Perfect Wedding Guide Bridal Show

We will be one of the vendors in the upcoming Perfect Wedding Guide Bridal Show this coming Saturday, November 13th located at the Heathman Restaurant. We have decided to do four different looks and will be doing some fun things with them! I'm excited to see the final product.

Here's a sneak peek at the color schemes we'll be using...

Mixtures of hard with soft and dark with light...

Funky and unique, yet chic and elegant...

Soft and feminine with a vintage feel...

Natural elements with a pop of color...

There will also be some awesome prizes given away during the show (including a little something from us). Make sure to stop in!

Melissa & Basil - August 21, 2010

I'm skipping ahead with this wedding, but I recently received the pictures from their photographer, Heather Brincko of HPB Photo, and I just couldn't wait to post. Her pictures are fantastic! To see more of the wedding, you can visit her blog. I thought the flowers for this wedding turned out amazing and the bride was super happy with them as well. Her bouquet is definitely in my top five favorites.

Melissa and Basil currently live in NYC and so after our initial consultation, we communicated through email. At the consultation, she described to me what she had in mind, and it just clicked. I knew exactly what she was talking about. She wanted soft pastel shades of slate blue and purple with a touch of celadon green and a natural, slightly wild look to the flowers. She specifically asked for hydrangea and lavender (since the favors were to be small lavender satchels), but left the rest of the flower choices up to me. When she showed me a picture of her dress, which helped inspire the bouquet, I was so excited to see it in person. It did not disappoint!

Inspiration Board

The wedding took place at the Oswego Hills Vineyard and Winery. I thought this venue was so beautiful and serene and to top it off, the weather was absolutely perfect. Here are a few shots of the stunning bride and groom.

Melissa and her bouquet

(love the blue door behind her)

Another bouquet shot

(flowers include Hydrangea, Lavender, Lisianthus, Scabiosa, Thistle and Peruvian Apples)

The wedding party - love the unique angle here

A closer shot of the bridesmaid bouquets

(flowers include Hydrangea, Lavender, Thistle, Lisianthus, and Phlox)

The Groom's Bout

For the ceremony, large mason jars were hung from the aisle-way chairs along with lavender and white rose petals down the side of the aisle. The backdrop of the white barn couldn't have been more perfect.

The reception tables had a combo of three mason jars (two small and one large that was moved from the ceremony) along with votive candles. Her tables were named after airports that she and Basil had been to. Such a cute idea. The sun setting in the backdrop brings out the beauty of the flowers even more. It reminds me of a watercolor painting.

Thank you Melissa and Basil for letting me be a part of your day! I hope your life is filled with love and happiness! Congratulations!

Natasha & Will - November 8, 2009

I can't believe this wedding was nearly a year ago! I'm so behind with this blog. I met Natasha through a friend and right away I knew I wanted to work on her wedding. Her colors were black, red and white and she was doing a vintage glamour theme. This totally resonated with me, as my own wedding had a vintage 1920's theme and also utilized a similar color scheme. Besides the specifics that she wanted feathers and red apples, I was given a lot of free range with the types of flowers and even the arrangements, so that was also really nice.

Here's the inspiration board (which I'm kind of in love with)-

The wedding was at The Laurelhurst Club, which is in the amazing Laurelhurst neighborhood and it has a great 1940's feel to it. Perfect for her wedding. Also fantastic because of the beautiful park right across the street for pictures! Here are a few shots from the wedding.

Sealing the deal...

Close-up of the focal arrangements

We did both tall and low centerpieces that used Red Delicious apples and cranberries in the vases and a special "head table" centerpiece with a gorgeous silver candelabra that had a feather boa wrapped around the base.

Tall Centerpiece

Close-up of the candelabra arrangement

Low Centerpiece

I did a special wrap for her bouquet using black fringe to give it reference to a "Flapper" dress. It turned out really cool. For her bouquet we did red Amaryllis with white Ostrich feathers. Amaryllis are so beautiful, but a little difficult to work with because of their head size. Each of her bridesmaids carried a single stem of the "peppermint" Amaryllis that is white with red stripes.

Showing off the bouquet

Natasha and her bridesmaids

This wedding was a lot of fun to work on and I was so happy with how it turned out and even happier that Natasha and her family loved the flowers as well. Congrats you two! Wish you the best.

Nina and Brian - September 2nd, 2009

Nina was one of those brides who knows what they want. When we met, she told me all she wanted was roses. When I hear this from a bride, I always have to inquire whether she really loves roses or if she is just unfamiliar with other types of flowers. The case with Nina was that she loved roses. She wanted very simple and classic. Her colors were clover green, black and ivory. She was toying around with adding an accent color into the mix and eventually decided on coral. I thought this would be a great combo and really liven up the flowers - since there's not much you can do with clover green.

The wedding took place on the grounds of the beautiful Abernethy Center in Oregon City and was photographed by IDM Photos. It was a gorgeous day for a wedding and Nina was serene as could be - even when there was a little mishap with some of the rose petals not being quite the right shade of coral (which, unfortunately, was completely out of my control).

The happy couple

Close-up shot of the bridal bouquet and boutonniere
(Ivory, jade, and coral roses with barely blush spray roses)

Nina and her seven Bridesmaids (or rather, their bouquets)
Nina and her Flower Girls

One of the Flower Girls with a mini-bouquet of spray roses

Thank you for letting me be a part of your day, Nina and Brian! I wish you all the best.