Here is a picture of the beautiful bridal bouquet!

… and the lovely bridesmaid bouquets.

November is when peonies start to become available again after no peonies in September and October. Ranunculus and anemones start to appear again in September after a long summer break.

Nicole and Ryan collected lots of interesting vintage finds for decorating their reception tables. Old books, a variety of different vintage cameras and vases adorned the tables. We also used mason jars for holding the flowers. Put all together, they make for unique and very creative table arrangements. Some of the titles for the books were a lot of fun (like a midcentury guide for being a good wife!). Both Ryan and his father are cameramen, so the vintage cameras were a nice tribute to Ryan and his family.

Sometimes our brides are more hands-on and crafty and decide to make their own centerpieces but hire us to provide the personal flowers. Here are some bouquets and boutonnieres we made for a recent wedding featuring succulents and dark “Schwarzwalder” mini calla lilies. We also inserted vintage buttons, which belonged to the bride’s grandmother, and incorporated them into the bridal bouquet.

The bridesmaids bouquets were slightly darker without any white mini calla lilies and were made of succulents, dark “Schwarzwalder” mini calla lilies, green hypericum berries, and green cymbidium orchids.

Smitten On Paper is a lovely invitation and stationery company here in Los Angeles. Check out their website and blog for cute ideas for favors, invitations, labels and other fun paper things. You will love their creative DIY ideas and tutorials, and the best part, beautiful give-aways to incorporate into your wedding decor!

The pictures are STUNNING!!! For the bouquet, I had free run of whatever I wanted to create. Sara just wanted me to have fun with the flowers, and I did indeed! I had just consulted with a couple earlier that month and became inspired by their floral decor. So for this photo shoot, I planned to make a very natural bouquet with lots of interesting leaves.

At the market that week, I saw that my favorite phalaenopsis orchid supplier had buckets of these awesome bicolor yellow and burgundy orchids. I let these orchids set the tone for the rest of the bouquet and included deep burgundy mini calla lilies, burgundy anemones, dark brown/burgundy succulents, and burgundy amaranthus. In addition to the flowers, sword ferns, variegated Italian pittosporum, and large branchy leaves filled out the bouquet.

I hope you enjoy these photographs taken by Sara and her students. I love how they found such unique settings around the beach and pier for these images. Ahh Santa Monica — isn’t it a wonderful environment for your wedding and engagement pictures???

Traci and Rob were married last October in a seaside wedding at the lovely Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Their colors were navy blue, ivory, cream, and green. For their flowers, we used succulents, brunia, ranunculus, dahlias, garden roses, delphinium, cymbidium orchids, and thistle.

The bridal and bridesmaids bouquets were very natural in design and feel with a mix of flowers and interesting botanicals such as succulents, thistle, and brunia. We also used snapdragons, blue delphinium, and dusty miller to give it that rustic/organic edge.

The female family members wore corsages of ivory “polo” roses, brunia, and succulents.

We made a fun flower girl pomander with ivory and green carnations, succulents, and thistle.

The men wore boutonnieres of succulents accented with brunia and thin satin ribbon.

A matching floral pillow was made for the ring bearer. We covered the pillow with green kermit poms and decorated the top with navy satin ribbon, a succulent, ranunculus, and an accent of blue with delphinium.

The wedding ceremony was held outdoors on the sands of Santa Monica Beach.

We provided an 8′x8′ canopy structure decorated with ivory organza fabric. The mid-points were accented with large bouquets of matching flowers and greenery.

Two pedestals holding tall spherical arrangements flanked the bride and groom at the altar area. A stem of white cymbidium orchids was immersed in water within the cylinders. Tall stems of blue delphinium, and white dendrobium orchids accented the floral arrangements.

Each aisle chair was adorned with a pomander of ivory and green carnations.

The reception featured floating floral arrangements with orchids immersed in clear glass cylinders, topped with floating candles. White dendrobium orchids were immersed in water for the guestbook table (guests were invited to sign Rob’s guitar!) and reception tables featured green cymbidiums, ivory cymbidiums, and succulents all immersed in water with floating candles.

The cake was decorated with ivory ball dahlias, “polo” roses, and green cymbidium orchids.

Sheryl carried a mostly white and ivory bouquet of roses, peonies, cymbidium orchids, mini calla lilies, with accents of burgundy mini calla lilies.

Cute little pomander for the flower girl made up of white button cushion poms and accented with beautiful burgundy cymbidium orchids.

A tall centerpiece of all white and ivory hydrangea, roses, and cymbidium orchids. A spherical ball of flowers atop a clear cylinder holding colorful glass ball ornaments.

A tall centerpiece of all burgundy and red hydrangea, roses, and cymbidium orchids.

Viva Las Vegas!!

Margaret and John’s wedding design scheme was vintage chic to go with the lovely outdoor vineyard setting of Saddle Rock. We used lots of vintage mason jars and metal containers that Margaret collected and filled them with soft, romantic flowers in purple, ivory, light green, blush pink, and accents of fuchsia.

We used viburnum, peonies, hydrangea, cymbidium orchids, freesia, lilacs, and roses.

Eydie carried a bouquet of all “Sahara” roses. These roses are a beautiful creamy-tan-blush-peach color. It’s hard to describe but exquisite when you see it in person!

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of all “Amnesia” roses. These roses are a dusty lavender-grey color. Another different and interesting type of rose. They go well with vintage as well as modern chic floral decor.

The altar area was flanked by two tall lavender arrangements with accents of blue and pink within the flowers. We used a beautiful local variety of antique hydrangea and “amnesia” and “ocean song” roses.

The reception table centerpieces were also all “amnesia” roses in clear glass containers.

Molly and Jonathan were married last July at the uber-hip Marvimon. I have met some very interesting people doing wedding flowers and Molly and Jonathan were one of the most creative couples I have met. They made the best boutonnieres working with ribbons and fabric featuring little Lego people!

Here are some photographs from their wedding by Sweet Monday Photography.