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!

Brookeside Gardens, The Carnegie Institute and Woodend

As many of you know, in addition to running my own business, Sweet Blossoms, I am also lucky enough to assist Lisa Sommer of Petals and Promises in several of her wedding designs.  The images below are designed by Lisa, and created by me.  All images are used with her permission.

The wedding below took place at Brookeside Gardens.  I created several tall arrangements to flank a beautiful water fountain and we also decorated a stunning gazebo for the ceremony to take place under.

  

These arrangements are made with curly willow branches, Bells of Ireland, white hydrangeas, and white roses.  The gazebo is decorated with curly willow, white stock, and white roses.

 


 This next wedding took place at the Carnegie Institute!  I helped to create a beautiful floral arch filled with flowers and candles for the ceremony, as well as several grand arrangements for the reception.

 The arch is covered in several garlands of greenery, green hanging amaranthus, white stock,and white roses.  The aisle arrangements are with green hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus, white dahlias and hung with a white satin ribbon.  The tall arrangements are a 30 inch glass trumpet vase filled with curly willow, Bells of Ireland, white calla lilies, and purple liatris.

 


This final wedding took place at Woodend.  These beautiful outdoor ceremony arrangements contained curly willow, yellow calla lilies, yellow gerber daisies and yellow oncidium orchids.  The lighting was perfect!

 


I am so privileged to be able to learn from Lisa.  Her designs are lovely and I am thankful that I'm able to gain such experience by carrying out her designs!

Cory and Sam's Wedding

On Labor Day weekend, I was honored to be both the florist AND a bridesmaid for one of my oldest friends, Cory's wedding at Lost Creek Winery in Leesburg, VA.  Cory and Sam wanted a rustic setting with simple flowers.  They gave me almost no direction, just a color scheme, and let me take charge.  Below are the preliminary photos of the design I came up with.

Sam's bouquet was made of white stock, white hydrangea, mini sunflowers, and white mini gerber daisies.  The bridesmaid bouquets were made of white hydrangea, white spray roses, yellow and white mini gerber daisies, and......blue thistles!! These were SO fun to work with! Cory's boutonniere (below) was a white calla, accented with yellow solidago and a blue thistle!  There were 3 centerpiece designs, each containing candles, white spray roses, white lisianthus, white stock, sunflowers, blue thistles, blue Brodea, white and yellow mini gerber daisies, and yellow solidago.  More pictures to come!

 

             

                                                                      

All photos are courtesy of Jewels Photography.  You can find them on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PhotographybyJewels