Nancy was a bride with a lot of ideas!  She changed her mind a few times, but ultimately decided on flowers she had wanted all along.  Her wedding to Luke took place in a church, but the reception was held under a beautiful tent beneath the late summer sky.  She opted to do the centerpieces on her own but I had the pleasure of creating her personal flowers.  Here are a few photos…

Congratulations Luke and Nancy!!!!

When I first met Jessie and Mark they were set on purchasing the all-inclusive Lovely package I offer all Lippincott Manor Couples.  They were also pretty certain of using a color palette consisting of soft greens and whites (one of my favorites to work with).  Jessie was leaning toward these colors because of her choice in the color of her bridesmaids’ dresses, a rich, vibrant coral/watermelon color.  When she first showed me the fabric swatch I agreed that greens and whites were certainly the safest way to go because it would be very difficult to match this color exactly.

As the planning moved forward Jessie began to long for more colorful blooms for her summer soiree, and I offered a number of other options that consisted of flowers that still had this melony/coral in them, but were not a solid color.  Among them were Big Fun Roses (a bicolor rose that is really a peach and coraly hot pink), and peach Alstromeria which had very similar colors to the roses. If I have said it once I will say it a thousand times, peach is a color that works like a neutral.  It pairs so beautifully with so many colors, and this color scheme was no exception.  Jessie chose to incorporate French Blue Hydrangea in addition to the other blooms, and I suggested we also use peach berries and Carnations to round everything out.  The result was still soft and elegant, but colorful at the same time.

Congratulations Mark and Jessie!!!

Flower Girl Pomander.

One of the bridesmaid’s bouquets.

Bridal Bouquet

All of the following Professional Pictures courtesy of Paul Harrington at Paul’s Pics 4 You.  845-566-4929.  www.fotolightroom.com

The Groom’s Cake!  This was made by the Mark’s Brother and Jessie’s Sister.

*Please note: these bouquets and the pomander were upgraded, and are not standard with the Lovely Package.

“Nina Isabella”.  I love this bride’s name.  When she first called me, she began leaving a message on my machine and I didn’t hear it all before I picked up, all I could think was this must be another florist, or someone marketing perfume or something.  What a gorgeous name!

Nina was neither a florist nor a perfume person, she is actually an interior designer.  Right away I knew I wanted to work with this woman!  She had such great taste but was also very budget savy.  One thing was certain she had to have Garden Roses.  Even if it meant scaling down some of the other flowers, or the sizes of the centerpieces, she knew how gorgeous these blooms are and knew everything else would fall into place beautifully as long as they were there.  Nina opted to use some of her designer connections and purchased some great vases, which she wrapped in black lace, only one had white and that was for the sweetheart table.

I had the idea of using some brightly colored Gladiola florets and lime green Bupleurem.  At the last minute I added some Mountain Mint, Gomphrena, Lady’s Mantle, and Sweet Peas.  My studio smelled heavenly for the entire week leading up to this event!  The super indulgent Garden Rose fragrance, mint, sweet peas, ahhhh.  Aromatherapy!

As always, I tried to make every centerpiece a little different so each one had a little personality all of it’s own, and didn’t look like it came out of a factory.  There is a time and place for everything looking exactly the same (bouquets, , boutonnieres, formal styled centerpieces) but garden weddings need a little more freedom in their look.

This really looked like it was going to be the most fun wedding of the summer.  Nina and Shawn thought of everything for their guests.  The wedding took place at a private residence known as Arrowfield Estate on the Hudson in Saugerties, complete with it’s own in-ground swimming pool.  They even hired Joey and Diane Vento at Movies to Go (from the Haunted Barn Movie Museum 845-852-3867).  This was my first time meeting this couple, but what a fun concept for an outdoor summer wedding!  They set up a large drive in style movie screen, so guests could watch movies when it got dark outside.  I don’t think anything says summer like nighttime swimming and watching movies in the great outdoors.  Bravo to this couple!

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