Idyllic

This wedding was one of my favorite collaborations ever. Allie found me online and contacted me about a May 2014 wedding. When we met, I discovered that Allie is a successful up and coming artist with a studio in Hagerstown, MD. Also, her fiance, Mark, is studying agriculture and his dream is to be a farmer. I loved it. They would be getting married on a historic property along the Chesapeake Bay in Leonardtown where they had lived for a while after college at St. Mary's. Allie's vision was at the same time elegant and delicately rustic. Loose and garden-y but absolutely classy. I was thrilled to be working with her. I loved Allie's artistic style and could not wait to see what she came up with for me to do.

The day of the wedding came after a day of heavy downpours and it was perfect. Sunny with scudding clouds, a light breeze, not too warm but not chilly. A gorgeous day for a drive down to the Eastern shore. I wish I had gotten pictures of the church which was beautiful, but I did get a few of the reception site which was stunning.

The main house. There are multiple buildings on the property.

Love.

Bride and Groom chairs decorated with peonies and garden roses.

A flower garland on the dessert table with peonies cut from the grounds.

Stunning view from the back porch of the main house.

Table centerpieces were made of seeded eucalyptus, salal leaves, queen anne's lace, champagne garden roses, peach spray roses, thistle, white hydrangea.

The bouquets were garden roses, queen anne's lace, italian ruscus, spray roses, peonies, dusty miller and Allie's bouquet had white sweet pea and ranunculus.

Isn't Allie an absolutely stunning bride?

I was so honored to be a part of this special day.

Congratulations Mark and Allie!

English Garden

This was my second assignment for my Nicole's Classes Floral Arranging 101 class with Chelsea Fuss:

a wild English garden arrangement.

The goal was to create something organic, a bit wild - as if it were just picked from the garden.

For this arrangement I used pink peonies, jasmine vine, sweet pea, anemone, spirea and wax flowers.

I really enjoyed designing it and watching it take shape under Chelsea's direction (via her recorded video segments). I think this looks lovely on the dining room table but would also make a gorgeous arrangement for a garden wedding.

.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.

.autumn glory.

The flowers for this wedding this past fall were perfect for the season.

Reds, oranges and golden yellow.

The bride carried red and circus roses and some white peonies.

The groomsmen wore orange mini calla lilies.

And the bridesmaids carried a combination of orange callas.

The bride was so thrilled that we were able to get peonies
(which are normally not in season that time of year).
I love it when things work out perfectly like that.

{photos by I'm Kristen Photography}

.classy.

photo by Kristen Leigh Photography

For this wedding I used white peonies, white roses, yellow ranunculus, hypericum berries and salal (lemon) leaves. I also used a few black baccara roses to add a little pop. It was a simple combination that contrasted beautifully with the black bridesmaids dresses and a gorgeous bride.