Wedding Inspiration :: Chatfield Botanic Gardens

Lauren & Rian's wedding took place this past summer at Chatfield Botanic Gardens. I knew I had to work with Lauren when we talked about the details of her wedding - Autumn Burke as her photographer, vintage style using milk glass in the design, lots of yellow flowers with some peach accents, Footers Catering, reception at the Red Barn at Chatfield - I knew this would be a beauty!

The reception took place in the grassy area just outside the red barn. To give it a cozy and intimate feel we decorated the space with large white umbrellas embellished with green vines. Around the perimeter we placed lanterns on shepherd hooks accented with Italian Ruscus. Lauren found an assortment of fabric patterns at Fancy Tiger which we used as part of the centerpieces. Each centerpiece had a variety of white milk glass filled with yellow and peach flowers.

Vendors:
Photographer: Autumn Burke Photography
Catering: Footers Catering
Desserts: Living the Sweet Life
Wedding Planner: Save The Date Events

Cover of colorado brides

The new magazine, colorado brides, just arrived and I'm thrilled to see a Bella Fiori bouquet on the cover!!!

Here's a photo from the original photo shoot which shows the bouquet up close, it's all polo roses and ranunculus with white feathers - fluffy, feminine, flirty!

Class: For The Love Of Roses

Alicia Schwede, owner of Bella Fiori and Chuck Graham, lead designer of Brown Palace Flower Shop are offering two hour hands-on design classes at Bella Fiori Studio located at:
7711 West 6th Avenue, Lakewood, 80214

February 8, 2012
6pm-8pm
$75.00
For the love of roses!
Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with us and create your own arrangement of roses! The class with start with a demonstration by Alicia and Chuck on creating a beautiful low and lush rose arrangement. We will take you through the steps of prepping your container, prepping your flowers and foliage and arranging. Then we cut you loose to create your arrangement. Each student will take home their rose arrangement.

Sign up Here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2882021203

View all upcoming classes here: http://www.flirtyfleurs.com/classes/

Vintage pink and white floral designs for Jaimee's wedding

Backyard weddings are so great, especially if your backyard looks like this:

In addition to providing flowers we also provided all the chairs and tables for Jaimee's wedding:

Jaimee carried a vintage styled bouquet of roses, carnations, stephanotis with rhinestones, baby's breath, gerber daisies, calla lilies and nerine lilies:

Jaimee and her bridesmaids, the girls carried almost all white bouquets with just touches of hot pink nerines:

This picture is awesome, we created an orchid umbrella for Jaimee's daughter and here is Jaimee's dad carrying it! (Great shot Audrey!)

Jaimee's sweet daughter:

In the center of the ceremony arch we hung a large pomander (aka - kissing ball):

You know how I keep saying I've worked with the best brides this past season? Well, I also worked with the best moms! This is Pam, one of my favorites!! We had a great time coming up with ideas and designs for Jaimee's wedding.

The reception took place on the back yard patio - such a comfortable and lovely space:

The girls check out the floating arrangement in the pond:

The following photos aren't about flowers, they are about the reception and the beautiful antique plates Pam collected for the place setting, the delicious food served by Footers Catering and the pretty cake designed by Intricate Icings:

Thank you, Janet & Jeff, for the following video clip!

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I received a few thank you notes from Pam & Jaimee - seriously great people to work with!!

Yours were the most amazing flowers and made the whole event spectacular. Just can't thank you enough for everything, most beautiful flowers I've ever seen. You are amazing!
Pam, mother of the bride

Once again flowers were more than I could have ever hoped for. You win BEST VENDOR EVER! Pam, mother of the bride

Huge smile!!

Vendors:
Photography: Audrey Michel Photography (I've wanted to work with Audrey for awhile, so glad we finally got a chance and I love how she captured all the details of this wedding!)
Caterers: Footers Catering (Amazing food, amazing staff, always!)
Cake: Intricate Icings (Love Rachel and her awesome works of art)

Wedding Inspiration :: Museum of Nature & Science

I feel as if I've started all my posts lately with : I loved this bride, she's so awesome and we created really cool floral designs for her wedding! I guess I'm just blessed with wonderful clients!!
Here's another example of an awesome bride I got to work with - Lindsey! Every time I saw Lindsey for planning meetings she'd waltz in the door with an immense amount of good energy, you can feel her energy here:

Lindsey's colors were a bright blue and green, so fun. Her bridesmaids wore gorgeous blue dresses and carried bouquets of all green flowers. I used primarily green hypericum berries, fuji mums, hydrangea and super green roses.

Lindsey carried a bouquet of green and blue hydrangea, super green roses and delphinium blossoms, I wrapped the stems with blue and green plaid ribbon:

Aaron wore a boutonniere with super green roses with blue delphinium blossoms:

The ceremony space had a modern and clean feel at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science which Lindsey and I wanted to convey in the altar pieces. I designed three various vases, one filled with curly willow for height. The second vase filled with tall blue delphinium and in the front was a vase with green hydrangea and super green roses:

Adorable photo of Aaron and Lindsey together, how cool are her blue shoes??:

Vendors:
Photographer: Rennard Photography (click on the link to see even more awesome photos of this wedding!)
Wedding Planner: Julie of Bliss Elevated (she's great to work with!)
Venue: Denver Museum of Nature and Science

The Wedding Design Workshop

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To register visit: http://weddingdesignworkshop.eventbrite.com

Crash course in Floral Design for the Professional Wedding Planner

Are you a professional wedding planner and would like to know what to do when a floral emergency happens at a wedding?? The florist has left the premises and suddenly a boutonniere breaks, someone forgot to order a corsage for Aunt Mae, the bride doesn’t want to toss her own bouquet, etc. etc.!! What do you do??

Alicia Schwede, owner of Bella Fiori and Chuck Graham, lead designer of Brown Palace Flower Shop are offering a two hour hands-on design class at Bella Fiori Studio located at:
7711 West 6th Avenue, Lakewood, 80214

Choose either:
January 11, 10-12 am - http://bellafiori.eventbrite
Or
January 18, 6-8 pm

In this class you will be instructed on how to:
- wire & tape boutonnieres
- wire & tape corsages
- how to create a toss bouquet
- how to design a small centerpiece
- proper way to pin-on a boutonniere

We'll also discuss economical, mid-prices & expensive flowers & how to estimate a floral budget for your clients.

Register by December 31, 2011 for $50 per student per class.
Register after December 31, 2011 for $65 per student per class.

All supplies & flowers will be provided.