Sneak Peek: Paul Wedding

Happy New Year everyone!!! What a fun day to get married huh?! And what better colors than white and champagne!

Inspiration Board: White Rehearsal Dinner

Sneak Peek: Paul Wedding

I have to say that these are some of my favorite winter flowers yet!  The bride did a great job picking colors and varieties.  The purples and greens with succulents just play so well together!

Wedding Prep

I'm loving all these purples and whites! They look like winter without saying "Christmas."

Those are picasso callas in there - so gorgeous!

Behind the Scenes

We threw this photo shoot together pretty fast, and the sun was setting so we really hurried.  I grabbed some "snow" from Michaels to try and get that winter effect and Naphtali stood on the table throwing snow at Rachel.  Next time we'll plan a little more, but we still had a fun time!

I also found these little frame charms at Michaels and put my Grandma's picture in there.

And we did eat the cake - but not like that.  It was just a funfetti cake mix, but I love love them!!  Those little letters are from Michaels too.

My cute little niece did not feel like having her picture taken.

Winter Bouquet Shoot

Christmas Bouquet

I opted to do a hand wired bridal bouquet as my final project for design school.  (I was really hoping there would be snow on the ground for the pictures but, even though it was cold enough for snow, there wasn't any. C'est la vie.) To add some glamour and shine I criss-crossed wire over the tops.  The bouquet featured ranunculus, lisianthus, hypercium, oregonoia, freesia, and feathers.  I've got some more pictures from our little photo shoot that I'll post tomorrow.  (Thanks to my sister-in-law, Naphtali, for styling help and my friend, Rachel, for modeling!)

Inspiration Board: White Champagne

Fall Color

Tomorrow marks the end of the busy, busy wedding season!  (These are some of the flowers for this wedding.) This past summer (well fall too!) has been fantastic and a HUGE thank you to all the brides who let me design for them!  I've thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you, all your creativity, fun ideas, and new challenges.

My husband's taken a new job. No, we're not moving, but we're headed down to Portland, OR for a week of training.  It'll be work for him but it will be a lot of catching up with family and friends for me and the kids and I'm extremely excited for a little down time!  Not to mention a trip to IKEA, Powells, outlets, and hopefully some thrift stores. I may finally find the elusive side table I've been looking for to finish off Ida's nursery.  So, blog posts may or may not happen next week.
Thanks a ton and see you soon!

(btw: I've got a new blog and logo design in the works!)

Classic Bridal Bouquets

I've been working on completing my advanced certification with the Portland Floral Design Institute.  Here are some of the required bridal bouquets that I had to complete.  With these I had to follow specific design patterns and tie techniques.
They are all pretty classic looks. The one above is a hand wired bouquet featuring gardenias and stephanotis.  A petite bouquet and it smells spectacular!

Here's a dutch spiralled bouquet with free spirit roses.  This picture doesn't show it completely but the stems come around and form a spiral.  Neither of these are my favorite ribbon style, but it's great to work outside of your comfort zone.

And this is a faux-hand tied.  It's actually in a foam holder for extremely hot days, but with stems attached to conceal it.  These are eskimo roses.

I'm really curious to know what you think!!  Would you opt for any of these? Interested in what they cost?  What do you like or dislike about these classic versions?

Real Weddings: Robin and Lance

Here are some of the professional shots from Bryan Aulick of Robin and Lance!  Robin wanted a vintage feel of sage and white with a few hints of dusty pink.  Here's the inspiration board. Robin and her mom were such fun to work with!

I had Vicky Ryan help with the design of the signs.

Here we are setting up at the Banyans! Their wedding was at the end of May and it was still chilly out.  With that and the scattered showers we brought everything indoors.

Isn't this picture great!?  One of my favorites.

Robin used a dark purple for her bridesmaids which offset the pale pink in their bouquets.

These last two I snapped.  

These are the centerpieces waiting to get put out.  

Inspiration Board: Black and White with Lime Green

Real Weddings: Hui/Fowler Wedding

Kena Helen Photography shot Cecilia's wedding and did a fabulous job!  Cecilia wanted soft flowers with warm tones of creamy white and accents of butter yellow for the bridesmaids and red for hers.  Even with our late spring, peonies weren't available in July so I used hydrangea, dahlias, ranunculus, freesia, roses, and gladiolus (for the stage arrangements only).  

Cecilia had me attach bracelets to the top of each of the bridesmaids' bouquets and an old brooch on hers.

Here's the inspiration board for Cecilia's wedding.

White Roses

I had some extra roses leftover and pulled them together into a spiralled bouquet. These make me want to do a pure cream rose wedding. (added bonus - it'd be budget savvy!)

Real Weddings: Robin and Lance

Congratulations Robin and Lance!

Here's a few photos from their wedding this past weekend.  I'll post more when I get a chance (and when I get the professional shots from the photographer.)  

The inspiration board for this wedding is here.