Winter Love Shines

A few rain drops on a January day set the scene for a traditional church wedding with a festive tented backyard reception at home. John and Monica are warm and friendly and enjoy hosting their friends and family for a good time. With the drinks flowing, the steel drum band and kids on the dance floor bringing the energy, and an honest exchange of toasts and musical performances, the love and celebration of family warmed the night. 

The bride's bouquet came together very well with an interesting variety of roses, lisianthus, white stock, mums, and variegated pittosporum for greenery. The bride wanted to include a natural element akin to cotton pods, but I couldn't find any (and my how I looked in some obscure places), so when I found these dried lotus pods, I knew I had found a perfect substitute. The arrangement had a nice easy blend of the creamy whites and bright pops of rich red, a nice compliment to the lace bridal gown.

Monica designed and created her own unique centerpiece vases using lace, burlap and craft flowers, an easy way to transform and personalize the classic mason jar. 

John and Monica and their families are avid USC fans so I knew I struck gold (and cardinal red) with the greenery.  The 8 centerpieces were designed using fresh white and yellow red roses, gerber daisy, rich red spray roses, white mums and stock, with seedy eucalyptus, fern, and of course the two toned greenery.  

Merry Happy Lovely

These three are a perfect match. Alex and Rich celebrated their wedding on a perfect day at Kirigan winery in the hills of Gilroy. The bright color florals we used stood out beautifully against the green property and rustic club house venue. The sweet pup, Kona, was a special surprise coordinated by the groom. She was wearing a new blue collar to match the bridal party, adorned with red roses, white lisianthus and greenery.

The bride and bridesmaids carried fun bouquets of fluffy dahlias, romantic roses, expressive snapdragons and a few of my other favorites like lisianthus, green hydrangea and pink alstroemeria. 

 The brides bouquet was enhanced with four amazing peonies, rich red tulips, dainty ranunculus and red hypercium berries. 

Mother of the Bride is wearing delicate corsage of creamy pink lisianthius with a hint of dark pink wax flower, wrapped up in a bright festive ribbon.

Bright and eccentric centerpieces  - All set and ready to go. 

Wedding Essentials

A chuppah is a canopy under which a Jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremony.

The bride's dream chuppah consisted of a hand made tablecloth, a gift from the mother of the groom, draped over freestanding wooden posts, adorned with flowers and greenery to match both the bridal flowers and colors as well as the natural romantic setting of the outdoor ceremony. 




These unique hand-tied arrangements were delicately draped and affixed to the posts with silk ribbons, and on the base we laid seedy eucalyptus and flower buds to tie the look together, top to bottom. 

Cake!

I love using flowers to enhance special projects to the big day.   

Here is an immaculate wedding cake accented with colorful 

Dahlias, Roses, Spray Roses and Dusty Miller. 

Enchanted in Love

This September wedding called for lovely delicate floral collections in soft cream, warm orange and a nice sweet hint of pink. The bride's dreamy bouquet captured the romance and festive style of the enchanted day. 







I am in love with the striking contrast of the bright flowers against the cobalt blue dresses. I find the exciting accents of the sprigs of misty blue, peeks of green from the lisianthus buds and mix of flower colors a fun pairing for the variety of bridesmaid dress designs. 






The venue offered a beautiful setting in the lady's sitting room where the bridesmaid's bouquets could shine while they were completing finishing touches to their wedding-perfect look. 


Flowers Featured in the bridal party arrangements: 

Roses, Spray Roses, Orange Viana Carnations, Dahlias, Lisanthus, Alstroemeria, with greenery of Variegated Pittosporum and a soft sprig of Misty Blue. 
Wrapped in a peachy pink silk ribbon.