Kelsie and Paul

Kelsie and Paul's wedding ceremony and reception took place at the World Forestry Center in Portland on August 18, 2012. The room they were married in was an amazing, round, dramatic, and interesting space. They cleverly chose colors that were a fun and feminine contrast with the neutral colors on-site: Pink and ivory with pops of black and aqua.

Kelsie's bouquet: Ivory garden roses, ivory football mums, pink dahlias, pink lisianthus, and "foresty" greenery.

We used a piece of fabric that was removed from Kelsie's wedding gown to wrap the stems, then evenly attached family heirloom broaches.

The bridesmaid bouquets: Pink garden roses, pink dahlias, and "foresty" greenery.

The stems were wrapped with pale pink and aqua ribbon, sweet pink family heirloom buttons attached.

The Groomsman boutonierres: A pink garden rose and "foresty" greenery with teal ribbon.

The Centerpieces: A black bubble vase containing an arrangement of white football mums, pink dahlias, pink garden roses, and "foresty" greenery.

We decorated the aisle with pink and white rose petals displayed in a whimsical design, overlapping the aisle runner.

The venue has a permanent fixture of hanging lanterns in the center of the room. We removed three of the smallest lanterns, and replaced them with hanging pink carnation balls of the same size, hung from black ribbon.

Photography by Powers Photography Studios:
Powers Photography Studios

http://www.powersstudios.com

Stephanie and Justin

Stephanie and Justin were married at The Aerie at Eagle Landing Golf Course on June 29th. Now that you see the yellow and green wedding colors, I will answer your question: Yes, they are Oregon Ducks fans! It was a fun palette to work with, which was softened by adding touches of charcoal grey.

Stephanie's bouquet was made of white and yellow garden roses, green ball dianthus, and mini green hydrangea. The stems were wrapped with a vintage velvet charcoal ribbon.

Bridesmaid bouquets were mini green hydrangea and gorgeous yellow garden roses. The stems were wrapped with charcoal velvet ribbon.

The boutonnieres all consisted of yellow freesia, green button mums, and green hypericum berries. The boutonniere stems were also wrapped with charcoal velvet ribbon.

Mother's corsage of mini green hydrangea, green hypericum berries, and a yellow garden rose. Stems wrapped with charcoal velvet ribbon.

The proud parents!

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Photography by: April Williams Photography

Baby's Breath Decor

I designed this baby's breath hanging ball today as an inspiration source for Winter and Spring couples. Choosing a design that is made up of all one type of flower, such as the baby's breath here, can make quite an impact. Baby's breath is airy, soft, very budget friendly, and there are so many ways to design with it! 

The hanging sphere I made today could be used many ways: Several hung from the ceiling at the ceremony site as an interesting way to fill space in a tall building, from shepherd hooks to line the aisle or hung from chairs. A smaller version could become a kissing ball for the flower girl, or a grouping of three, varying in size, could be arranged directly on the tables and serve as centerpieces.

Spheres are certainly not the only interesting way to to use the baby's breath. The list is long, just ask us! It would be fun to collaborate and come up with new and exciting ways to use an element that is commonly only seen as filler.