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!!

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Pam and Irwin {10.10.09)

I did one of my very first weddings at The Decathlon Club. Pam and Irwin's reception which was held there this past Saturday on 10.10.09 brought back some great memories and gave me the chance to catch up with Lisa the wedding/events coordinator at the club. Lisa was and is still wonderful!

Here are some pictures of Pam and Irwin's wedding flowers.


The button mums in the boutonniere and pomander pictured here were deep dark red in color, however, in the picture they came out a brighter red. I wonder if it was the way the sunlight hit the flowers while I was taking the photo??


Pam wanted me to add some silvery accents to her bouquet, so I added some crystals to the black star cala lilies. I really loved the way her bouquet turned out. Congrats to Pam and Irwin!!

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Lesley and Russel {10.3.09}

Lesley and Russel were married on the third of October at Russel's parent's lovely home in Atherton. Here is a picture of the bouquet I made for Lesley. Congrats Lesley and Russel!

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Amber and Shaka II

Amber was so sweet to send me some pictures from her lovely navy and yellow inspired wedding. I really loved her colors and her sense of style!

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Grace & Paul {9.19.2009}

I am back from the "Wedding MBA" conference, where I learned sooooo much. It was great being in a room filled with hundreds of other wedding professionals. I am motivated to start applying the things we learned. Especially in the time management area....lol where they told us to stop with the checking emails constantly. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to break this habit. I love staying in touch with the brides.

Since my internet access at our hotel was, to say the least, horrible! I didn't get to post pictures of Grace & Paul's wedding from last week. Their wedding was held at a beautiful private home in the Los Altos Hills where the back drop of the bay area was just stunning. Zita and Jim's home was the perfect setting for Grace's wedding. The day was pretty HOT, but the infinity pool seemed to visually cool things off (I was tempted to jump in every time I walked passed it).

I am bummmmmed that I didn't get to take pictures of the bouquets, but at least I had the opportunity to take pictures of the ceremony flowers and reception decor. I absolutely loved the way the lanterns and succulents turned out on the kings table!

With the exception of the flowers,Dino Casazza, of Casazza Catering, provided the tables, chairs, linens, umbrellas and just about everything else for Grace and Paul's wedding. His team did a spectacular job! As I was walking by the prep station to move some arrangements around, they allowed me to sample a little bit of the walnut, Gorgonzola hors d'oeuvre thing they were serving--it was so yummy.

With out further ado...or is it further adieu?? With out further delay...here they are.



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Ring and John {9.12.09}

It seems much longer now, but John and Ring's wedding was just last week! I totally forgot to post pictures! My schedule has been a bit crazy this past week preparing for a wedding which took place today and squeezing in meetings and consults before leaving for Las Vegas for the "Wedding MBA".

Here are some pictures that I took at John and Ring's reception which took place at the Dynasty in Cupertino. I loved the pink and brown lanterns that they hung all around the ballroom and the cupcake stand that I think John built him self. Andrea a friend of John and Ring's and a former client of mine helped bake the yummy looking cupcakes. I had to exert lots of restraint to keep from gobbling them all up as I was decorating the stand with flowers! The pomander ball I put together for the cupcake stand topper turned out real cute. I wanted to use pinkish button mums, but ended up using some light pink matsumoto asters.




Congrats John and Ring!!

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Amber & Shaka {08.02.2009}

We just finished setting up Amber and Shaka's wedding at the Willow Heights Mansion in Morgan Hill. I have been very excited about Amber's wedding for some time now, ever since she contacted me back in October '08. She told me about her vison of lemons, white hydrangea and navy blue--I have since been in love with yellow and navy blue weddings!

All of the details came together really nicely. I have got to hand it to Amber as she and her mom, Glenda, DIY'ed most of of the details along with the help of some really good friends of theirs. You go ladies!!

Amber looked stunning!! Although we didn't get to take a picture of her and her lovely bouquet, we were able to take a quick shot of her new hubby. I could not wait to post the great pictures that Tuan took!! Enjoy!





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