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

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

A second Purple Wedding

Congratulations Cheri!

Last weekend in the sweltering heat Cheri said I do during a ceremony at Fort Whyte Alive

Working with Cheri was such a breeze.  She took a look at our website and fell in love with a purple mix bouquet I did last year.  We made a few slight changes and came up with this for her.

She had two maids stand up for her that day and they carried a mix of Vandella roses, purple waxflower and mokara blooms

No small posies for these girls.  Both maids had very generous sized bouquets

One of her favorite parts of the whole floral package was the ultra feminine corset style wrap of the bridal bouquet

Cheri's baby is her dog, Zoe.  Since she was part of the ceremony she also got a floral piece to wear.  We don't have pictures from her yet but here is a shot of my dog Lucy trying it on for size.

A bit big but still fabulous!!

The groom and his son both had matching bouts of a mokara bloom and wax flower.

The flower girl got a pomander or kissing ball of white mums and mokara blooms.

Pretty pearl pins and purple ribbon finished it off

The ceremony took place on the patio area of Fort Whyte over looking the lake.  As I was setting up there were sailboats gliding by and kids fishing off the banks of the water.  It was by far the most serene set up I have ever done!  We made some large accent pieces that sat on pillars to flank the bride and groom as they said their vows.

Cheri, we can't wait to see pictures of you in your dress and of course of Zoe in her flower collar.  Thank you for including us in your day!!

~K