Daisies

Lisianthus, White Hydrangea and Mums for one summer Bride.

               A Daisy Wedding                           

Seven little Flower Girls with their Daisy Bouquets

Wheat Grass in Willow boxes for the centerpiece/table numbers on Citron table runners from

Special Occasions.

    Daisies- I'm not sure why, aren't so popular any more. Seemed like everyone I know that was married in the 70's had Daisies. Lots of brides have them on their list of  'flowers I don't like'.  What's not to like??
"He loves me, he loves me not"...Didn't you play that game with Daisies when you were little to find out if the  boy you like; likes you?  If it turns out he loves you not, you just get another one and start over till you end up with 'he loves me!'  One bride used Daisies as her theme flower everywhere, and printed on all her favors and stationary.  '....he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me!...we tied the knot!'

  Last week's bride must love Daisies, because that's the only flower she used in the entire wedding.
Down the aisle, for her Bridal bouquet and for her 7 little Flower Girls! How perfectly sweet.

          All trends go in cycles, maybe the Daisies are starting to make their comeback?................

Thank you Jonnaysa Kirkham of Planned Perfection for sharing these images.  KMPhotography  and Bella Manse  were also on the team.  Venue: Cameron Estate

Summer Evaporates........

Another summer has evaporated before my eyes and we're diving into fall weddings with deep, rich jeweltones.

Jessie loves taking close-ups of individual flowers, and I love them too.  It's as if you can see the petals unfolding in slow motion.  This is the bud of a burgundy Dahlia amid purple Stock, white Hydrangeas & red Dahlias

The velvety texture of Black Bacarra  Roses with Green Hydrangea, Red Charlene Roses,  hot pink Mini Carnations, and Buffalo Orange Mokara Orchids in the centerpieces on beautiful textured organza linens from Special Occasions, of course.

Thank you Tennison Photography for the above 2 images.

Bridesmaids wore a soft brown and carried bouquets of Coffee Break Roses, red Dahlias and Seeded Eucalyptus.

The Bride's bouquet with Swartzwalder and red Mini Callas with a collar of burgundy Dahlias & Lily Grass.

Reception was at Cork Factory.  More images to follow.

Best of everything to Laura and Marco & Ashleigh and Brian

Nate and Christina at Hotel Hershey

Beautiful day, Stunning Bride, Handsome Groom, Hotel Hershey, Planned Perfection,

The Weibners, LaVon films,  Special Occasions,  House of Clarendon candy and dessert bar, Stationary by Designs by Renee + lots and lots of beautiful, colorful flowers =
 Dream Wedding.

Swartzwalder Mini Callas, Uluhe Fern shoots (monkey tails) with sparkle, Black Bacarra Roses that look like velvet and Charlene Rose are what Christina, the bride carried.

Bridesmaids dresses were the color of the stem wrap:  rich, dark red.

Cool Water, Black Bacarra, White Majolika Spray Roses, Osiana Roses, lavendar Sweet Peas,

Swartzwalder mini Callas and Chocolate Cosmos.

The Rock Garden Ceremony Site

White Hydrangea marked the rows and the petals of 300 Roses used to line the aisle.

Purple Dendrobium, Stock and Roses for the high centerpieces designed by Jessie and I.

2 Antique  Silver Candelabra with Roses, Stock and Amaranthus designed by Joyce for the Head Table.

This is only a small part of the Candy and Dessert Bar set up by Martine and his assistant of

 House of Clarendon

Special chocolates from a York Chocolatier were mixed among Christina and Nate's childhood favorites.

This is the epitomy of  'Eye Candy'.  It just can't get any better than this.  Sugar Paradise.

Half of the Guest tables had Compotes with Crimson and Fuschia Stock, Green Hydrangea, red and lavendar Roses.  All placed on perfectly beautiful linens from Special Occasions

Many thanks to the excellent staff at Hotel Hershey for being very accomodating, helpful and friendly.

What a great day!

Best wishes to you Nate and Christina- it's been a delight!!

Color Trend: Purple and Green

 

I can't even begin to count how many weddings we have had this season with these colors.  It seems that green is the color of the decade, and I don't think it's going anywhere for a long time.  This chartruese green makes all the other colors more vibrant and looks great with  purples in shades from lavendar to eggplant.

The bride's bouquet was made of purple Stock, lavendar Hydrangea (which appears blue with my camera),  Cool Water Roses, Hypericum and Pittosporum.

Bridesmaids carried green Hydrangea and Spider Mums.

The couple collected wood frames, sprayed them silver, loaded them with all sorts of votive candles and I added Stock blossoms and green Spider Mums.  A picture of the couple was added to each table.

                                        Cute cupcake display by Flour Power Bakery, Lititz.
                                                       Venue:  Brandywine Manor House

Gorgeous Garden Roses

Beautiful Carmel Antike Garden Roses

Salal garland with Spray Roses and Blizzard Roses

Pink Garden Roses, Lemon Meringue & Akito Roses, Snow on the Mountain and Freesia for bridesmaids.

Sweetheart table.  Linens by Special Occasions

Centerpieces with Hydrangea, Carmel Antike Garden Roses, Blizzard Roses, Cream Stock.

Cocktail tables with Romantic Antike Garden Roses and Blizzard with Snow on the Mountain.

Gift table with Phaelanopsisi Orchids & Roses

Bride's Bouquet with Hydrangea, Patience Garden Roses, Polo Roses, Gardenias and Freesia

I loved working with a few of my favorite colleagues at this beautiful Country Club of York wedding:

  KMPhotography 

 Lavon Films.

Thanks for doing a great job Amy, Jessie and Lynne.

And to Jessie for the blog images.

Best wishes to Alyssa & Caleb for a lifelong very happy marriage.

Like Watermelon and Sunshine

I'm crazy about this bright summery color combination, and this bride wasn't afraid to mix bold colors for her 8 bridesmaids with a pastel palette for her bouquet. The colors and flowers just make me smile.
There are so many beautiful berry and watermelon shades to pick from, and Ashley had Gerberas in mind, so we went for bright, bold Mini Gerbera.  Loops of Bear Grass added some whimsy and texture to the bridesmaids bouquets.  Coral Roses, light pink Freesia and lemon ice mini Gerbera made up the Bride's Bouquet.   Thank you http://www.mattnnat.com/ for kindly sharing some images with me. 
  Reception flowers were cylinder vases that were filled with colorful daisies and a watermelon -colored band of ribbon around it for a finishing touch. ( No pictures yet.)
Beautiful Bride, beautiful attendants, beautiful colors, and a beautiful day for a very, very, very special couple.

Next week we're at Country Club of York and excited to work with KMPhotography, Lavon Films and a gorgeous couple from Texas.

Rainy reception at Lime Spring Farm

Lime Spring Farm's tent site has a solid floor so on this very rainy day this reception was

still nice and dry. 

On the bride's list of favorite flowers were Sunflowers and Hydrangeas.  She came to me with linen samples they had chosen with her uncle Mark, a DC event planner.  My job was to figure out how to make her favorite flowers work with her favorite linen choices.

This linen from Special Occasions, called 'Fiesta' was just right for Sunflowers. We added swirls of gold wire to the vase to replicate the design in the linen.

This linen called 'Indigo Crush' was just right for the Hydrangeas.

The other linen was called 'Ice Blue', which you can see in the background.  It was a silvery blue. With those  we used tall silver Mint Julep vases with Bells of Ireland and cobalt blue Delphinium called Volkenfreiden. 

 (I can't find that image)  Those 3 linens together with green napkins all around made for a very colorful reception, which was enhanced with special lighting by the pros at Shumaker, PDT. 

High- five to Amy, Lindsay G. &  Jessie for doing terrific work in the pouring rain and ankle- deep mud on 2 big weddings, and all with a great positive attitude.

A total of 66 tables between the 2.  Girls, you are the best! 

Photographer for the day was Daniel Mast