October 2011

Kristin and Brian were married on a bright Sunday at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. They had a classic, natural style in ivory with lots of interesting greenery.

Kristin carried a natural bouquet in green and ivory with peonies, green hypericum berry, and green baby hydrangea. We accented the bouquet with seeded eucalyptus, sword fern, and beautiful host leaves with white edging.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of all white and ivory flowers – dahlia, peonies, and roses – with light accent of hosta leaves and sword ferns surrounding the bottom of the bouquet.

The wedding ceremony was held outside at the country club on a shady patio with beautiful columns.

The altar area was framed with four white pedestals, each holding a tall reception table centerpiece, repurposed for the ceremony.

Two more pedestals and tall centerpieces were placed at the back of the aisle as well.

The aisle chairs were draped with ivory organza fabric and each aisle chair decorated with a bouquet of white hydrangea mixed with lemon leaf, green hypericum berry, seeded eucalyptus and ivy vines.

The pedestal arrangements that were later repurposed as reception table centerpieces were made from white and ivory flowers: hydrangea, “polo” roses, snapdragons, alstroemeria, spray roses, and accents of cabbage/kale, green kermit poms, green hypericum berry, variegated pittosporum, and draping ivy vines.

Half the reception tables held a tall centerpiece, and the other half held a low centerpiece. Kristin and Brian supplied cute wooden bird houses on which they attached the table numbers. We placed these creative table numbers within the flowers of the low centerpieces, and within the clear glass cylinders of the tall centerpieces.

Their sweetheart table was decorated with birdhouses and accented with vines, peonies, green cymbidium orchids, and sword ferns.

Julie and Daniel were married on a perfect Friday in June at the beautiful Casa Del Mar here in Santa Monica. Their colors were ivory and white with accents of pale yellow.

Julie carried a bouquet of all white and ivory toned flowers featuring a mix of peonies, mini calla lilies, freesia, and roses.

Each bridesmaid carried a mono botanical pale yellow bouquet, each made entirely of a different type of flower. We used cymbidium orchids, mini calla lilies, dahlia, tulips, and roses.

The groomsmen matched the bridesmaids, each boutonniere also a different type of yellow flower.

The reception tables held two similar, yet different designs. On half the tables were large 9″ square white wooden boxes filled with mostly white and ivory flowers and accents of pale yellow flowers. The other half of the tables held a quartet of smaller white wood boxes filled with similar types of flowers. We used hydrangea, roses, and stock in whites and ivories, and accents of freesia and dahlias in pale yellow.

The cake and cake table were decorated with rose petals, long stems of yellow mini calla lilies, and clusters of different types of yellow flowers: cymbidiums, tulips, roses, and dahlias.

Lynne called me one day all the way from Maui asking about personal flowers for her and Don’s wedding at the beautiful glass Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes. Their colors were white/ivory with touches of blue. I love using blue flowers, but unfortunately, there just aren’t that many available in nature to choose from! During the summer months, we use a lot of delphinium when we need a blue flower. Delphinium are a very versatile flower to use because they can come in long and short stems, and for color, a light baby blue shade to a deep medium blue. Here in LA, we can get a lot of locally grown delphinium from Carpenteria as well as out east in sunny hot San Bernardino.

Here are some images of Lynne’s personal bridal party flowers.

For the bridal bouquet, we used white peonies, light blue delphinium, deep blue delphinium, vendela roses, white freesia, and stephanotis. The bridesmaid bouquets had similar flowers, but no stephanotis.

For the flower girls, Lynne requested two halos for the girls – or in Hawaii, “lei po’o”! I had just learned to make head leis at a workshop in Kauai not too long ago, so for Lynne’s wedding, the baby’s breath lei po’o were made in the wili wili method.

The flower girls also carried white and blue pomanders. These were comprised of white carnations accented with light blue and deep blue delphinium.