I often think back to where I was or what I was doing a year ago, do you ever do that? I can’t believe how much life has changed for me in the last year; Lee is already a year old, John and I have been married over 3 years and my business is booming! Pinch pinch, is it real? Dawn and I have been a part of so many beautiful weddings, all of them memorable for different reasons. Every time we add a new bride to the schedule I feel like we have made a new friend! I love the feeling I get welcoming blushing brides and families into our new consultation space, the ideas start flowing right away for everyone. With this new space pretty much finished up, we just had to plan a big party to celebrate and what better way to do it than invite some other great local professionals and tons of brides?!?! A ginormous thank you to all of the talented and friendly vendors and all of the excited and supportive brides/friends/family that came out for the big night! If you missed the fun, let me fill you in…

Rental City provided the beautiful tent, linens, tables, chairs, china – the works for us! They have EVERYTHING you could ever want for your event, be sure to give Nandi a call!

Inside the shop we had our consult space all done up with many bouquets, centerpiece rentals and albums for inspiration.

All of our ladies lined up ready for the party…

I am thinking that our centerpiece inspiration table is going to need another table, there are just too many options!

The bride wall of fame gets lots of rave reviews!

These chairs are the perfect place to sit and relax while we help you with your flower order!

The beautiful and talented ladies of Salon Nicole were busy doing hair and makeup most of the night!

Bella Limo of Elmer came too!

Rental City with their impressive array of rentals!

Stephen from The Sweet Life Bakery showed off some tasty and trendy sweets!

Sarah had lots of lia sophia jewelry for all to admire.

An overflowing gift basket from Auburn Road Vineyards for a lucky winner!

Auburn Road Vineyards provided samples of their sparkling wine. Located in Pilesgrove, they host many events including showers and receptions!

Maria from Designed by M.E. stationary had an amazing collection of stationary samples! Her work is detailed, classy, thoughtful and of course she was the sweetest person to work with. I am so happy Irene sent me to her!

And of course the lovely Tina of Tina Jay Photography came too! Her new albums were a hit!

In the center of the tent, we hung our own vintage chandelier dripping with roses and crystals, I fell in love!! I can just see someone getting married under it, hanging so romantic in a tree or something. LOVE.

The hot centerpiece of the show was our peacock inspired creation in our bell vase. Hydrangeas, dahlias, callas and dendrobium orchids complimented the hues of the feather perfectly!

Just loved the shimmer of this tablecloth from Rental City! And you can kinda see the hanging feather in the bottom of the bell vase too…

More brides should do napkin details, it ties it all together!

Ohhh Casey, this one is for you!

Again, the linen makes this black and white tablescape complete! And who says yellow football mums are old news?

Our new black vases popped with yellow flowers and feather accents.

LOVE the linen!

Our new lanterns (rental) with a lush floral ring of coffee break and quick sand roses…I want to get married again (same guy) and do this! I also think these would be cute hanging in a tent with LED pillar candles!

Loved the color combo of this one!

Dear Free Spirit Rose, you make my job so easy and fun. Love, Mary

Pink tinted water in our chic vase with gold manzanita, pink crystals and orchids….pretty!!

A close up…

Another cute cocktail table arrangement featuring our picture vase with a moody mix of purple carns and roses. Vintage mercury glass votives hold a few candles and a few roses to extend the design.

Every time I walk by our new sign, I feel so proud!

 Again, thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success (and thanks to Tina for sending me these pics)! It sure was a family affair, Mom, Dad and our other sister all came to help us out too. Maybe next year we will have Michelle from All Things Beautiful do most of the planning….and we can just show up  We are thinking of adding a bridal salon and live music next year, so that will be something else to look forward to. Now, I better get back to my brides…the phone has been ringing off the hook the whole time I have been blogging!

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First things first, congrats to last weekend’s brides – Jaclyn, Shannon, and Roanna.  There will be some fabulous blogs coming up shortly about these girls, we were in love with ALL of their flowers! Now on to one of the many reasons we love this job SOOOO much. About a year ago Mary and I started sending out 10 question online surveys after each wedding.  We were looking for feedback on how our brides would rate their experience with us.  It is so important to us that we are giving our brides what they are looking for.  Last week in the middle of wedding madness (July is definately a top wedding month for us!) we got this survey response back and it really reminded both Mary and I why we love this job so much; we really love hearing how happy and how much of an impact our flowers can have on a bride’s wedding.  My hope is that our brides always love what we do, just as much as we love what we do.  This job is a dream come true for Mary and I and we thank all of our brides (and the moms, bridesmaids, etc.) for giving us a chance!  Now on to the survey!

We are proud to share with you this article that was written about A Garden Party on New Jersey Wedding Buzz, which is New Jersey’s own The Knot page. I guess the word is getting out about these 2 crazy sisters in South Jersey…enjoy and thanks for the support!

New: A Garden Party’s Floral Design Studio

Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:45 AM

Brides are raving about A Garden Party‘s newly unveiled Floral Design studio! The South Jersey floral company renovated a charming 1920s barn specifically with brides-to-be in mind. The space features a variety of new albums for viewing, as well as a “wall of fame” showcasing A Garden Party’s gorgeous bridal designs. But perhaps the most exciting part is the workspace where brides can experiment with centerpiece options and vases. The stocked flower coolers are just a few steps away and the experts are happy to bring out the floral bounty for a more in-depth planning expereince. It’s like a hands-on toy store but for flower-loving adults! – Lauren Howley

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Cakes with a delicate floral touch, what could be sweeter?

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A collection of some of our personal floral designs, featuring lots of cute little girls!

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We are happy to share some of our most popular reception centerpieces and floral decor, we hope to inspire you…

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Here is the updated slide show featuring all of our indoor and outdoor ceremony decor, take a few moments to browse!

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I have been working on updating our galleries, enjoy the new bouquets ladies!

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So it has recently come to my attention that not only are brides so called “stalking” our blog, their bridesmaids and mothers are too! Well, this post is for you ladies! As you are planning the bridal shower, don’t fret about the centerpieces, let us take care of it! We would love to help carry the wedding theme (or any other style) through the shower as well, and with all the showers that Dawn and I have planned and participated in, we are really shower pros! Between the invites, favors, gifts, food – you have enough to handle, am I right? Allow me to show you some of our shower options…

Our very popular rose "present" can be done in any color combo and the "gift tag" can be personalized to send warm wishes to any bride.

In Running Deer's Chocolate room, we added a coordinating centerpiece for the bride to take home after the shower. As if her car wasn't full enough hehe!

A simple colored glass cube with roses is affordable and chic!

We just did these lovely flower arrangements for our sweet Shannon who is just a month away from her July wedding. Her fiance sent these to her at the shower! Shannon is having a beautiful purple wedding with butterfly accents, so of course I had to order these phalaenopsis "butterfly" orchids.

Coordinating centerpieces sat on bistro tables, guests of the shower took these home as a sweet reminder.

Dawn and I loved making these!

I am doing this for a baby shower this weekend, it is a wishing tree! Guests write advice on little cards and hang them on the tree for everyone to admire, the bride or mother to be can take them home later and add them to her album. This would be a beautiful way to welcome guests!

Sweet little tags (these are from etsy) are the perfect size for a few words of advice. We did something similar at my baby shower, my favorite advice from a dear friend "Let your house be dirty, play with your children before they get too big."

I just got these cool vases in and I am excited to be booking them already! These are the perfect way to show off your engagement photos…2 4×6 photos can be placed inside the vase and fresh flowers can be placed in a smaller hidden vase. Guests will love to admire the special couple!

Ok, so we did this for a wedding, not a shower, but you could do this adorable umbrella/parasol for your shower!

   We are happy to share all of our party planning ideas and help out in any way, give me a call at 609-364-2529 to discuss the fun details of your bridal shower or baby shower today! Lots of our ideas are budget friendly and full of style and creativity to help you create a shower to be remembered. Have a great weekend ladies! Stalk your little hearts out… 

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So it has recently come to my attention that not only are brides so called “stalking” our blog, their bridesmaids and mothers are too! Well, this post is for you ladies! As you are planning the bridal shower, don’t fret about the centerpieces, let us take care of it! We would love to help carry the wedding theme (or any other style) through the shower as well, and with all the showers that Dawn and I have planned and participated in, we are really shower pros! Between the invites, favors, gifts, food – you have enough to handle, am I right? Allow me to show you some of our shower options…

Our very popular rose "present" can be done in any color combo and the "gift tag" can be personalized to send warm wishes to any bride.

In Running Deer's Chocolate room, we added a coordinating centerpiece for the bride to take home after the shower. As if her car wasn't full enough hehe!

A simple colored glass cube with roses is affordable and chic!

We just did these lovely flower arrangements for our sweet Shannon who is just a month away from her July wedding. Her fiance sent these to her at the shower! Shannon is having a beautiful purple wedding with butterfly accents, so of course I had to order these phalaenopsis "butterfly" orchids.

Coordinating centerpieces sat on bistro tables, guests of the shower took these home as a sweet reminder.

Dawn and I loved making these!

I am doing this for a baby shower this weekend, it is a wishing tree! Guests write advice on little cards and hang them on the tree for everyone to admire, the bride or mother to be can take them home later and add them to her album. This would be a beautiful way to welcome guests!

Sweet little tags (these are from etsy) are the perfect size for a few words of advice. We did something similar at my baby shower, my favorite advice from a dear friend "Let your house be dirty, play with your children before they get too big."

I just got these cool vases in and I am excited to be booking them already! These are the perfect way to show off your engagement photos…2 4×6 photos can be placed inside the vase and fresh flowers can be placed in a smaller hidden vase. Guests will love to admire the special couple!

Ok, so we did this for a wedding, not a shower, but you could do this adorable umbrella/parasol for your shower!

   We are happy to share all of our party planning ideas and help out in any way, give me a call at 609-364-2529 to discuss the fun details of your bridal shower or baby shower today! Lots of our ideas are budget friendly and full of style and creativity to help you create a shower to be remembered. Have a great weekend ladies! Stalk your little hearts out… 

If you are interested in our floral design services in South Jersey, the greater Philadelphia area or Northern Delaware please contact Mary by filling out the form below:

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