Flower Inspiration :: Hudson Gardens

I'm pretty sure the photos will speak for themselves and you can guess when Beth's wedding took place ... fall? ;)
Yes, fall at Hudson Gardens = beautiful backdrop for amazing photos. These amazing photos were taken by A.H.P. Photography - Adam & Imthiaz, a husband & wife team who have been shooting weddings for 7 years.
Check out their amazing work :




The aisle is lined with a rich fabric and adorned with pomander balls:


I love the reception. Footers Catering provided the amazing food and designed the table decor. Beth & her mom loved elevated arrangements and we designed the pieces to have an explosion of fall colors. We used nandina and seeded eucalyptus, hydrangea, mums, orchids, gerbers, roses and snapdragons:

Flower Inspiration :: White Bouquets

Looking for inspiration for an all white bridal bouquet? Here are some photos of white bouquets we've made in the past.
Here's a ranunculus and mini-calla bouquet with a collar of rolled ti leaves:

This bouquet is for a winter wedding, roses and stephanotis surrounded by pine and cedar greens. Little blue gems decorate the center of the stephanotis:

Freesia & mini-callas:

Lily of the valley is surrounded by large white callas and finished with a collar of rolled ti leaves:

A gorgeous bouquet of peonies, mini-callas and lily of the valley:

Hydrangea with mini-gerber daisies:

Mini-callas, ranunuculus and gardenias:

Gardenias with stephanotis and magnolia leaves:

Peonies, polo roses and ranunculus:

Dahlias and freesia nestled in a bed of dusty miller and seeded eucalyptus:

Flower Inspiration :: Green & White modern wedding

I met with Beth about a year prior to her wedding and during our first meeting she knew exactly what she wanted, never changed once in the full year of working together! She loves Phaleonopsis orchids and wished to use those as her main flower. All accents were to be green. Her bridesmaids did carry all green bouquets - fujis, roses and berries with a collar of green aspidistra leaves.

Here we have a bouquet of fuji mums with a collar of aspidistra leaves:


The foyer table was decorated with this piece - manzanita branch is decorated with Phaleonopsis and dendrobrium blossoms, wheat grass surrounds the base:


The centerpieces were a single stem of Phaleonopsis orchid submerged inside a rectangular vase:



The cake is by Das Meyer, we decorated down one side with kermits, fujis and green hypericum. I love the green flowers against the black and white cake:

Flower Inspiration :: Dunton Hot Springs, part four

For the reception Marissa amassed a collection of cut crystal vases and bowls, brass candlesticks and little deer, candle holders, etc. and shipped these to my shop for us to fill with flowers and decorate the reception room. We mostly kept the flowers cream, white and green and added just touches of burgundy and plum.

Flower Inspiration :: Dunton Hot Springs, part three

Wedding day for Marissa & Jed at Dunton Hot Springs! Beautiful fall day, sunny but with a crispness in the air - so lovely.
Marissa and I met the week before her wedding, before that she and I had only chatted on the phone and over email a few times. She told me what she liked and let me run with it ... she and I had a lot of fun together!
The flowers I used were sweetpeas, hellebores, dahlias, mint, lisianthus, green hypericum, queen anne's lace, larkspur, lysimachia and ranunculus.

Here's Marissa's bouquet:





Now for the ceremony site:




An upclose shot of the wreath which I took with my iPhone ... I had so much fun making this wreath!


Shepherd hooks line the aisle:



Guess what? I'm going to do day #4 for this wedding - check back tomorrow to see what we did for the reception. ;)

Flower Inspiration :: Dunton Hot Springs, part two

Time to see the rehearsal dinner... To start, Marissa & Jed and their families are from the east coast. When they decided to get married in Colorado they wanted to treat their guests to the Colorado experience. Our goal for the rehearsal dinner was to combine this Colorado experience with a rustic feel yet keep it elegant. Michelle selected sage green damask linens from La Tavola and used the runner down the center of the rectangular wood tables. I decorated with birch vases filled with rustic berries, greens, etc - no actual flowers and I interspersed candle aspen logs. To tie it together I placed moss and rocks throughout the centerpiece. The flora used is: kangaroo paws, blushing bride, seeded eucalyptus, safari sunset, snowberries, ming fern, plus a few others.

(I told Katie that the snowberry one was my favorite so she took this for me :) )

Flower Inspiration :: Dunton Hot Springs, part one

This past fall I was quite fortunate to work on a wedding at Dunton Hot Springs, a ghost town just outside Telluride, Colorado. First of all I should note that I've never before visited southern Colorado, I'm so pleased that this wedding introduced me to this part of the state. It's amazing, beautiful, lush green, everything you think of when you imagine what Colorado looks like!

We traveled to Dunton Hot Springs with Michelle Gillette of Dramatic Events and Katie Thurmes of Jenna Walker Photography to work on Marissa & Jed's wedding. A eight hour long drive in a three car caravan - each car loaded with goodies for the wedding - lots and lots of flowers, amazing linens from La Tavola, one of a kind dinner plates, crystal bowls, brass candlesticks, etc.

Katie sent me the photos from this wedding awhile ago and every time I look at the photos -- well, my breath is taken away. Beautiful landscape captured with the talented Katie's photography. The photographs are so amazing I feel it is only fair to break this into three separate posts, today I'll introduce you to Dunton Hot Springs. Tomorrow you'll be treated to the Rehearsal Dinner. Wednesday will be wedding day!

Here goes! (the two pictures taken at night time may be my favorites....):