I did wedding flowers for my friend Lorri's daughter Amanda last weekend. Amanda choose a color palette of white and shades of purples - really a nice combination for a wedding. She was so cute at our first consultation, we talked about what she liked, what colors she wanted, etc, she was very decisive.  Then a few days later she emailed me a bunch of pictures of bouquets she liked. I think she was afraid she had sent me too many, but it was just right, they all said the same thing and told me exactly what she wanted - really made my job easy. 

I took my daughter Kristin with me to deliver and set up. It was nice to have an artistic helper to decorate the staircase at the church with. Kristin certainly has her mother's eye for making sure everything is even and looks good. After we delivered the bride and her girls their bouquets at the Liberty Theater in Puyallup, we went next door to the Rose Restaurant for some breakfast, cute, quaint little place and great food - I highly recommend it!

I was really happy with the finished look of the flowers - I really loved the color combination. Amanda had asked for some jewels in the white roses of her bouquet. I found these awesome faceted jewel pins at the wholesaler that were just perfect - they really looked great in the lavender roses I used in her toss bouquet. The bride and her mom were happy with them as well. I must say I think Amanda was the calmest bride I've ever seen, she also looked beautiful as did her mom Lorri - gotta say it again Lorri I loved the hair! Wish mine had that much body!!! 

It was nice to do a wedding - something happy and festive. I've done too many funerals for dear people in my life this last year, so this was definitely a nice change. The funny thing was that the church scheduled a funeral in the morning before the wedding. Everyone coming for an early viewing thought I was decorating the stairway for the funeral - I had to keep clarifying that it was for a wedding later in the day. Apparently both events where done in the same colors, LOL.

In the beginning - buckets of flowers!

It's easier to make a grid with floral tape to help keep large arrangements in place.

                                     
                                          I'm old school I make a nice full greens base first.
                                     
 The end result of the 2 black vases - these are the 2 large altar pieces, after the ceremony they were moved to the reception and used as decoration there - great way to stretch your budget!

                                 The decorated staircase at the church. All the tulle and ribbon                              
                                              really helped soften up the concrete steps.

I love how these little "nosegays" turned out, so soft and fresh looking.

                                                   Mother and Grandmother's corsages

The Groom's Boutonniere

                            The Ringbearer's Boutonniere, I used a full bloom and a bud from white spray   
                       roses, the Ushers and Groomsmen, Dad's and Grandfather's all had a single white rose.

The Bridesmaid's Bouquets, beautiful and soft, love Amanda's choices of flowers and colors

                           

 The Bride's toss bouquet. I used the jewel pins in the lavender roses for a touch of sparkle!
                                            

 And last but not the least - the bride's bouquet, soft and elegant just like her!

                                                                        

I hope you enjoy looking at the pictures of the flowers. Congrats to Amanda and Matt, may you have many, many happy and healthy years together.