Ashley and Dave

I simply loved this wedding! 

It was such a pleasure working with Ashley and Dave and Ashley's parents Alma and John... I loved Ashley's color palette {deep purple and bright green}, the locations {Trinity Methodist and The Pinnacle Room at the Grand Hyatt}, her photographers {David Lynn Photography}, the linen company (The Linen Hero) and overall, Ashley's enthusiasm for unique and modern design. That ultimately made this wedding FUN! Not to mention beautiful.

Ashley's bouquets were a lush combination of hydrangea, dahlias, orchids and lisianthus and the stems were uniquely wrapped in tight lily grass loops. 

We invented a modern centerpiece design which included tall arrangements on cylinder vases... some with wheatgrass and "growing" orchid and mini calla buds at the base and some with submerged strung green cymbidium and purple vanda orchid heads. Each of these had a unique bunch of coordinating flowers decoratively tilted at the top of the vase and adorned with ti leaf wraps and coordinating purple ribbon. 

The shorter centerpieces had coordinating arrangements in 5" cylinder vases with purple ti leaf wraps, a kermit mum pomander placed on a small pedestal vase and a pillar candle with lily grass loops wound around the inside of the glass. 

One of my favorite details was the escort card table. We lined trays with dark purple moonvista flower beds and decorated the back with a modern display of purple and green pomander balls of various sizes that were connected with lily grass loops. Other visuals shown above include the cocktail arrangements with sliced, submerged limes inside the vase, the hydrangea pew decor and the large alter arrangements including all of the flowers mentioned above. 

My photos will not do it justice and we look forward to seeing the professional detail shots! Stay tuned! 

Origami at the Museum of N&S

One of our 7.17 weddings was incredibly unique thanks to the bride, Erin's craftiness. Erin created hundreds of origami butterflies to decorate her unique and modern reception at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We know that the photos by R.J. Kern will be outstanding but we couldn't help but share a few of our images from setting up the day. 

Erin's bouquet had an "orbital" theme and consist of various shades of yellow with green accents including Fuji mums, dahlias, mini gerbera daisies, celosia and green kermit mums with bear grass loop accents. We complimented the top with a single, turquoise origami butterfly that matched her shoes. 

We complimented Erin's strung art with manzanita branches, birch poles and modern arrangements including dozes of pomanders in bright yellow or green mums hanging from turquoise ribbon. The birch frame ceremony site (below) adorned with coordinating arrangements and yet more origami strands was picturesque on the deck with a stunning cityscape background. 

Stay tuned for additional images and details!!! 

Toys!

Quite contrary to the incredible weddings we produced yesterday (stay tuned for stunning images from the Denver Art museum including HUNDREDS of origami birds and butterflies) we had over 20 toy dump trucks in the studio for a unique Convention Designs order. Many thanks to my sister Heather, who was visiting from Arizona. We put her to work planting unique bedding flowers into the truck beds for a unique and fun centerpiece for a Western Disposal Event.

Jessica and Mike at Crooked Willow

We had the pleasure of decorating Jessica and Mike's wedding celebration yesterday and the beautiful Crooked Willow Farm in Larkspur, Colorado. 

This event was also spectacular due to our collaboration with Debbie's reliable team from Save the Date Events. 

Here are a few visuals of the beautiful arrangements including raspberry, yellow, tangerine, green and ivory shades of garden roses, spray roses, hydrangea, mini calla lilies, hanging amaranthus, hypericum berries, curly willow and dahlias. 

We particularly loved Jessica's choice of multiple bundt cakes for her dessert display, provided by The Bundt Shop, which I individually decorated to coordinate with the centerpiece decor. 

We so look forward to the professional photographs from Jenni Maroney!

Congratulations to Jessica and Mike. Your day was gorgeous! 

 

Becky and Kevin courtesy of Susan Pacek Photography

The talented Susan Pacek was kind to send over these gorgeous photos of Becky and Kevin from their 7.2 wedding at Della Terra. Becky's bouquets were bright combinations of sunflowers, delphinium buds, freesia and billy balls and her centerpieces complimented the setting with coordinating sunflowers, tall curly willow branches and river rock vase accents. 

To see Susan's full blog post visit http://www.susanpacekphotographyblog.com/.

Anne and Tripp in Asheville, NC

I recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Beth and Liz of Studio Flora Diva (http://studiofloradivaonline.com/). 

When my dear friend from college, Anne, was planning her wedding at The Farm outside Asheville I designed her wedding flower proposal. Lucky for me, Beth and Liz were willing to create my vision. They were gracious enough to follow my lead on flower choices, color palette and design style and they even allowed me to create Anne's bouquet on the day of her wedding. Here are a few photographs of their beautiful work! 

  

And here is the gorgeous bride carrying her bouquet of white hydrangea, dahlias, green cymbidium orchids, gold zinnias, yellow spray roses, skyline yellow roses, freesia, bupleurum and billy balls. 

 

Gorgeous photos of Laura and Eric!

Lisa with StoryLens photography was kind enough to promptly share her beautiful images from Laura and Eric's July 3rd Denver wedding. 

You can see the full slideshow here: 

http://storylensinc.com/news/2010/07/denver_wedding/ 

as well as additional examples of her awesome work. Thank you Lisa! 

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day! 

We wish you and your loved ones and relaxing and festive weekend.

Here are a few colorful shots from this week at the studio...

  

Above are Katina's bold buds for her Denver wedding at the United Church of Christ and Space Gallery cocktail party. Modern blooms including cymbidium and phaleonopsis orchids coupled with mini calla lilies, gloriosa lilies and coxcomb created bright, stunning combinations. 

Andrea's bouquet is a simple but gorgeous (and fragrant!) combination of hydrangea and gardenias for her Friday wedding at the St. Regis Chapel. 

Laura's bouquet, cake accents, birch wildflower centerpiece and flower girl wand contained huge variety of wine, green, orange and bright green buds for her wedding at St. Elizabeth's Chapel and University Club reception. 

Sunflowers, delphinium, freesia, billy balls and curly willow combinations were picked up on Friday for Becky's Friday celebration at Della Terra in Estes Park. 

Still to come... photos of AnaLisa's elegant black feather and black baccara rose combination for her Arrowhead wedding and images from Dina's colorful and traditional ceremony at the UMC Boulder Terrace followed by a reception at her father's restaurant, Flavor of India in Longmont. 

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY!