Punky Protea

This is what happy looks like!!

I love the mini orchid blooms trailing in Michelle's hair, so whimsical and romantic.

Michelle loves bright, fun colors- her dream of ranunculus in every rainbow shade came true for the vibrant bouquets!

Gotta love a good group of girlfriends!

Michelle's Bridal Bouquet of ranunculus, sweet smelling freesia, feverfew buttons, and young scabiosa, wrapped up in sunny yellow satin ribbon.

Shaun's boutonniere choice for himself and his crew were clean, simple and to the point- stacked Kermit mums wrapped in papaya orange ribbon to stand out on the classic black.

Another gorgeous day in Point Loma...

For dinner and dancing, we bent a bit of wire for a party vibe. Submerged proteas in different varieties- some sunny yellow with hot pink tips, others with curled tangerine orange feelers.

Wheatgrass set the stage- literally, glass bowls of floating daisies and sunken protea nestle in the grass..

Every open nook was a place to tuck just a bit more grass and another kind of protea- fuzzy white with yellow feelers and orange insides!

Bouquets doing double duty, decorating the front of the Sweetheart Table..

Oh Sweetness! Hula to my heart :)

Thank you Melissa McClure for the fantastic photographs &

Brenda Swann of Swann Soirees for a seamless, funtastic day!

Yacht me to the moon.

Ok, this wedding has been made nearly famous with the number of posts and declarations of fun we've gotten as a response! So here it is, without further bowline or buoy pulls, live on our blog- Enjoy!

Lucky ducks Alex & Kelly had a blast decking out their home turf, the local Mission Bay Yacht Club. Bright colors and summer flavors kept the guests hoppin' for the all night long live band~

Bridesmaid bouquets of baby green hydrangea, orange & yellow bicolor tulips, with pin cushion protea to pop on the classic black.Lovin' on the crayola color palette...
Yellow mini callas, orange tulips, gerberas, and chamomile for Kelly's bouquet.Mr. Doggie likes orange, too, so we gave him a big bow- He handled it well :)

This photo cracks me up every time I look at it- so spontaneous and funny, caught in the act of who knows what...

The outdoor railing at the Yacht Club got the gerbera treatment- like white and yellow sunshines tied up with ribbon to blow in the breeze.

Ah, the quintessential mason jar!

Tulips, daisies, white scabiosa, and more protea..

Credit to Kelly, Alex, and all their friends for diligently saving nearly 100 jars!

So fun with the matching lanterns strung above the picnic tables!

Oh gingham, we meet again, you with your checks and cheery disposition.
Ahoy! Congrats K + A!
Thank you to Theorie for the fantabulous photos!
& Cynthia Zatkin's CZ Events for a very smooth ride all day through.
For more images of this wedding, go see the blogs for California Wedding Wave or Anthologie Weddings...

More woodsy love..

Even though I love to post my un-pro shots right away, I usually can't help but do a second post with the amazing pictures that come in from the many talented photographers I get to work with- so obviously when Pam Scott sent me a link to her blog with the photos of Kim & Gabe I was floored- the colors came out amazingly vibrant!

Gabe's boutonniere of golden james storie orchids and coral alstroemeria.

Kim's bouquet of mixed gerberas, alstroemeria, dahlias, and hydrangea.

The gerbera lined aisle, leading the way...

...and way to show off the arch! I love the close up of how a very rustic wrought iron arch can be so versatile, looking fun and bright covered in gerbera daisies and orange ribbons.

xoxo!

Summertime in the Woods

Kim and Gabe are a genuinely lovely, lovely couple- desiring only the brightest and most festive that summer has to offer, we went straight for the gerberas! All you see is neon amid a lush forest setting at the Mt. Woodson Castle in Ramona. The contrast was awesome, brought together by a touch of chocolate brown...

Going in reverse order for this week's post, we'll start with the fun cake! Flowers would only add to the chaos of that cool pattern, so we kept it simple with fresh blooms all over the table.

You can see what I mean about Neon! Picotee (2 colors on each petal) gerberas in orange/yellow, fuchsia/yellow alstroemeria, orange mini gerberas, and baby green hydrangea..

Pale lemon gerberas with a ring of pink at the center soften the coral and mango shades, and the huge dark green hydrangea foliage is a perfect match to the deep green glen environment.

Sweet vows under our rustic wrought iron arch and a pathway border of bright gerbera daisies growing right out of the grass :)

Close-up pic of the arch shows it's thorough covering of intertwining gerbera daisy stems of every size and color tied with ribbon streamers in orange, ivory, and chocolate. What fun to stand under that on a pleasantly breezy day!

Orange Fun

I hope this makes Wendy's day :) She doesn't even know I took this photo, but as we were setting her centerpieces upstairs, I leaned over the balcony of the La Jolla Shores Hotel just in time to catch her walking to the aisle with her dad- such a sweet moment. Her vibrant bouquet of orange calla lilies, ranunculus, and tulips with curled green ti leaves stood out vibrantly against her ivory lace gown and the smooth age of terracotta tiles...

Love the sparkly headband, too!

Now how about them sweets.. we could smell the fresh sugar emanating from these cuties!

Sweet Cheeks delivers again!

More vine walking...

Thanks to the fab Elaine over at Sweet Cheeks we have more photos!

I love this cake! Words of love written in Italian for the romance and the bride's heritage, deep indigo hydrangea blooms dotting the tiers...

I love this groom's cake too! Plus the wood & cork escort card holder that the groom made himself- it was very cool.

Cari & Marc @ La Jolla Shores

Oohh, love :)

To match the terracotta setting amid the sun and sand, Cari and her mom, Carole, were looking for a natural, relaxed feel to their florals.. with a taste for gerbera daisies, dahlias, and anything branchy, we had our creative direction in order.

Silver ribbon accents tied the sunny gerberas to the railing leading to the ceremony.

Bittersweet branches, rosehips, miniature calla lilies, roses & gerberas, dahlias, snowberry, green hypericum coffee berry, coxcomb in orange, red, and magenta.. the list goes on and on!

The texture and variety in these arrangements is what makes them so beautiful. All the flowers are given plenty of room to bend and drape as they wish. I also love the teal green glazed terracotta pottery I was able to find just for Cari & Marc- nothing standard here!

The finishing touch.

Buttons for Becca

Just over a month ago Becca & Ben celebrated at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, but it was over a year ago that we started planning for this funky fete. Becca and Ben hail from NY and love hitting up those famous New England flea markets for kitschy vintage flair, especially with the excuse of "it's for the wedding" :)

We started with daisies of every color, threw in some bright kermit mums and tied it all together with Miami Blue polkadot ribbon. Each bridesmaid bouquet featured gerberas in all one color and a single vintage button from Becca's collection.

Of course, Becca's bridal bouquet was button bedazzled with dots upon dots!

Appropriate for the bride... mixed white gerberas, miniature gerberas in each bridesmaid color and miniature chamomile feverfew blossoms for softness.. and yes, that does look like a Big Boy foot in the background.

Black linens with white napkins and sashes clean the slate for the colorful gerber daisies to Pop! Becca & Ben's collected vintage bottles were the perfect centerpiece vases- no two were the same.

Bringing the polka full circle, we tied the napkins with a mini version of the ribbon used on the Bride & Bridesmaid bouquets and added a single chamomile blossom just for fun.

Thanks, Jared!
Jared Bauman of Bauman Photographers gets the credit for these awesome photos, see more at www.baumanphotographers.com