Quick snaps from Julie and Karl's Wedding

Julie and Karl got married this weekend in Victoria. Lisa Woods, one of my favorite photographers, was there to capture their big day. I cannot wait to see the pictures! In the mean time, here are a few quick pics from this fabulous fall wedding!

Black Tie and Rustic Fall

My other two weddings this weekend.. Jane's was a small order of black and white flowers, and Anabel's was a full wedding with plenty of centerpieces. Sadly we didn't get a good shot of the bouquets for the fall themed wedding (can't wait for the pro shots!), but we got some ok pics of the reception set up at the St. Anthony. :)

Jane's formal bouquet, inspired by Shanna's black and white bouquet that I made a few months ago. :) Using the same concept of white and ivory flowers with black silk leaves, beads, and ribbon accents. I really do look forward to seeing the professional shots of this one!
Jane's one and only bridesmaid carried a beautiful, simplified version of the bridal bouquet. She spared no expense, and when I was done, I thought this could definitely be a bride's bouquet. :) If I didn't know any better, I would guess it was just that. The personal flowers were with mini callas and the same black silk leaves, with little seeded eucalyptus accents. The cake topper mimicked the bouquets perfectly.

And here we have a few shots of Anabel's reception set up in the Georgian Room of the St. Anthony. Fall, rustic, simple. The ballroom was so inviting and warm looking, though quite cool temperature wise. :)

Julie's Portrait Bouquet

Once we have some shots from Julie's photographer, I'll post them. I LOVE ranunculus, it's a smaller flower (unless you get French variety in the month of March) so you really have to pack it in. This bouquet was one white hydrangea topped with about 35 stems of lovely, ruffly, feminine ranunculus. The simplicity of this design makes me smile, and the white hydrangea peeking out around the bottom adds a little something. Not sure what that something is, but I like it. ;)

Tis the Season

Yup, more fall flowers! This weekend I had one full wedding and two orders for personal flowers. For now, here are the flowers I made for the lovely Shalom. I took these with my cell phone since my camera wasn't with me at the time.

This bouquet is rustic chic, with its circus roses, orange tulips, red coxcomb, berzelia berries, orange French marigolds, sunflowers, solidago, safflower, yellow rush, curly willow, and grevillea.

The groom and groomsmen wore boutonnieres with a spiral fern rod, French marigold, grevillea leaves, berzelia berries, and montbretia pods (left), while the fathers, grandfather, and brother wore a French marigold accented with bronze button mum, grevillea, and berzillia berries.

The bridesmaids carried single flower bouquets of large sunflowers surrounded with yellow rush, solidago, grevillea, montbretia pods, curly willow, and a folded aspidistra leaf. All flowers in the wedding were accented with the bronze swirl ribbon to tie the look all together.

Sarah and Aaron's Wedding

Sarah was referred to me by a friend of my sister's, and honestly, Sarah is so cool (I mean, the woman wore silver Doc's under her gown at the reception)! Her wedding was out at Don Strange Ranch in the hill country, and the house was packed! I've never been to a wedding where guests ran out of seats, because more people showed up than RSVP'd, but it made for a great party. :) Somehow I managed to not get a decent photo of the groom, but once my new buddy Philip Thomas sends me some pictures, I will for sure post them.

For now, please enjoy my snapshots from the wedding!

Sarah carried an awesome bouquet of black magic roses, accented with curly willow, white cymbidium orchids, and white and burgundy mini callas, wrapped in silver to match her silver-platinum gown.

I love spider mums; they're such a fun texture flower. Another fun texture is seeded eucalyptus, and I paired the two to create this bridesmaid bouquet. The seeded eucalyptus is flexible and had a lot of movement, so when the bridesmaids walked, the bouquets shivered.

The groom got the black magic rose, accented with seeded eucalyptus and curly willow. The cushion mums wrapped in leaves were for the groomsmen and corsages, and the leaf-wrapped waxflower was for the bride's son.

The tables had simple centerpieces of white hydrangea and silver mitsumata branches.

Just before the ceremony, which was just at sunset.

Sarah posing in her silver boots, and, Sarah and me. :)

More Fall Flowers

Amanda's bouquet was a mix of lipstick, circus, and cherry brandy roses. It was wrapped in ivory and accented in eggplant organza ribbon criss crossed and accented with pearls down the front. Classic, clean, and simply elegant. The groom had a boutonniere with wrapping to match, and while the fathers were wearing the same shade rose, the groomsmen wore ivory roses, to match the color of the single stem ivory calla lily the bridesmaids carried. The ring bearer had a mini orange rose, the mothers carried a single stem of ribbon accented cherry brandy rose, and she tossed a mixed rose bouquet with seeded eucalyptus. Since the order was small they opted to pick them up, I hope to see some photos from the actual wedding sometime. :)

Fall is in the air!

I am in love with these flowers I made for Brittany!

Her bouquet is so pretty and simple, elegant and classy!

Instead of screaming, "Here comes the bride!" it whispers, "Isn't the bride beautiful?" The bridesmaids are gorgeous fall mums with a few accents and cool
aspidistra and gallax leaf collars, and the bouts are awesome.
The groom gets a mini calla with gallax accent to match, and the groomsmen have
mini mums with gallax leaf wraps. I love gallax leaves! They have so many possibilities. :)