Love is in the Air

Valentine's day is almost upon us and I thought I would share a picture of one of my favorite red flowers.  It's a "Ferrari" amaryllis--I bet you can imagine where it got the name.  Though these beauties are available as cut flowers, I much prefer them growing in a pot.  They last longer that way, plus you you get to watch them grow.

Callie and Reed at Smoot Hall

This is  Callie.  She was an absolute pleasure to work with.  When I met with her and her mother-in-law to be, she brought along a few pictures of flowers that she liked.  From there I made some suggestions and over the following weeks we fine-tuned designs.  I think the thing that made this wedding such a success, is the fact that Callie was able to give me a good idea of the look and feel she wanted and then she trusted me to use creative license to come up with something extraordinary.  My best advice to any bride who wants amazing flowers for her wedding day would be to find a florist who has a style they love, make sure to clearly communicate the look/effect you are hoping to achieve (examples/pictures are always appreciated), then let the florist make suggestions--you will likely end up with something better than  you could have imagined!  

This is the arrangement we did for the buffet table.

    

To help control the average cost of centerpieces, we decided to 

alternate the elegant green and white arrangements 

(pictured below) with groupings of floating candles in vases of 

varying heights surrounded by greenery and white 

dendrobium orchids. 

The cake was simply stunning, and from what I heard, it tasted as 

good as it looked.

I'm usually not a huge fan of corsages, but I have to say that when I 

made the corsages for this wedding I actually was thrilled with 

the results--I only wish I had a better picture to share.

Still Life

This arrangement alongside the birds, et al. reminds me of a modern version of those still life paintings with the fruit and flowers--minus the fruit.  That's for some other day.  I'm a huge fan of green (can you tell?) and I love to pair bright/pale green with the deep color of the purple smoke bush.  Simple and sophisticated--this arrangement would complement just about any room.