things beautiful

crystal's feminine/nature wedding

2011-08-19T21:34:00.000-07:00

oh how i wish i was a bit on the photographer side so i could get the beauty of the slightly green roses, the brown of the mountain grass and the touch of gold of these bouts and corsages! the women wore them with accents of feathers, the men had a poppy pod in their bout. they turned out great!

this was the presentation style bouquet: a touch of the natural, woodsy style with a feminine touch of magnolia and roses and gold as the main elements. crystal's colors were green, gold and brown and so the colors naturally lent themselves to a natural style and selection of flowers.

a top view of the bouquet....just gorgeous!

a centerpiece idea of mini carns and gold sprayed bear grass. they used a spider mum with live frogs and rocks...so cute!

a buffet arrangement of roses and black mountain grass (which is really brown)...

katie and david's modern classic vintage wedding

2011-05-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

i must be the luckiest florist around. i love all my clients and the flowers i get to do! this is katie and david and they join my blog of fabulous couples with great floral and presentation style!

i called her style a modern classic vintage: to incorporate the bright pink but with the vintage feel of her birdcage veil and the classic flowers of roses, hydrangeas, ranunculus, peonies, baby's breath and calla lilies.

two views of the top of the bouquet. we also added a "bracelet" of bling around the stems of the flowers that i forgot to photograph. for added flair we added the pearls on wire throughout.

the bridesmaids got to carry two shades of roses, calla lillies and feathers! the feathers reflect the feathers in the brides hairpiece!

the people flowers were a medium pink rose, baby's breath sprayed light pink and a feather or jewel!

cute little flower girl with two roses of different shades!

cake flowers included hydrangea around the bases with baby's breath interspersed and roses and hydrangea on top. this color hydrandea is called 'antique'. it is gorgeous!

centerpieces included hydrangeas, roses, wax flower, lisianthus, baby's breath, and a green ribbon. they were in 23" tall vases! i loved how they turned out. they made quite a statement in that large room!

jessica and richard's wedding

2011-01-22T22:04:00.000-08:00

little silver wrapped people flowers, daisies and a mini carn with plumosa fern

a different view with a colored background

toss bouquet with purple stock, purple lisianthus, israeli ruskus, purple delph, plumosa and stargazer lily

a few shots of the buffet arrangement with different light and iso settings to see which turn out better.

close up of the stargazer and the stock

up close shot of the delphinium, cute little flower:)

awesome bouquet, her favorite flower was the daisy (in the flower world we call it a pom) anyway, and her colors were purple, blue and silver. we added the stargazer lily because both the bride and groom oohed and aaahed at it while looking at sample bouqets. to me THAT is a visceral reaction and needs attention paid to it!

tribute to ramona

2010-10-10T21:12:00.000-07:00

amy and patrick's wedding

2010-08-28T21:25:00.000-07:00

burnt orange and hot pink: stelle theone in the bout and milva roses are the orange, hot lady and hot princess are the pinks.

lyndsey's wedding

2010-08-16T09:09:00.000-07:00

Vintage garden roses, baby's breath with a touch of hot pink, hydrangeas, tuberose, delphinium, gerberas, and three types of greenery turned into one of my favorite arrangements of the summer!

echoing the other arrangements, trading the hydrangeas for calla lilies the bouquet is asymmetrical beauty!

gardner wedding--no flowers

2010-08-10T20:21:00.000-07:00

grandma's and bob's funerals

2010-06-29T04:27:00.001-07:00

camille and jake's wedding

2010-06-29T03:29:00.000-07:00

yesenia's wedding

2010-06-08T12:37:00.000-07:00

orange lilies, freedom red roses and orange to red roses

zac and liz's wedding

2010-05-18T11:01:00.001-07:00

This is Zac and Liz. They got married May 15th, 2010. There flowers were shades of green and dark purple. Everything about the day was gorgeous! Thanks for letting me part of your day!
This is a close up of the bouquet which contained sahara roses, black dahlia, black-eyed star of bethlehem, kermit pom, green trachelium, eucalyptus, mini purple artichoke, italian ruskus, fern curls, wax flower, dark purple calla lily.
The groom's bout was a black calla lily, wax flower and green kermit pom.
The cake flowers had wax flowers on top surrounding there porcelain hearts, the second level had scabiosa pods and hanging amaranth, the third level had black eyed star of bethlehem and green trachellium and the bottom level had a mini artichoke with hanging amaranth and wax flower with trachellium.
This is the toss boquet which sat next to the cake and had several of the elements of the boquet.
The best men's bouts were a scabiosa pod, kermit pod and a fern curl. This is a brother of the bride. He was a good help setting up the wedding, too!
This is me and the groom's mom! The mom's wore two scabiosa pods, wax flowers, italian ruskus and purple ribbon!
The outdoor laterns have new green hanging leaves! So pretty and inviting!

sharee and mike

2010-03-20T21:57:00.000-07:00

Hand tied, freestyle bouquet with white oriental lilies, white alstromeria, green mini carns, green roses, seeded eucalyptus, nagi greenery, bear grass, wire wrapped like picture below. (I just don't know if the picture does it justice--I hope to get some pictures from the bride:))
"super green" rose with kermit pom on nagi greenery and ribbon for corsage, change it out with wire wrap for the bout.
buffet arrangement of oriental lilies, alstromeria, bear grass, curly and pussy willow, nagi greenery with a touch of the wire wrap at the center of the vase.
two styles of centerpieces with clear marbles: ivy bowl with rose, nagi greenery, kermit pom and cylinder vase with oriental lily, kermit pom, nagi, and pussy willow and green sheer/satin edged ribbon as an accent.

mei-lynne and jacob's red wedding

2010-01-05T21:26:00.000-08:00

hand held bouquet: two shades of red roses, 'black magic' and 'red'

bouts/corsages: red rose and hypericum berry

john and conliegh's pink, silver and black wedding

2009-12-21T09:16:00.000-08:00

mom's newest backdrop, fabric draped 6 sided gazebo with lights. Pretty!
Buffet: 3 shades of pink roses: sophie, ballet, topaz with silver spray painted birch
close up of the centerpieces
cake: bottom layer has the spray rose around the base, with a single light pink rose on top. middle layer has ribbon as the base with 3 med. pink roses and birch on top.
sign in table arrangement: med and hot pink roses with birch accents

bonnie's sage, cream, buttercream centerpieces

2009-12-21T09:03:00.001-08:00

centerpieces: ivy bowl with river stone accents on a gold napkin, raised for emphasis. cream roses, white and yellow gerbs, hypericum berries, carnations, million star, ginestra, wheat accents
podium accents: two 24" tall vases filled with wheat accented with sage ribbon, centered with a large spray of 13 types of flowers

danielle's silver and turquoise wedding

2009-10-18T18:15:00.001-07:00

hand held bouquet: white ranunculus, white french tulip, white dendrobium orchid, white rose (white dove) white bouvardia, white alstromeria, white misty and white statice, accented with wired beads and turquoise ribbons.
bouquet, different view
topiary at the end of the staircases, roses accented with turquoise ribbon
bout/corsage: 'white dove' rose, china berry, white statice with silver wire and ribbon accent

cupcake cake with dendrobium orchid for topper and between layers
three stems of dendrobium orchids in 24" vases with wire accent and turquoise marbles

mailee and spencer's wildflower wedding

2009-10-18T18:05:00.000-07:00

lavander (avant garde) roses, purple stock, bells of ireland, purple alstromeria, peacock feather accents
bouts and corsages: gomphrena, cornflower, white spray rose, peacock feather
handheld wildflower bouquet: lavender (avant guard) roses, bells of ireland, stock, cornflower, gomphrena, cosmos, trachilium, lily grass
another view of the bouquet
centerpieces with touch of wildflowers
buffet arrangement: dusty miller, stock, cosmos, trachilium, bells of ireland

emma's mom

2009-08-04T21:27:00.000-07:00

This series of funeral flowers is dedicated to a mom who was a blend between outdoorsy and feminine! She loved to sew and camp! Vintage cream roses, buttercream stock, million star baby's breath, carnations, daisy poms and delphinium give us a sense of the outdoorsy and yet the regal woman that this mom of three beautiful daughters and loving wife she was .
Emma's mom took them fishing and camping when they were younger. To personalize the arrangements we placed mom's fishing pole as an accent piece in the wreath catching a fish.
In the casket spray, the fishing pole of the wreath is catching a fish that is jumping out of the wire "water". Cattails and curly willow are added as an accent to further personalize the fishing memories.

aunt ida's basket with bird's on a wire

2009-07-17T20:22:00.000-07:00

large plant basket: bird on a wire accents and ribbon

Two Sister's Wedding

2009-05-18T20:33:00.000-07:00

blue and white hand held bouquet
garden arch with fences, lights and chiffon, columns on ends

white hand held bouquet with white ribbon
sign in table with basket and feather pen
sign in table with trellis card holder

gift area with wicker
centerpieces: white gerbera daisy in ivy bowl

buffet set up: large buffet arrangement with delphinium, lisianthus, alstromeria, other white flower, baby's breath

buffet table set up: large arrangement in center with delphinium
cake flowers with dendrobium orchid, lisianthus, pearls
3 cakes with flowers on top.
white calla lily, dendrobium orchid, pearls, variegated pittosporum, purple delphinium
white mini callas, baby's breath, white mini rose, pearls
hand held bouquet: white lisianthus, white dendrobium orchid, white tulip, white mini calla, whit gerbera daisy, white baby's breath, white mini roses, pearls

hand held bouquet: white tulips, blue delphinium, white lisianthus, white alstromeria, white baby's breath, looped bear grass, pearls

close up of the the blue and white bouquet.
close up of the white bouquet

heidi's red, black and silver wedding

2009-05-05T07:36:00.000-07:00

The bride and a flower girl in front of the sign in table.
bout/corsage: red rose, hypericum berry, black ribbon
hand held bouquet: red gerbera daisies with black centers, red alstromeria, 'freedom' red roses and 'forever young' red roses, chocolate mini calla lilies, red mini carns, hypericum berries, israeli ruskus, myrtle

sign in table with toss bouquet: gerbera, alstromeria, greenery
cake flowers: alstromeria top layer, roses middle layer, gerbera daisies bottom layer
centerpieces: roses and hypericum berry, myrtle greenery

another view of the centerpieces and tablecloths: 90" round black, 45"red square, silver napkin, mirror, glass vase with flowers and battery tea light

jenna's red, orange, yellow and lindsey's red safari wedding

2009-02-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

centerpieces: bear grass, blupeurum, salal, eucalyptus, seeded eucalyptus, konfetti roses, reddish roses, orange daylilies, yellow sunflowers, red mini-carns, battery operated candles

sign in arrangement: leather leaf, eucalyptus, red mini carn, konfetti roses, orange to red roses, yellow sunflowers, red sunflowers, hypericum berry, orange daylilies, red tropical flower, asparagus fern, bluperum, bear grass

another view of the centerpiece

bout/corsage: konfetti rose, eucalyptus, red mini carn, blupureum, bear grass

bridesmaids handheld bouquets: red sunflowers, konfetti roses, asparagus ferns, bluperum, reddish roses, yellow sunflowers, eucalyptus, salal,
cake topper: orange gerbera, yellow gerbera, reddish rose, yellow/orange calla, red mini carn, salal, eucalyptus, blupleurum,

bouquet: yellow tulips, bear grass, sunset calla lilies, blupleurum, reddish roses, konfetti roses, orange daylilies, red mini carns, asparagus fern, hypericum berries, yellow gerberas

Lindsey's Safari Wedding

bouts/corsages: seeded eucalyptus, red tropical, hypericum berry, black feathers, upside down,

cake flowers: red tropical, red scabiosa, green mini artichoke, red celosia, 4 types of fern: ming, asparagus,
upside down presentation bouquet: purple aspidistra, purple round leaf, red celosia, sunset safari, protea, red alstromeria

a photograph of the cake

the line with the bouquets and the bouts
a closer shot of the presentation bouquets
the bouquet soaking up water before being photographed!

the centerpieces: jungle print napkin, red accent napkin, feather boa, glass with accent tea light, pictures of the bride

red and yellow, antique sage and purple, tropical

2009-01-24T23:22:00.000-08:00

bout: red mini carn, yellow rose, yellow statice
centerpieces: yellow daisy mum, yellow statice, yellow/red tulip, red alstro, red mini carn, ruskus, lemon smelling greenery
bouquet: white gerb, yellow daisy mum, yellow statice, white statice, red mini carn, yellow roses, red alstro, yellow/red tulip, ruskus,

bout: lavendar roses, seeded eucalyptus, lisianthus and ruskus
hand held bouquet: green artichokes, purple artichokes, lavender roses, cream/antique roses, cream lisianthus, lavender lisianthus, seeded eucalyptus, purple statice, purple misty, lavender french tulips

lime green cymbidium orchids in the hair
centerpieces: dendrobiums in a tealight, cymbidiums at the base of a glass block, shells and blue marbles
presentation bouquet: white calla lilies, green anthuriums, tropical leaves

cake: dendrobium orchid, bear grass, green anthurium and cymbium orchid

jessica's wedding--raspberry and plum

2008-08-08T11:11:00.000-07:00