Real Wedding: Alex & Val at Bridgehampton Surf & Tennis Club

I loved working on this wedding! It was the perfect combination of a super sweet couple (with the most lovely families), a perfect backdrop for an elegant beach wedding and the expert planning skills of Jennifer of JZ Events.

The inspiration for this wedding was a combination of the beautiful beach dunes of the Hamptons along with simple elegance of any fabulous dinner party. The color palette was a muted combination of blues and green for the cocktail hour and soft pink and ivory tones for the reception. The bride wanted to have the decor for the cocktail hour more casual and something slightly more formal for the reception while still in keeping with the beautiful backdrop of the ocean and beach.
Personal touches were used throughout from the sweet pea bouquet requested by the mother of the bride to the hand painted table numbers and menu designed by the father of the bride. Accents of lavender were important to the bride and were used to decorate the ceremony aisle and scattered by the flower girls as they walked down the aisle. Lavender and rosemary sachets were used at every place setting, herbs being an important element to the family as restaurant owners in New York City.

 
Raquel Reis captured the feeling of the day beautifully through her images and they speak for themselves.

 

  

 

  

All photos courtesy of Raquel Reis Photography

Real Wedding: Kelly and Ian Lyndhurst - Tarrytown, New York

 

 

All photos courtesy of Jorg Windau of WINDAU PHOTOGRPAHY.

Summer lovin'

I've been a bit lax in posting lately. It happens every once in awhile when all my creative energy is being put into upcoming projects. When I sit down to write a post I come up empty. I want to give you news about what I've been up to, projects we are working on and insights into my little world of flowers...and I stare at the blank screen.

I can't believe it's August already and that the summer will soon be coming to a close. I designed a beautiful wedding last weekend, it was the wedding of a dear friend from college and his lovely new bride. A summery color pallette and an intimate setting at the City Winery created the perfect evening.

I'm off to the Hamptons next wedding for a beach wedding inspired by all the beauty of eastern Long Island and then we will be heading up to Tarrytown for a tented wedding at the historical Lyndhurst.

It will be a busy couple of weeks and I can't wait to share some of the images over the next few months. In the meantime here are some peeks at what has been heading out the studio doors over the last few weeks.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek.

 I love how these head garlands turned out using just three elements. Passion vine created the base of the crown with white cymbidium orchids and peach carnations adding color. I attached streamers of white and peach ribbons. One of the brides for this wedding carried a bouquet while the other opted for a wrist corsage. I used a combination of Juliette garden roses, white scabiosa, white lisianthus and the same peach carnations to design the bouquet. Magnolia leaves held special meaning for the couple so I added a few as accents at the base of the bouquet. Regrettably I don't have pictures of the wrist corsage but I used blush callas accented with Magnolia leaves. 

 LOVE this bouquet for an upcoming project...more details to come. 

Stay tuned for more of the prettiness...

Rent the Runway Summer Lookbook

I had the chance to work with Rent the Runway recently and provide flowers for their summer lookbook shoot. It was fun to use the inspiration they sent and translate their ideas into specific flowers choices for each look. It's hard to know what flowers will actually make it into the final images but that's half the fun. Here are some of the final shots but you can check out the entire lookbook and all the other RTR fabulousness here.

All photos courtesy of Rent The Runway.