I love when a bride gives me a few guidelines then lets me create.  The bride wanted a country feel, like the flowers had just been picked from the garden.  Her colors were white for the bridal bouquet and yellow with orange for the bridesmaids.  I had so much fun creating these bouquets, picking beautiful garden flowers and herbs from my garden.  Love how they turned out!


A bridesmaid bouquet is on the left and the brides on the right.  One flower the bride requested was lilies, used in all the bouquets.


Love how delicate and lacy the base flowers of the bouquet looked, letting the lilies shine as the stars. Some of the flowers used were Queen Anne's lace, oregano and salvia.


Side view, showing the stems wrapped in burlap.  Fits the country style nicely.


Bridesmaids bouquets were so cheerful and bright, just a delight to create.  Some of the flowers used were roses, salvia, grasses and helenium.  There stems were wrapped in burlap as well.

Also created for the wedding were boutonnieres and corsages for the bridal party and family.  Using roses and herbs in the three wedding colors, each one was slightly different to make them look unique.  Such a fun wedding to create florals for!

At my clients church, people can sign-up to bring flowers for the altar.  Every summer around her mothers birthday, she contacts me to create an arrangement. The altar area is very tall and most flower arrangements are dwarfed by its size. This summer, I decided to make the flower arrangement really large, so it could be seen from the back of the church.



Using only seasonal flowers found in my garden, I let the color palette be determined by what I found. The arrangement turned out to be full of vibrant colors. Flowers include tiger lilies, asiatic lilies, LA lilies, butterfly bush, cape fuchsia and salvia. 



Here the arrangement is sitting on one of my new pillars, used for weddings. The pillar is 4 feet tall, so you can see how large the arrangement is in relation. 

When I brought the flowers to the church, I was surprised to see the colors perfectly matched the banners that were hung around the altar area.  Though that was purely accidental, it looked like it was intentional. My client was very happy and so was I.

One of my favorite past weddings, held at The Quarry in LaConner, was of Heather and Dustin in 2010. Using a color palette of red and black, their wedding was so strikingly beautiful.  Their photographer, Sheila Carson, did an amazing job capturing the moments. Here are some highlights from their special day:


The lovely bride, Heather.


Heather and her ladies.  Love their shoes!


Dustin with his crew.


Heather's favorite flower is lily, so we incorporated the gorgeous Casa Blanca oriental lily.


Bridesmaid bouquets all in a row.


Boutonnieres featured one of my favorite flowers, cymbidium orchid.


The flower girl tossed orchid blooms instead of the traditional rose petals.


Centerpieces were vibrant shades of red and lime green.


Featuring mokara orchids, roses, protea and gerbera daisies.


How gorgeous is this cake? Just a few orchids placed down the sides make it so classically beautiful.