wild beauty

I absolutely loved putting these flowers together for my friend Megan's wedding.

Megan wanted lots of greens contrasting with gorgeous garden roses and ranunculus.

Her colors were muted pinks and corals with gray and gold.

The overall effect were flowers just plucked from the garden and the fields - a little bit wild and untamed. I loved it and I think she did too.

Thank you James and Megan for allowing me to be part of your beautiful day.

I wish you ALL the happiness in the world!

gorgeous photography by Yan

A quick photo of some bouquets from yesterday's wedding.

Coral roses, pink spray roses, peach carnations, white hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus, dusty miller and salal.

.simple beauty.

Raienne is one of those girls who is just effortlessly beautiful.  I think you'll see what I mean.

I love her simple classy style.

For her flowers, she wanted coral to compliment the bridesmaids green dresses

 and because she wanted fun color.

I absolutely love it when the bride chooses to have color in her bouquet.

It always looks so stunning contrasting against the white dress.

Hello, beautiful people!

For Raienne's bouquet I used coral roses, peach gladiola, a few mini

white calla lilies and variegated pittisporum with bear grass for the greens.

I also loved how the rose in her hair complimented her simple style.

The bridesmaids carried a smaller version of the bride's bouquet

but also included some orange/coral carnations.

Soooo pretty and perfect for an August summer wedding.

Congratulations Jason and Raienne!
Thank you for allowing me to be part of your special day.

.fairy tale.

I got the email from Kristen titled, "flowers for a fun August 9,2012 wedding?"

and my heart did a little skip.

I've known Kristen from afar since she was a little girl

and over the past few years have watched as she has blossomed into

an amazing wedding photographer.

As someone who is "in the industry", Kristen has been exposed

to all sorts of weddings and I knew she would have something pretty special in mind.

And I also felt very honored that she would trust me with her flowers.

Well she did have something very special in mind and when

we started exchanging emails and finally met at her house so she

could show me what she was envisioning, I was so excited.

Kristen's theme for her wedding was "vintage Disney".

Lots of color, milk glass vases, antique tins, BIG bouquets

and many types of flowers - but only certain ones.

Kristen definitely had her list of flowers she didn't want me to use.

While I love it when a bride doesn't have anything specific in mind and lets

me get creative, I love it too when a bride has a very specific vision and 

has thought it out in great detail and is passionate about it. That was Kristen.

 For the reception, which was outside under a huge tent,

there were 12 long tables and each table had 11 little centerpieces.

Six milk glass vases of all shapes and sizes and some antique tins filled with succulents.

 The vases each held a single type of flower.

The overall effect with the sparkles and glitter and colors was like a bright, happy fairy tale!

While Kristen wanted lots of color in the bouquets, she

also wanted the overall feel to be pinky/coral.

For her bouquet I used peach garden roses, peach stock, purple anemone,

blue delphinium, billy balls, seeded eucalyptus, salal leaves, coral coxcomb,

orange ranunculus, coral zinnias and dark pink hydrangea.

It was beautiful and just what she was hoping for.
Wow - isn't she a gorgeous bride?!

The bridesmaids had smaller versions of Kristen's bouquet and they

looked gorgeous with their champagne colored dresses.

Kristen and Caleb make such a beautiful couple

and I was so honored to help make their day magical.

Here's to a sparkly,wonder-filled life together!

photography by Shannon Lee Miller

.romance.

I was so excited to receive these pictures in my inbox from the amazing wedding I referenced in an earlier post. The bride, Natalie, had a vision and it was sublime.

She rented farm tables and mismatched chairs and china from Maggpie Vintage Rentals and
made an amazing ribbon backdrop for the outdoor, woodsy ceremony.

She wanted her flowers to be natural, muted, organic and vintage looking.
I was more than happy to oblige and the results were stunning.

 Natalie asked me to make flower garlands for her hair and for her two maids of honor.

 

I love the way they complimented the hairstyles.

The bridesmaids carried smaller versions of Natalie's flowers.

 Definitely a unique wedding. Love it!

Such a gorgeous reception.

Natalie's bouquet of David Austin garden roses, black cosmos, lavender daisies, peach stock
seeded eucalyptus, fresh lavender, orange gomphrenia and white lisianthus.

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Toops!

It was pure delight to put these flowers together for your special day.

photography by

.color.

Erin asked for flowers that reflected the

season - summer at it's finest.

I loved putting these together thinking

about how the bright colors would

complement Erin's gorgeous auburn hair and pretty smile.

I used a mix of roses, peonies and hydrangea

with salal leaves and hypericum for Erin's bouquet.

So pretty!

The bridesmaids bouquets consisted of lighter colors 

of the same flowers since 

their dresses were so bright.
The overall affect was just what Erin was looking for.
Lots of bright, sunny, beautiful color.

.fall beauty.

This wedding took place on a beautiful fall day in October.

The colors were perfect for the season: rich burgundy, creams and corals.

The bride's bouquet was a combination of white roses, orchids and lilies.

(photography by Chaviagraphy)

The bridesmaids combined beautiful coral roses with gold orchids and calla lilies.

This wedding featured coral and cream roses, baker ferns, baby's breath, alstromeria, hydgrangea and gladiola in white and coral.

Bride's bouquet.

The bride had requested a different type of flower for each of her bridesmaids all backed by white gladiola. I used roses, cala lilies, gerbera daisies and alstromeria.

The centerpieces for the reception were very simple with gladiola, baby's breath, ferns and bear grass.

A larger arrangement for the ceremony.