Friday, December 31, 2010

White calla / purple dendrobium / reed / gyp / baby's breath Lake Tahoe wedding

Here's a inspiration design post for Erica, who is getting married next summer at South Lake Tahoe.  She is out of state and planning a Lake Tahoe destination wedding, so we are doing a wedding flower consultation by email. She loves a clean and sophisticated look, but needs to consider her budget. She also likes the simple look of my Just Gyp bouquets. Her colors are royal purple and sage green, a great color combination!

via flickr, Nicole Radtke ("*nike*" photostream)
This horsetail reed has a similar look to bamboo....I love how it is kind of rough looking next to the delicate gyp (baby's breath) - rather ying and yang, masculine and feminine, edgy and ethereal.

via A Special Day Designs by Monique Wilber, Shingle Springs, CA -- Lake Tahoe Wedding flowers

 The bouquet above has a modern look as it doesn't have a lot of different flowers in it.  The gardenias are not in the budget, but other white flowers could substitute.  I love the green sisal sphere and the explosion grass!



via A Special Day Designs by Monique Wilber, Shingle Springs, CA -- Lake Tahoe Wedding flowers

Here are some callas, not many, but stylized and chic (above).  The budget won't allow gardenias, and Erica is not a fan of roses, so we can substitute there.  I love the green sisal wrap (also comes in purple!).

via Floral Design by Jacqueline Ahne blog

 The photo above is my inspiration for the reed and dendrobium orchid dangles...love love love Jacqueline Ahne's design work!
 
Now, imagine the dangling dendrobium orchids in purple (they won't be this pink-ish):

via 123RF

via A Special Day Designs by Monique Wilber, Shingle Springs, CA -- Lake Tahoe Wedding flowers
A Just Gyp bouquet for the bridesmaids, imagine with reed dangles and a wrap in your colors, as above.

via Wedding Flowers and Reception Ideas
A reed and gyp bout for the guys, above...

via The Knot
Not quite what I had in mind, but what a calla and gyp could look like together...or, another option:

via The English Garden

Okay, use your imagination:  make that white tulip a white calla, and think of the green dendrobium orchids as purple!

via My Bouquet blog
 For the ceremony marker arrangements, I was thinking curly willow as above, or straight sticks with horsetail reed (the reed is the first photo in the post), in a solid green or brown eco mache container, with dangling blooms. 

These are the eco mache containers....they can be colored to match your wedding colors, or used as-is.

Another option is the photo below, which has the curly willow (or straight sticks and reed) in a clear glass cylinder:

via My Bouquet blog
With "sticks", the design will be straighter, not so twisty, like this (but with reeds, not the tall grass) but with dangles:

via A Special Day Designs by Monique Wilber, Shingle Springs, CA -- Lake Tahoe Wedding flowers
With my big tall glass rental cylinders, it will look like this:

via A Special Day Designs by Monique Wilber, Shingle Springs, CA -- Lake Tahoe Wedding flowers

2 comments:

  1. I just had a bride send me an image of the bouquet in this post as an inspiration for her wedding flowers! Lovely work as always!

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  2. I love all the flowers above. They are unique, classic and elegant. Thanks for sharing this post. This is really informative.

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