Inn at St John's Wedding

Last Friday I had the opportunity to do a wedding and reception at a great location.  The Inn at St. John's is a stunning monastery with a beautiful chapel on location.  For the chapel the Bride picked elegant pomander balls from Special Occasion Design.  They were so cute! 

The front of the chapel had two standing bowls.  I did a spray arrangement of green and white that mirrored the arrangements in the reception area.  I used white larkspur, green bells of Ireland, and white hydrangeas.

The brides flowers were soft and romantic.  Her bouquet had the hydrangea, some soft pink roses, and white ranuculus.  The girls bouquets were done in the same colors with hydrangea and little pink roses.  I wish I had a picture of the bride in her dress.  She looked stunning.  I can't wait to see the professional photos.

The centerpiece arrangements were some of my favorites I've ever done.  The tall arrangements were simple yet impressive.  They had 5ft curly willow, hydrangeas and Bells of Ireland in honor of the brides heritage. 

 I'm so happy I got to do this wedding for a great couple!  More wedding photos to come soon!

Start of Wedding Season!

Wedding Season is underway!   I have had several wonderful weddings in the last few weeks.  The first was a friend from college.  Her colors were royal blue and silver.  Her husband loves U of M and that was an inspiration for the wedding.  She chose to do white roses with a blue accent of iris. 

The next wedding I had the pleasure of doing was for a bride name Nicole.  The girls dresses were a cobalt color and she decided to accent with purple flowers.  Her bouquet was white roses and stephanotis, half of them had pearls and half of them had rhinestones to match her dress.  The girls had purple roses and dark purple lisianthus.

Nicole also had 36 centerpeices! Half of them were on my 24" tapered vases with hydrangeas, roses, and stock all in purple!  The other half were short cubes with amazing dark purple hydrangea and white roses!

Sonya was my next bride.  Her wedding was accented with hot pink roses and damask wrap.  Sonya's wedding was a little different that my usual because she used bouquet holders.  I have to say I was very happy with the shape that the bouquet holders gave to the flowers.  They looked amazing.  I covered the bouquet holders with quilt batting then wrapped them with damask fabric.  After this wedding I will definitely be using more bouquet holders.

How to order flowers!

If you have ever sent flowers to someone and been disappointed with what they received?  Here are some tips to get the most out of your flowers!

1.  Only order from local florist!  NEVER use 1800flowers!  They take a cut and then place the order.  They don't give the flower shops enough money to do the order proper after they take their cut.

2.  If you need to order online and you don't know the local florist website, use http://www.ftd.com/ or http://www.teleflora.com/ .  They do take a wire fee, but they add that into the price so the flower shops aren't getting shorted on the total left for the arrangement.

3. Ask for the specifics, how many stems? what did they get new today?  Give the designer some freedom to do what they think is nice rather than ordering a picture and you'll get something that is special and in season.

4.  Vased is better....arrangements in vases will last longer than one in floral foam, like a basket arrangement. 

5.  Plants are a great choice for all occasions.  While flowers can be enjoyed for a week or so, a plant lasts as long as the owner takes care of it.  Many women don't like flowers because they think it is a "waste of money" to buy something that only lasts a short time.  Plants are also perfect for sympathy arrangements.

CONTEST!

Starting on 2/5/2011 enter to win an amazing bridal bouquet from Floral Sense!

Grand Prize

Win an amazing bridal bouquet from Floral Sense with a retail value of $150! Bride will meet with me to design the bouquet. Her choice of any flowers in season! Must redeem for a 2011 or 2012 wedding.

2nd Prize

All entries will receive a FREE groom boutonniere and FREE toss bouquet with the booking of a wedding.

Contest Instructions

For couples planning a 2011 or 2012 wedding. Just upload your photo and ask your friend to “like” Floral Sense and vote for you!

Prize Eligibility

Only persons residing in Michigan who are at least 18 years of age can enter.

 

Entries Taken: February 05, 2011 @ 08:00 am (EST)

Through: February 06, 2011 @ 05:00 pm (EST)

Voting: February 7th-8th
Winner Annouced:  February 9th.

First Post

Hello!  Welcome to Floral Sense Blog....This is my first post.  I'm sooo excited to share all the information about the weddings that I'm doing this year.  There are several trends that I have noticed.  1.  Be Unique.  Brides are choosing the less typical flowers.  It more common now for a brides to pick a more expensive flower, like cymbidium orchids, but make smaller bouquets to fit their budgets.  Another unique trend for 2012 that I have started to notice is brides choosing to have a colored bouquet instead of the traditional white.  One thing is sure, whatever your style, Floral Sense can help your dreams come true!  Check back soon for more weddings and updates.  Next week:  Beth's Wedding.