Bellingham's Bridal Inspirations show just wrapped up with another great year of vendors and new brides.  This year our booth focused on the trend of white and blush tones, a very romantic look that we love to do.  Here are some images from the show:


We brought one of our pillars, used for ceremonies.  They are salvaged pillars from a craftsman style house that was being torn down.  Talk about a real vintage piece! The table was covered in 12 layers of tulle, in three shades.  When fluffed up, it gave a real etherial look to the table.  Would be great idea for a sweetheart table.


Our escort card display featured our business cards with an orchid for each guest to pin in their hair.  It was fun to look in the audience during the fashion show and see so many people with flowers in their hair.


A collection of vintage vases, cut glass and milk glass, were clustered to show the trend of using multiple vessels with small arrangements of flowers. Mercury glass votive candles added a nice warm glow.


The bridal bouquet, photographed the next day outside, was a very romantic style.  Using roses in white and buff colors, accent flowers in white were incorporated to add texture and fragrance.  The stems were wrapped in a moss green silk ribbon with a vintage bracelet wrapped around as a nice vintage touch.  


Top view of the bouquet, that shows the flower selection more.

I so love talking with brides at shows, when they are so thrilled to be newly engaged and just planning their weddings.  Everyone is so happy and excited to be there! Looking forward to a great wedding season helping many of these brides with their wedding flowers.

The second installment of photos from the floral demonstration in Seattle by designer, Susan Ayala. Since she showed us multiple trends throughout the day, I wanted to show you as many as I could.  Enjoy these beautiful floral inspirations!


A new idea for for mothers and grandmothers: composite orchid bouquet.  Could use instead of a corsage, it is a small bouquet they carry.  Very pretty with the wire and beaded leaf holder.


I am a sucker for pink tones!  This bouquet includes roses, peonies and orchids in shades of white, cream, peach, pink and purple.


The pink bouquet shown in a vase, added to the centerpieces for the same wedding.  Great way to add to your reception arrangements.  Love the use of the rosette succulents in the centerpieces!


Close up of the succulents and roses. The beauty of succulents is you can pull them out of your arrangements after the wedding and plant them.  They will grow and give you a great living reminder of your wedding.


This picture just doesn't do this white cascade bouquet justice. It was stunning! The base of the bouquet is composed of roses, gardenia, peonies, tuber roses and calla lilies.  The cascade is jasmine, orchids and calla lilies.  It was also dripping with strands of crystals.  A real show stopper.


They also displayed buckets of flowers from the flower growers, highlighting the best of their seasonal flowers.  I loved this bucket stuffed with proteas in shades of pink and yellow.  Wouldn't this make a great wedding color palette? 


From another grower, showing the various shapes and colors of succulents. Loved the tight rosettes in the center that are tipped in pink.


This was another of my favorite buckets.  Full of gorgeous white/green  orchids and pink/white anthuriums. The cattleya orchids in the center of the bucket were stunning, with their ruffly edges. Really inspirational.

Hope you enjoyed viewing these pictures.  Please contact Country Bouquets Floral for a consult if you would like to discuss how you can incorporate any of these ideas into your wedding.

Recently I had the opportunity to attend a great wedding floral demonstration in Seattle. The designer, Susan Ayala, showed us multiple trends throughout the day.  Here are the first set, for you to enjoy.  Maybe some of them will spark ideas for your own wedding!




This cascade bouquet of purple orchids and jasmine was stunning. Airy but structured, it would be beautiful for the bride who wants a stand-out bouquet.


Cute little arrangement of seasonal greens and a single rose. The butterfly makes it look like a miniature garden.


Cymbidium orchids are so popular, this bouquet has a slight cascade shape to it.  Loved the treatment to the handle, ribbon wrapped with pearls.


Loved the idea of adding crystals to your centerpieces.  With some candles below, it would be stunning!


For those who know me, I love branches.  Think this is my favorite arrangement, mostly because of the shape the curly willow provides.


For the bride who loves drama, this style was names vampire chic. 


Another view of this table scape. The flowers sitting atop the tall silver vase are actually a bouquet.  Great way to incorporate your ceremony flowers into your reception design.


A trio of sunshine.  Love, love, love this color combination.  Showing three sizes of arrangements, to be used together or separately, depending on your budget.

I will post more images from this event soon.  It was an inspirational day for me and I cannot wait to start trying some of the ideas!