So we’ve been in the wedding business almost 6 years now and it is safe to say we have learned a few things along the way (and continue to learn every day!). Dawn and I would love to share some of our insights with you, let us know if you agree or have anything to add!

***One more plug before you continue….Administrative Professionals week is next week (April 22-28th), don’t forget to thank your staff with a beautiful flower arrangement or thoughtful dish garden! We have lots of options!***Ok, now continue on your way…

TOP 10 MISTAKES BRIDES MAKE…

10. Being too matchy matchy.

While we love a cohesive look and want the colors to blend perfectly, it is kinda impossible to find tiffany blue flowers. We suggest going with complimentary hues for contrast (think jade green and yellow like Kim did below) or shades of purple (instead of all eggplant flowers).

Photo credit: Jac and Jules Photography

Also involved with this…letting the season dictate your colors. Just because you are having a fall wedding doesn’t mean you have to do orange. Look at this lovely November wedding with pale pink accents, so pretty! Photo credit: Marc Anthony Photography

9. Not trusting your professionals.

Most of our brides come in needing some guidance on what flowers to select, proclaiming they know nothing about flowers. We are happy to offer up some great ideas! However, some brides come in with exact recipes for us to follow. I always think it is best to ask the professional what they would recommend to achieve the best end product, I always do this to my contractor, hair dresser, etc and I have total faith in them! Allow the professional to do their thing, sit back, relax and be pleasantly surprised!

We love when brides say “I trust you, make me whatever you want!”. That’s what this bride did and she loved it! Photo credit: Caitlin Scott Photography

8. Thinking you can do it all.

One of my personal goals this year is to delegate more. It is too stressful to do it all, right brides? Ask your mother or mother in law for help with certain tasks, they would love to pitch in! Some of my brides ask me to just send everything to their mom and communicate with her. I think it limits the bride’s back and forth to her mom about the order and since mom is usually cutting the check, everyone thinks it is easier.

7. Keeping the budget a secret.

Ahhhh, the budgeting issues my brides face. I always appreciate when a bride lets me know the budget in mind ahead of time, it helps me guide her toward the best option. No use talking about an all orchid centerpiece if it isn’t in the budget.

6. Making your own centerpieces, there is a right way and a wrong way.

Oh boy, I could really go on about this. We get a lot of phone calls a month before a wedding from a frantic bride now hating her DIY centerpieces. She brings her bags and boxes full of stuff she has purchased from 8 different Michaels stores and pleads for help. The thing is, I often wonder if it was even going to save money since she had to go out and buy all the materials. We have so many rental options, let us carry the cost of purchasing the glassware. Besides, what are you going to do with 30 lanterns after the wedding anyway? If you do decide to do DIY, make sure you think about who is going to set up the centerpieces on the wedding day. We are happy to help out, but will have to charge a labor fee. It really isn’t the responsibility of the reception venue either.

This was one of the cases of “I had an idea but wasn’t sure what to do exactly” so she brought us the grasses and feathers and we did the rest!

5. Waiting too long to book vendors.

I read all the time on blogs and in wedding magazines that you should book your florist 6-9 months before the wedding. For popular months (May-October), we have had many Saturdays completely booked 9 months out. So if you wait to meet with us until 9 months before and then take another month to send in the contract, you might miss out! We book a limited number of events/day, usually a max of 3 (one per sister).

4. Not using seasonal flowers.

Now, this is our job to really guide you toward what looks best and is a good price at certain times of the year. Yes, we can get peonies November, but they are expensive, about 4 times the price of a rose. Same with dahlias, when we push the season (too early or too late) they start to look rough. Lily of the valley exists for about 3 weeks of the year (starting now!).

3. Hiring a cheap photographer.

This has nothing to do with flowers, sorry about that. But we see a lot of wedding photos from our former clients and you can really tell the difference between the inexperienced photographer with a crazy flash (think staged photos inside with awful lighting) and a true professional (see our vendors list for our favs!). Make sure you hire 2 photographers to capture all the details you worked so hard on to pick out, from the pre-wedding brunch to the farewells. It is a shame to see $4000 worth of centerpieces not make it in one photo and we have seen it too many times.

2. Thinking your fiance needs to decide on every detail.

Don’t get us wrong, we love meeting the bride AND the groom so we can do our best to meld both personalities into our designs (and for some reason, the guys love our shop!!). And there are some men who have more of a preference than you would think about the flowers! And then there are the men who just come along to please their bride, which leads to frustration on the bride’s part when he doesn’t chime in during the meeting. The best advice we can give: know your man. If you think he cares about the flowers, please bring him along! If not, enjoy the night with your moms/bridesmaids in tow. You’ll thank me later!

The lovely couple was a great team! He really chimed in and helped her feel great about her choices, so sweet. Photo credit: Tina Jay Photography

and the #1 mistake…..

1. Sweating the small stuff.

You hear this all the time, “don’t sweat the small stuff on the big day” and it is totally true! Surround yourself with positive and capable vendors and you won’t have a thing to worry about! True, every little thing may not turn out as planned (gasp, the pumpkin dahlias are not the exact shade of pumpkin) but what really matters that day is the commitment and love you are proclaiming to all of your friends and family. Nothing can compare to that feeling. Still get chills thinking about that experience on my own wedding day almost 5 years ago (4 years and 11 months ago to be exact). I recall being so anxious about my hair/makeup/dress/jewelry/weather/schedule/everylittlesillydetail until the wedding day came…and on that day I was so happy and excited that I got all dressed and never in looked in the mirror before going to the church! I remember turning to Dawn and asking her if I looked ok 5 minutes before walking down the aisle haha! All of those details were the last thing on my mind as I was about to start my new life with the love of my life. I hope all my brides feel the same way.

Did we miss anything?? What do you think?

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Mary and I are so excited about some new changes going on over here.  We are having new floors put in the flower shop (no more concrete!), they should finish up today.  Then we are going to reorganize our consultation area.  There is something to be said for getting everything set just right.  I love when brides come in to our shop and are so surprised at what they find.  Yes, we are located in the middle of a field, but we still want it to be fab!  Speaking of fab, I am excited to share this winter wedding with everyone.  I love winter weddings.  This past December we did a gorgeous wedding at The Philadelphia Racquet Club.  Thomas W. Lunt Photography shared these amazing photos with us.  I loved Kiera’s color scheme; the dark red and purple looked so striking.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of dark red roses, purple stock, purple lisianthus, and touches of cedar.  We accented the roses with crystal pins.

Kiera’s bouquet was white peonies, dark red garden roses, purple stock, purple lisianthus, and a collar of cedar.  We added diamond pins to the roses.

The pretty little flower girl wore a crown of red spray roses and carried a wand of red roses.

At the church we used our large bell vases filled with cranberries.  We topped them with arrangements of red garden roses, purple stock, red amaryllis, winter greens, and winterberry branches.

The reception room at The Philadelphia Racquet is so pretty.  I loved the blue walls.  We wanted to bring a touch of that blue into the centerpieces so we incorporated the blue/purple dendrobium orchids with red amaryllis, purple stock, red roses, winter greens, and winterberry branches.

The arrangements were placed on top of our chic vase, which was filled with cranberries.  We also added hanging crystals (we love a touch of bling!).

I loved the amaryllis!

For the other half of the tables we did little arrangements in our Diana candle holder trio.

We accented each of the candle holders with dark purple ribbon and a crystal brooch.  We also added our crystal votive holders to each table.

Each napkin was adorned with a spring of winter greens.

We spruced up the gift table with cylinders of amaryllis and roses.

The cake was finished with a ring of red roses and purple lisianthus.  We like to leave vases for the bridesmaids bouquets on the cake table.  This is the perfect spot for bridesmaids to place their flowers.

Thanks Kiera and Ryan for letting us be a part of your day!  We loved every detail of this gorgeous winter wedding!

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I got married about six months ago. After the wedding, I loved  hearing the guests’ thoughts and memories from the wedding. I was shocked by how many compliments we’ve received on the cocktail hour. I always considered the reception the highlight of weddings, but my guests made me re-evaluate my opinions. I now realize that the cocktail hour sets the tone for the rest of the evening. It is the first impression of the reception. Here are a few tips I’ve picked up from my guests and other brides to make your cocktail hour memorable.

•         Consider hosting your cocktail hour in a separate room.
•         Choose a room or area with high tables and bar stools. This allows guests to mingle rather than sitting for an hour.
•         Serve delicious food. Most likely, your guests are hungry and craving something yummy.
•         Consider foods that match your theme.
•         Serve fun drinks that coordinate with your theme. For instance, a beach theme might serve a signature drink such sex on the beach or Malibu bay breeze.
•         Decorate! The cocktail area is just as important as the reception, so utilize candles and flower arrangements to bring life to the cocktail area.

Below are a few designs by A Garden Party that would be perfect as cocktail hour décor.  

This is perfect for a place card table!

Mary and Dawn designed this cocktail table centerpiece for a bridal show at Running Deer. I love the martini glass vase!

Floating candles and orchids are simple but beautiful.

I love the different heights of these candles.

Rose petals and votives are an easy way to dress up the cocktail area.

These cube vases are the perfect size for cocktail tables! Plus, I love the bright colors.

I am obsessed with these spider mums.

This is perfect for a fall wedding.

 So I’d love to know, where do you plan on hosting your cocktail hour? How do you plan on decorating the area?

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Wow – this summer has been a whirlwind of weddings for us!  We have been so busy I have barely had a chance to blog, but have been stockpiling photos from our brides so get ready for some amazing blogs ladies! We are also working on revamping our website and blog…who knew that could be so complicated???  Mary and I have decided we are better off working with flowers!  Sorry for any problems you guys may have been having lately trying to get on our site, we promise things are going to get better!

Now – on to the fun stuff… July 1st was a gorgeous day and we were lucky enough to be working with Shannon and Judd for their wedding.  Mary went to college with Meghan, Shannon’s sister, so this wedding was all that much more fun for us.  Liz Warnek Photography did an excellent job with the pictures, check them out…

Shannon carried a bouquet of white mini callas, pink nerine lilies, sweet unique roses, silver brunia berries, pink electra spray roses, and pink lips lisianthus (SWOON).

All the textures were amazing!

Judd wore a simple boutonniere of two white mini callas wrapped with white ribbon.

I was in LOVE with these bridesmaids dresses…and how perfectly the flowers matched The bridesmaids carried bouquets of quicksand roses, pink mini callas, and brunia berries. Those Gaffney girls are all so beautiful, in their own special way…right Megs? We were so honored to be a part of the first wedding in the Gaffney family!

Here is Meghan – isn’t she gorg! Beware, her laugh is contagious

Shannon wanted to attach this ladybug charm to her bouquet to symbolize her beloved grandmother.  This was her way of having her grandmother with her on her wedding day…so sweet (sniffle sniffle).  As a surprise Meghan asked us attach Irish charms (the 4/4 symbolizes the 4 sisters) to Shannon’s bouquet, and each of her sisters’ bouquets…I love special little touches like this. Meghan ordered the charms from Etsy, of course!

This flower girl is precious! She wore a crown of pink electra spray roses and carried a kissing ball to match.

Thank you Shannon, for sharing these pictures with us, and for letting us be a part of your wedding day.  Congratulations and best wishes for you and Judd in your future together! Hope to get some Gaff love again soon! xoxo

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The June 13th issue of Life&Style dished lots of juicy details about Kim Kardashian’s $3 million wedding plans. Yes, you read that correctly; she has a $3 million dollar budget. According to Life&Style, ”Kim’s goal [is] to outshine the royal wedding.” To do so, Kim plans on having a celebrity, such as Christina Aguilera, sing at the wedding. She is also inviting A-list celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Jennifer  Lopez and designing a one-of-a-kind gown.

While most of the details of Kim’s wedding are over-the-top and impractical for the average bride, her flower choices are down to earth. According to Life&Style, Kim’s “favorite flowers are gardenia, jasmine, and tuberose.” Kim also revealed that she loved Khloe’s all-white bouquet. (Khloe is Kim’s sister who married Lamar Odom in 2009.)

Jasmine

White bouquets are beautiful, elegant, and traditional. Check out these white bouquets designed by A Garden Party Florist.

Kristen carried a bouquet of white anemone, white peonies, and white ranunculus. To see more pictures of Kristen and Ryan’s wedding, click here.

Mary carried a bouquet of white ranunculus, white lisianthus, white sweetpea,  ivory garden roses, ivory spray roses, brunia berries, phalaenopsis orchids and  white peonies. To see more pictures of Mary and Brian’s wedding, click here.

Katy’s bridesmaids carried paperwhites wrapped with red satin and black lace. To see more pictures of Katy and RJ’s wedding, click here.

We would love to hear your feedback. What are your favorite flowers? Do you perfer all-white bouquets, or do you like colorful bridal bouquets? What would your ideal bridal bouquet look like?

It is ridiculous how excited Mary and I get when we get pictures back on weddings we did.  We LOVE looking back on it all and seeing how it photographed, and the excitement and joy on our brides faces on their big day.  When those pictures come from Tina Jay, it really just takes our level of excitement to a whole other level because we know that she will have caught amazing shots of the day…she really is just THAT GOOD at what she does.  She has photographed quite a few weddings we have done (Jena and Mike, Roanna and Reed and Sarah and Joe) and each one of them has been stunning. We actually are meeting with her later this week so she can give us a few pointers….we both have really nice cameras and NO idea how to use them.  Hopefully Tina can point us in the right direction!  Now on to the details on the day….Adelina and Mike were married in late November with a gorgeous ceremony and reception at the Hyatt Regency in Philadelphia. Their wedding was full of shades of orange and peach with touches of chocolate brown. I love peach; there are so many flowers that come in beautiful shades of peach and peach is one of those colors that can really be used year round. Ok – time for the good stuff….prepare yourself for lots of photos, I couldn’t contain myself!

Adelina and Mike during their ‘first look’.  I love how the shades of orange in her bouquet match the fall leaves all around them…perfection.

Adelina was a stunning bride!  She carried a bouquet of peach finesse roses, orange spray roses, peach stock, orange protea, uhle fiddleheads and brunia berries.

We wrapped the stems all the way down with ivory ribbon.

Gotta love all the texture in this bouquet…and those peach finesse roses are amazing.

The bridesmaids wore chocolate brown dresses and carried bouquets of orange roses, orange and peach spray roses, orange protea, chocolate cosmos, brunia berries and uhle fiddleheads.

We wrapped the stems with chocolate brown ribbon and accented with orange pearl pins.

Adelina and Mike’s daughter Mia was sooo cute.  She carried this pomander made of green moss and accented with a few fall leaves and silk orange flowers.  We used silk flowers to keep it nice and lightweight for her.

For the bouts we used orange spray roses, brunia berries, and a fiddlehead.

To flank the couple during the ceremony we filled two of our pedestals with branches of fall leaves (we cut these ourselves!), hydrangea, amaranthus, protea, stock, and orange roses.

We hung peach finesse roses, stock and beech leaves with some sheer chocolate ribbon from the chairs.

Their ceremony was in the same room as the reception so we used the centerpieces to line the stage that their ceremony took place on.

A few peach finesse roses and beech leaves dressed up our card birdcage beautifully.

For the cocktail tables we used brown cubes filled with green moss, orange roses, and fiddleheads (in the shape of a heart <3)

The centerpieces were done in our silver bowls. I love these bowls, they are the perfect size for a tabletop centerpiece.  We filled them with green hydrangea, peach finesse roses, orange roses, peach spray roses, peach stock, beech leaves and glittered pods.

Each centerpiece had an ivory pillar candle in the center.

I loved these little pods that we glittered up with some copper glitter…just a touch of bling!

For the cake we used chocolate cosmos, spray roses and peach stock.

Thank you so much Tina for the photos…you blew us away again.  And of course we have to thank Adelina and Mike for letting us be a part of such a beautiful fall wedding; your day really looks like it was amazing!

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I have been dying to blog about Kristen and Ryan’s amazing Philadelphia wedding that took place last November at The Hyatt at the Bellevue.  Their reception was held in the Rose Garden Room, a gorgeous room that was ideal for their sophisticated wedding. I loved the flowers we used for this wedding…tons of anemone and orchids…what’s not to love about that?!?!  Philip Gabriel Photography was amazing and came through with GORGEOUS photos that really showcased every detail.  I asked Kristen for a little background on her wedding day because I really loved how everything came together…this is one stylish bride!  Once I read her write up I just knew I had to share it with our readers….I hope you enjoy!

From the bride:

“Our happily ever after began about 3 years ago with a “cyber spark” that ignited through the help of Chemistry.com. About a week after connecting through the site we met for our first date. What started out as lunch on a beautiful Sunday afternoon lingered into an afternoon coffee and only ended seven hours later due to the setting of the sun. We were both instantly smitten and excited to finally understand the concept of love-at-first-sight. A little over a year later we went on a weekend getaway to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to see the fall foliage and much to my delight and surprise, he proposed and the planning began!

I had never given much thought to what I would want my wedding to be like, but there were a few things I knew I didn’t want: no pink, no roses, and no over the top “bling.” My fiancé and I were both looking for simple elegance with something timeless and sophisticated. We had decided to get married in center city Philadelphia, not far from
where I had grown up. We quickly found a beautiful old colonial style Catholic Church for our ceremony and the weekend following our engagement we set out on a hunt for a reception venue. We saw many beautiful spaces but nothing was really representative our style until our meeting at the Hyatt at the Bellevue. Our wedding was going to be much more intimate than the size of one that would be held in their grand ballroom so we took the elevator up to the 19th floor to see their Rose Garden ballroom that overlooks the city. We were instantly in love with the space. With the beautiful old architecture and the silver and white color palate already in the room it was the perfect mix of old and new, and seemed it was made for a black and white color theme.

From there the planning fell into place. Everything from the black bridesmaids’ dresses adorned with an ivory sash by D’Zage to the black linens and silver chairs we rented from Select Event Rentals for the occasion showcased the sophisticated wedding we were looking for. The one piece I was very undecided and worried about was the flowers since I was fearful if I kept the flowers and centerpieces white they would look boring and not stand out. I was looking for something different and a step away from the traditional all floral centerpieces, while still incorporating some flowers. After meeting with A Garden Party those worries were put to rest. The black and white anemones used in my bouquet, the centerpieces, and the cake tied the theme together and looked anything but boring. Red anemones made up the bridesmaids’ bouquets, which were the only addition of color. The centerpieces kept in the theme with simple black glass vases holding orchids and tealights hanging from Manzanita branches. A floral ring of orchids, anemones, and ranunculus at the base of the centerpiece gave me the dramatic centerpiece that I was looking for, while also incorporating flowers. Our big day was everything we had envisioned and thanks to the absolutely gorgeous photos by Philip Gabriel Photography, which truly capture the beauty and joyful mood of the day, we can look back and feel the same happiness we felt on that day for years to come.”

I love photos taken in the city…check out all of the cars driving by!

Kristen carried a bouquet of white anemone, white peonies, and white ranunculus.  We tied the stems with silver velvet ribbon.

I love the velvet ribbon as a wrap for bouquets.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of red anemone.  They photographed beautifully against their black dresses.

Isn’t this flower girl adorable???  She carried a pomander of white button mums, accented with black pearl pins and silver satin ribbon.

This bout was soooo cute.  We have been trying to get more creative with our bouts…after all the groom wants to look great too!

At the church we hung little bubble vases with a peony in them to mark the first few pews.

Mary came up with this design for the place card table….amazing.  We used our tall black vase filled with manzanita branches and white dendrobium orchids.  Three cylinders with pearls, orchids, and a floating candle were clustered around the tall vase.

The room their cocktail hour was held in had this gorgeous fountain, which we decorated with votive candles and peonies.

On the cocktail tables we filled these shallow bowls with pearls, cymbidium orchids, and floating candles.

The table centerpieces were done in our shorter black vase.  We used manzanita branches that we hung tea lights from and added some cut cymbidium orchids to glam it up.  Around the base of the vase we did a floral ring of peonies, ranunculus, anemone, orchids and bear grass.

The room looked AMAZING.

Ok – so I know this blog was super long….but I just couldn’t leave out any of these photos.  Philip Gabriel Photography made it too hard for me to choose!  Thank you so much Kristen and Ryan for letting us be a part of your wedding day and sharing your story with us, xoxo!

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Yay!  The sun is back out…even though it is chilly out, I am loving that there is no more snow on the ground!  Over the last month or so I have been going through all of our 2010 weddings trying to gather as many photos as possible for our new event album.  I loved these pictures from Lia and Mike’s wedding this past fall. Their November wedding took place on a picture perfect fall day at The Valley Green Inn in Philadelphia and thanks to David Difuntorum I have these great photos to share with you all.  Hope this brightens your day like it did mine!

It is so rare to get a photo of either of us with the bride that I had to share this one….aren’t they beautiful!?!

Leah looks amazing.  I love her fur shrug, perfect for a November wedding!

Fall weddings are my favorite…I was a fall bride myself, and I love when couples venture outdoors for pictures.  Lia and Mike are a gorgeous couple and I love everything about this picture of the two of them.

Check out the fall color and the sunshine in this picture…gorgeous!

Lia carried a bouquet of white hydrangea, sunflowers, yellow gerber daisies, red dahlias, and red ranunculus.  Red and yellow are a fabulous color combination, especially for a fall wedding.

Here is a close up.  Look how amazing these colors are!!!

Such a bright, cheerful bouquet.  I love all the textures…and those ranunculus are amazing!

Gorgeous bridesmaid carrying a complimentary bouquet using the same flowers…her two tone dress is so pretty.

Lia and Mike had an outdoor ceremony.  Mary decorated this arbor on site and I love how it turned out.  She tied curly willow branches to the arbor and accented them with hydrangea, sunflowers, hanging red pepperberry, and dahlias.

We lined the aisle with rose petals and potted burnt orange mums wrapped in textured brown paper.

I had to end this blog with a photo of this PSU cake.  Lia was a huge Penn State fan so her and Mary hit it off immediately…and Mary LOVED this cake.  I think she was a little jealous she didn’t have one at her wedding!

Thank you Lia for sharing these pictures with us…I was setting up another wedding that morning, so I loved looking through these photos and seeing how it all turned out!  Today is technically a day ‘off’ for Mary and I…although I bet she is home working just like I am home blogging, haha.  I need to go play with my own little Leah now though….I have a 3 year old with tons of energy and she is begging to get outside and soak up some of that sunshine. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

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I am sooooo excited to share this wedding today. Any one that has read our blog before has read about Tina. She is a great friend of ours and a truly talented photographer based out of Philly. She has photographed many weddings that we have done, and has even done personal photo shoots of our kids (they love her too!).  When Tina and Jeremy got engaged we knew that their wedding would be one to remember; they know how to have a good time! Tina hired fellow photographer, Jamie Delaine as her wedding photographer (she flew in from Vancouver Canada for the wedding!) and I was beyond thrilled to see the shots that Jamie caught of Tina and Jeremy’s wedding day.  Tina knew she wanted a modern wedding with some traditional touches.  This is a couple that LOVES Philadelphia, Jeremy even popped the big question right in Rittenhouse Square, so it was no surprise when Tina picked Top of the Tower for their wedding to take place.  We used phalaenopsis orchids (we always love an excuse get our hands on these), limes, dahlias, and lots of fun little details to make Tina’s day extra special.

We knew Tina would be a gorgeous bride so we had better make a bouquet to match.  I think Mary nailed it with this all white bouquet.  She used dahlias, white polo roses, ranunculus, parrot tulips, brunia berries, maidenhair fern and stephanotis with a rhinestone accent.  We wrapped the bouquet with ivory satin and champagne lace.  A crystal brooch completed it (LOVE!). When ordering her bouquet, Tina said “I want it to be so big that I can barely fit my hands around it!” OUR KINDA GAL!

Tina sure made for one HOT bride!  STUNNING!!!

Finding the lace for this bouquet took me hours…I think it was totally worth it.

Since their wedding didn’t take place at a church, we helped define the aisle with these lanterns.  A green cymbidium orchid tucked in the top of these lanterns and a scattering of rose petals were all it took to make their ceremony room glow.

To create a backdrop behind the couple as they said their vows we used our pillars filled with curly willow, phalaenopsis orchids, crystals, and hanging mirrors.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of green cymbidium orchids, parrot tulips, green trachelium, brunia berries, and maidenhair fern.  All the green looked so pretty against their black dresses, but seriously, the flowers can’t compete with these beauties!

Check out this adorable vase we used for their cocktail tables.  We are able to slide in a picture, so Tina gave us a bunch of her engagement pictures to use.  What a great way to get some more use of your engagement photos!  A mound of white dahlias made this the perfect size for the cocktail tables.

For the place card table we covered the table with wheat grass and then added bells of Ireland, ranunculus, maidenhair fern, and cymbidium orchids.  The cards were nestled among the flowers – so cute!

The cake was decorated with bells of irelend and cymbidium orchids – totally modern and gorgeous!

We did not want to compete with the jaw-dropping view at Top of the Tower’s reception room, so we decided to keep the centerpieces simple. We filled our chic vases with limes (the perfect shade of green) and had stems of phalaenopsis orchids cascading from the top of the vase.  We added a band of black ribbon with a rhinestone brooch to the top, and placed a single flower at every place setting. Only the best for our Tina!

Totally amazing!

I love, love, love these orchids!

 Tina and Jeremy, you two are such a sweet couple and we really enjoyed doing your wedding flowers and being a part of your day.  Best wishes to both of you on your future together!!! XOXO <3

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Some things are totally worth the wait! I love looking back at weddings from a few months ago and remembering all the little details and fun we had putting it all together. Michelle and Andrew were married this past July 2010 at the Trump National of Philadelphia in Pine Hill, NJ. Michelle Scanzano  of All Things Beautiful was the wedding planner for this wedding, and as usual did an awesome job. If you are a bride looking for a hands on, detail oriented wedding planner you have got to check her out.  We recently did another wedding with her and I got a copy of the master wedding timeline she created for the bride, WHOA. Most amazing document ever created! Anyway, back to this event…this wedding was full of shades of purple (LOVE) and lots of butterfly accents (LOVE LOVE), perfect for a July wedding.  Jon Carlson of Carlson Photo got some amazing shots of the day that I can’t wait to share, without further ado…

Michelle’s bouquet featured white cymbidium orchids, white stock, sweetness roses, and scabiosa.

All the bouquets lined up pretty, they look ready to go down the aisle!  The bridesmaids carried purple stock, sweetness roses, scabiosa, ageratum, and some silver velvety soft lamb’s ear leaves and brunia berries.  To compliment their dresses we wrapped the bouquets with platinum ribbon.

Michelle was a STUNNING bride.

Michelle and her gorgeous bridesmaids! Their dresses were awesome, and check out their necklaces…I loved that they didn’t match, but coordinated. And dang, look at that view!

Michelle and one of her lovely bridesmaids. They look like models!

To frame the ceremony area we set up our pillars with curly willow, crystal strands, mirrors, and of course a few butterflies.

Again with the model poses!  Gorgeous!

These centerpieces were so much fun.  We used a square of wheat grass, a few manzanita branches, hung strands of dendrobium orchids, and placed a few butterflies in the branches and one perched in the grass. This was really an eye catching centerpiece!

A closeup of the branches with the wired orchids.

The other half of the centerpieces were done in our chic vase.  We filled them with lavender tinted water and a submerged butterfly.  On top we used stock, lavender carnations, and seeded eucalyptus arranged in a container so that guests could take them home at the end of the night.

Check out the butterfly in the water!

I love it when all the details of a wedding tie together.  The place cards coordinated perfectly with the centerpieces, the OCD side of me really loves this kind of detail, ha.

We also made up this manzanita wishing tree dressed up with purple carns (so cute for carns!) and crystals.  Each of the guests left good wishes and words of advise on little cards that were hung from the branches.

Their cake looked so yummy, I am a sucker for anything chocolate.  The butterflies were the perfect touch.

Amazing cake topper with the perfect purple butterfly perched right next to it

 Thanks Michelle and Andrew for letting us be a part of your special day.  You were a gorgeous couple and we had so much fun coming up with ideas for your butterfly filled day.  Hope you enjoyed your first Thanksgiving together as a married couple!