Southern Cal Events 2010 Party!

Rae Florae was honored to design for the Southern California Meetings + Events most recent industry party celebrating the best of the best in every vendor category you can imagine!

The party took place at the gorgeous Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, California on a drizzly evening outside, but the amazing light show by PSAV Audio Visual kept us glowing all night!

Pink dahlias took center stage on the lounge furniture provided by Pacific Events Productions..

The entry was decked out with kiwi branches and dahlias, with magazine issues for everyone to take home.

Food stations and cocktail bars lent themselves to myriad mini-arrangements..

Safari Sunset in deep red, with hot pink celosia and coxcomb in mercury juleps..

More pink dahlias pave'd in peephole white ceramics..

& singletons in pink globes lit with river stones and candlelight.

Be sure to see the rest of the pictures on Facebook!

Thanks to Elle G Photography for capturing the fun!

I HEART Liz & Greg!

This is Liz :)

& This is Greg :)

& This is their wedding...

Wildflower style and all locally grown~ orange leucadendron and yellow acacia blend with bright purple statice and pink sweet peas.
Liz's mom's wedding dress lace wraps around her purple satin stems.

Have you ever seen such a look of sheer joy?! xo!

Bridesmaid bouquets of green dianthus with kicks of sweet smelling pink peas and more orange leucadendron against their grape dresses.

The ocean themed stationery was so unique and oddly pretty- octopus tentacles drape over the tented name cards..

..while ocean amulets adorn the table assignments.

Pin Cushion Proteas and skinny grass submerge in cylinders of water.

New varieties of locally grown Pinwheel Proteas spark up the tables.

Dinner with a view over the Pacific Ocean seemed only appropriate for this surfer pair.
Happy happiness to you two!

Fun photography by Stephanie Dana!
Amazing paper goods by Love at First Invite
Smooth coordination by I Do Weddings!

Flames of Flowers

Victoria & Balasz wanted to celebrate their wedding in a very intimate manner... after being friends for a long while, the time had come to bring the family from near and far to sit around one long table...

Our beautiful bride, Victoria. In graceful repose on an adorable chaise at the La Jolla Darlington House.

Handsome groom Balasz's boutonniere of two red mini-garden roses and a cymbidium orchid.

Unassuming, naturally designed ceremony flowers to encircle the couple as they said their vows before family and friends in the Darlington courtyard...

Warm color palette of peach, rusty oranges and burnt browns and reds- lilies, hops, safari sunset, eucalyptus, roses, coffee berry, and antique hydrangea in scrolled iron stands. So begins our long tables... the Head Table punctuated by black budvases of bright red dahlias and floating candles.

Various textures and colors interplay down the length of our sweeping guest tables.

Bright yellow cymbidium orchids in a scattered bed of natural river pebbles..

Classic red garden spray roses drape diagonally for a new perspective.

Detail shot of Cobra Lilies- just one of the many unique flowers chosen to add diversity and depth in our arrangements- nothing ordinary about these tubular shaped specimens!
Congratulations Victoria & Balasz~ many blessings to you!

Flowers in Paradise

Veronica & Anthony were married in the lavish setting of Grand Tradition Estate's new Arbor Terrace Pavilion - tropical and lush, the flowers needed to not compete with the color palette, but enhance the richness of deep green leaves surrounding their wedding... Veronica's desire for shades of warm reds and rust orange with a ton of play in texture turned out beautifully.

Veronica's bouquet of wildly colored calla lilies, dark milva and rouge basier roses, with mocha cymbidium orchids.

The gorgeously relaxed and happy couple..Bridesmaid bouquets of bright hybrid callas and cherry brandy roses in a cuff of italian ruscus.Love the softness of her veil and hair flowers in contrasting combination with her highly textured and boldly hued bouquet!

Table centerpieces of safari sunset, orange dahlias, roses, and seasonal mums in glass squares.

Can you say vivid color saturation point??!! Overdye sunflower with red rosehips..What a fun surprise when I saw Veronica & Anthony Natividad's holiday e-card in my inbox! Love the photo and the perfect play on words :)

Congratulations!

& many many many thanks to
Heather Moreau - Vallentyne Photography
for her amazing talents at capturing those colors!

Rusty and Right for Fall

Alicia & Derek went for a tonal palette of deep to light oranges, rusty ruddy oranges and reds, with tons of texture. I know it looks a bit redundant, but I couldn't get enough of Eddie B's bouquet shots- so I'm posting them all! Thanks for making my art look even more artistic!! Eddie's angles and framing are unbeatable!

Macro view of red flame callas, mini roses, orange mokara orchids, echinacea coneflowers, red hypericum coffee berry, and orange dahlias.

Such a sweet repose... feels like such a feminine shot of the bride and her bouquet.

& then this killer! So strong in comparison! love the variety.

Bridesmaids': miniature spray roses, hypericum berry, and brick red safari sunset.

happy faces, happy flowers :)

Blue skies and a breezy day on Coronado Island were perfect for setting off the bamboo poles and ribbon streamers marking their ceremony space in an arc around the wedding party.

Centerpieces of glass square vases filled with seasonal orange marigolds, the mini roses, magenta coxcomb and celosia for that vibrant pop, hypericum berries, tiger lilies for a touch of exotica, and local eucalyptus for a graceful bit of foliage.

Ah, the cake- lots of lilies! and custom swirls courtesy of Sweet Cheeks.

Tiger lilies and gloriosa lilies combine for a POW! of color.