Happily Ever After

Ten years ago today, I slipped into a simple empire waist gown and tucked wax flowers into my hair. I picked up my bouquet (White roses, altsromaria, bouvardia, and white limionium accented with lots of asparagus and tree fern created by good friend and employer, Charlene of Leppell's Flowers.) and I walked down the aisle into the arms of the man of my dreams.  He's still the man of my dreams. No wonder I believe in happily ever afters...I wake up to mine each morning.

Upper Class

I would like to argue that it is the attention to details that make a wedding truly memorable and beautiful.  And, as I've said before, I think materials should and can be repurposed in creative ways.  Icame across this classy wedding today, and I must say, it just a stellar specimen of what a wedding can be....

The craftsmanship alone in this beaut is something to admire.  Note the varied colors and textures.  The careful alignment of the cans.  I can't even imagine the engineering required (especially if the cans were being emptied while said arch was being constructed.) And the attention to detail? Unsurpassed!  Tell me you noticed the stunning paper wedding bell?!  A timeless look to be sure...the kind of wedding decor your children and grandchildren would be proud to replicate on their wedding day.  Anyone wanna guess where these two newlyweds honeymooned? I will just utter one more word of mockery and then leave these two alone....NASCAR. And now I'm off to see what other gems Google can dig up for "wedding arch with peonies."

Wedding Inspiration

A few weeks ago, I met up with Chentelle to discuss some flower ideas for her fall wedding.  She has some amazing inspiration.  I might have drooled a little bit when she pulled out the picture of the birch centerpiece containers that she plans to use.  There might have also been a little more drool when she told me she was open to ALL flower suggestions.  And when she said she could best describe what she wanted as, "outdoorsy, rustic and simple," I was begging to be involved with her wedding! 
Chentelle has an awesome color pallete planned-steel blue and chocolate brown with accents in moss green and burnt orange (inspired by the fall foliage).  She loved hydrangeas and was open to all other flower suggestions...take a peek at the inspiration behind her flowers...