Tuesday, December 15

Horseshoe Bay Bliss


Jennifer and Aaron's Wedding at The Yacht Club at Horseshoe Bay
was effortless, well except for the deluge of rain.
However, the bride and groom were nothing but understanding of mother nature's plan for their "outdoor" ceremony. Quick planning with Last Petal's help made the indoor ceremony feel like it's what we planned all along.

They both wanted the use of beautiful textures in a very natural
green and ivory color palette. The bride's favorite flowers is gypsophilia
(baby's breath) so we used it as the only floral adornment on the ceremony structure, and I have to say it looked perfect. We laid out a lovely extra wide
burlap aisle runner to hone in on the naturally elegant look.

-Melanie


Friday, October 9

Melanie + John 7 Septembers Ago.....





September 21, 2002

Many moons ago, on a full moon, my hubbie and I got married in an urban setting downtown Houston, Texas. Since weddings are my current forte, I thought I would finally share something personal...my wedding. It was a lovely wedding. Great food, drink, and friends.
Typical wedding, it was not, which meant a success for John and I.
It was elegantly laidback with a jazzy bar feel at the reception.
We had wished it had lasted all night.....

So without further adieu.....some of my wedding pictures.

Enjoy!
Melanie

(P.S. To date me please, these photos weren't taken digitally...
still in film mode 7 years ago. Thank goodness for scanners.)




I was lucky enough to have my dress made, and this is my dressmaker (a friend) who helped me into it on the day of the wedding. So special....


My sweet and petite cluster of lily of the valley with a surprise piece of handmade jewelry from
my friend....what supreme excitement before walking down the aisle.
The jade leaf was for good luck.


Ahh, these floral panels. One of the items I made myself....as I couldn't
let all my friends have all the fun in Pat's studio. These turned out just
as I imagined in my head. Constrained garden with a minimalist approach.







My maids..... such sweet friends. I surprised them with simple clusters of all
white flowers....each carrying a different blossom that I thought matched their personalities and tastes.


James Turrell's Skyspace in the Heights.
Perfection for our wedding space.
Outside meets inside meets art museum.









I loved my cake....it was another surprise. I helped with a few
of the ceremony pieces, but then told all the florists who came in
for my wedding to help with the fleurs...surprise me!
Oh, my professor, Jim Johnson had so much fun with the cake.
If you notice there is copper tubing around the cake and he put
two little miniature apples going through the copper to represent B&G.
How sweet was that....





Tuesday, September 15

Mellow Yellow + Mercury Hall



Hello there floral lovers.....
Here's a wedding we did at Mercury Hall a few months
back. I came across some professional shots from
this wedding and thought sharing would be nice. We focused on yellow
flowers, white accents with greenery for a multi- textural aesthetic.
Greenery on the archway and in centerpieces was incorporated into the designs that our farm studio cultivated, so that was a nice horticultural contribution.
I love how yellow flowers just integrally make you happy, especially the
gerberas....gerberas just make me smile.

Enjoy!
Melanie

Fabulous Floral pictures = Jessica Monnich Photography
Wedding Coordinator = Kristi Treadwell at Barbara's Brides












Thursday, August 20

A Purple Revisit






I have been neglecting my blog lately without enough time to
spend posting great new weddings. I came across some pictures I
took 2 years ago of the last wedding I designed before giving birth
6 days later to my baby Renzo. I love these bouquets and wanted
to share the great color palette!

Enjoy!
Melanie




Saturday, July 4

Warm and Sunny Palette at UT Alumni Center



Revisiting a wedding from late June of 2008 at the UT Alumni Center. I believe it was warm for Marian's outdoor wedding, but it definitely wasn't as warm a year later...this past weekend! Our bride last weekend decided to have her previously scheduled outdoor wedding brought indoors.....and believe me her flowers wanted to thank here. It was just way too hot outdoors for flowers to really shine.
This bride enjoyed the bright and warm colors of orange, reds and yellows and definitely green tones! Another major component of the decor was texture coming through via fruit and vegetables. I think my favorite from this wedding were the orange dahlias that came in that week....and the Texas peaches!

Enjoy!
Melanie

Coordinator: Tanya with Clink
















Monday, June 15

Love in the Hillcountry: Hilary and Jace













This lovely event was so easily put together, mainly in part because of the bride's sheer ability to be completely laidback about the planning! Hilary and I never actually met in person, just via phone interviews and numerous emails! Actually, her stepfather (what an amazing stepfather) was my main contact person and boy was he on the ball! Love that! Hilary wanted something fun, creative, and definitely had to have peacock feathers! Keeping the integrity and beauty of Austin 71 we created very simple but visually elegant centerpieces.

Wonderful Vendors:

Venue: Austin 71
Caterer: Kurant Events
Incredible Photographers: Studio 563