Showing posts with label tiger lilies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tiger lilies. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Coral & Aqua

Julia & Michael wanted a romantic and luxurious feel to their wedding getaway. As a destination, La Jolla, California isn't too shabby ;) especially when staying and celebrating at The Grande Colonial hotel... with a color scheme that blended unbelievably well with the hotel's own palette, the flowers covered a spectrum of warm corals to cool aquas...
Julia's bouquet knocked the color into place with it's deep flame and mango miniature callas, dahlias, proteas, orchids, and echinachea pods, all tied with two shades of rich turquoise ribbon.
The Maid of Honor bouquet was subtlety in comparison- softer shades of peach garden roses with golden coxcomb with a ruffly cuff of sheer turquoise.
Sweet simplicity for the mothers- corsages of white miniature cymbidium orchids and tiny peach ribbon wrapped in teal satin.
Guests were welcomed to the ceremony area by a bubbling fountain filled with floating dahlia blooms.Detail shot of the ringbearer box of moss, ribbon, shells, and orchids that held the rings securely down the aisle..
Funky pomanders awaited the couple, dangling in the tree above their heads to add color and fantasy to their ceremony..
Now you see what I mean with the color pops! Check out the gorgeous rings contrasting with the flowers!!!
The feast table for all wedding guests elaborately decorated from end to end...Miniature sea biscuits and shells in glass with fragrant garden roses.Burnt orange-red tiger lilies in crackling gold vases, turquoise and brown cone shells submerged in aqua glass with a floating candle, and a pillar candle set upon a bed of neon green moss safely guarded in a cylinder hurricane.
Mossy branches mingle with orchid blooms in a "cloche" glass dome.
Detail shot of spotty yellow gold mokara orchids on a wide piece of driftwood...Kiwi branches, dahlias, berzilia, and majolica spray roses in an antiqued urn assist in that organic, old world feel that suited Julia & Michael's taste just right! That and their smart party favors: petite bottles of herb-infused olive oil! mm mmm....
Coordination without a hitch by Mia & Bek at Red Letter Days
Photography of beauty by Helene Cornell

Monday, October 26, 2009

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.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

May Day!! May Day!!

With the flip of a calendar page the floodgates open, and the torrential bliss of wedding season begins!! Seriously, it's as if the fairy godmother of weddings shouts "On your mark, Get set, GO!" and waves her magic wand like a checkered flag! I'm in heaven, because I am a lucky lady running amuck with flowers in every color combination you can imagine. And just so you know, I haven't totally lost it- amuck is a veritable word defined as rushing about wildly in a state of extreme activity- which pretty much sums it up:) The wondrous part is the fact we'll be in this state of frenzy through November!! Who's up for the ride?


Cocktails with a view from the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla terrace


Centerpieces for Jenny and Ben



Bouquet for Kristin & Jacob in Point Loma



Hans & Shannon's sunset by the Scripps Shores



The groom's dapper boutonniere of bouvardia and yarrow