Sweet Sweet Summer

Michelle's colors were so soft and gardeny, it reminds me of creamsicles :)

White scabiosa, orange dinner plate dahlias, yellow stock, and garden roses comprise her bouquet.

The vibrancy of bridesmaids~ deep orange ranunculus, multicolor dahlias, and copper clutches!

Cool blue with poppin' orange- bittersweet berries, purple thistle, and green dahlia buds..

The super sweet ceremony outside the La Jolla Women's Club- mossy cones with dahlias and vibernum berries line the aisle beneath bright red lanterns stung in the giant tree!
Simplicity of cocktail hour~ white stones, orchids, budvases, more dahlias.. oh summer.

Find your seat! Escort cards held by wine corks and wildflower bouquets in terracotta.

You couldn't get more fun loving then this- purple thistle and red dahlias going in every which way...

Floating candles nestled in coxcomb and celosia with enormous white dahlias...

Teddy bear sunflowers and Japaneses poppies add their unique textures to the mix above dangling candles.

Sweetheart Table: can you feel the glow. The shimmering navy pintuck linen sets off our white stones, orchid blooms..
Cake!

Congratulations Michelle & Josh xo

Thank you so much to Joshua Aull Photography for the pretty pictures!
& Bella Sera Event Design for the amazing coordination of this long-distance and multi-hued wedding!

Erica & Mark

This past week we celebrated a whopping anniversary for Brant Bender Photography (yay! more to come on this, I'm sure:)) So, on the heels of this excitement I want to showcase the beautiful photos Brant captured of Erica & Mark's wedding at the Hyatt Mission Bay...

Erica's beautiful bouquet of white peonies and a touch of freesia.

Corsages for the proud moms & grandmas...

Bridesmaid bouquets of hot pink peonies, white stock, and creamy roses.

Fluffy white china mums with pink and white roses, hydrangea, cymbidium orchids and mercury glass votives in a bed of winding rocks..

The cute cake & cupcake display.. ;)

Also the lovely handiwork of Jessica Beltran of Moira Events.

Fresh Fruit

Now I know I've posted about Laura and Zach numerous times, but I just received their professional images taken by Michelle Zuniga's Studio Z and they are too gorgeous not to post! Thank you for taking such dreamy photos!

Isn't this just so yummy!!! Creamy yellow roses, bright white stock, orange mokara orchids, baby green hydrangea, and miniature calla lilies in pink and mango orange.

Soft sage green dresses make those bouquets pop! Orange roses and orchids, pink callas, green hydrangea and touches of periwinkle statice.

Such a great table shot- love the matching green favor boxes and chocolate linens...

Sliced limes, hydrangea, mokara orchids, orange dahlias, white and green alstoemeria, with more purple statice and stock.

Couldn't forget the cake! Circus roses and kermit mums on lime and pale sage green icing like only the ladies at Sweet Cheeks could do!!

Dana & Klint

Darling couple from my own previous stomping ground.. that's right, little did you know I once lived in Texas! Dana's parents are some of the coolest cats around and they were oh so pleasant to work with as we planned for her wedding at the La Jolla Bridge Club. We went for old charm with creams, white, lavender, touches of blue, and a kick of lime. Keeping our charm, we wrapped the vases in antique lace to match the bride's gown.

white tulips and pale blue scabiosa

scented geranium, white cushion & button mums, purple lisianthus

urns of purple and blue hybrid delphinium, green hanging amaranthus, and brown cattails!

Ooh! Dana's bouquet of "Old Dutch" roses- light purple with green tinged edges, white and lavender freesia, creamy garden roses, green hydrangea, bells of ireland, blue veronica and more scabiosa

"Cool Water" rose in a bed of green and blue hydrangea

fragrant white stock flower with fun green china berries

Shades of Green

I am personally very excited that everyone else is getting excited about Green Weddings. Green weddings are not a fad; they are here to stay, just as recycling and reusing, they will eventually become the norm. That is not to say that everyone will be wearing hemp wedding dresses and putting potted succulents on their guest tables, but there will elements of eco-consciousness available at every turn. Choose to use locally grown flowers and recycled glass vases like we did for Hans & Shannon in yesterday's post. Choose to gift your live orchid plants to your aunts and uncles or the neighborhood elementary school's science class. Choose to not go to excess when designing your wedding- Reduce is after all the first of the 3 R's. Choose a florist who cares. Yesterday the Association of Bridal Consultant's monthly meeting focused on Green Weddings and of course, I was more than happy to provide the florals seeing as how Going Green is right up my alley ;)

Wanted to be sure and showcase the lovely local selection- every flower you see here is grown in either California or Mexico. On the top we have pale yellow Stock flower with a nice fragrance to boot, pow factor orange and yellow tulips (two thumbs up for also being Veriflora certified), and the exotic looking Banksia protea, which have naturalized here in San Diego from Australia. On the bottom, we have a base of lavender purple Statice flowers, targets of red-orange Gerbera daisies, and neon mauve dahlias to seal the deal. (I feel like I'm narrating a fashion show!)
Anyhoo- great meeting yesterday hosted by the lovely Water Conservation Gardens at Cuyamaca College, informative and humorous presentation by Rene van Rems - International Florist Extraordinaire (btw, I want your job:)), and organic dining by EcoCaters. Check Heather Moreau of Vallentyne Photography's blog for her post on yesterday's event, too!