Suzanne and Scott {10.24.09}

The day could not have been more lovely, this past Saturday, for a wedding at Testarossa Winery in Los Gatos. It was warm, but not too warm, and not windy at all like it usually is in the Fall. The winery was the perfect setting for Suzanne and Scott's wedding.

Although it was not planned, the floral arrangements were pretty eco-friendly. Many of the items used in the designs were items that were sustainable and/or re-usable. Suzanne mentioned to me that many of her guests took the manzanita branch centerpieces home with them. They make great pieces for the home!

I failed to bring my camera with me to Testarossa, but I did manage to take some pictures of the centerpieces with my iphone. They are not great pictures, but at least something until Suzanne and Scott's photographer, Ashley Maxwell, who is super sweet, has some photos available for me to share. Tuan says that my iphone pictures are horrible and that I shouldn't post them, but I am going to anyway =P

This is a picture of the table centerpieces:


The bridal party table arrangements were made of sandblasted grapewood, cymbidium orchids, reindeer moss, river stones, scabiosa pods, and mini lanterns. I actually had to tear these arrangements down and put them back up again due to a mishap with the color of the linens that were put down. Lydia and I had to work fast to get the arrangements back up, but the second time around was better, in my opinion. With lots of vendor team work, the event was overall a success.



For their escort card piece, we used wheat grass housed in a wooden box (crafted by Tuan) to hold the cards in place.


Tuan took some awesome pictures of the bouquets and boutonnieres prior to leaving for the site. I love the way he used the branches and the wheat grass as a backdrop. Suzanne's bridal bouquet was arranged with her favorite flower, tulips, with a handle made of leaves and twine (on my list of favorites). The leaves and twine were carried on in the bridesmaid bouquets as well as the boutonnieres which had twine wrapped around the stems.




Congratulations Suzanne and Scott!!