Rachel and Hugh

This had to be one of my most favorite weddings to date. I was the florist, events planner and coordinator leaving me one busy lady! It was a total blast and Rachel and Hugh were the best couple to work with. You can check out all the details over at Hillary Harvey's photo page and view the beautiful grounds of the Kaaterskill Inn in Catskill, NY!

Rachel and Hugh's wedding!

The breathtaking view of the Kaaterskill Inn. Here I have assorted roses, rununculus, lemon and leather leaf greens cornices Pink garden roses and heather with vintage white satin ribbons were placed in pots that were hanging around the property.

Rachel and Hugh upon entering the barn and reception area. Her bouquet is garden roses, rununculus and pink and white peonies. Hugh's boutonniere is a single white peony. The textures of their floral selection echoed the paper lanterns and poofs hung on the ceiling of the barn.

Another great shot by Hillary Harvey capturing the scenic background and this fantastic moment of the bride and groom!

Peonies, roses and ranunculus flowers add to the romantic feeling of this shot.

Hand made glass stained glassed hearts were the favors lovingly hand made by the Rachel's mom and hung in the entry way along with a twig arbor strung with lights and little paper flowers. At night the hearts glistened and added beautiful colored reflections to the room.

Jenna and Tim

I had a great time working with Jenna and her mom Jean in creating a perfect day. Having recently moved across state lines into a single household prior to their wedding, eliminating stress was a top priority for me. She was looking for fall colors to compliment her plum bridesmaids dresses and we ended up going straight to the floral distributor in order to find the perfect color combinations she was looking for. The addition of wheat in the bouquets blended the fall theme perfectly and the burnt orange roses added that delicious pop of color against the darkness of the plum. 

Here you have burnt orange roses, dark plum calla lillies, wheat and baby's breath in a sweet hand tied bouquet.

A close up view of the burnt orange roses, plum calla's and little yellow wax flowers that carried a burst of fall yellow into the bouquets. The textures of the wax flowers and wheat makes this bouquet extra special and interesting.

We kept the alter simple as the church itself was small and we didn't want to overwhelm the front with huge floral arrangements. As you can see we kept it simple yet elegant.

Eliza and Gary

Gary and Eliza came to me asking for a pretty fall look utilizing one of her favorite flowers, the sunflower. They wanted fall colors but without using leaves and October's usual pumpkin and Halloween influences. The combination we chose ended up looking spectacular as you can see in some of the photos I have from their wedding.

I used pale orange stargazer lilies, pale orange roses, sunflowers, seeded eucalyptus, and dark burgundy hypericum berries also adding burnt umber wheat to the bouquets and mini sunflower boutonnieres.

Here you see a close up of the mini sunflowers and wheat boutonnieres. I just loved how the sunflower centers matched the beautiful silk rust ties the groomsmen wore!

The bridesmaids bouquets complimented the rust and chocolate dresses tying the hand tied bouquets of sunflowers, stargazer lilies and wheat with a wide satin rust colored bow.

The alter arrangements were silk flowers purchased by the bride and groom prior to their decision to use real flowers. I added the wheat upon arranging these beautiful copper  colored metal floor urns as a way to tie in the bouquets and boutonnieres. They looked so real at the alter not one person realized they were silk!

Jess and Dave

Jess and Dave's wedding was totally unique and without a doubt one that certainly showed off their individual styles as people and better yet, as a dynamic couple. I not only created beautiful floral arrangements for them I also made their super fun cake topper! Here's the original sketch along with the hand crafted  paper clay lemur cake topper, look how cute it came out! The flowers all had little orange swarovski crystal centers.

Here's a great shot of them sharing their cake complete with the lemur topper!

Jess and Dave chose orange, white and green to go along with their retro rock-a-billy wedding. Look how fun the dresses with the orange and green flowers looked! Jess wanted all the bouquets to be small as she didn't want them to over power her vintage dress or the bridesmaids retro inspired gowns as well. We kept them simple with orange roses, white alstromeria, green pom mums and hypericum berries and green and white striped handles on all the bouquets.

 

Here you can see Dave's very simple boutonniere of just hypericum berries and a fun orange and white striped stem.

Jess and her mom purchased at yard sales these really cute tea pots which were filled with white alstromeria, orange roses, green mums and green trychelium and put on all the tables surrounded with sweet little tea lites.

Vanessa and Tad

    

This was a very sweet intimate Hudson Valley ceremony where the bride and groom were seeking something small and understated. The use of pink garden roses, white astilbe and wax flower aired on the side of romantic all tied together with wide satin cream ribbon in a beautiful and loose hand tied bouquet. The birds nest served as the ring bearer pillow as their vintage rings nestled gently on a bed of fresh moss.

 

Congratulations Vanessa and Tad, not even the rain drops could keep you guys from smiling!

Jen and Frank

This wedding was at the beautiful grounds of the Wiltwyck Golf Course and Country Club in Kingston, NY. Jen and Frank might have serious jobs as accountants, but their love of simplicity and Jen's passion for gardening led them to use yellow and white daisy chrysanthemums, light blue hydrangeas, and lemon yellow tea roses which added spring time flair to this understated yet elegant wedding.

Frank's boutonniere was a combination of the brides flowers with a beautiful blue ribbon detail on the stems.

Jen and her mom glowing and happy. Jen's dress was exquisite with intricate pearl beading at the top and dispersing as it got further down the dress. The daisies and the smaller petals of the hydrangeas really captured the delicate textures of her gown.

Jen's original idea was to grow the daisies in these pots. Unfortunately daisies don't grow this uniform so I ended up water picking most of the daisies seen here into the pot to give it this beautiful lush look.

Crystal and Vinnie

Crystal and Vinnie opted for a more traditional look using the ever popular stephanotis. Her flowers were dark and light purple mini carnations, stephanotis and white tea roses. The light jade green dresses her bridesmaids wore really made the purples hues in their bouquets stand out. The arbor was made with a combination of fresh and silk flowers, helping her to cut costs and enabling me to make these ahead of time and focus on the things required of me the day of. Looks pretty convincing, right?

Letter from the bride and groom, " Jaimee, Thank you for the wonderful job you did with our flowers for our wedding. Everything looked beautiful and will be forever captured in our minds and pictures. Thank you again for everything! Sincerely, Crystal and Vinnie."

April and Tim

Orange was the overall color to this very vibrant upstate NY wedding. The bride and groom needed to do a lot on a frugal budget and the decision was made to use carnations. Hundreds of them in fact. The look was so pretty I'd recommended it to anyone. They looked like giant puff balls of orange cotton candy! So pretty and whimsical!

I made all the boutonnieres and corsage with silk as the groom and some of the bridal party had allergies and the concern for sneezing up a storm during the ceremony was something none of us wanted. You can see the grooms boutonniere in the above right image.

Additional Floral Artistry

In this post I'll be adding some of the work I've done on much smaller weddings where I've only done floral work for just the bridal party. I honestly enjoy working on small weddings as I lovingly put as much time and thought in the details as I do the larger more involved ones. I'll be posting more images as I collect them here in this Additional Floral post. Enjoy!

Scott and Jackie's wedding. White goddess calla lilies with stephanotis. Hand tied and bound with wide vintage satin ribbon and held together with crystal pins. This bouquet was to be held over the arm. Simply elegant!