Rustic Glam at Pineridge Hollow

Another unique September wedding took place at the always beautiful, Pineridge Hollow. The bride and her mom came to us only a few weeks before their “second” wedding was to take place. Ashleigh and husband, Yo were married one year ago in France but weren't able to have all their Winnipeg family attend so they decided to throw another celebration with a full ceremony and reception. Who wouldn't want two weddings?!

He sang to her during the ceremony. Lucky girl!!!

The bride knew she wanted something a little “undone” looking and not so structured for her and her 5 maids. We came up with a soft mix of light pink roses, white hydrangea, peach hypericum berries, seeded eucalyptus, some curly willow and a few other interesting elements. They were each finished off with a burlap stem wrap which is an unexpected combination, but creates a really pretty look.

 

We also assembled the centerpieces which were actually dried, green hydrangea from the MOB's garden with some curly willow in mason jars.

 

The Rustic Glam look has been so hot this season and we're absolutely loving it! By mixing raw materials, like burlap and wood, with glam touches, like jewels and ribbon, you can easily DIY this look. This is the guest book piece created from white and green hydrandea, pink roses, glads, lots of greens and some willow.

The bride and her Dad

Congrats Ashleigh and Yo on renewing those oh-so-important vows! Thank you for letting us be a part of your second celebration!

~L

Four on the floor

Remember a few weeks ago when we said we had four weddings? 

Well, we survived the craziness and have a huge run down of what we created for all those nuptial celebrations!

First up is Kay's brown and yellow party.

The bride carried an all white mix.  Her stem wrap was embellished with bead work from her dress.

Her eight maids carried a mix of light and dark yellow roses with white hydrangea wrapped with brown organza from their dresses.

We made two silk pomanders of yellow roses for each of her two flower girls.

27 guest tables were dressed in brown pin tuck table cloths and topped with mokara orchid towers.  Natural river rock and large floating candles finished off each piece.

Lilies and orchids finished off the floral package.

Next up was Erin's lime green and hot pink party at the Greenwood.

A green mix with white roses for the bride.

Her five maids carried the same mix with pops of hot pink

The two flower girls carried a tiny posy of pretty pink roses.

Guest tables dressed in celery linens and clusters of pink roses with lime green cushion mums.  At the end of the evening the bride gave away all her table centers to close friends and family that helped her put together her big day.

The guest book piece with their seating chart.  If you look close you can see that all the tables were named after the couples favorite NFL teams.  I bet they are a pretty fun couple!

Matching flowers for the candy bar.

You know that this is!!

White Callas were the blooms of choice for the next bride.  Since we were already fully booked up we didn't end up doing any of the on site set up for this wedding.  As a result all we have to show you are the bouquets.  The other pieces we made included table centers of 2 large submerged callas, a memorial piece of 24 red roses, a guest book piece and a large table center for their sweetheart table. 

Five large callas and tropical greens for the bride.

A smaller version for the MOH.

And last but for sure not least.....Christel had a super unique vision for her amazing day that included locally, responsibly grown product, vintage vases and broaches and a coloured dress! We cannot wait to see the pictures!

The bride's bouquet consisted of scabiosa pods, roses, hydrangea, local orchids and seedum and hypericum berries mixed with the vintage broaches and eyeless peacock feathers.

The four maids and two flower girls carried smaller versions of the bride without the bling.

The groom's bout

The centerpieces were primarily made with local, organic product.  Featuring the vintage vases from some of our past weddings the groupings were a mix of the jewel toned blooms we used in the bouquets with some potted plants.

We hope that all our brides enjoyed their day September 10th and are loving life as newly weds!
The grand totals for that weekend are.......

116 centerpieces, 26 bouquets, 2 pomanders, 42 corsages/bouts, 3 guest book arrangements, 4 big accent pieces, 1 tree and of course the bathroom arrangements

~K

Organic Greens

Congratulations Alana!

Last week we worked with a bride that is from Winnipeg but currently lives in Toronto.  She was given our name by a mutual friend and we got to work via phone and email a few months ago.  She had been working with another florist but things fell apart so we stepped up to make sure she had blooms that she loved.

After emailing pictures back and forth A MILLION times we managed to come up with a design that was both high style and organic that worked with her budget.

The bride carried a mix of Kale (ornamental cabbage), white roses, white cushions, fuji mums, green hypericum with kermit poms and spider grass.  Her six maids carried an all green mix of those flowers. 

We also made a large free form arrangement in all green for the reception and a fun little daisy bowl for the candy bar.  Of course I can't forget the bathroom addition!

Thank you Alana, for trusting us to come up with a design that you would love without even meeting us!! 

~K

Camping Chic

That was The theme of the past weekend's wedding.  Laine was the stunning bride that came up with some awesome DIY projects to make it come to life.

We met this bride through her maid of honor and sat down with her a few months before the big day to talk flowers.  She described the day as being fun, laid back and unique.  I would say that all those adjectives could describe the bride herself too.  This woman and her then fiance now Husband have spent time teaching English overseas and plan to head out again soon. I was so inspired by her carefree spirit and wanted her blooms to reflect her personality.

Since the setting was a rural farm we made sure that her bouquet looked like she just came in from picking an arm load of wild flowers.  The colours were totally up to us so we kept the bouquets pretty and light with shades of pink, purple and white.  The larger pieces also had yellow in them to compliment the claret coloured linens. 

Although we were only responsible for the flowers I wanted to share pictures of all the details.  Check out the bunting flags, hand painted signs and the sweet personalized glasses. 

Congratulations Laine!  We wish you the best in all your travels and were so happy to be a part of your extra special day.

How stunning is she???

~K

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary.......

How does your garden grow?  Good enough to make these beauties?

A sampling of the arrangements we made up for her.

The norm around here is to use commercially grown product to make arrangements for weddings, Anniversaries, Funerals and all our other events.  Usually we are the ones supplying the blooms and doing the designing but not in this case. A few weeks ago our client brought over armloads of organically, locally grown flowers and asked us to whip her up some arrangements.  Since we had the green light to do whatever our little hearts pleased we came up with the colour blocked posies you see pictured here.  Instead of mixing them all together for a garden inspired feeling we went modern and kept all the colours in the same family.  The assorted vases came from our stock and she was able to place them around her home to add colour and personality to the decore.

~K