My bride Katie was one of the loveliest people you will ever meet.  She was so super excited to marry her beau, Paul and have all of her friends and family share in their special day that she had a total of 14 bridesmaids! I don’t even think they all fit in this picture.  It was such a nice way of including all of the people that meant so much to her throughout her life, and it makes for great pictures!  The venue was Deer Creek Golf Course, in Ajax Ontario, which was really beautiful, both inside and out.  The flowers were stunning as we mixed circus which are yellow with an orange trim and freedom red roses together with bright satin red ribbon to match the sashes on their dresses.  We had a romantic candlescape on their head table, lined with red rose petals and created a cascading cake topper of freedom red roses and Paul’s aunt lovingly made them their cake.  The centrepieces were created with hydrangea, hanging amaranthus, red and circus roses and green kermit poms sitting inside a martini vase filled with crystals.  It was really pretty and exactly what the bride wanted.  Here are just a few casual pics, as I hope to get some professional ones soon to share.  It was such an honour to be a part of their day, and I wish them a lifetime of happiness together!

I love winter weddings, and Nina & Igor’s wedding at The Old Mill this past November did not disappoint.  Nina’s classic bouquet consisted of  ivory calla lillies, and Igor’s boutonniere was made up of 2 mini calla lillies, with a thin gold wire detail.   The bridesmaid’s bouquets consisted of ivory vendella roses, freesia and seeded eucalyptus.  All of the bouquets had a custom pearl brooch that we applied to the champagne satin ribbon wrapped stems.   Every detail from the pew decor to the ceremony pieces were reused at the reception.  We even did their guest favors which were lucky bamboo in a square vase.  Nina & Igor are also extremely talented photographers.  You can read Nina & Igor’s lovely testimonial here.  Congratulations to the both of you, and I am so extremely honored to have been a part of this absolutely perfect day!

Photography by Dave and Charlotte

I think most brides really struggle with choosing centrepieces as they are usually the biggest chunk of the budget depending on number of tables, but also in deciding to go with low or tall centrepieces?  I love mixing tables with both low and tall arrangements as it creates dimension in the room, and makes everyone happy by not having to settle if you truly can’t decide.  I’m going to share a few centrepieces that we have done in the past to spark some creativity, and hopefully help you out with making that all time tough decision of which centrepiece idea to choose.

Purple was hot in 2009, and it continues to be a fav for 2010 as well.  These bouquets have a shot of the hot colour infused with some lavender tones, pinks, whites & silver ribbon.

Here are some inspiration pictures of bouquets from past weddings this year.  I’ve been meaning to post them forever…  They’re not in any particular order,  but it’s so nice to be able to see them all grouped together as they are definitely one of my favorite wedding details to create.  Unfortunately, too many were delivered to our lovely brides without snapping a picture!  Grrr… Sometimes getting professional ones take a bit longer to receive.  So as new ones come in, we’ll post them for sure.  We’re seeing  plenty of pink bouquets for this upcoming season, and lots of colour which I’m a huge fan of! What colours are you envisioning for your wedding bouquet?

Andrea and Noam were married at the picturesque Auberge du Pommier… An absolutely gorgeous venue, and I’m sure the food was just as spectacular as the views!  The details were simple and just right for the space.  I love the freshness of the green and white and the intense black accents.  The creative shots were taken by Fast Focus Productions.

My my…It’s been a while… We hope you had a lovely holiday and 2010 is off to a great start for all of you.  Before we get into some of the upcoming weddings and projects we have going on, we’d like to re-cap some of our favorite details from 2009.  We have some pictures that we would still like to share with you to give you some ideas and inspiration that you can incorporate into your overall style and design.   So the next couple of posts will be of past weddings that we had the lovely pleasure of being a part of and if you would like to read what our wonderful brides had to say about their experience with us, please check out our Review Page on Wedding Wire.  If you would like to discuss your upcoming wedding, 2010 dates are booking up quickly so please get in touch so we can schedule a consultation.

Anna has style, and right off the bat I was excited to work on her wedding flowers.  Orchids, Orchids and more orchids played a huge part in creating the elegant and sophisticated atmosphere.  Her bouquet was a mix of soft pink and green cymbidium orchids, and the stems were wrapped with some ribbon from her gorgeous dress.

{All photos taken by Photo Terra}

The Centrepieces were simple but stunning tall slender vases filled with green dendrobium orchids and curly willow with a submerged floralyte to add some extra ambiance once the lights were dimmed.  Each vase had a delicate organza gold ribbon tied around it to tie in the chair covers.

{All photos taken by Photo Terra}

The head table was dressed with submerged orchids and floating candles to create a candlescape of varying heights, combined with plenty of votives all worked together to create that warm glow which looked really beautiful.   We rented out the vases for the head table to help keep costs down, while maximizing the impact.  Again, we tied in the gold ribbon to keep everything in the colour scheme uniform.

{All photos taken by Photo Terra}

Alison & Matt are super sweet and I was thrilled to have worked on their wedding flowers for them.  All of the lovely, quirky details made for such amazing pictures!  By the way, I am in L-O-V-E with the pictures which were taken by  Brooks Reynolds.  They’re awesome!!!  Here are a few of the lovely images that made their day look like the funnest wedding ever!  Congratulations again to you both!

I heart this picture!

HRM Photography couldn’t have captured this day any better for Ashley & Mike.  Even though it poured like mad, they were determined to get married outside, at the Kortright Centre (Which is breathtakingly beautiful for those of you looking for an outdoor venue for your ceremony.  I remember when we were setting up the flowers  attached to the chairs outside, we had to tip the chairs to remove the huge puddles of water that were sitting on them.  Everyone had their umbrellas ready and their wedding turned out great… and they got amazing pictures to remember it forever!

Ashley’s bouquet consisted of purple lisianthus, mini green hydrangea, white freesia and sweet little white daisies.  We finished it off with a few green monkey grass loops and a simple white satin ribbon.