Samantha and Andy at Laguna Gloria

It was such a pleasure working with these two.  The couple were the essense of ease and really let us create beautiful flowers with no restrictions.  Their request was to have it bright and fun, in the elegant space of Laguna.  We stuck with a color palette of oranges and red tones with chocolate brown as a background color.  Here are the flowers we used with this in mind:  "Vendela" ivory roses, Mokara tangerine toned orchids, White Japhet orchids,  "Casablanca" white lilies, "Freedom" red roses, "Miracle" orange roses, white hydrangea, Ivory miniature callas, sunset protea, orange hybrid rannunculus, red anenomes and galax leaves.  We also accented the designs with greenery cut on our farm of lovely cascading ligustrum greenery that has wonderful blueish black toned fat berries on it right now.  It was the perfect touch for the intimate garden wedding.  We enjoyed working with Barbara Hearne, the brilliant coordinator!  Wildflower Bakery to coordinate the cake flowers and Sledd Photography for lovely shots.  Enjoy!  Melanie

Jenny's Bridal Portraits

I came across an old email from a past bride of mine, with some shared images from her portrait session with Brittanydawsonphotography.com .  Her bouquet was so lovely and classic and fit her perfectly.  It was a hand-tied bouquet consisting of all open white lisianthus blossoms.  Fixing the stem of the bouquet with ivory satin ribbon with an overlay of lace from her dress with just a hint of stems at the base.  As you can see she included her best friend, Nana to be part of the timeless photos and I can't imagine how even a non animal lover wouldn't think these photos to be completely heart warming.          Enjoy! Melanie

Denise and Randy - October Wedding

Since starting our new blog, I have wanted to share every one of our wonderfully delightful weddings we've had the pleasure to work on.  Here is one of them from October 2007.  Denise and Randy's wedding was quite charming. They uniquely had a guest count of around 10, maybe 12 if you count the B&G!  Jamie Carpenter at [Clink] brought us together.  It was a simple suggestion from the bride to have a bold statement of a hot pink petal aisle.  Not a simple petal aisle you would think for a modest guest count, but a opulent statement that tickles the ends of your mouth to make you smile big!  We created a festive mood in the couple's own backyard. Jamie placed black chairs for the ceremony so that the hot pink petal aisle to would pop!  We strung white dendrobium orchids mixed with white fuji mums at different heights and length in the surrounding low lining trees to create a slight ethereal mood.  The bride requested a bouquet that was very slim and small, so I created a cluster of white tulips with white miniature callas surrounding the edges with a trim on the stem of white ribbon with a black ribbon overlaid bound in the middle.  We accented around the inside of the home with different species of white orchids blossoms.  These subtles touches added for a sophisticated and chic family affair.  Enjoy the pictures from the ever talented eye of Gia Pham with Red Fly Photography!  

Cheers!

Melanie