Garden Beauties

LOVE LOVE LOVE how this gardeny bouquet with lilies turned out.

 The maids.

Lovely Peonies, Garden Roses and Hydrangea

Classic, romantic peonies, garden roses and hydrangeas. Love the color combo the bride chose: pale green, pale blue, peach and soft pink. Really lush and lovely. The bride stayed with ivory and pale pink while the bridesmaids carried more color. The altar area and table centerpieces incorporated the blue hydrangeas.

Blue and Green Rehearsal Dinner

Really lovely blues and greens accented with a little ivory and peach.

Texan Retirement Party

Ruby was the perfect spot for this party Thursday night, for a Texan who's retiring. They chose a rustic, yet refined Western theme. 

 

The flowers I went with were Cherry Brandy roses (pink AND orange - my favorite), blue thistle for the Western vibe, green ball dianthus, pincushion protea for the cactus element, and yarrow in the large entryway arrangement and billy balls for the table centerpieces.

I loved the table set-up. Farmhouse, exposed wood, burlap runner, fun napkins. And the flowers in the cowboy boots was a special way to tie in the Texas connection.

 Here are some up-closes of the boots. The protea were the perfect touch to these arrangements. 

The food tables had vase arrangements. A view from the top:

Nashville Venue Crawl, 8/4/13

Sunday I got to participate as a vendor for the Nashville Venue Crawl at Ruby. It was so much fun to be a part of this and work with such great people!

A compilation of all the bouquets for the showcase:

The men didn't get left out, either. Boutonnieres to compliment each bouquet and style.

Each table had a theme and definite style. "Butter My Biscuit" - vintage farm feel. Daisies in the bride's bouquet, baby's breath centerpiece.


"Eat Your Veggies" - vintage-eclectic. I loved the veggies as decor, and set the bouquet in a terracotta pot for the tablescape.

"Ruby: black, white & read all over" - vintage-industrial. See above for the fun red carnation bouquet and boutonniere for this one. Tightly packed carnations as a kissing ball, or in this case a bouquet, is such a fun look with all their frilly petals looking like one giant flower instead of traditional carnations.

"Sparkle, Sparkle" - trendy and modern, clean. I had a hard time photographing this one, but the colors were blush, gold and navy. The bouquet was full of blush-colored roses with a few rhinestone accents for that extra sparkle look.

"Olive you!" - Earthy, natural, but refined. This was the most simple table, but really looks great. I tied olive tree foliage on the bride and groom's chairs, and the bouquet was a simple and sweet collection of white lisianthus and blush spray roses, accented with a little olive foliage.  

This was my favorite table: "Orange you glad you came." Orange and turquoise, sophisticated but not stuffy. Oranges, peaches and creams accented with soft green succulents in the bouquet.

Soft Whites

This bride chose to do an all-white and pale green palette for her wedding flowers. The astilbe, hydrangea and baby's breath lent a real softness to the overall design, and I loved the finished look at Ruby.

The astilbe bridal bouquet diverted from the round shape we see all the time. With just a few accent flowers it was a stunner!

The bridesmaid's carried simple bouquets of hydrangea, rosemary, seeded eucalyptus and dusty miller.

The groom's boutonniere was composed of astilbe, green hypericum berries, seeded euc and a little rosemary. Groomsmen wore a similar bout without the astilbe.

Pew markers of baby's breath and seeded eucalyptus were a soft touch for the ceremony, and were repurposed as bistro table arrangements after the flip for the reception.

For the altar area a round arrangement of white and green was the perfect compliment. Using Queen Anne's Lace, waxflower and little more astilbe kept it really soft.

Here's a view of the entire ceremony area. Brenda at Ruby did a great job putting all the details together, including that fabric ceiling!

Pinks and Oranges!

Kristen was such a pleasure to work with, and her color palette was right up my alley. Pinks and oranges are my very favorite colors! She and her now husband were high school sweethearts, as is the case with me and my husband, so that made doing her flowers all that more special.

The urn in the garden at Belle Meade Plantation is a behemoth! It take a lot of flowers to balance out the proportions, but this arrangement turned out so great. I love it. 

The garden arrangement was reused for the reception, a great way to get the most out of your budget.

I just love this "first look" picture.

Ah, sisters.

Fall Beauties

Better late than never, I guess! This wedding is from October 2010. Ivories and greens for the bride. Beautiful fall colors for the bridesmaids, ceremony and reception. I loved the craspedia and acorn bouts for the men. The LOVELY, and very talented Meredith Zeller of Bridal Blueprints took care of pretty much everything besides the flowers!