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!

Katie's Wedding at Springfield Manor

I am always thrilled to do a wedding out in beautiful Frederick, MD and Katie's wedding was no exception.  In addition to Katie having exquisite taste with her ivory and champagne wedding with green and blush accents, Katie and I clicked immediately on a personal level.  I love an organized bride and Katie was a girl after my own heart with her spreadsheets and color coded emails.  It was a joy to design for her wedding and I'm so excited to share her wedding with you!

Katie's bouquet was made of white and cream roses, minty green Lola succulents, local mountain mint, white lisianthus, silver brunia berries, white snapdragons, white wax flowers, and white spray roses.  I finished it with some gold sprayed seeded eucalyptus and a gorgeous champagne and ivory ribbon treatment.  I could NOT get enough of this bouquet!  The maid's bouquets were smaller versions of Katie's.

 

 Katie had several designs for her reception table.  We had cedar boxes custom made for two of them.  For the head table, I used long boxes filled with white hydrangea, white garden roses, blush roses, Bells of Ireland, white snapdragons, mountain mint, white wax flowers and a little accent of gold sprayed eucalyptus.

The second design was a 6x6 square box filled with the same flowers and the third design was a lush ring of flowers which included some creamy carnations for texture surrounding an antique white lantern.

 

 There are several lovely ceremony sites at Springfield Manor but my favorite is under a humongous white arbor that backs up to a green mountainside.  We added a small spray in coordinating colors to decorate the arch and lined the aisle with lanterns that were overflowing with flowers spilling out into the aisle!

                 

Another favorite element was the gorgeous cakes by Karen Rodney Cakes.  I love when the groom's cake allows the couple's personality to shine!  And look at those sugar flowers on the wedding cake!! 

 

Isn't this an amazing shot of the entire room?

Just a few more pretties.... 

 

 

 Thank you to Spence Photographics for the stunning images!  I also know this event could not have happened without the help of Six Twenty Events.

Erin's Wedding

When Erin told me that she wanted purple flowers for her bridal bouquet, I was ecstatic.  I love using bold colors and couldn’t wait to get started.  She was also excited to use succulents in her bouquet and I think we found the perfect ones!  Erin’s bridal bouquet was made of lavender roses, purple lisianthus, purple stock, lavender snapdragons, white freesia, Earl Grey roses (yes, grey roses!  These are a new favorite of mine!), sage leaves and beautiful silvery-purple succulents.  I was able to pick out all of the ribbon detailing for her bouquet at M&J Trimming in New York City.  I used several widths of hand-dyed grey and purple silk, a lavender striped ribbon and finished it with a gorgeous piece of pewter lace.  Ladies, don’t be afraid of fun ribbon!  Ribbon is the perfect accent to your bouquet!  The Maid’s bouquets were a lighter combination of the same flowers and tied with more purple silk!

 

 

Photo by Blair Roberts

I wanted to tie the corsages and boutonnieres in with the bouquets so I used the same succulents to create a floral cuff for the ladies and boutonnieres for the guys!  These designs were accented by shades of purple stock, white scabiosa and white freesia.

 

Morningside Inn is a gorgeous backdrop for a wedding and the pergola that is available for an outside ceremony is just lovely, all by itself.  Erin wanted to add a garland of seeded eucalyptus and accent that with the purple tones from the bouquets.  I added two shades of purple stock, and lavender snapdragons, as well as lavender and grey roses.  I love the way it framed the couple as they said their vows.

One thing that is very evident from seeing Erin and Donald on their wedding day is that they are very much in love.  I love the way they look at each other!

 

What a great way to walk back up the aisle! 

A few more pretties…..

 

 

All images are courtesy of The Crystal Lenz unless otherwise indicated.