Sneak Peak at Amanda and Alex's Wedding on October 2, 2010

Amanda and Alex's wedding was beautiful! I was so happy we went with bold colors, because Amanda originally wanted light yellow and peach with the bright green accents. She was ecstatic with the changes!

I love adding crystals wherever I can! We added our signature diamond hair pins to the center of Amanda's all mini calla bouquet! They are gorgeous and she will have them forever, so she can use them when they go out to dinner or out for a fancy night in the city!

  Fabulous photos by Tami Melissa Photography, one of my favorites!

Joe and Natalie at Running Deer on 10/30/10

Natalie and Joe gave us a lot of creative freedom and were very comfortable with our suggestions for a natural fall themed wedding. We added a touch of whimsical with a bit of modern and I think it looked AWESOME!

We hung apricot cymbidium orchids and also fall leaves from the purgola.

We added dahlias to the chairs for a touch of color.

One hightop style with a submerged orchid.

Another hightop style with submerged orchid and fall leaves.

LOVED THESE TABLES! Red Mokara orchids, brown cymbidium orchids, and orange dyed water, created such a fun and simple centerpiece!

We created a fun arrangement with a mix of all the flowers in a freshly cleaned pumpkin. 2 in 1 weekend! Thanks so much guys for being so fun to work with and I am so glad the weather cooperated. It was a gorgeous day and I know you guys will be so happy together! Congratulations!

Amy and Dave's wedding at Buena Vista Country Club on 10/29/10

The card table arrangement looked so cool!

I absolutely LOVED Amy's flowers! She told us the colors and let us do whatever we wanted! So I ordered in some fun purple kale, fiddles, dahlias, privet berries, chocolate cosmos, burgundy amaranthus, brown gerberas, and Mango mini callas. The bridesmaids carried the same flowers in an over the arm long stem presentation style. They looked AWESOME against the chocolate dresses!

We decorated the arbor (created by the groom Dave) with spanish and sheet moss, smilax garland, fall mums, and mini pumpkins. To decorate the aisle, I wrapped the top of the posts with fresh sheet moss and then attached a small pumpkin. Then we tied on chocolate sheer ribbon and hung fall leaves from the ribbons. It looked so cute!

The bride and groom wanted a very natural centerpiece. We started with a base of both mosses, and then added lots of pumpkins and goards, then tucked in some mums to add some color. The favors were candy coated caramel apples from Sassy Sweets in Hammonton (they looked AMAZING)!

The card table looked great! We filled a freshly cleaned pumpkin with a cool mix of fall flowers and then added loads of pumpkins, goards, mosses, mums, and Indian corn around it.  Amy and Dave, I loved working with you guys! I loved watching the ceremony and I am so happy you guys were ecstatic!

Maria's Wedding on June 26, 2010

Maria contacted me 2 weeks before her wedding because the package from her venue stated that fresh centerpieces were included, which were not. Even though I had 2 other weddings that day, I was more than happy to help her out and give her exactly what she wanted. I know she contacted some other florists too, and the others pretty much laughed in her face. That was so unfortunate and super unprofessional, and it is the exact opposite way I run my business. Don't speculate, just give the bride what she wants! It's as simple as that. I got some photos back and wanted to share them. They came out really pretty and we were so happy to know Maria liked everything. Her's wasn't the only last minute rescue we had this wedding season, there were more, and I am happy to say that they were all happy with what we did!

Holly's Wedding on 10/10/10

Holly's bouquet had dahlias, sweet peas, stephanotis, and buplerum. I absolutely LOVED it!

The purgola at Running Deer was covered in lots of curly willow and mossy branches for a woodsy feel. Then we added hanging green amaranthus, green and plum dendrobium orchids, and deep purple hydrangeas. This was so much fun to create with my hubby Eric. We work so well together :)

The chairs had a tall lichen branch with plum and green dendrobium orchids, long amaranthus, and a large purple hydrangea.

We used 2 of Running Deer's cylinders and filled them with white rocks and a mix of longer stemmed dahlias, sweet peas, amaranthus, lisianthus, veronica, and placed them on top of a large slice of tree trunk. These are sooo cool and also available for rent if you are looking for a woodsy theme accent!

These centerpieces were so pretty! I used hydrangeas, lisianthis, veronica, orchids, and amaranthus and designed them in this bark covered container. A bed of moss with some branches completed the look.

We custom cut these and carved out the center to fit a votive! P.S. These are also available to rent!

LOVED her cake! We added lots of moss and mossy branches to the base of Holly's cake. Her dad made the tree trunk base and The Sweet Life bakery did the cake. Gorgeous as always!

Congratulations to you both. You were so much fun to work with and have a BLAST on your honeymoon in Ireland!!!

An Oldie but Goody! Christi's Peony Wedding Last Spring

Christi's wedding was so fun! It was at the home of a mutual friend and also on a gorgeous spring day in the country! Her bouquet was only peonies, clean with no accents. Gorgeous!

The bridesmaids wore black and carried soft pink sweet peas and parrot tulips.

Janelle and Glenn's Wedding at Running Deer on September 11, 2010

I absolutely LOVED the flowers for Janelle's wedding! We did shades of pink with caramel orchids. I used pink Baroness garden roses, along with a warm caramel pink garden rose called Pink Finesse. It's tan outer petals matched the orchids and brought the shades together perfectly.

We did a large arrangement on the top of Running Deer's purgola and hung dozens of family crystals that the bride's mother had collected.  I think they gave the perfect mix of eclectic glam!

Congratulations to you both! You were a pleasure to work with and best wishes for an amazingly happy life together!

Wedding Inspirations: Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher's Wedding

I wanted to blog this because a hand full of brides have told me they want Carrie Underwood's wedding. I bought this issue as soon as it came out because I love her and I LOVE her wedding flowers! I love the tall tree trunks with pink roses and the rose pomanders hanging from the sheppards hooks! So in 2011 I will be taking some ideas from Carrie and adding them to 4 bride's weddings (and counting). Stay tuned!