Last Weddings of the year!

We finished off 2011 with 2 weddings. The first was a pretty ivory and black wedding that had lots of sparkle added in. 

MJ and Bobby are actually friends of our and Liz was the MOH so we were very excited when they asked us to design their flowers.

The bride carried a mix of hydrangea, garden roses, spray roses, vandella roses and mini cymbidium orchids.  Her bouquet was highlighted with rope of vintage crystals and a sassy black bow.

Her four girls carried simplified clutches of hydrangea, garden roses and vandellas.

For the ceremony we added in two large floral accents that matched the pew bows.  A petal runner added some drama to the aisle.

Once the ceremony was done and the wedding party was off to take pictures we moved the large pieces to the brand spankin' new ballroom at the Raddison Hotel on Portage. 
The room had recently undergone a renovation and we happened to do the last wedding before the process and the first one after and let me tell you, what a difference!!!

The 23 guest tables had a 18"cylinder with white dendrobium orchids and submerged crystals placed in the center with surrounding tea lights for extra sparkle.

The head table got the royal treatment with elevated pomanders made of 60 vandella roses each, crystal votives and mint julep cups filled with garden roses and more vandellas!

Outside the room was the extra long guest table that had room for two different arrangements as well as their pretty guest book and presentation box.

A Purple Peony wedding wouldn't be complete without pretty bathroom flowers!

We have to thank Sterling Images (who captured the day for MJ and Bobby), The Raddison, Pam from Cake-ology and Sandy from Chair-ish your moments for all their help and hard work to make MJ's wedding so amazing for her!

For our second wedding we provided only the personal flowers for the wedding party and family of the couple. 

They wanted a "New Year's Eve explosion of sparkles" so we incorporated a ton of blue and gold accents that the Mother of the bride brought us.  I only have pictures of the brides bouquet (her 5 maids carried a smaller version) so I hope that they send us a few snaps once they get them back!!!

~K

Kelsey & Karl Tie the Knot!

On the first weekend of November, we made various pieces of all white blooms for Kelsey and Karl's big day. Kelsey knew exactly what she wanted, classic all white flowers with some eggplant and damask accents. The bouquets were a design that we've made many times before but it's a look that never fails. They consisted of hydrangea, roses, spider mums and orchids with a collar of rich greens. We accented the girls' eggplant one-shoulder dresses with a soft silver stemwrap.

She also had two small flower girls that carried pomanders made of white cushion cut mums. We always love a pomander, so cute!

For the ceremony, Kelsey wanted some traditional pew bows but with a modern twist so we added a spider mum to each for a little more drama down the aisle. We also made two large ceremony pieces to tie everything together.

The reception was held at the modern Four Points Sheraton, and the spider mums with heavy greenery centerpieces were a perfect choice for Kelsey's venue.   She chose to have Tammy and her team from Divine weddings on hand for day of coordination and some for some of the before hand planning to make sure that everything ran as smooth as silk.

Another bonus was that the bathrooms were beautiful and we loved accenting them with rose petals and an arrangement of mums and hydrangea! Check out the large picture of a spider mum in the bathroom, so fitting for our bride!!

Luckily their photographer, Carrie Ekosky, was so speedy with her editing that she had a sneak peek up only a few days later! Check it out here: http://www.cphotoblog.blogspot.com/

Congratulations Karl and Kelsey, it was a pleasure working with you both!

~L

In Living Colour

Congratulations Kelly!

Yesterday under sunny skies Kelly said I do at Glendale Golf Course

The day was gorgeous and so were her blooms.  Kelly and her Mom sat down with us armed with some very vibrant inspiration pictures.  Kelly knew that she wanted to carry a bouquet that would be able to compete with the incredible natural stage that Glendale offers.

Mix of spray roses, hypericum, mini cymbids, roses, hydrangea and mini calla lily

Purple Mokara Orchid Table Center

Yellow Mokara

Orange Mokara

Complimentary bathroom flowers

One of six chair accents

Rose petal runner

Stunning views

Ceremony Pieces

The Riverview Terrace provides the amazing backdrop

Green for the Groom

Thank you Kelly, for including us in your day.  It was a total pleasure to work with you.

Next up is the all white bouquets we made for our second bride of the weekend!

~K