Champagne and lace

I looooved these flowers for a wedding in June.

The bride requested something romantic and soft, especially using garden roses. Her colors were soft pink, peach and champagne. The weather was perfect for her beautiful outdoor ceremony.

The arbor where the couple said their vows.

I used pink, peach and champagne roses, jasmine vine, silver dollar eucalyptus, salal leaves and amaranthus.

The bride's bouquet was a mix of peach and pink garden roses, pink spray roses, dusty miller and jasmine vine.

I wrapped the bouquet with gold satin ribbon and cream lace.

The flowers looked beautiful with the bridesmaids dresses.

.soft romance.

I am so excited to post these photos from a wedding I did back in June for Andrew and Emily.

I knew from the moment I read Emily's first email to me that I wanted to work with her. Her writing was exuberant and joyful ... and made me think of gardens and poetry.

Meeting with she and Andrew in person, my suspicions were confirmed: Emily is a beautiful girl on the outside, but her beautiful, gracious spirit spills out and touches everyone around her making her even more lovely.  I wanted to create flowers for Emily that were a reflection of her spirit and she wanted a romantic, garden wedding that honored her family and friends.

She gave me lace from her mother's wedding dress and a locket that was her grandmother's to use on her bouquet. She had 7 bridesmaids, 4 flower girls, 2 ring bearers and a house party of 6 close friends. There are a lot of special people in Emily's life.

I could go on, but here are some of the gorgeous photos all by Katie Stoops Photography.

The wedding coordinators were A. Dominick Events,
 the church was All Saints Church in Chevy Chase and the reception was at Old Anglers Inn.

Congratulations Andrew and Emily!
It was an honor to be part of this beautiful day.

.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.

.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.

.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

.vintage.

This bridal bouquet is from a wedding last weekend

that I did and I am in love with the bride's vision and how it all turned out.

Can't wait to post more pictures from the event but here are a few

that I took of her bouquet.

I used David Austin peach garden roses, black cosmos, fresh lavender,

seeded eucalyptus, peach stock, lavender daisies, and gomphrenia.

So lovely.

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.