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

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

Garden Roses

A few weeks ago we did a wedding that featured some beautiful O'Hara garden roses. Not only were they huge and showy but they smelled wonderful too.



The bride carried a mix of garden roses, vandellas, hydrangea, lisianthus and mini cymbidium orchids.

Her five maids and two flower girls carried hydrangea with garden roses and vandellas.

I don't know how we forgot this one since it's one of our very favorite bouquets of all time!!!

~K