Keystone - Timber Ridge

One of my all-time favorite weddings took place at Keystone - Timber Ridge. It was a late August wedding and my first time at that location. The ceremony took place on the deck with the guests facing the beautiful view of big trees and blue sky. We didn't do any decoration for the ceremony itself, only the personal flowers.
The bride carried a hand-tied bouquet of 5 green goddess calla lilies with jasmine vines. Her bridesmaids carried one stem of green goddess each. The groomsmen wore a white mini-calla lily. The flower girl wore a halo of white dendrobrium orchids with greenish/white sedum. Very delicate and adorable!

Inside for reception we decorated 6 long tables with tall vases that enclosed a stem of green cymbidium orchid. We had about 3-5 of these per table. Then between the vases we ran bamboo. I had purchased the bamboo fresh from the Carolinas and then cut and shaped them to size at the studio. The bamboo was filled with moss, black river rock, green cymbidiums, purple dendrobriums, succulents and japonica leaves.



On the back of the bride & groom's chairs we attached a cluster of green goddess calla lilies.

The four tiered cake was decorated lightly with a few blooms of the green cymbidium & purple dendrobrium orchids.

Sierra Flower Finder

Here's a great website for anyone that wants to learn more about flower varieties:
http://sierraflowerfinder.com/
It's an online reference for everything you need to know about flowers. They have pictures of over 2500 varieties of flowers.
A great resource for a bride doing some research and for other floral professionals that need information on flower seasons, etc.

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San Francisco Flower Market

I love SF Flower Market, always have. Prior to moving to Denver in 2002 I had a business in SF called Alicia Chestine Designs. Every Wednesday I'd arrive at the flower market at 5am to hand pick all my fresh flowers, most of which had just come in from the farms on the coast. The amount and variety of flowers is amazing. I haven't been to the market for a few years now so returning this past week was quite fun. I picked up some new containers and some new novelty stuff - like other types of California Crystals. Here are some photos of the mass amount of flowers:

hello from California

I'm home in northern California. Looks like I'll be heading out first thing Tuesday morning to return to Denver. It's been beautiful out here. I had a great time at the SF flower mart and gathering manzanita branches off our friend's property. Everything is so plentiful here! Fun new stuff to add to our shop. Here's a picture from the front yard!

Blume boxes - an idea for placecards

I love this new little product. It is called a bud box and it measures about 2.5" tall without a flower added. They come in pink, purple, brown, black, orange, red, sky blue and lime green - some solid colors and some with patterns. There is a space to insert a tag with your guests' names and their table number. Quite a few flowers work well with these. Such a fun and unique way to mark where your guests sit and a fun favor for them. The photo isn't that great, they are much cuter in person.

the knot - Best of Weddings Pick

Bella Fiori is honored to be selected for “The Knot 2007 Best of Weddings Pick”. This actually happened last May. Seems that I never actually posted about this on the blog. I had such an elated feeling when a few wedding planners called to tell me I was in the magazine listed for one of the top wedding floral designers for the state of Colorado. This is thank-you to all our previous brides that nominated and voted for Bella Fiori!!
Thanks Ladies!!