Jessica & Derek in Grand Ledge

This was an interesting wedding. I worked mostly with the groom, Derek, to select the flowers for this wedding. He described to me his lilac and black color scheme and this is what we came up with:

The bridal bouquet combines Schwartzwalder mini callas with Avant Garde roses, Cool Water roses and Viviane Spray roses.

The bridesmaids' bouquets are a smaller version of the bridal bouquet without the mini callas.

The boutonnieres for the family members, groomsmen, and the groom were each different. On the left, the fathers' boutonnieres were made up of a single Avant Garde rose with accents of seeded eucalyptus and lily grass. In the middle the groomsmen boutonnieres feature a Cool Water rose. And the groom's boutonniere matched the bridal bouquet with a Schwartzwalder mini calla.

The mothers' corsages included Viviane spray roses and seeded eucalyptus mounted black pearl corsage bracelets.

Congratulations Jessica and Derek!

Allison & Chris at Pine Knob Mansion

Autumn is a busy season at Floral Verde LLC, and there are several real weddings that I need to post about. We'll start with a very special couple, Allison and Chris. Allison found Floral Verde LLC online in late January. After working up a quote for her, she booked me for her wedding. We hit it off during our initial phone conversation, and I mentioned that I was looking to hire help for the upcoming wedding season.

Fast forward to May 28th - Allison is working on her first wedding with me! It was the start of wonderful personal and professional friendship, and we have since worked side by side on several weddings. So here is to my good friend and floral partner in crime - Allison!

Allison is simply stunning!

My favorite part of the day is how Allison couldn't stop smiling. Congratulations Allison and Chris!

Here are some of the floral details from the day:

The fathers' boutonnieres were made up of a single Akito rose with accents of boxelder seeds and two loops of lily grass knotted in the front.

The mothers' corsages followed suit, and included Viviane spray roses, boxelder and lily grass mounted on pearl corsage bracelet from Fitz.

The groomsmen boutonnieres included a special touch of lily of the valley. It was the Fraternal flower of the groom and his groomsmen.

The bridesmaids' bouquets were made up of Akito roses, Viviane spray roses, white freesia, boxelder, myrtle and green sedum.

The bridal bouquet combines Black Baccara roses and Schwartzwalder mini callas with freesia and loops of lily grass.

The gorgeous venue - Pine Knob Mansion in Clarkston, Michigan. What an incredible view!

Board #7: Vintage Hollywood in Pink and Champagne

Heather, an organized and hands-on bride from Texas, came to me with a precise vision of her wedding day. Equipped with samples of hand-made button details, vintage ribbon, a gorgeous wedding scrapbook, and every female member of her family, we had a very productive and fun meeting.

Two of the inspirational bouquets in her scrapbook (pictured above) really spoke to me, and they both happen to be from the same Winter 2007 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings. The bouquets in this feature were all created by the very talented Matthew Robbins at Artfool. No wonder I was totally in love!

Here are the roses and peonies that I felt matched her vision for a 1930's Hollywood themed wedding with a color palette of antique pink, ivory, gold and black:

Some of my favorite flowers on the board are the Faith rose (first row, first image) for its incredible size and antique color; the Hypnose rose (second row, first image) again for its antique color; the Celestial spray rose (fourth row, fourth image) for its opening pattern - it looks like a ranunculus; and all of the roses in the Prophyta family (fifth row, first, third and fourth images) for their romantic colors, affordability and their classic shape. If the floral palette weren't limited to roses and peonies I might also suggest using pink astilbe, tuberoses, pale pink ranunculus, peony tulips and pink hanging amaranthus.

Row 1: Faith rose from Asiri Blooms, Antico Amore garden rose from Royal Flowers, Vendela rose from Royal Flowers, O'hara garden rose from Royal Flowers Row 2: Hypnose rose from Eufloria, Sahara rose from Eufloria, Talea+ rose from Eufloria, Sweet Avalanche rose from Eufloria Row 3: Charming Unique rose from Royal Flowers, Geneve rose from Esmeralda, Cremita spray rose from Fresca Farms, Star Blush spray rose from Fresca Farms Row 4: Ilse spray rose from Royal Flowers, Chablis spray rose from Fresca Farms, Porcelina spray rose from Fresca Farms, Celestial spray rose from Fresca Farms Row5: Prophyta rose from Esmeralda, Timeless rose from Fresca Farms, Cream Prophyta rose from Esmeralda, Pink Prophyta rose from Esmeralda Row 6: all from Zest International Ltd. - Ferris Petticoat Peony, Mr Ed peony, Baroness Schroder peony, Pillow Talk peony