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!

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!

Wedding at The German Society of Pennsylvania

Back in September, I was asked to create a design for The German Society of Pennsylvania, an old restored building dating back to the 1830's.  The reception was in a large ballroom on the main floor, and the ceremony took place in a library on the top floor.  The collection in the library is the largest collection of German books in the world, outside of the German speaking countries.  This was truly a unique venue and I felt honored to be asked to step up to the challenge of decorating this space!

This romantic bridal bouquet was made of white hydrangea, white ranunculus, white freesia, creamy spray roses,  and accented with creamy astilbe.

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

The bridesmaid bouquets were made of white hydrangea, 

amnesia roses (yes, these roses are a grey-ish purple!) and accented with white freesia.

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

The decorations in the library were simple, yet elegant.  White draping was hung to create an altar and small posies made of purple roses, cream astilbe tied with pewter ribbon were used to decorate the aisle.

These stunning centerpieces are made of a spray of white dendrobium orchids and white Thai dendrobiums.  They are perched atop a 3-foot glass trumpet vase and accented by several stems of baby's breath and lit from the bottom with LED light.

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek

This romantic cake topper is made of purple roses, white ranunculus and accented with rhinestones!

This was one of the most unique weddings I've had the pleasure of working on.  The bride fell in love with these gorgeous purplish-grey amnesia roses and they added the perfect bit of color to a stunning wedding!

Photography by Jeff Wojtaszek