8/16/08

Tory & Luke's Wedding was a beautiful summer wedding. Despite the heat, this wedding was a lot of fun to be part of. The colors, the style of the arrangements, & the location was very enjoyable. Thank you guys for choosing me to do your flowers! Congratulations!!

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Groomsman holding a bridesmaid bouquet.

There were two styles of centerpieces. The low vases grouping pictured here. The tallest vase and the lowest vase are my rental items. (See rental items page on www.thebackyardgardener.net)

Tall vase centerpieces arranged with roses, dahlias, & snapdragons.

The tall vases are a new rental item now available.

Beautiful arrangement of gladiolas, aranda orchids, roses & dahlias.

Tory wanted these lanterns and kissing balls everywhere. They definitely helped create a fun atmosphere for the ceremony & reception.

Gerber daisy kissing ball.

This orange kissing ball or orange dahlias was my favorite. Lorinda made it....good job Lorinda!

Can you tell what flower this is? I love using carnations this way, you can't even tell that they are carnations.

8/9/08

The color combination here is really beautiful. I loved the brides idea of mixing a soft, pale yellow with the blues. The flowers in these bouquets are light blue hydrangea, roses, mini calla lilies, & green mini cymbidium orchids.

8/8/08

I enjoyed working on these beautiful flowers for Heather & Trevor's wedding. The mini cymbidium orchids were amazing, and I loved how they looked in the boutonnieres. They also looked really well combined with the roses, lisianthus & bouvardia. It was a beautiful combination for their outdoor ceremony. My pictures really don't do the flowers justice. Aaron from Evantide photography, http://www.evantidephotography.com did the photography for the wedding. Check out this great picture from his blog! http://evantidephotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/treatherday_0008-copy.jpg

"Rain Rain Go Away!"

Jessica & Garret bravely chose a campground near Silver Lake to have their wedding ceremony & reception. It was a great idea, and after lots of rain, it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon & evening. WHEW! Jessica chose gerber daisies & roses to be her main flowers. The red, apricot & light pink flowers really popped out in the forest setting. Congratulations Jessica and Garret! I loved your location, and really thought it was great that your family and friends could stay at the campground and enjoy the weekend.

Woodland Wedding

For Jessica's wedding she chose a "woodland" theme. For her aisle at the ceremony, moss was added in the vase to go along with the woodland theme. The front of the church was beautiful with trees, shrubs, moss, branches, logs...a truly woodland setting, only indoors. The bouquets had beautiful colors. The mini calla lilies, aranda orchids, and gloriosa lilies looked beautiful combined together.

Personality!

I love it when I know that I have designed flowers that are a perfect match to the couple's personality. Kim's flowers were exactly that. Her fun personality showed through in several aspects of the wedding, even the flowers. She allowed me to use beautiful orange flowers: roses, aranda orchids (one of my favorites!), calla lilies, asiatic lilies... Kim even loved the idea of using ostrich drab feathers in the centerpieces. You can't tell from the picture below, but the centerpieces also had submersible lights in them. In the evening, the centerpieces "glowed", helping to create the fun atmosphere the couple desired for their 1950's/Jazz theme wedding. I really enjoyed designing the flowers for this couple. Congratulations Ed & Kim! Thank you for the beautiful pictures you emailed me! Evantide Photography

Stephanie Stremler Photography

Stephanie Stremler Photography

Stephanie Stremler Photography

Wedding Design Show

Earlier this year I went to a wedding design show in Seattle for inspiration, new ideas & new techniques. I took Lorinda with me who often works with me on large events. I never win anything, but I went home with the most beautiful bouquet at the show. Yeah!! This gorgeous bouquet is made of green calla lilies, green cymbidium orchids & ti leaves. I even love the stem wrap on the bouquet. Future brides....anyone going to let me recreate this for your wedding?