Coral and Silver May Wedding at The Wilds

This wedding is especially close to my heart, as it is the wedding of my daughter and her husband!  They got married in May of last year when the trees were blooming, the weather was beautiful, and their bright corals and silvers made for an absolutely beautiful wedding day.  While doing all the flowers for the wedding day was a little bit stressful, I had a bunch of help with set up and take down and everything went very smoothly.

The ceremony took place at our church - St. John the Baptist, in Savage, MN.  The reception was held at The Wilds, in Prior Lake, MN.  Having worked with both before, it was no surprise that everything went according to plan and we had a perfect day!  The Wilds provided an excellent setting and meal and we couldn't have asked for anything better.  We were also lucky enough to have the beautiful and awesome Kate and Sam Botwinski (www.katebotwinskiphotography.com, www.facebook.com/katebotwinskiphotography - we love them so much!) there to give us such special photos to remember all the details and love of the day.

Here are some of the beautiful photos...

This is one of my favorites with the blooming trees in the background.  Meg wanted mostly phalaenopsis orchids in her bouquet with a touch of the pinks, peaches, and corals in the background, so we had some pink peonies, coral and pink roses, spray roses, and mini-carnations underneath the phalaenopsis orchids to peek through with a little bit of color.  She wore some coral spray roses in her hair and Jared had a white phalaenopsis orchid as his bout.

The bridesmaids had bouquets of white hydrangea, coral, peach, and pink spray roses.

The groomsmen and ushers had spray rose bouts in either coral and white or all white.

Here is the church - St. John The Baptist in Savage, MN.  We had some floral accents on some of the pews along the aisle and then simple arrangements of manzanita branches with orchid heads in front of the altar.

The aisle flowers were larkspur, stock, roses, and spray roses with a touch of variegated pittosporum and silver ribbon.

Then the reception was held at the gorgeous golf club "The Wilds" in Prior Lake, MN.  Here are some of the details from the reception...

We had several different types of centerpieces to keep things interesting and a bit more cost effective.  The first was a pedestal vase with white hydrangea, roses in coral, pink, and peach, garden roses, spray roses, and variegated pittosporum.  We added silver and clear votives and silver table runners

The second type was a pedestal vase with floating silver and white candles, clear stones, and clear and silver votives, as well as silver table runners.

The third style was a tall arrangement in a pilsner vase of curly willow, larkspur and stock in pinks, whites, and corals.  Again with silver table runners and silver and clear votives.

The fourth type was a tall square vase with a few phalaenopsis orchids submerged and a silver floating candle, as well as silver runners, and silver votives.

and the last kind was silver lanterns filled with some roses and spray roses, as well as some greens.  We had lots of silver and clear candles surrounding the lantern and silver table runners.

The head table had the bouquets placed along the table and some accents of pink and ivory astilbe in bud vases, as well as sequined silver runners and crystal votives.

You can see a bridesmaid's bouquet a little closer here with the silver wrap shown as well.

We added lots of spray roses to the cake and a cute topper.  We also surrounded the cake with clusters of silver votives.

In the outer areas, we had a guestbook table, placecard table, and a remembrance table. 

The guestbook table and placecard table had votives lined along the back and some extra florals in bud vases and bottles, as well as sequined silver table runners.

The remembrance bouquet was used at both the church and on the remembrance table at the reception.  We laid out some orchid heads here and there, as well.

And here is just one of my favorite photos of the happy couple :)

Glamorous Wedding at St. Paul University Club - 340 Hotel

Alexis and Sean had a Great Gatsby style, old Hollywood glam themed wedding last October.  I was so happy to be a small part of such a beautiful day.  The reception was held at the St. Paul University Club in St. Paul, which was the perfect venue for their style.  They had classic tuxes with gold sparkly dresses, along with gold table linens and lots of gold accents throughout.  Alexis was such a beautiful bride - she really did look like a movie star.  Tiffany Kokal from Red Velvet Moments Photography took such beautiful photos...I'm happy to share some of them with you.  Please check her out on facebook or her website:  www.redvelvetmoments.com and www.facebook.com/redvelvetmomentsphotography.

I loved so many of her photos and it was super hard to decide what to include - bear with me - there are lots that I have included.

The first photo is just an awesome wedding party photo.  Absolutely just loved it and had to include it!

Here are a couple of the beautiful bride.  Her bouquet was made up of ivory Vendela roses and beautiful white mini-callas with a simple ivory wrap with pearl pins going all the way down the wrap.  Simple and elegant.  I think this is a perfect example of the bouquet enhancing the look of the bride and her style.

Here is the bride and her stunning bridesmaids...loved the sparkly gold dresses!  The bridesmaids had simple bouquets of hydrangea, blush colored roses and dusty miller.

and her adorable flower girls had bouquets of white hydrangea and blush colored spray roses.

A beautiful ceremony picture.  They were married at St. John's Episcopal Church.

Here's the whole gang 

Now onto the reception at the 340 Hotel - St. Paul University Club.  These shots were taken from the balcony overlooking the ballroom.  You can see the gold linens and accents with the rest being all ivories and blushes.  The large harvest table in the center had all gold linens which really stood out and looked beautiful.  The first photo shows how everything looked before anyone got there and the second shows the candles lit and the people.  Also, all the bouquets were placed along the center of the harvest table to really add a lush floral feel to the table.

A couple more of the harvest table close up.

We had two arrangements on pedestal vases with phalaenopsis orchids, hydrangea, mums, roses, garden roses, and spray roses on each end of the harvest table, as well as a centerpiece for some of the other tables.

Some of the tables had tall vintage candelabras with a large floral "ball" of hydrangea, mums, roses, garden roses, spray roses, all in ivories and blushes.

The second type of centerpiece was the pedestal vase arrangement with the same florals, except we added the phalaenopsis orchids to them.

The third centerpiece were pedestal votives where we added some votives with hydrangea on each side.  We also added mercury glass votives, gold votives, and crystal votives throughout the venue.

Other touches...we added extra florals and gold votives on the placecard table, remembrance table, dessert and snack tables, guestbook table, etc.  Here are just a few pics.  The bride and her wedding party did an awesome job bringing in gold touches with gold frames, labels, etc.

All my best to the beautiful bride and groom...thanks for letting me share a part of your special day!