Wedding and farewell brunch

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:03:00 -0400

I also designed the before and after centerpieces for the same wedding. For the welcome dinner the bride choose Rachel Ray Jello vases in green.

The groom liked the price. Not many guys like to spend on the flowers.

But I think this one brought a smile..

The farewell brunch was a great time and the client was very pleased, She requested a Hosta plant so the local guests could plant them afterwards, but left the design up to me, yeah! I love making Tablescapes and added a little bouquet of tulips on the table for a nice farewell touch.

Varigated hosta, Bear gress, curly willow and spider mums, lots of fresh oregon moss, fressia and french tulips.

Sun Valley wedding

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:41:00 -0400

Did a wedding in Sun Valley and guess what color? Pink. In fact 1,400 pink carnations of pink. Here are a few pictures. I was just one of the florists hired for this wedding,

Pink carnation curtain hung in front of the dinner reception tent

And plenty of pink carnation topiaries

I did all the wedding party flowers but just one picture..men wore these pink roses with peony buds and women wore gardenias.

Pink Peony balls in silver bowls for the sweetheart table. Not a lot of creative wiggle room but did slip pearls in under the peonies, wonder if she noticed?

Gardenias in the out houses and a garland on the carriage and the wedding day part is done.

A little pink on pink wedding

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:29:00 -0400

Just found these pictures from last summer, I'd never published. Guess I was waiting for the professional ones..story of my floral life, None-the-less, here's a little wedding done at a vineyard on a farm.

Getting ready to pack-it.

Brides maids bouquets

Bridal Bouquet

Bear grass in cylinder vase for the two Alter arrangements

On Location set-up for ceremony. You can see the grape vines as the backdrop. For the reception tables she used candles and more pink on pink rose petals.

Prescott Resort wedding

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:00 -0500

Pictures from the new Mrs Wise!

She looks so cute!

The small wedding party had fun, smaller parties can be more intimate and relaxed! No pro-photo's of the reception so these are mine;

Cake topper and toss bouquet. Lime green button poms and hanging amarathus makes the red "pop" and keeps a red rose theme fun and young!

The reception centerpieces turned out just

how the bride wanted them with orange and red flowers, she was all smiles.

DIY Brides

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:48:00 -0400

The "Do it Yourself Bride" is a growing trend in today's economy. I have had several brides who only needed a bridal bouquet and the pin-on flowers from a real florist. The rest, they did themselves or had family pitch in. It's always an honor to help no matter how small!

Purple tulips for Crystal's bridal bouquet at Golden Lake, Prescott AZ

Purple Picasso mini Call-lile bouquet for Heather, it was her "must-have" expence as the rest of her wedding was at her parents backyard in Phoenix AZ

And a whiteish Vintage bouquet for Mickey she just picked up last night for her wedding today. She was actually my winner of the free Bridal Bouquet for the 200 Prescott Bridal Expo. When I called her, have to admit, I was hoping she would need more flowers from me..but she was a DIY Bride. All of my DIY brides have said AFTER their wedding they would not recommed doing it all yourself (DIY) to other Brides..too many last min. details, and a lot of pressure and work. I agree! Let me help you out and at least do the wedding party flowers so you can be a cool, calm bride and take lots of bubble baths so your smile for those pictures is a real smile of peaceful bliss!

Great rentals from Flowers by Design

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:41:00 -0400

Here are some of our most popular rental items. As you can see renting is a lot more affordable as most of the money can be usedfor the flowers not vases you don't want ! Just call for prices,, as it is less the larger the wedding package deal is.

24 inch tall cylinder or cubed vases for Alter or feature displays

White muslim Chuppa ($300 total) and or Candelabra's which also come with 9 Candelabra candles if you need them rents for $50. We aslo rent most vases for a fration of the cost.

see "rental" page on this web.

Green Wedding

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:20:00 -0400

Green Bridal Bouquet of hydrangea, virbiurm, green spider mums, garden mint, kale

rosemary, white cymbidium, lisianthus, hanging amaranthus, monkey tail and a relaxed tie. Carley wanted an all "green" wedding . She liked the "Green Habitat bridal" I made for the Prescott Bridal Expo 2009. As I got to know the couple over coffee, it was clear Chad and Carley were looking for fun and meaning in their wedding. The wedding was planned at Carley's childhood home in Breezy Pine Prescott and her Mother was a Bluegrass singer! This couple wanted an intimate, relaxed and natural outdoor wedding. Carley said there was always fresh mint in the creek and it needed to be in every flower bouquet. I mentioned that it is a folk tradition to use rosemary in weddings, so that was included.. and so that's how we all three planned each arrangement. In the end, it was way over there budget; so we cut out the herbed pots with fareies, the arch flowers and even the moss pillow.

But her flowers were all she imagined and more!Maid of Honor bouquet.

Even the toss bouquet was "wild" and very natural looking. Everything smelled so herby, have to admit it was a blast to be a wild as I wanted and just O.D. on green.

The Groom wanted everything in his bout and they especially loved the monkey tail. I couldn't resist adding a tiny kale bud! Carley's other colors were greens, white and chocolate browns.

All the wedding party folks wore either green or white cymbidiums. Carley

wore orchids and rosemary in her hair.

Caged Tulips

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:03:00 -0400

Miles and Ashely's wedding was all in warm orange and reds. Ashely's favorite flower was the tulip so I created this bouquet and then caged it in bear grass to make it stand out. Many thanks go to Miranda for the great pictures!

The Alters had under-water roses and each table had a little cake and flower topper, and under-water tulips,(check back I'm looking for the pictures I lost on the web when I moved to Idaho)

Blue Roses to go..

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:44:00 -0400

I had another pick-up order, early this morning for a Blue Rose wedding in Flagstaff. This was a no frill, budget wedding so most of the cost went into the blue roses and minimal on "extra" flowers and no greens.

The Bride, Lisa, wanted a silver wrap and I added a very thin silver wire as a clean line accent.

I couldn't resist using the blue bacholor buttons, and blue delphinium in my garden, to make the hair piece for Lisa.

There were two Brides maids bouquets and four extra posy's instead of corsages. This is a great option as a posy is only about $10 more than a corsage and has more impact. Yea, faster than a corsage too!

I suspect Lisa re-used these for the tables with the large bag of blue rose petals she ordered. Smart.

Ten bout's and only the Grooms was different and the wedding flowers were done! Stunning, clean lines and afforadble...under 500 plus tax!!

Orange orchids

Sun, 24 May 2009 16:59:00 -0400

Tiffany loved orange and orchids, so I ordered Monkara, Cymbidiums and Dendrobiums. Her other colors where pure white , blue, lime green and some yellow.

Her wedding was supposed to feel a bit beachy and she wanted clean lines.

Tiffany's bridal bouquet was made out of whites; cymbidiums, iris, freesia and some spanish heather. The Groom wore fressia and white cymbidium.

The bride loved the brilliant orange color of the cymbidium corasages and Mokara Bout's for the wedding family and the wedding party.

Honestly though , these Mokara orchids had me in tears as they are so sensitive and easily break and bruise. I would never recommend for a DIY bride. I babied and even prayed over them!

Tiffany found this ring pillow idea. Guests loved it ..and I have a feeling I will be making many more of these.! It is paked in a cake box, check back for more pictures of these flowers in action.

Another idea Tiffany had, and I made it happen for her as I couldn't resist the chance to try something new! This trellis is hung with white garlands of nearly 400 carnation and crysanthum blooms. Her wedding ceremony took place at Emerey Riddles new chapel and the backdrop of Watson lake was stunning.

Here a a special arrangement I did for the reception hall. At night the blue aqua lights just glowed throught the vase of curly willow and dendrobiums. Tiffany had rented a house on the campus for the reception.

These were the table centerpieces. The flowers are all and only orchids. Again, it looks easier than it is to get the beargrass/orchids to stay in place underwater.

Cowboys and Calla lilies

Mon, 18 May 2009 20:03:00 -0400

This Lime Vase was the feature arrangement at the Chino Farm wedding, May 16th, 2009.

The bridal bouquet had seven calla's and the bridesmaids each carried a single calla-lily.

The groomsmen, the groom's double mini calla, the best man and the ring bearer bout's

The wedding family flowers sets of mini calla and mini cymbidium corsages.

For all the classic calla-lilies and orchids the wedding was very country western. Guests walked a dusty trail from the parking lot to the tent and signed the guest book at a water stop. Everyone wore jeans and hats. The coyboy boot full of flowers was the only hint there was gonna be a wedding at the end of the trail.

Have to say everyone was into the country western theme or did I just discover how Chino Valley folks live?

Here comes the Bride! Yee-haw, it feels like the 18th century..I should have gotten a picture of the chicken coop ..the hens were going on during the whole ceremony ..it was too perfect!

May Tri-a-thon

Sat, 16 May 2009 22:52:00 -0400

May is glorious flower fun but very demanding.

First was the mad prom rush,(why are teenager guys

 so last minute?)

 then Mother's Day ,

 with more last minute guys and some are not teenagers!

Ordering flowers for Mom's day is like gambling.

I won this year as we sold out on M-day and then

sold every plant.

The focus on most arrangements was a gorgous lavender rose called COOLWATER.

Lavender is like a mature version of girlish pinks and purples.

This Rose Topiary was a hit. I finish the May tri-a-thon

with straight friday and saturday weddings,

and lots of Vit B, Vit coffee and serious dark chocolate.

At the end of the day and hopefully by the end of the month

 I can still say I love, love, love, my job!

Halmark colors...

Sat, 02 May 2009 22:14:00 -0400

Here are a few snapshots of the wedding party flowers I did today, May 2nd, 2009. The wedding colors wers "Halmark" colors of tiffany blue, dusty purples and champagne. Check out all the photo's on web page "Hallmark wedding"

A beautiful wedding in Fuchisa and Black at Val Vista Lakes...see "Fuchsia and Black" wedding on web

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:07:00 -0400

Black and white Anemones

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:01:00 -0400

This little wedding was held in the historic Fain Chapel at sunset. Here are a few snapshots. The candelabras were hung with anemones, roses, poms, delphiniums, queen annies lace, and fairy flowers to carry out the dark center pattern in the anemones. The bride loved the textured shades of peridot and moss greens.

The bridal bouquet was made up of all anemones and white hydrangea.

Her wrap was in ivory french knots.

The broach on her gownlooked like an anemone!

Close-up on the bridesmaid bouquet.

Base was again, hydrangea, but in a rich moss shade of green, then anemones, queen annies lace, poms, and wax flower. The wrap was in moss green with french knots, of course.

Grooms boutonnière; anemones, ivy and tree fern. Traditionally the Groom wears two flowers from he bridal bouquet. The classic white and black centered anemonies were used in all the wedding party.

Well, except the "ring bearer" son.

He wore poms with pearl centers.

Even in a small wedding, I want every detail to be perfect.

This white pot of flowers were used in the ceremony entrance. They served a double function; the decorative pot was holding the cake topper flowers.

Bride also had the candelabra flowers re-used as head table centerpieces at the reception.