Purples, Greens, and Creams

Unloading at the beautiful Covenant Presbyterian Church is always a long walk, but it is definitely worth it.

 

The bride, Susan, chose purples, greens, and creams for her colors.  Here are the personal flowers for her wedding.  Lilac is her favorite flower.  We were so fortunate to have them available on her wedding day.

 

The boutonniere was made with freesia and variegated pitt. 

 

The corsage was a single gardenia that rested on ivory ribbons.  It smelled wonderful!

 

 

 

This small arrangement marked where the guest book would be.

  

Here is a look at the inside of the beautiful church.

 

Some brides want a simple white in the church, but Susan wanted something fun with color.

 

 

Watkins Fundraiser

The Watkins College of Art and Design had a fundraiser on their campus to benefit their school.  Below is the cover of the invitation.

 

We drew inspiration from the colors that are apart of the Watkins brand.  Here is the arrangement that greeted guests as they first arrived to the event.

 

It is always important to place flowers in the women's restroom.

 

Here is the entrance to the tent before everything was set up.  We created a frame for the tent out of PVC pipe.  Creating the entrance was a fun project and the finished product looked best at night!

 

Then we wrapped lights, orange deco mesh, and branches around the PVC piping.

 

We created a tree out of branches for each side of the stage and wrapped each of them with lights from head to toe.

 

Now, we cannot take credit for the rest of these pictures.  The centerpieces were created by students and other volunteers.  Everyone was given a paint bucket to decorate and fill with flowers.  Jim and I loved all of the creativity and detail that they put into each design.

 

How fun are all of the buckets?!? At the end of the night, each bucket was auctioned off to a happy guest.

A Small Family Affair

Allie had a small wedding in her mother's back yard.  Her big celebration will be in July, so be looking out for pictures of the party later on this summer.  I love her bouquet which is shown below.  We wrapped the bouquet with the cuff from her mother's dress. 

 

Here is another look at her bouquet.  It is filled with Garden Rose Patience, Craspedia, Astilbe, Lavender, Lisianthus, Orchids, Agapanthus, Brunia, Anemones, and Dusty Miller.

 

 The boutonniere was created with Craspedia, Dusty Miller, and Curly Willow.

 

Door monograms are becoming a very popular replacement for wreaths or swags.  It is much more cost effective, and looks great with or without flowers.

 

I love these candelabras that we have in our inventory.  Especially with Allie's flowers on top.  The mercury glass votive holders that we attach to the candelabra finish off the look.

 

We filled our silver wire baskets with moss and all of Allie's beautiful flowers.

 

Another look on the tables was a collection of silver mint julep cups.

 

I love the rustic look of the table and decor that greets guests as they arrive.

 

Here is the little flower girl's halo.  We made sure to include lavender because it has sentimental meaning for the bride.

 

Below is the beautiful cake made by Mrs. Billie Mochow.

 

Can you see the big bell?  This was rung before the bride walked down the aisle.  It must have been very moving.

 

Here is the bride holding her bouquet. Doesn't she look beautiful!!