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!

sparkle

My bride this past weekend wanted some extra sparkle on her bouquet.

.winter elegance.

David and Melinda were married in December.
I loved working with Melinda. David was a surprise in her life and she hadn't
anticipated planning a wedding any time soon.
She was peaceful and calm all the while radiating a quiet joy.
She wanted flowers that were muted and elegant and we agreed it would be fun
to include succulents since David is from Texas.
I loved the geometrical element they added to her bouquet
as well as the silver accent they provided against the creams and soft pinks.

Melinda looked absolutely beautiful!

I used cream hydrangea, lisianthus, pale pink roses, pale peach roses, silver brunia
berries, dusty miller and eucalyptus.

Work that camera, girl!

David looked quite dapper himself.
I used white lisianthus, brunia berries and dusty miller for the boutonnieres.

The bridesmaids carried smaller versions of Melinda's flowers.

David and Melinda, I am so happy that love found the two of you!
I wish you all the best and thank you for allowing me to be part of your day.

.silvery cream.

I loved Melinda's bouquet for her December 1 wedding.

The soft muted colors and the pretty succulent turned out so lovely together.

I can't wait to see more photos from the wedding.

.Classy.

Putting the flowers for this wedding together was pure fun.

The bride, Lauren, also does wedding floral design

so she told me exactly what she wanted down to which particular flowers.

That made my job super easy.

I absolutely love how it all turned out, thanks to her impeccable

taste and vision.

Lauren's bouquet was 3 colors of hydrangea (purple, light blue and medium blue) with some salal leaves. She gave me an old key from her deceased

grandfather's collection to add to the stems.

I loved the vintage charm it added to this simple, classy look.

All of the bouquets were wrapped in royal blue satin ribbon.

It looked so pretty against the silver bridesmaids dresses.

(they were wearing royal blue heels too - so fun!)

The bridesmaids carried a combination of 

cream roses, freesia and salal leaves.

The tables for the reception had centerpieces made

with the same combination as the bridesmaids flowers.

We used white hydrangea stems in tall vases 

at the alter.  Again, so simple and classy.

Congratulations, Ron and Lauren!

Thank you for asking me to be part of your day.

{all photos by I'm Kristen Photography}