Mallory and Jamie's wedding September 2010

Mallory chose purple and orange for her special day. This was a vibrant color scheme for her wedding at the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland. Paul Sanders was the photographer and captured the day for the happy couple.

Mallory and Jamie spending a few moments together before their formal photos began.

Orange linens were a beautiful backdrop to this colorful front arrangement. This bouquet uses roses, calla lilies, hydrangeas and purple anenomes.

The centerpieces doubled as the aisle decor. The arrangements were on glass stands, then for the reception tables the flowers were taken off of the stand and used as low arrangements.

This shows the flowers down the aisle.

Mallory and Jamie on the Woodmark boat.

This is a beautiful way to have your guest sign in and share some words of wisdom to the happy couple.

The orange curtain panels framed the crystals and flowers for the ceremony site.

Laura and Owen's wedding January 29th

These photos are of a wedding I delivered yesterday. I love the white and green with just a hint of blue.

This bridal bouquet started with a base of white hydrangeas, then we added roses, green ball carnations, delphinium, freesia,gardenias and orchids.

Boutonniere using white freesia and galax leaves.

Simple rose wrist corsages with ribbon and greens.

This corsage has roses, freesia, green ball carnations and ribbon.

Today's Corsages

This week I have been playing in the studio looking for some new ideas for wedding flowers. We have gone away from prom type flowers that are too big and dripping with "stuff". I like to give beautiful corsages with details but that are a little different to make them extra special. In these photographs I have put together a few examples of personal flowers that can make your wedding more unique.

This pin on corsage has velvet leaves, rhinestone ring and a single cymbidium orchid. Very simple but beautiful and elegant at the same time. This is light weight as well so it doesn't damage lighter weight clothing.

In this Photo I have shown that the typical wristlets from days gone by have gone bye bye. This is a wide silver tone cuff bracelet that I have wired ribbon, velvet leaves, feathers and orchids to.

This is just another angle of this cuff bracelet corsage.

This beautiful and yet simple necklace shows that you can adorn your neck as well as your wrist. This necklace is nice for younger people that may not necessarily like other types of corsages.

This necklace has velvet leaves, mokara orchids, rhinestones and a decorative button.

Touches of Honeysuckle

Here are some examples of different bouquets that have varying amounts of the color of the year "honeysuckle". Many of the brides that I have been meeting with have had a hard time imagining how that color would look in their bouquets. I decided to look through my photos and show examples of differing amounts of pinks to help them visualize. These are very different in style and they also have very different textures too.

Here is my right hand gal while working in my studio. This is my four legged friend Izzy. She is half basset and half yellow lab. She is gentle and sweet as well as good company. Once when she was a puppy, she was down in the studio with me while I was processing the flowers. I turned around and she had gotten a red gerber daisy out of the box, running around the corner trying to keep me away from the flower. She was so cute. If it had been a rose, she could have done the tango! Dogs truly are a gift.

Seattle Wedding Show

As we enter into the new year, it is time to start thinking about the different wedding shows that are going on. These photos are from a previous Seattle Wedding show. I was working with Melissa Bryan from Lush Parties and Events on her booth. We went with all white to make sure her sign stood out. The impact of her booth won her "Best Small Booth" award. The feather trees are especially cool. I lit them from underneath so the light was soft like the feathers. We also hung light spheres along the white curtain for extra light(not pictured).

The Color of 2011

Each year color specialist study color trends and helps guide and direct the colors of each year. This year the color specialist have determined the color of 2011 is Honeysuckle. The pantone number is 18-2120. This fresh color is a welcome addition to any wedding bouquet. There are not a great number of flower choices in this color, but to list a few would be, peonies, gerber daisies, roses, lilies, alstromeria, carnations, gladiolas, orchids and dahlias. This color can also be incorporated into the wedding attire, jewelry, ribbon, nail colors and linen choices for the reception. Your wedding can have a gentle touch of this pinky color using a splash in the bouquets or honeysuckle can play center stage to your color scheme. Either way, this color can make your wedding day memorable and special.