Aqua and Cobalt: Lindsay and Chris's Cape May Wedding at The Grand Hotel

I am beach lover so any chance to "work" at the shore is a chance to relax, even

 if I am "working". I met Lindsay years ago, as she is one of my neighbors in the town of Elmer 

and her mom has an amazing little sign company that we love to use. So I was thrilled when 

they approached me about doing their flowers for their Cape May wedding! Lindsay and Chris 

chose to incorporate different blues into the wedding, so they chose a cobalt blue for the

 bridesmaid's dresses and also the men's ties. I loved her bright bouquet of aqua dendrobium orchids and white phaelenopsis orchids. All of these gorgeous photos are by the amazing Tami Melissa Photography!

 

Lindsay looks stunning and her bouquet turned out awesome!

 

 

Her bouquet was created with dark purple hydrangeas as a base, then 

designed  with massed blue dendrobium orchids. The white phaelenopsis 

orchids soften the color.

 

 

I love these dresses! Lindsay's bridesmaids carried bright

 white bouquets of roses, stock, and mini callas.

 

  

Lindsay's bridesmaid Shannon, pictured here, was also one of my
brides. She and Lindsay's brother had a gorgeous Cape May wedding too!!!

Chris wore a blue orchid, while the men wore white mini callas.

 

 

I love Cape May and the water looks amazing here.

The ceremony and reception took place at The Grand Hotel in Cape May. Lindsay 

and Chris had a rooftop ceremony overlooking the ocean and it was gorgeous. We decorated

 the space with arrangements of hydrangeas, roses, and orchids. These tall silver pedestals
are available to rent from Savannah's Garden.

 

The chairs were lined with more blue orchids.

 

The centerpieces were so pretty. We created tall arrangements with white

hydrangeas, blue dendrobium orchids, white Tibet roses, and a ton of white

phaelenopsis orchids. Adding blue orchids into our rented pilsner vases 

brought the blue down to the linen, were more blue orchids were sprinkled.

The cake was decorated with more blue orchids and it looked super pretty. I was so happy 

to be part of your wedding day! Thank you for allowing me to be part of your family's day for a 

second time!!! Congratulations again!!!

Spring Fling Inspirational Photo Shoot PART TWO with Laura Leigh Photo!

The day couldn't have been more gorgeous for a fun photo shoot at the creek! This is a collection of some photos from Laura Leigh Photo for a aqua and white color palate. I LOVE the water in the background! It is truly as heavenly as it looks!

We used burlap tables runner and my tree slice flower stands to add in a brown tone. I then added gorgeous aqua bottles and blue Dutch hydrangeas to add in some soft but bold blues.

ALL of the items here are available for rent! The bottles are awesome for all those pool, aqua, and tiffany blue weddings! I have loads of different mercury vessels that are great for centerpieces, or accenting pieces like a place card table or around the wedding cake. The tree slice stands are hugely popular and we use them for flowers and candles. They make a fabulous rustic accent for any table!

I am so obsessed with these aqua bottles! My bedroom walls are the same color!

I love the mix of vintage glass with the rustic bark, and soft blue fluffy hydrangeas.

The colors are so soft, but also eye-catching! These would look great with a lime, pink, yellow, or even red flowers!

We toyed with having dinner here...I think it's a perfect place for a "renewing of the vows" celebration!

My beautiful sister-in-law was gracious enough to model for our shoot. See the PART THREE blog for introduction of our second model, my second sister-in-law, and also a Melissa!

Totally want to have a party now!!!!!!!!!!! A HUGE thank you to Laura for taking such fabulous photos as always!

Brooke and Chris's Wedding on June 23, 2011 in Ocean City

Brooke and Chris were married on the beach in Ocean City and had an intimate Thursday ceremony! They are genius for doing this, they missed the weekend traffic and all those extra onlookers!

Her bouquet was clean and simple in a blue, green, and white palate.

I love when weddings include their furry family too!

I love the blue shades against the sand and white!

I used green cymbidium orchids, white peonies, white roses, white dendrobium orchids, light and dark blue delphinium, cornflowers, and white stock. Her shoes were awesome!

The seashells are the perfect accent!

Brooke even had a starfish on the handle of her bouquet. So fun! You guys were a pleasure to work with once again, and I am so happy you liked everything!