garden roses, pink and peach spray roses, seeded eucalyptus, and white dendrobium orchids.  She even had one of those lovely dahlias in her hair (as only she could pull off!) as well as a few orchids and spray roses.  The maid's bouquets were made of cafe au lait dahlias, Quicksand roses, a smaller cream colored dahlia, white and pink spray roses, seeded eucalyptus, and cream stock.  The boutonnieres were either peach spray roses accented with eucalyptus leaves or a Quicksand rose accented with Dusty Miller.  The Groom's Boutonniere was a dahlia, accented with white freesia and a dusty miller leaf.
                               

 

                                            
Another gorgeous detail of this wedding was the hand-made arch made for the couple by Doug's father.  After the wedding, he was going to add an Adirondack swing to it and place it in their backyard while the happy couple was honeymooning!  So sweet!  I covered their arch with curly willow branches, white limonium, pink heather, cream stock, Quicksand roses, and white dendrobium orchids.  It was accented with white satin streamers on either side of the arch and white and coral petals to accent the aisle.
                                             
Thank you so much to Liz at Liz Hough Photography for her brilliant photos!  She took all but the first two photos!

Michelle's wedding at the Crowne Plaza

Take a look at Michelle's gorgeous May wedding!  Michelle asked me to design a coral and purple wedding and had some very specific ideas about what she wanted!  This wedding was truly a collaboration and I'm thrilled to be able to share these photos with you!

Michelle's bouquet was made of white peonies, white gerber daisies, lavender tulips, purple freesia and Picasso calla lilies, and accented with deep purple french knot.  Her bridesmaid bouquets were made of white hydrangeas, coral Apache roses, and purple freesia.

  

 
Michelle's reception had two designs.  The first design was a glass cylinder filled with submerged purple dendrobium orchids, coral rose petals and a floating candle.  The second was a glass trumpet vase filled with curly willow, coral snapdragons, purple calla lilies and purple dendrobium orchids.  We even decorated the cake with a few coral roses!

 

It was clear that this was a wedding full of love and I am so happy to have been a part of it!

Thanks to Eden's Cove Photography for their lovely pictures!