Geoff and Lisa March 14, 2010

Geoff and Lisa were an amazing couple to work with.  Lisa’s definitely the most creative bride I’ve ever met.  Not only did they make pretty much everything themselves for their wedding, Geoff and Lisa also have their own photography business and spend most of their time photographing other people’s weddings.  They actually did a photo session for my family and we were thrilled with the results.   http://www.lisawelge.com

They enlisted the help of Sarah Maren to photograph their wedding day and here are the results.  Amazing shots, as usual.  http://www.sarahmarenphotography.com

Lisa carried a bouquet of dahlias, hypericum berries, crocosmia, gomphrena and zinnias.

the bridesmaids carried smaller versions of the bridal bouquet

Don’t they look great? Lisa made ALL the dresses, including her own. See, I told you!

Tralee and Mike

Here are Sarah Maren’s photos from Mike and Tralee’s wedding.  The pictures are beautiful!

http://www.sarahmarenphotography.com

We went for a bird’s nest effect with the angel vine around the base. The flowers consisted of hydrangea, peonies, belladonna, lisianthus and tulips.

a special handkerchief was attached to the bridal bouquet

Mike’s boutonniere had fresh lavender, belladonna and poppy pods.

galvanized buckets with hydrangea, curly willow and love birds decorated the church.

galvanized buckets with hydrangea lined the aisle

London and Tommy- September 2007! February 19, 2010

This was the first wedding I worked on with Sarah Maren of http://www.sarahmarenphotography.com.  Sarah was kind enough to send me a photo CD of the past projects we’ve worked on together and I was really excited to see these pictures of London and Tommy’s wedding.  They were a super cute couple and I can’t believe they’ve been married over two years now!

Thanks for the pictures, Sarah.  I really appreciate it!

The happy couple

London carried ivory roses and pink spray roses

The bridesmaids carried green hydrangea and pink spray roses

Erika and Will February 9, 2010

Erika and Will were married on June 27th at their beautiful family home in Orangevale.  The festivities took place in the backyard, which was the most amazing backyard I’ve ever seen.  It was even more beautiful than a park, something you would see at a fancy resort.  The day was a scorcher but it didn’t seem to slow them down a bit.  The beautiful pictures below were provided by Andrea Bucheli (www.bucheliphotography.com).

The girls carried roses, gerbera daisies, tulips, Bells of Ireland, nerine lilies, and Asiatic lilies.

Will had a simple bout of spray roses and kermit mums.

The flower girl basket was decorated with greenery and flowers.

can you even stand how cute he is?

they must have rehearsed this!

We did clusters of flowers at the guest tables. The flowers did pretty well considering it was 106 degrees!!

Shawna and Roger January 27, 2010

Shawna and Roger were married last June at Frasinetti’s Winery, the couple’s favorite date-night location.  They wanted their overall look to be very romantic and elegant.  It’s really great to be able to work with a couple that is SO obviously head-over-heels for each other.  Thanks for including me in your lovefest, guys!  Congratulations!

These photos were taken by Vida Mia Photography (916) 607-1494

The happy couple

Bridal party bouquets

The wedding party

Red rose bridal bouquet, accented with rhinestones

Bridesmaid bouquet

Rose petals lined the sides of the aisleway

Centerpiece of “wrapped” calla lilies

The bridal party bouquets were used as head table decoration

Winter Wonderland in August January 21, 2010

Rachel and Gilbert were married at St Clare’s Church in Roseville and held their reception at the Library Galleria downtown.  The first time I met with Rachel she knew exactly what she wanted…bright, summery colors for her ceremony…and cool, white flowers for her Winter Wonderland reception.  She knew the weather would be scorching hot so she wanted her guests to feel cool and comfortable when they walked into the reception venue.  They used a lot of blue uplighting as well as blue LED lights on the tables and in the tall flower arrangements.  The lower centerpieces were arranged in my round, mirrored containers.  The thought might sound odd at first.  I know a lot of people aren’t fans of mirrors.  But these containers are truly beautiful…trust me:-)

Head table

Centerpiece

Centerpiece

Erica and Vervest

Erica and Vervest were married at the Lake Natoma Inn in July.  While I don’t normally like to dye/color flowers, Erica was very insistent about what she wanted…blue flowers that could be submerged underwater for the centerpieces.  So, I gave it a test and I have to admit that Erica knew what she was talking about.  I used Bombay dendrobium orchids and dyed them blue.  Since the flower already had a fuscia color to them, the addition of the blue actually looked quite natural.

Bridal bouquet

Bridal party bouquets

Centerpiece

Centerpiece

Nicole and Joey

Nicole and Joey were married at St Rose Church in Roseville and held their reception at Granite Bay Golf Club.  The had a really beautiful and dramatic color scheme of burgundy and eggplant.  Nicole and I came up with a really great idea to have the church’s pew decorations double as centerpieces for the reception.

Bridal bouquet

Bridal party bouquets

Pew decoration

Aisle decoration

Centerpiece

Head table

Cake

Heather and Danny

Heather and Danny were married at Granite Bay Golf Club in September.  Their wedding was very chic and sophisticated with a color palette of soft green and chocolate brown.  I guess I didn’t take pictures of the bridal party bouquets because I can’t seem to find any.  Below you can see the ceremony set-up and the reception table arrangements.

Aisle decoration

Head table

Pomander centerpiece

Centerpiece

Cake

Lilies in the summer January 20, 2010

Here are some arrangements I made for Susy and Jesus’ wedding last September.  They had such a large wedding with so many guest tables, we really had to figure out how to create a budget friendly centerpiece.  We ended up using cylinder vases with a few stems of Asiatic lilies and fresh curly willow in the center.  Each arrangement had it’s own color scheme, either yellow, orange, burgundy or rust.  Layering the lilies on the cake looked really awesome.

bridal bouquet

pew decoration

alter decoration

orange lily centerpiece

yellow lily centerpiece

The cake!