Category Archives: white
For the love of berry.
You are in for a treat! This was such a spectacular wedding, from the fresh berry summer palette we planned for a year, to the fun music playing in the Bride’s room as we delivered their bouquets.. Jessica’s bouquet blended her sweet softness of silvery dusty miller, white lisianthus, and fragrant freesia, with her desire for a more unusual, botanical feel of rare lady slipper paphiopedilum orchids. Sparks of color start flying with the bridesmaid bouquets- green hydrangea and cymbidium … Read more
Sunkissed White
The unbelievably warm & sunny weather we’re enjoying right now (mid-February global climate change craziness) harkens back to the gorgeous day Laura & Matt celebrated at La Valencia in La Jolla…Oh so SoCal… palm trees, sunshine, clear skies over the Pacific. Her elegant dress with crystalline T-back embellishment suited her vintage style perfectly. Laura preferred a clean, classic palette of white hydrangea, snowy avalanche roses, mini callas and fluffy china mums for her bridesmaids. For her own bouquet we pumped … Read more
Wild for Earth Tones
Bari & Jimmy were your atypical rocker+treehugging couple which I of course loved. The earthy browns and greens stand out so well with depth against the creamy textural whites.. Bride & Bridesmaids Bouquets of antique hydrangea, fiddle head ferns unfurled, callas, millet, berzilia, scented geranium, scabiosa pods, cymbidium orchids, puffy dahlias and green coxcomb- that’s enough, right ๐ Up close with Bari- sweetness of the french manicure, dress, jewelry, and flowers from the wild side. Our groom Jimmy’s tailored boutonniere. … Read more
Classic Color
What a way to start your wedding day! Parasols and sunshine. Classic Bridal Bouquet ~ creamy white majolica spray roses & crisp white dahlias. Bronze mocha cymbidium orchids and seeded eucalyptus against a deep grape bridesmaid dress.. Ode to the coordinating Groomsmen boutonniere and attire.Elegant escort cards lined up neatly thank you to Krista Romberg of Orange Blossom Events ๐Centerpieces of golden glass hurricanes, surrounded by crimson dahlias, purple hydrangea, lime lisianthus, and more majolica roses… Mini square delights of … Read more
I’ll have the Coral with a side of Pearls & Feathers, please.
Chelsea and Ryan truly set their day of love aglow from start to finish- corals and candles to sparklers and getaway cars… Bride’s bouquet ~ wisps of feather, creamy cymbidiums and soft apricot garden spray roses. Lace and pearls romance the ring of history, majolica roses drape gracefully. Sumptuous, right? That shade of coral and the wrap bodice- bouquets of hydrangea, monkey tails, and roses complete the vision. Hi cutie with orchids in your hair!! Ok, I love my job, … Read more
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
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 ๐ check. Rose petal basket on red satin … Read more
Coral & Aqua
Julia & Michael wanted a romantic and luxurious feel to their wedding getaway. As a destination, La Jolla, California isn’t too shabby ๐ 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
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 ๐ I … Read more
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 ๐ Rachel Welland of Bliss Event inspired a table setting of vivid orange and aqua … Read more