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.

Heather and Jon - August 15th, 2009

Heather scheduled a consultation with me pretty early (as far as florist bookings go) - I think it was in Oct '08. She didn't come with any specific ideas but she knew one thing she wanted - Gerbera Daisies. Her wedding venue was Langdon Farms in Aurora, OR and it was a beautiful location that had a nice laid-back appeal but without being too informal. Her colors of burnt orange and sage fit perfectly with the surroundings.

My Inspration Board for Heather's wedidng

The happy couple - Heather and Jon

The Bride and Bouquet
(Gerbera Daisies, Calla Lilies, and Tulips)

She had a fairly large wedding party that made for some great pictures. I really love the contrast of the sage green dresses with the dark oranges of the bouquets. I also made some cute flower girl baskets that were filled with orange Mokara Orchid heads.

The ladies of the wedding party

We went back on forth on what she wanted for the aisle way. She decided on pomanders, but then found out that the chairs at the venue had rounded backs and wouldn't be able to hold the pomanders. She remedied that by renting shepards hooks. I actually thought they were going to be the shorter ones, but found the tall ones when I arrived at the venue to set-up. I didn't want the balls to hang down too low and block the guests view of the ceremony so we decided to hang the balls right on the hooks. I thought it was a cool look and something a little unexpected.

Just Married

Since they had quite a large guest count, the pomanders were re-used and placed on top of a cylinder vase for centerpieces on half the tables. The other half consisted of bowls with floating tea lights and gerbera daisies (sorry no pics of these).

Her cake was simple and lovely and just required a few of the Gerbs placed on each level. I love her cake topper (so cute!).

The Wedding Cake

It turned out to be a beautiful late summer wedding and I wish the best to Heather and Jon in their new life together!