Succulent Bride {Part Two: The Centerpiece}

Succulent Bride Part 1

My lovely bride wanted her bridal bouquet to have green succulents, greens and pops of yellow.
So we built up form the green succulents and used cream roses and spray roses, yellow oncidiums orchids, lotus pods and china berries.


For the reception we went back to Marin and Arts Garden in Ross, CA. The couple knew they wanted to incorporate the succulents again and liked the idea of fruit in centerpeice. So when we got together to discuss the colors which were burgundy and gold, immediately I knew we would have to go for those dark succulents, some magnolia leaves, the rust colored pompoms that the bride liked and then I suggested pomegranates and she loved the idea, so we were set.

When we got to the rose color I assumed she would have picked a dark burgundy or a cream and so when I asked her to picture what we had sketched in her mind and then to tell me what color she envisioned in the roses,
she said Peach. It was quite unexpected. But it worked! :)
So here is what we came up with.

For the check in table we had a simple arrangement set up of the nice big burgundy succulent, the caramel roses, magnolia, mums and china berries.

We also had one sitting on the bar that fit perfectly in a little tiny platform.

This has been my favorite wedding combo yet!
I loved working with the succulents and I was happy with the result. It was super important to the bride that she be able to replant her flowers in her garden and I hope that she does. :)

The groom's mother met me in the parking lot and she looked at the centerpiece and then said Oh my God, give me a hug!

haha! I loved it and she totally made my day! :)

Thanks Y&T! You two are the best and I wish you much love and success!

{and they lived happily ever after....}

Bright Floral Arrangments!

Here is a crescent arrangement I made today. Included are:

Fresh Green Apples, Yellow Lilies, Green and Orange Mums, Yellow Daisies, Lily Grass, Green Melaleuca, Luecadendron, lemon leaf, Yellow Iris, Variegated Boxwood, and Ming Fern.

Here's the side one of the arrangement.

Here's the side 2.

I love how Maribel detailed her apple with the bullion wire!

Here is a beautiful floral arrangement that Jen made that I think would look fabulous at
a tea party or at an outdoor barn style wedding.
I think that it's feminine and all it needs is tufts of ribbon worked in and out of the overall arrangement. It's not really something I would have put together because I would not normally think: Peach and Lavender. Awesome.
lol! But when she did it I really liked it! =)
The picture does not to do it justice, it really was beautiful in "person" and I wish I had better
camera skills. :(

Peach Hand Held/Round Arrangement

Remember my trip to the Farmers Market yesterday?
Well here they are!

I started to arrange them in my hand like a bouquet.

and made my daughter hold them so I could take pictures.
My "in house" labor*hehe : )*

The I cut and transferred them to a pretty white vase I found at Goodwill for $2.
I love Goodwill.

I'm kinda liking these cute little bud vases from Ikea...can you see the polka dot pattern?