Showing posts with label Succulents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Succulents. Show all posts

Saturday, March 19, 2016

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!

Friday, January 1, 2016

Lindsay's Wedding

Lindsay and David were married at The River Farm and wanted a bohemian garden look using jewel tones to add a pop of color to their garden wedding.  I had so much fun using these bright, vibrant colors to create the look they wanted.

Lindsay's bouquet was an asymetrical and airy gathering of eucalyptus, dahlias, thistles, anemones, freesia, garden roses, craspedia, german chamomile, scabiosa, succulents and hypericum berries.  I love how each color contrasts with the next, especially those little pops of yellow.

David's boutonniere was made to compliment the bouquet.  I used fuschia spray roses, hypericum berries, craspedia and a thistle, with a backing of camelia leaves.
 

Lindsay's cake was decorated in concentric circles of greens, and accented with a few more of the roses and dahlias that we used in the centerpieces.

We created two centerpiece designs.  One was a simple natural grouping of bottles and bud vases and the other was a large and vibrant collection of the day's flowers.  They truly brought vivid colors to the reception tent.
 


Lindsay's dress was truly one of a kind.  I love the lace detail!
 

Here are a few more of my favorites.
 

While we're admiring, look at how the photographer brilliantly captured the flowers as well as the shadows of the trees outside the tent....so inspiring to see!

I can't get enough of this bouquet!
 

Just a few more...

 


I wouldn't be able to write such beautiful blog posts without the talents of the photographers that are a part of these special days.  Stephanie from Stephanie Dee Photography hit the ball out of the park in capturing these images.  Thanks so much to Stephanie for sharing!

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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.