Ideas in Bloom: August 2012

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Styled Shoot at Tosca

You may have seen this shoot featured on The East Coast Bride last week (click here if you missed it). Coordinated by one of our favorite planners, Laurel Events, a fabulous team of vendors came together at Tosca in Hingham for this boldly themed collaboration. Here are some of the photos (beautifully done, Amie Fedora Photography!) that didn’t make it into the feature…

A dramatic cascading bouquet of Peonies, Tulips, Lilies, Orchids, Pennycress, Umbrella Fern.

trailing bouquet

A show stopping wrought-iron stand with two tiered arrangement. Those red blooms are Tulips if you can believe it! It also included Hanging Amaranthus, Date Palm Seeds, Viburnum, Protea, Spray Roses, and Umbrella Fern. We used yellow Football Mums to hold the place cards.

A bright bridesmaid’s bouquet of Roses, Lilies, Godetia, Freesia and Umbrella Fern with wire detail wrapA long and low arrangement of Hydrangea, Spider Mums and Protea with pillar candles set into it.

candle centerpiece

Budvases

billy balls

Cocktail table set up with small floral votives and candles put together onsite. Last minute inspiration!

Signature drinks!

Monday, August 27, 2012

Kaylie & Kenny – A Church Landing Wedding

Happy Monday!

We were so excited when Kaylie emailed us to say that she was getting married and wanted us to do the flowers. She had been the MOH at a wedding we did a few years ago and it’s always wonderful to see those we’ve worked with in the past again!

This was a beautiful lakeside wedding with lots of little details added by the bride. With her family’s home just across the water, Kaylie knew that Church Landing in Meredith was the perfect spot to marry her perfect man, Kenny.

The gorgeous bridal bouquet was hand-tied with a slight cascade and featured stunning creamy yellow Phalaenopsis Orchids.

The bridesmaids’ bouquets in shades of white, pale yellow and blush pink. Roses, Stock, Astilbe, Freesia, and Dusty Miller. Church Landing Entry

Fern-adorned bar arrangement with a bed of river rocks. You can’t see it well here, but there are plenty of ledges and window sills that run the length of the entry. Each was topped with fresh greens, twinkling votives, birch logs, and, in some places, wedding photos of relatives.

The Winnipesaukee Ballroom all lit and awaiting guests. We supplied a floral spray for the huge mantle behind the sweetheart table.

Each dining table had a lantern with an ivory pillar candle snuggled into a bed of yellow and pink petals. We then tucked fresh greens and full pink roses around the lantern. Here’s just one of the DIY touches – super cute menus at each place.

I didn’t have the chance to capture several of the other details on “film” (aisle decor, cocktail tables, boutonnieres, repurposed bridal party bouquets), but here’s a short video that has a few of those elements peppered in.