Shanna and Zach's Azle Wedding

Shanna and Zach tied the knot on July 23, at The Orchard in Azle, Texas. Shanna is the lovely sister of a married Eden's Echo bride, Jenna! Jenna and Travis's gorgeous hill country cotton themed wedding was recently posted on Style Me Pretty, so if the beautiful women in these pictures look familiar, that would be why!

Hay Bails = Awesome Photo Ops

Shanna's beautiful bouquet was made of full size and mini callas, snapdragons, ivory hypericum berries, scabiosa pods, dusty miller, curly willow, and turquoise stones.

The Thursday before the wedding, I set off on my road trip! I think it's the longest I've driven alone in years! I took 281 through a bunch of small towns and nice scenery, and got there in about 5 hours or so. :)

Friday I worked on flowers, then it was off to the rehearsal dinner at The Stockyard's Cattleman's Steakhouse, yum! Finally, the bridal lingerie shower, where the bride blushed and everyone laughed as she opened fun gifts from friends and family.

Saturday was working on more flowers, then the wedding! It was a fantastic weekend, and I was so happy to get to know Shanna and Zach a little better, plus see Jenna and Travis, and Belinda (the mother of the brides) again!

All the pictures above were taken by the talented husband and wife team of Sara and Rocky Photography. You can see more amazing photos from this wedding on the Eden's Echo Facebook page. :)

Carly's Vintage Charm Reception

Well, I managed to completely forget to take pictures of Carly's amazing bouquets and such, but I took lots of pics at the reception! Please enjoy my teaser shots until we get pics back from her pro photographer. This isn't even half of what we did, but there was so much. I think I made about 65 small bud vase arrangements for this beautiful reception at Canyon Springs!

I just love all the little items that created each unique tablescape!

The end of peony season is upon us, so they're big and beautiful!

The itty bitty hydrangea and spray roses (bottom, center) was just about my favorite thing that day..other than the bird with the pearls and the centerpiece with the little trunk!

Bird wearing pearls = genius, and I love it!

Country Sugar + Eden's Echo

Brandi Dunagan of Country Sugar is as sweet as can be. She founded her coordinating company on the concepts of Southern Hospitality and Grace. Yesterday the JW Marriott held a wedding fair, and she asked if I would like to make some flowers for her booth. Of course I would! Brandi has fabulous style and showed me her inspiration pictures and mock invitations for the look she wanted, and I was all over it! Plus, I got creative freedom of whatever I wanted to do, so all the better! Here's what I came up with for her gorgeous and original booth set up!

The Knot Texas Fall 2011 Edition

I'm thrilled to announce that the latest issue of The Knot, Texas featured the wedding of Kira and Anthony (aka Turner), which Eden's Echo made the flowers for. It was coordinated by Stephanie Yandell of Your Wedding Your Way and photographed by Bend the Light, and was absolutely gorgeous. So go check it out, on page 58!

In addition, on page 19 you will see Eden's Echo listed as one of The Knot's Best of Wedding vendors! Thank you to all my brides for your love and support!

March-May that haven't made it to the blog yet

(You've seen Christina's bouquet already, but not the rest of her wedding, so...) :)

Magical Coral Peonies, The Sequal

I went to the office today and saw something A-Mazing! There was one peony out of the bunch I hadn't used to make the bouquet for last weekend's wedding, so 6 days after I originally got that bright coral bloom, it faded to this amazing ivory! I just had to share! The ivory on the left is 6 days after, the top right is day 2, and the bottom right is day 3. :) I wish I had remembered to bring the beauty home so I could have daily progression shots. Perhaps I shall do that this week, because one of this weekend's brides is using them as well!

Coral Peonies are Magical, Thought You Ought to Know

It's true, they're magical color-changing flowers! The bouquet on the top left is the same bouquet the beautiful Christina is holding-but the picture on the left was taken about 24 hours earlier. When freshly cut, they are tight little balls that look like bright coral jawbreakers, and then Boom, they blow open in about a day to what you see there on the left. Given another day, they open up to reveal layers of ruffly petals and take on cream colored edges. If I'd gotten them a day earlier, they would have faded even more for a vintage-peach color (amazing!). It's all about timing, people! They're also MY FAVORITE FLOWER EVER. You know, just for the record, if anyone ever wants to get the florist flowers ;) Sadly, these amazing flowers have a very short period of availability in late spring, and then will randomly pop up unannounced for a week or two in random months. Which is infuriating. Peonies are a favorite among brides, and unless you're getting married in late April-eary June, they're probably just going to be unavailable. Usually earlier in the spring we can get smaller light pink or hot pink (but not these coral) and sometimes we can get the deep maroon around Christmas. No matter the season, even if they're the early spring smaller blooms, peonies come at a premium, but oh-so worth it!