'The Smoker's' Post #2

This is where it all begins. Doug's dad and I spent 3 hrs. planting 12 flats of white pansies to create an entrance for the Bride and her bridesmaids as well as the parade of children. We would later hang flowers in little jars in the trees above the bride and groom.
We obtained beautiful wooden benches for our ceremony from Central Manor Campmeeting Assn. Camp meeting is a special childhood memory for Jessie. The benches look better than chairs in this setting.

This is my mom and dad enjoying the chocolate cigars we made as a gift from the' Smokers'

Our sweet little flower girls enjoying some appetizers while waiting to go to the children's tent for a kid's dinner of chicken fingers, mac n' cheese, tater tots and applesauce-then off for a bug-hunt, a scavenger hunt and a candy scramble. These little girls said that Stephanie Fisher was the best babysitter they ever had!!
More pictures coming soon.

Check out the slideshow that Matthew Tennison has posted!

http://tennisonphotography.com/061309/

Post #1-Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smoker

Don't they look so happy???

Thank you Matthew Tennison for supplying some of these images to me. They are pure gold!

Please look a his blog for more at: http://www.tennisonphotography.com/

Jonnaysa is checking on the Bride and Groom to see if there is anything they need before they sneak away to their little getaway spot for some time alone before the reception.

Jonnaysa Kirkham and assistant Marah- http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/- wedding planning

Matthew Tennison and assistant Steve- http://www.tennisonphotography.com/ -photographers & video photography

Rosie Rohrer- http://www.rosiescreativecakes.com/ - fabulous wedding cakes

Claudia Himes and staff- http://www.specialo.com/ -beautiful linens

A small part of the head Bridal Table decor.

The parade of children that Jessie and Doug love.

Kole, Hudson and Max, pushed by Eli

The person in the background is artist Nancy Perotti painting on- site

something special for the Bride and Groom.
Jacob and Asher pull the wagon... then the little flowers girls are

carefully dropping petals before the Bride. They all did a great job!

That's all for now. Much, much, much more to come!

We're in the Knot again!

Thanks to Melissa and Rob Banta and Amanda Kraft photography for submitting to the Knot this beautiful wedding at Lauxmont Farms Sunken Garden. Melissa was such a beautiful bride. Everything was a beautiful sky blue, including the cake which was made by Rene of Bella Manse. We had South American blue Hydrangeas everywhere................so pretty! This was also a feature in the wedding blogs www.stylemepretty.com and www.theprettywedding.blogspot.com
a few months ago.

Computer is Fixed, Yay!!! Catching up on Posts

This bride loves the rich fall colors but her wedding was in the spring. So we added some purple and coral and it worked perfectly for the colors at Lancaster Country Club. Epic Photography http://www.epic-photos.com/ did an awesome job and shared these images with me. Jonnaysa Kirkham of Planned Perfection http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/ made sure everything went smoothly. Isn't this one bunch of beautiful girls????

Place Card Table

Bride's Bouquet

Head Table

Need to back-up a little bit. Here's the image of the DIY Lingerie Shower invitations that Amy made for Jessie's shower.
And for the sake of those that didn't see the rest in a previous post..........

The Centerpiece



The Cake Bra and Panties Cookie Favors

So much fun!
Anybody wanting to borrow these cookie cutters just call me, but here's a little warning.........They take endless hours to make!!!!!!!!!!!! But worth it. They're yummy!

One of our Spring Tulip Weddings.

I Love these colors!

Well, only 10 days from today, June3rd, till Jessie and Doug's wedding. I can't believe it's here, and I get to be the Mom this time. My wonderful 'Team Beautiful' consisting of Amy& Lindsay-my daughters, Joyce, Barb, Lynne, Bailey, Lindsay G. will make sure the flowers and details are beautiful, And the wonderful team of Jonnaysa and Marah will make sure everything goes smoothly while I relax and watch them work their magic. What a team!

I have nothing in the world to worry about on this one! I won't be taking pictures, but I'm sure lots of others will be. Check Jonnaysa's blog for the first ones. That girl blogs right away-sometimes the very same night!! Is she passionate about her work or what!?!?!?

Technical difficulties......rrrrrrr

Well, the big excuse for no new posts in weeks is that
No. 1-my daughter is getting married very soon.
No.2 I've had lots of big, wonderful weddings and
No. 3- I have no time right now.

But.....when my computer problem is fixed and will upload pictures again, boy do I have lots and lots to post! ..................................But that won't be until after June 13th!
Happy holiday weekend everyone!

A Lingerie Bridal Shower

Two weeks ago the bridemaids, sisters and moms held a Lingerie Bridal Shower for Jessie.
Since the theme of the shower was lingerie I just had to try to make a bustier all made of flowers.

Kathy at Oregon dairy did a great job at making a bustier cake. Yummy!

I made the take -home favors of Jessie's favorite shortbread cookies, all decorated like fancy bras and panties.

Boy did she get some nice gifts! She's all set for the honeymoon! The party food was healthy and we laughed so much that none of the calories and fat in the cookies or cake mattered! Erika even made blue martinis and created some really fun games, then Lisa arranged for all the girls to spend the evening together at Spa Orange. How's that for a fun theme bridal shower?

Wedding season has begun and we're really happy about that....especially Jessie and Doug's in only about 6 weeks! Yikes!!!!

The first Spring wedding

Amy and I both made the comment that it's so good to be back in the flower shop. We had a few weeks break after lots of winter weddings, and we're happy to be back into the flowers again.
This wedding features all Tulips. So bright and colorful they just make you smile. Thankfully this couple had a gorgeous day for their wedding.

Bride's Bouquet was pink, orange yellow and white Tulips

Bridesmaids carried orange and yellow Tulips.

Toss Bouquet below using yellow Spray Roses and Mini Carnations with varigated Pittosporum. Just had enough time for a few bouquet shots. Centerpieces were all Tulips in tall square vases in 4 different colors. Lots more Spring weddings to come!...............................................