Gina, one of the sweetest and most excited brides I think I’ve met to date, planned a lakeside wedding at The Margate with lots of personal touches. It was a pleasure to design for the couple. She envisioned wildflower-like groupings of budvases mingling with lit votives and lanterns, as well as bouquets that seemed “fresh picked” from the garden.
Here’s her bridal bouquet - a mix of deep purple flowers and foliage with pops of white and orange. I used purple Callas, Dahlias, Scabiosa & Smoke Bush, as well as white Snapdragons, Freesia, Ranunculus & Queen Anne’s Lace, and orange Mokara Orchids, Freesia & Ranunculus. The Bridesmaids carried similar bouquets of mostly white with pops of the two accent colors. The Groom and Groomsmen all sported Calla boutonnieres wrapped with chocolate ribbon to match the bouquet wraps.
Unfortunately the constant drizzle and rain on Saturday made a ceremony at the water’s edge impossible, so everything was moved into the tent overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. Luckily we always plan ahead for rain, so the quick change was no problem. Flower strands that were to be hung from trees near the ceremony site greeted guests as they walked through the entrance of the tent instead. Extra posies that were intended to adorn the ceremony chairs were moved to vases on the bar. Urns with Curly Willow “trees” with orange Orchids tucked into the branches flanked the ceremony space on the dance floor. These pieces, constructed by Pam on site, were easily my favorite of the event. Chocolate brown urns were topped with sheet moss before the “trees” were constructed in the center. Pam added stems of purple Alstromeria at the base of each trunk and I tucked bright orange Orchids into the branches to complete the look.
Since there was so much to do on site I didn’t have time to take many pictures, so I packed my handy Flip cam in our tool kit and managed to capture some of the behind the scenes action instead. Enjoy…and try to overlook my less than steady camera work!
Hopefully Kim Chapman captured the glow of all those candles. We had to make our exit before they were lit and guests arrived. Can’t wait to see the photos of the final product!
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