It was the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and looking back, I was so fortunate Aimee and Mike were married at The Victorian, a lovely wedding venue only 2 miles away! LA traffic was so bad that day – I don’t know if everyone was coming to Santa Monica to celebrate the first weekend of summer or what – but the chuppah was stuck on the 405 and they were still waiting for the rabbi by the time we finished – five minutes before the ceremony! But as you know, everything always works out in the end. When we went back after the ceremony, all the guests were having a ball and the party was in full swing!
I loved Aimee and Mike’s idea to use a different type of white flower for each table centerpiece. It really got me thinking about which flowers would be best to use? Though white isn’t rare to come by when it comes to flower color, I wanted them to have flowers their guests would talk about. Either because used all together they would be showy, or because they may not be a commonly used wedding flower. In the end I chose gladiolas (so beautiful when used just by themselves), gerbera daisies (with modern black centers), anthurium, amaryllis (with large amazing blooms not commonly found in weddings), star of Bethlehem, calla lilies, hydrangea, irises (a lovely white variety called “casablanca”), dendrobium orchids, and of course, roses (so romantic!).
The Flower Lab website
Tiny Wren Press