What a sweet couple!  I first met with Brian and Megan and their wonderful families about a month before their wedding, and was a little worried that we wouldn’t have enough time to really plan their florals.  Fortunately they were very open to ideas, and only needed to order personal flowers and a few flowers by the bunch. Megan and Brian opted to create their own centerpieces out of candles and slices of tree rings.  Megan described possibly using mason jars with moss and fairie lights to complete the beautiful outdoor setting.

This couple was very open to incorporating celtic elements in their florals.  Normally I would think of using Heather or Sterling Range, however with their color preferences falling into the more lavender and purple families, I suggested Thistle, which they really liked the idea of.  Here are some of the pictures of what I created for them.  I had a lot of fun photographing these in our new building, there are so many great surfaces to take pictures against.  I really loved the old weathered bricks against the softness of the flowers in many of these shots.  Hope you enjoy!

Congratulations Brian and Megan!!!

The floral selections included: Sweet Peas, Thistle, Mini Green Hydrangea, Hybrid Delphinium, Lisianthus, Freesia, Roses, Spray Roses, Lavender, Eucalyptus, Trachillium, and a few more but I can’t seem to remember the names of evry single flower used here!

These were the wrist corsages.

Boutonnieres

Brian’s Boutonniere

Megan’s Bouquet!  I absolutely loved this one, not only was it so pretty but it smelled heavenly!!!

One of the bridesmaid’s bouquets.

 

 

As everyone knows I rarely do bridal shows, too many crowds and they usually seem to happen at the most inconvenient times for me.  However Cinderella 4 a Day’s “Unveiled” show fit my schedule perfectly, and I loved that every florist was given a seasonal table to decorate!  I immediately chose to do winter, and Durant’s Tents and Events furnished the most beautiful linens for the winter themed table!  They consisted of a pewter tablecloth, navy pintuck runners and chair sashes, and white plates and stemware edged with silver.

I opted to bring out the most formal centerpiece I could think of since winter, in my opinion, is by far the most formal month to have a wedding.  I created a large centerpiece on one of our pewter candelabras, adorned with crystal accents.  The flowers I chose to use were white Hydrangea, fully blown open gigantic white roses, navy Privet Berries, Silvery Dusty Miller, and Brunia Berries.  I had also brought along several miniature arrangements that coordinated with the large candelabra, which I intended to have at the base of this large arrangement.  However I felt that it would have looked too crowded and busy, so I opted to use simple white votive tea lights instead.

For our actual table at the show I decided to create a Black Swan theme for the majority of the display.  Of course in real life you would never see this theme carried out in such a literal sense with the black and pink, but I just wanted to have fun and enjoy creating these designs. The flowers I used consisted of the following: Peonies, Ranuculas, Pink Spray Roses, Pink Roses, Agonis, Parrot Tulips, Hellebores, Tuberose, Mini Calla Lilies, and Privet berries.  Of course black feathers and tulle completed the look.

In addition to all of the pink and black designs, I created one bouquet which still had touches of the swan theme, but I made it much more apropos for  a real life wedding.  This bouquet contained Chocolate Cymbidium Orchids, Red Sweetheart Roses, and Sahara Roses.  The wrap was double faced chocolate brown ribbon with a vintage lace doily overlay.

I also decided to create one seasonal spring bouquet which consisted of Parrot Tulips, Hellebores, Privet Berries, Dusty Miller, Vibirnum, and Craspedia.

Overall it was a great show, and I am really looking forward to working with many of the brides and vendors we met while we were there!  Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by!

~Heather