Corporate Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Last week we were super busy around here!  We did a corporate event that was a lot of fun!  It was a ribbon cutting ceremony for Goodrich.  They had a big tent set up and we did several different kinds of arrangements, as well as stage flowers, etc.  Here's a peek...

We went with a vibrant color scheme to coordinate with the purple and red table linens.  Lots of bright yellows, oranges, blues, greens, and reds.

Here is just a mix of the colors in some urns placed on the stage.

For little spaces here and there, we had tiny boxes with just a large circus rose in moss for a pop of cheeriness.

Professional Pics - Harriet Island Paddleboat Wedding

Just got some beautiful photos from Jana to share with everyone!  Her purple and blue wedding was really beautiful...so excited to share some of the professional photos from Scott D at George Street Photography. Please see the original post for other details.  ENJOY!   :)

Pink and Damask

This weekend's wedding turned out to be such a fun and beautiful event!  The setting was the Town and Country Club in St. Paul, which was lovely and warm.  They had a lot of dark wood and fireplaces, etc.  A very pretty place for a wedding.  Katie loves pink, and that definitely shines throughout all of our designs.  We used at least 10-12 different types of roses - light pink, medium pink, hot pink, pink with ivory edges, ivory with pink edges, ivory, pink garden roses, etc...and that doesn't even include the spray roses.  Big ones, small ones, medium-sized ones...as well as bunches of other types of flowers too.  It was a pink extravaganza!  

Heather from Until it Looks Right ( http://untilitlooksright.com/) did a great job with the wedding planning and getting details taken care of at the venue.  It was a pleasure working with her!

Here's a peek of some of our flowers - professional photos to hopefully come soon!

Here is a top view of the bridal bouquet.  I don't have any showing the stems, but they were covered with ivory satin and sheer and had some "bling" ribbon at the top and bottom.  This was made up of garden roses, several shades of pink roses, alstromeria, wax flower, etc.

The bridesmaid's bouquets had no garden roses and some darker pink tones with the spray roses (the medium pink Lydia spray roses are some of my favorites!).  Then we also added some light pink stock and ivory roses to the bridesmaid's bouquets.  Their stems were covered in light pink satin and sheer and the bling ribbon at the top and bottom.

Their ceremony was held outside on the grounds in an open area, which was an empty canvas.  We added some of the following:

Aisle flowers - on every other row, we put a little aisle decoration of dark fuchsia stock, white larkspur, a light pink rose, a light pinkish/purple rose, and a white and pink cymbidium orchid. 

We used our urns filled with lots of bright pink glads, light pink stock, white and pink larkspur, and white delphinium with some greens for the ceremony arrangements.

Here's the aisle with some of the hot pink and ivory rose petals along the edges.

Another shot of the aisle markers

The whole thing put together

Then it was into the club for the reception.  We did three different centerpieces - the first one was a tall and wide cylinder vase with light pink and damask ribbon around the base, some gorgeous hot pink mokara orchids, and some votives with a little bit of the damask around the base.

The second centerpiece was a mix of three different vases - all with floating candles, one with lily grass, one with floating crystal garland, and one with floating crystals and spray roses.  We used a medium pink ribbon and bling ribbon and globe votives to complete the look.

Then the third design was the tall pilsner vase with floating crystal garland and some damask ribbon with a topper of a mix of light pink hydrangea, many different kinds and shades of roses, alstromeria, spray roses, stock, lisianthus, football mums, etc.  We used silver votives around the base.

The head table was sprinkled with petals and we added mercury glass votives.  The girls' bouquets would be added later on.

and then...my personal favorite.  The cake!  We used a mix of dendrobium orchids, cymbidium orchids, pink roses, and white spray roses to make a little waterfall of flowers down the cake.  The scrollwork on the cake was really pretty!  Globe votives and petals were placed around the cake.

A big thank you to Katie and Trent for letting me help with their beautiful wedding!  

Black and White Wedding

Brienne and Josh's wedding was a really beautiful formal affair!  It was almost solely black and white, with just a hint of light blue added into the mix with some flowers and some little touches here and there.  Again, I forgot to take photos of the bouquets, so hopefully I can get some professional ones very soon!  The bride's and the bridesmaids' bouquets were all different shades of white and ivory.  We used peonies and garden roses in the bridal bouquet and then white roses, spray roses, football mums, stock, lisianthus, and mini-carnations in the bridesmaids' bouquets.  Can't wait to share the photos!

The ceremony was held at the Shepherd of the Lake Church in Prior Lake.  They had a beautiful stone background up behind the altar and a really beautiful church for their ceremony.  The reception was held at The Legends Golf Club in Prior Lake.  I hadn't been there before, but I really loved it!  It had all warm lighting and woodwork.  It was dark and more formal looking.  Brienne had black tablecloths with a damask table runner, which really added a lot!  Then there were black napkins used.  We had three different centerpieces - one was a small oval vase filled with the different white flowers used in the bouquets, with light blue stones, one was three cylinder vases with light blue ribbon around the base and light blue and white stones with dendrobiums and floating candles, and the tall centerpiece turned out to be something I just loved!  We spray painted curly willow black and added in white and bright blue delphinium, with black ribbon around the top of the pillsner vase and white, clear, and light blue stones.  I think that touch of blue in the flowers really stood out amongst the black and white.  

Here are some of my photos...

For the reception, we had minimal flowers, but they added a nice touch.  For the altar, we used baby's breath in Brienne's black ceramic vases and for the chairs, we used just three stems of white stock wrapped in black and light blue ribbon on every fourth row of seats.

For the reception, here is a view of the small oval vase design with stock, roses, spray roses, mini-carnations, and football mums.    You can see the light blue stones and the pretty damask table runner.

Here is a view of the head table.  We lined the edge of the table with the white rose petals, a couple of bud vases with mini-larkspur stems, and globe votives.  The bouquets would be placed in vases along the table later on.

Here is one of the bud vases with white larkspur and larkspur buds.

Here is a a photo with the dendrobium orchids, floating candles, and globe votives.  You can see the touches of the damask table number and the fun cupcakes that each guest was given.

Here are the tall arrangements of the black curly willow with white and blue delphinium.

Here is her cake, which we just added some petals and votives to...loved her cake to go along with all the damask and black and white.

My thanks to Brienne for coming in with such a great plan for me to run with.  I love the final look of everything!!  I had a wonderful time working with you and your family!