Lisa & Dan

Lisa knows how to plan a wedding - simple/elegant/classy/natural/creative and the list goes on. Love that this year lace has made a comeback and yes so have gowns with straps. Elegant, vintage, romantic says it all. The celebration took place at Ball's Fall Conservation Area (http://www.hpca.ca/) . A historic venue with many of the original buildings dating back to the 1800's.

More brides are opting away from the standard handtied bouquets and wanting a design more unique to their wedding style. Lisa's bouquet was a structured cascade with feathers, seeded eucalyptus, berzillia berries, antique hydrangea and locally grown phalenopsis orchids. We loved how the orchids dictated the unconventional structure.

For Lisa's maid of honor we designed an inverted handheld orchid bouquet wrapped in lily grass.

The reception was held in the 'big barn' as it is called. The barn dates back to 1882. Through the barn you can see the chapel where the ceremony took place.

The harvest style tables were set with tablescapes of succulents, hydrangea, sedum, berzillia berries, orchids, stones, moss and curly willow. Nature at its' finest. And oh - lots of candlelight.

The belle of the ball was the lemonade table. Lisa filled juice bottles using her own lemonade recipe and tagged each one to indicate the guest's table setting. The bottles appeared to be growing in grass filled crates.

Thank you Lisa & Dan for allowing me to be a part of your wedding. You deserve all the happiness that one can have. Keep in touch.

Marta & Dave

This past weekend Marta & Dave created a garden themed wedding that was second to none at Chateau des Charmes winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake (www.chateaudescharmes.com). The bride's choice of yellows complimented the Chateau's outdoor garden venue perfectly. After many hours of picture taking the bride & groom still had enough energy to give me one more pose.

To create Marta's garden bouquet we used carmel garden roses, freesia, hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus and succulents. To the centerpieces we added solidago, alstromeria, hydrangea, bells of ireland and spray roses. All locally grown except the garden roses/seeded eucalyptus/hydrangea. Sliced lemons in the centerpieces completed the garden theme.

Centerpieces hanging from shepherd hooks doubled up for the ceremony.

Congratulations Marta & Dave and all the best.

Kristin & Justin

On a hot and cloudless afternoon Kristin & Justin said their vows up in the Cave Spirings Cellars vineyard. I say up in the vineyard because it is located on the beamsville bench where some of the penninsula's best grapes are grown and on a clear day you can see Toronto. To compliment the brides 'candy' theme of her wedding, Kristin chose purples/lavenders for her colour scheme. Purple is the colour of 2011.

Congratulations Kristin & Justin and thanks for the cupcakes.

Carla & Steve

We used Carla's colour palette of burgundy and lime green to create this striking bouquet. One look at her dress and we knew we wanted to follow the diagonal design of the bodice. We used green dendrobium orchids to lead the eye along those lines with an effort to minimally cover the bodice. For the 'body' of the bouquet we used large creamy garden roses, burgundy cymbidium orchids and finished it off with lamb's ear, burgundy sedum and hosta leaves.

The simplistic bridesmaids' bouquets were designed with burgundy calla lilies and ivory spray roses and tied with a simple sailors knot. Elegant summed up wedding flowers.