Floral Verde LLC

Sara and Walter began dating in 2001, and finally tied the knot on October 31st!

Sara’s bouquet contained privet berries, fern curls, delphinium, anemones, dahlias, stellata pods, seeded eucalyptus, green hydrangea, Kermit button poms, scented geranium, roses, ranunculus, and hypericum. The white grosgrain ribbon was embroidered by her mother.

The bridesmaids’ bouquets were more subdued and contained privet berries, fern curls, anemones, ranunculus, stellata pods, seeded eucalyptus, hydrangea, Kermit button poms, hypericum berries, wheat and scented geranium.

The ceremony was at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Saline, Michigan, and the reception was just down the street at Weller’s. Sara is a graphic designer, so I wasn’t surprised to see how beautifully she coordinated all of the details. Walt wore a kilt, and Sara perfectly matched his family’s tartan cloth with ties for the groomsmen and pashmina shawls for the bridesmaids.

You can find gorgeous pictures from the day on the Brett Maxwell Photography Blog. And here’s a link to Sara’s website. Be sure to check out the beautiful wedding invitations and stationary she creates!

Congratulations Sara and Walter!

Here’s another non-traditional autumn color scheme for my awesome bride Sarah. I really love how this one turned out!

The bridal bouquet contained Hot Chocolate mini callas, burgundy dahlias, Black Baccara roses, Mariska spray roses, cymbidium orchids, bells of Ireland, and myrtle.

Sarah and David were married at the Church of the Holy Family in Grand Blanc. Then they partied at Atlas Valley Golf & Country Club.

Congratulations Sarah and David!

I worked with Kristie for nearly a year, and I am sad that the planning is over! I’ll definitely miss her cheerful phone calls. However, it was exciting to finally see her unique color scheme come together in real life!

The bridal bouquet contained smoke bush, Black Baccara roses, Safari Sunset leucadendron, bronze mums, Tokomaru Coca Cola mini cymbidiums, Green Tea roses and myrtle.

The ceremony and reception were held at the Bavarian Inn Lodge.

Congratulations Kristie and Ben!

Catie and Eric were married on the last weekend in September. Their lovely pink and white color scheme was set off with chocolate brown. Here is a picture of Catie with two of her bridesmaids that I snagged off of Facebook. Catie and her girls looked absoulutely stunning!

The bridal bouquet contained chocolate cosmos, Tokomaru Coca Cola mini cymbidiums, Charming Unique and Sweet Akito roses, blush and white mini callas, Dali spray roses, antique hydrangea, blush nerine lilies, Marco Polo dendrobiums, stephanotis, seeded eucalyptus and china berries.

The ceremony was held at Faith Lutheran Church in Grand Blanc. The altar arrangements were bursting with pink and white snapdragons and larkspur.

Smaller versions of the altar arrangements adorned some of the tables at the reception.

The rest of the tables had low centerpieces dripping with hydrangea, roses, scabiosa, scented geranium and seeded eucalyptus.

The reception was held at one of my favorite venues - Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, and the gorgeous linens were provided by Lorrie at Special Occasions. I love working with my dream team!

Congratulations Catie and Eric!

It’s such a treat to open your inbox and find photos from a talented photographer! Here are a few beauties of Nikole and Eric from Marci Curtis…

And a final image of one of my favorite bouquets of the year…

Be sure to check out both of Marci’s blogs (Marci Curtis – Wedding Photojournalist and The Michigan Wedding Photographer) for more photos from the wedding.

Thank you Marci!

I met Nikole in January at the Palace Bridal Show. During our initial consultation Nikole mentioned the most fabulous items - succulents, craspedia, scabiosa, dusty miller and tweedia all came up in our first conversation. Talk about music to my ears! It was just the kind of wedding I had been looking to do - soft and natural with lots of interesting botanical details.

Nikole’s bouquet was bursting with texture. It had dark blue and light blue delphinium, blue scabiosa, tweedia, pale blue hydrangea, pieris, tuberose, Cream Prophyta roses, seeded eucalyptus, silver tree, wormwood, and succulents. Whew, that’s a dozen different items!

The bridesmaids bouquets were sweet and simple with craspedia, Creamy Eden spray roses, cream prophyta roses, light yellow freesia and a hint of tweedia.

At this point in time, you may notice Nikole and Eric’s subtle maize and blue color scheme. The bride and groom both graduated from U of M!

The sweet wrist corsages for the mothers had Creamy Eden spray roses, dusty miller and seeded eucalyptus

Nikole and Eric share a laugh during the ceremony. I believe that the Reverend was questioning their decision to hold the ceremony on game day! I just take it as proof that Nikole and Eric are very serious about this union! The ceremony was held at the Commerce United Methodist Church.

As you may imagine, I attend a lot of weddings every year. One of my favorite details from their ceremony was the trumpeter that preformed along with the organist. It was such a thoughtful addition to the ceremony, and it was the first time I had experienced it. It felt so Princess Di – just magical!

Isn’t Nikole just stunning?! A few post ceremony shots and it’s off to the Finnish Cultural Center to celebrate! If you’re looking to book this venue, be sure to get ahold of Laura, the caterer. She is super accommodating and incredibly helpful!

The centerpieces were so fun to make! I imagined them as little woodland gardens, complete with moss and succulent florets.

Congratulations Nikole and Eric!

This weekend two of my good friends were married, and I was honored to be included in the celebration. I met Allie and Derrick through my husband – they both worked with him. They are an incredibly romantic and sweet couple, and very much in love.

Allie envisioned an elegant black and white wedding with hints of blush and pops of green. Here’s what we came up with…

The bridal bouquet contained black skeleton leaves, beige stripped coque feathers, Polar Star roses, Princess spray roses, Peach Vision spray roses, scented geranium, seeded eucalyptus, and dusty miller.

Daniel (Allie’s father) walks the gorgeous bride down the aisle to meet her groom.

I couldn’t help myself… here’s a little close up of the bridal bouquet during the ceremony. :)

Allie and Derrick are husband and wife!!!

The reception was held at the Father Bush Parish Center at the Church of the Holy Family in Grand Blanc. On Friday morning the hall was completely empty. In a matter of hours Allie, Derrick, and their friends and families pulled together to transform the space! They did an incredible job! The Mitsumata tree and the wheatgrass centerpieces were provided by Floral Verde LLC and the chair covers and napkins were done by Lorrie at Special Occasions.

The reception was fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the live music preformed by Eventide. They played the kind of upbeat music that I like to dance to around the house – everything from the 60’s through today.

Here’s a look at the delicious cake – one of my favorite parts of the wedding. I would weigh 400 pounds if I had access to cake like this on a daily basis! Yum!

Congratulations Allie and Derrick! Thank you for including me in your special day!

Yesterday I sent out a get well arrangement and a thank you arrangement. They both included one of my favorite roses - Faith.

In early August Yi called me from California. She needed lavender and green wedding flowers for her Michigan nuptials in less than a month! Here’s what we came up with together:

Yi’s bouquet was a lush mix of bamboo branches, fern curls, Schwartzwalder mini callas, Amnesia roses, Eloquence spray roses, scabiosa pods, seeded eucalyptus, cymbidium orchids and scented geranium.

Unfortunately, Yi’s bouquet was the only thing I had time to photograph. The flower board I created for her describes the rest of the personal flowers.

Congratulations Yi and Steve!

Two weekends ago I had the pleasure of working with Sara and Chris on their wedding and reception at the Indian Springs Metro Park. Their ceremony was held in the Oak Circle, surrounded by a blooming prairie and against the backdrop of a beautiful, old oak tree. (Hopefully I get some pictures of their ceremony from the photographer!) The reception was just up the hill at the award-wining Environmental Discovery Center (EDC).

Sara and Chris selected a yellow, green and chocolate color scheme. It effortlessly complimented the prairie, wetlands, and ponds within the park.

The bridal bouquet was an eclectic mix of chocolate cosmos, scabiosa pods, seeded eucalyptus, hydrangea, leucadendron, bupleurum, millet, astilbe, spray roses, freesia and mini callas. It was finished with a copper-beaded stem wrap. It combined that just-gathered look with a hint of couture.

The EDC’s event room was pretty spectacular, and quite modern. As a former architecture student, I really enjoyed how the structure was expressed within the space. And for those guests who could care less about glulam beams and lateral bracing, the room also had a great view with two walls of windows that overlook the surrounding pond and prairie!

There were two different centerpiece styles. We brought the outdoors in with tall centerpieces of cattails.

The low centerpieces also harkened back to the wetland theme with lotus pod accents.

A gorgeous cupcake tower put together by the Sweet and Savory Bake Shop rounded out the evening.

I absolutely loved this oversized cup cake for the cake cutting! How perfect!

Congratulations Sara and Chris!