S + E Wedding | Thomas Fogarty Winery| Woodside

Susie and Ed got married in the fall at one of my favorite venues, Thomas Fogarty Winery.  I am a bit biased here since this is where I got married almost five years ago - but if you checked the place out you would have to agree it is one of the most beautiful wineries along the peninsula (between San Francisco and San Jose).

There were so many things I loved about this wedding - the venue, the scrabble theme and the cake topper just to name a few!

Venue: Thomas Fogarty Winery
Wedding Planner: Janece with Every Elegant Detail
Photographer: Jesse Leake Photography
Cake: Gabby with Cake Coquette

Susie wanted a soft and romantic bouquet that was fluffy!  I have to say that this was one of my favorite bouquets from 2010.  Flowers included hydrangea, spray roses, freesia, dahlias, roses and orchids.

Susie had given me some lace left over from her wedding dress so I wrapped her bouquet with it and accented it with some pearl pins.  It really added a nice detail!

Bridesmaid Bouquet

Love the cake topper!

C+J Wedding | De Anza Hotel | Cupertino

Carolyn and Jon got married in the fall so they wanted to use bold fall colors for their wedding pallete.  The bridesmaids wore eggplant purple and we went with shades of orange for the bouquets.  I have to say that the bridesmaid bouquets were one my favorites from last year.  Loved the dahlias and eucalyptus leaves!

Bride's bouquet: roses, dahlias, calla lilies, cymbidium orchids

Bridesmaid bouquets: roses, spray roses, dahlias and eucalyptus leaves and pods

Groom's bout: calla lily with eucalyptus seeds

 

Groomsmen bouts: scabiosa pods with hypericum berries

Ring bearer pillow

Flower girl pomander

Centerpieces

Bouquet Breakdown

I haven't done a bouquet breakdown in a while so I thought I would breakdown Misty's bridal bouquet from the wedding that was featured in the previous post.

I also included the names of the roses but keep in mind that each grower has different names for their rose colors. For those who live in the bay area then you would find these roses at the San Francisco Flower Mart.

Bouquet Breakdown

A funky and fun bouquet without using any roses, dahlias or peonies (the most popular weddings flowers in my opinion)!

Featured Wedding - Style Unveiled San Francisco

Over the holiday break, I received great news that one of my couples, Misty and Rey had their wedding featured in the Style Unveiled - San Francisco real wedding section.  Very exciting.  Here's a little peek. 

Misty talks about how they pulled everything together from choosing the venue, the photographer and the flowers.  All the photos were taken by Jessie Cho Photography.  You can read more about her inspiration and see more images here.

It's Been A Long Time!

I hang my head in shame.  I realized I have neglected my blog and when I went to check last night it said my last post was November 1st, 2010.  Holy cow.  That was 2 months ago!  Again, I hang my head in shame.  I know, I should stop shaming myself and just start posting my weddings and musings again.  In my defense, I do have an excuse.  I'm currently 8 months pregnant AND I'm chasing a 2 year old around.  By the time I have a moment to sit down I want to eat, sleep and then eat some more.  My last wedding was in November and then I pretty much collapsed from exhaustion (due to the entire child I am growing inside of me - a favorite quote from my friend Stinkerpants).

I cannot make up for lost time - but I do hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break and a great start to the new year.  I've received a lot of inquiries so far - December is one of the biggest "engagement months" out there and once the new year starts, people realize they are getting married THIS YEAR.  Time to be excited and (freak out).

I still have a few weddings from last year I would like to share and I'm hoping I can crank those out before baby #2 decides to make her grand entrance.  In the mean time, here's me and my big belly!

Photo courtesy of ElleJae Weddings who took our family photos this year!

D + D Wedding | Presidio Chapel of My Lady | San Francisco

I try to take photos of all my weddings in its entirety but the reality is that I just don't have enough time to do so.  Sometimes I only have a moment to snap shots of the bouquets before I deliver them or I get a couple of minutes at the reception to take photos of the centerpieces.  As much as I like to show weddings with all of the different floral elements including bouquets, bouts, ceremony and reception I don't always get to do that!  But I feel like it would be a shame not to show some pictures of these lovely bouquets and ceremony flowers of a July wedding earlier this year.

Bride's Bouquet with peonies, roses, garden roses, hydrangea, orchids, freesia,

calla lilies and purple crystal spray accents

Bridesmaid Bouquets with a variety of roses and dahilas

Ceremony arrangements with smilax garland strung along the pews

with pew bouquets.

K+C Wedding | Acqua Hotel | Mill Valley

When I first met with Katie the first thing she told me is "no roses."  She wanted something fun and modern that matched the decor of her venue.  She really liked those anemones with the black centers but they were not season.  So we went with the Gerber daisies with dark centers - a pretty good substitute if you like those anemones.  My favorite thing about this wedding?  It was definitely the donut table.  Decorating the table was pure torture.  Looking at the pictures just now makes me want to hit up the nearest donut store (which happens to be called Pyscho Donuts.  Very telling, huh?)
Okay - moving on to the pictures.

Bride's Bouquet: Hydrangea, spidermums, calla lilies, dahlias and freesia

 Bride's bouquet close up.

 Bouts and corsages

Bridesmaid Bouquets: hydrangea, gerber daisies, spidermums and monkey tails.

 Cocktail table arrangement

 

 

 

 

 Ceremony Decor

Branch arrangement for the buffet table.

 Donut Table!