C + J Wedding

Christa and Jared are one of the sweetest couples I know!  They were planning their wedding from Orange County and happen to live in the city I grew up in (Irvine).  Christa wanted shades of pink flowers with some green and eggplant purple accents.  She liked things soft and romantic and she of course loves ranunculus and peonies (who doesn't?!)

 Here is the very sweet thank you note I received from Christa and Jared after the wedding:

Dear Karen,
Where do we even begin?  Thank you so much for providing the most beautiful flowers for our wedding.  We knew you would do a great job, but we were still blown away by the work.  The flowers couldn't have been more perfect and working with you was such a pleasure.  Thank you. Thank you for everything!

Love,
Christa and Jared

Photo Shoot | Radionich Ranch | Los Gatos | Part II

Here are some more images of the bouquets and bridal accessories I made for the shoot I talked about here.

I've been wanting to make a purse for a while so I bought a purse covered in moss

and accented it with a coral charm peony along with some ranunculus.

Here is the hair clip I made to match the purse.

 Yellow always makes me smile!  The bouquet has ranunculus, dianthus, ming fern, dusty miller

fever few, white matsumoto, eucalyptus and rice flower.

 Here is a headband I made with some ranunculus, eucalyptus seeds and ming fern.

This photo does not do the bouquet justice - this bouquet was gorgeous in person. My husband said it was one of his favorites thus far.  The purple was so rich and vibrant and the lilac made the bouquet smell oh so lovely.  I used lilac, purple ranunculus, rice flower, purple veronica, ming fern, dusty miller and eucalyptus leaves.

Photo Shoot | Radionich Ranch | Los Gatos

It seems I have published a blank post.  Apologies for this!  I'm not sure what happened and would like to blame it on my computer or the internet but I'm pretty sure it was my fault somehow.  I am sad though because it was a nice thought out post with all of the pictures.  And now it's just going to be pictures.  So sad.

I was presented the opportunity to collaborate on a photos shoot with Karen of Love Life Studios. She sent over some images of lovely 20's, 40's and 50's dresses that she wanted to shoot and asked me to make some flowers and accessories to match.  I was very excited about this since I've been wanting to play around with some different flowers I don't usually get to use.  This gave me a chance to play around and be creative.

Anyway, the first bouquet I made is a modern version of the cascade bouquets that most brides carried back in the day.  I used some eucalyptus leaves to add fullness and to help with the draping and jasmine so it would "cascade".  This bouquet is probably in my top 5 favorite bouquets I've made to date.

J + D Wedding | Peninsula Golf & Country Club | San Mateo

I love spring weddings.  You get all of the lovely flowers you can imagine in the soft pastel colors.  This wedding had soft pinks, lovely shades of cream, bright coral accented with lime green.  We used vintage gold candelabras for the ceremony and reception which looked amazing in the room.  And did I mention that this room had HUGE windows?  It was a gorgeous backdrop for the ceremony.

Venue: Peninsula Golf and Country Club, San Mateo
Invitations and Paper Goods: Christine with Stella Bella Invitations
Florals: Huckleberry Karen Designs

I also received a very sweet thank you note for the bride just the other day!
"Dear Karen,
Things have finally settled down after the wedding and honeymoon  I just wanted to thank you so much for all your hard work doing my flowers!  They were soooo beautiful and they made the wedding.  So many people have told me how they loved the flowers. I will send you some photos as soon as I get them.  Thanks again."  --Love, Judy

Bride's Bouquet: Patience garden rose, Juliet garden rose, freesia, spray rose, ranunculus

hydrangea, vendela roses, and lisanthus

Mom Posy: spray roses, Pink avalanche rose, peach avalanche rose, sahara rose

green hydrangea, pink ranunculus

 One of the benefits of holding your ceremony and reception in the same place is the ability to re-purpose flowers.  These flowers used for the ceremony were then moved to the reception tables during the cocktail hour.

S + A Wedding | Casa Real | Pleasanton

Beautiful, vibrant wedding at Casa Real.  Seleene and Anthony planned their wedding from the east cost.  Not an easy thing to do.  But as you can see, everything turned out beautifully.  I also have to say that when I dropped off the personal flowers before the wedding, I saw so many smiling faces from friends and family and everyone was just SO happy.  I love that about weddings.  Families and friends coming together to celebrate.  That's what it's all about.

And here is the sweet note that Seleene left me after the wedding!

Happy new year!  I never got a chance to email you and thank you for doing such a wonderful job on all of our wedding flowers - thanks!  Everything turned out lovely and we were both so happy with all of the bouquets, arrangements and other flower.  Thanks again for making our wedding so wonderful and good luck with all of your work this year!:)

Venue: Casa Real
Photography: Tyler Vu Photography

Check out that smile on the flower girl.  Adorable!