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Shades of Orchid
For Bianca and Darren~ To combine softness of dusty miller, smoothness of deep purple callas and mokara orchids, uniqueness of Picasso callas, fluff of dahlias, and dazzle of crystal studded stephanotis and cymbidium orchids…. to what do I owe the pleasure.. Bianca’s bouquet is only the beginning. The wedding was beautiful, the ceremony traditional and sincere, attended by so many family and friends traveling from the US, Canada, and South Africa! Bride & Bridesmaids smiling… Bouquets smiling, too. Now you … Read more
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2009 New Year’s Wedding Glammified
Brittany & Erik wanted their destination wedding to not only embody San Diego’s beach vibe, but take it up a notch with festive glamour for the holiday sensation. Saying “I do” on the cliffs, overlooking the Pacific, with vintage style feathers and shimmery glass ornaments to decorate the occasion suited them just right. Our flower girl and her knock out ensemble: Pearl necklace, check. Diamond studs, check. Hair fascinator (like Mom Brittany’s 🙂 check. Rose petal basket on red satin … Read more
Posted in black, blooming branches, calla lilies, dahlias, feathers, lisianthus, orchids, purple, red, roses, white
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Flowers in Paradise
Veronica & Anthony were married in the lavish setting of Grand Tradition Estate’s new Arbor Terrace Pavilion – tropical and lush, the flowers needed to not compete with the color palette, but enhance the richness of deep green leaves surrounding their wedding… Veronica’s desire for shades of warm reds and rust orange with a ton of play in texture turned out beautifully. Veronica’s bouquet of wildly colored calla lilies, dark milva and rouge basier roses, with mocha cymbidium orchids. The … Read more
Posted in calla lilies, dahlias, mums, orange, red, rosehips, roses, sunflowers
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Coral & Aqua
Julia & Michael wanted a romantic and luxurious feel to their wedding getaway. As a destination, La Jolla, California isn’t too shabby 😉 especially when staying and celebrating at The Grande Colonial hotel… with a color scheme that blended unbelievably well with the hotel’s own palette, the flowers covered a spectrum of warm corals to cool aquas… Julia’s bouquet knocked the color into place with it’s deep flame and mango miniature callas, dahlias, proteas, orchids, and echinachea pods, all tied … Read more
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Clean + White Serenity
Devra & Jeff celebrated their wedding with a peaceful palette of whites, fresh green, and pewter grey- resulting in a classic affair that defies generations or trends, it was simultaneously elegant and contemporary. Bridal Bouquet of draping white freesia buds surrounding tufts of white peonies in full bloom, mini calla lilies, and bells of ireland peeping through for another touch of green. Bridesmaid bouquets of white dahlias, green hydrangea, and green miniature cymbidium orchids. Just an awesome peony 🙂 I … Read more
Posted in bells of ireland, calla lilies, freesia, mums, orchids, peonies, roses, star of bethlehem, white
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Rusty and Right for Fall
Alicia & Derek went for a tonal palette of deep to light oranges, rusty ruddy oranges and reds, with tons of texture. I know it looks a bit redundant, but I couldn’t get enough of Eddie B’s bouquet shots- so I’m posting them all! Thanks for making my art look even more artistic!! Eddie’s angles and framing are unbeatable! Macro view of red flame callas, mini roses, orange mokara orchids, echinacea coneflowers, red hypericum coffee berry, and orange dahlias. Such … Read more
Posted in calla lilies, coxcomb, dahlias, lilies, orange, orchids, pink, red, roses
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Erica & Mark
This past week we celebrated a whopping anniversary for Brant Bender Photography (yay! more to come on this, I’m sure:)) So, on the heels of this excitement I want to showcase the beautiful photos Brant captured of Erica & Mark’s wedding at the Hyatt Mission Bay… Erica’s beautiful bouquet of white peonies and a touch of freesia. Corsages for the proud moms & grandmas… Bridesmaid bouquets of hot pink peonies, white stock, and creamy roses. Fluffy white china mums with … Read more
Doing your homework..
It’s planning time.. as summer madness dies down, there is a refocusing of attention on all the new engagements and couples starting to dig in to their wedding checklists. For the benefit of all the happy, giddy, nervous, overwhelmed, and overjoyed new fiances and fiancees, I want to offer a bit of “Flower Homework” that will help frame your discussions of flowers between the two of you, you and your mom, friend, bridesmaid, maid of honor, bloggers, etc.. This is … Read more
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Exquisite Weddings Tabletop
The new Exquisite Weddings Magazine has hit the stands and the launch party is next week, so needless to say we are pumped and proud!! Many many thanks to Terri Rippee for the beautiful photographs of our ‘Tableaux’ as she so appropriately called it.. Tableaux being defined as ‘a beautiful scene, dramatic moment, work of art, life captured in time’… that certainly was our goal 🙂 Rachel Welland of Bliss Event inspired a table setting of vivid orange and aqua … Read more
Be inspired!
Isn’t it wonderful to be inspired and equally wonderfully flattering to be inspiring!! Well, you may recall a wedding we designed for/with Yia & Sal, and their wonderful coordinator Heather Balliet of Amorology Weddings… the photos have been featured hither and yon, and we’re so thrilled to see the web-world take note of our sweet designs! Take a peek at the posts… Featured photo in an interview between wedding blog ladies Leila Khalil of www.inspiredbythis.com and Jen Campbell of www.greenweddingshoes.blogspot.com! … Read more
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