Showing posts with label sacramento wedding flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sacramento wedding flowers. Show all posts

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sola / Tapioca / Balsa Wood Wedding Flowers / Truckee Lake Tahoe Sacramento Wedding Flowers Florist

Sola wood (aka balsa wood or tapioca wood) and cotton boll alternative wedding bouquet with metallic and icy details, and a custom etched copper bouquet charm
I had the pleasure of working with Elizabeth for a year on wedding flowers for her March 3, 2012 Truckee winter wedding.  She came to me with the vision of sola wood flowers (also known as tapioca wood or balsa wood flowers) and cotton bolls (because they reminded her of snow), with some metallic bling to reflect her winter wedding.  I took that idea farther, including pine cones embellished with crushed glass (like snow!) and as a nod to her Sierra wedding.  I hung a faceted glass (not acrylic!) crystal ball dangle that gives the idea of an icicle. Metallic touches included silver ting ting, gold skeleton leaves, a copperish rose element, and silver cord handle wrap (over rustic burlap). I finished off the bouquet with hand-shaped couture muslin leaves that were veined with silver and that I formed with antique french tools.  To finish off the metallic accents, I hand-etched and metalsmithed a copper bouquet charm with her initial.  This charm can be removed and worn as a necklace pendant, if she likes. I also included gorgeous, beautifully preserved cream sweetheart roses, as she wanted texture in her bouquet.

For her bridesmaid, I made a bouquet with sola wood flowers and simple muslin leaves and a burlap handle that complemented Elizabeth's bouquet. The bouts complemented both bouquets.

Elizabeth had two flower girls, and I made each a halo head wreath of sola wood flowers.  I included some bling, copper wire and copper ribbon, to match the theme.

The ceremony included a chuppah of birch poles and cloth.  I designed four pole dangles of sola wood flowers that included a faceted glass crystal ball dangle on each to catch the light as the chuppah was carried, and that matched Elizabeth's bouquet.

All of this was done  in advance of the wedding; Elizabeth and her fiancee picked up everything a few weeks before the wedding on their way home from a Lake Tahoe trip.  These are all items that can be done in advance, and in fact, can be mailed anywhere in the world!

Many thanks to Jessa Wilber for the photography.

Hand metalsmithed copper bouquet charm by A Special Day Designs, Shingle Springs, California


Sola wood and cotton boll wedding bouquet, Placerville, California

Balsa wood and cotton boll wedding bouquet with winter elements for a Truckee wedding.

Tapioca wood simple petite bouquet

Balsa wood bouquet with burlap and bling

Simple and elegant sola wood bouquet
Sola wood and cotton boll boutonniere
Balsa wood bout with couture french millinery leaf
Sola wood flower girl halo head wreath
Balsa wood flower flowergirl halo head wreath
Sola wood flower chuppah pole wedding decor

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Wedding Bouquet Sizes / Lake Tahoe Sacramento Placerville wedding flowers florist

White sweet pea and lavender petite vintage rustic bouquet via A Special Day Designs
Rather than calling bouquets by whom I think will be holding them, I much prefer to name them by their size.  After all, would a client choose something named after an attendant?  In the interest of keeping things simple, my hand-tied bouquets (with the stems showing) are based on the approximate number of stems in the bouquet.  Never an exact number, though, because as anyone who designs knows, sometimes you need to add that extra rose or take out a stem to make the design balanced.

And please note this:  size is relative to the type of flower that you are using.  As you will see, 10 very small lavender stems makes a very very petite bouquet, compared to 10 stems of spider mums.

The sweet white sweet pea and lavender bouquet above is an example of a petite bouquet.  My petite bouquets have 10 to 12 stems.  Designer's Choice bouquets are your choice of colors, my choice of seasonal flowers and does not include premium flowers such as (but not limited to) peony, mini posy calla, garden roses, or orchids or other pricey flowers.  This example is tied with sparkling wire, and is embellished with a vintage piece of jewelry (not included in price). The photo below, of simple lavender, and the is also a petite bouquet.

Lavender petite vintage rustic herbal bouquet via A Special Day Designs
 The Mono-Floral (one flower type) bouquets in Petite size is 10 stems as well (excepting, when available, football mums, arctic white callas, green goddess callas, and dahlias which are 5 stems).  An example is shown in green spider mums, and arctic white callas, below. 

Green Spider Mum petite bouquet via A Special Day Designs


White arctic calla petite bouquet via A Special Day Designs
 
Designer's Choice medium size bouquets have 14 to 16 stems.  The bouquet below, of pink peonies and dahlias, surprised a lucky bride!  By allowing me freedom to buy the nicest flowers...sometimes you might be very surprised and get premium flowers if they happen to be on special at the time of your wedding!  See the difference in size compared to the "medium size"  white sweet pea and lavender bouquet.  Because the sweet peas and lavender are smaller stems and smaller heads, the bouquet tends to look smaller.

Pink peony and dahlia and gerbera medium size bouquet via A Special Day Designs

Vintage glam white sweet pea and lavender medium size bouquet via A Special Day Designs
Purple kale and pink tulip eco medium size bouquet via A Special Day Designs

Mono-Floral medium size bouquets are ~15 stems.

Designer's Choice full size bouquets have 22 to 24 stems.  The example below is of white scabiosa, white tulips, white spray roses, and white sweet peas.

White tulip and white scabiosa full-size bouquet via A Special Day Designs
Mono-Floral full size bouquets are ~20 stems.

Please visit my website at http://www.aspecialdaydesigns.com for wedding flowers for Lake Tahoe, Placerville, Shingle Springs, Folsom, Sacramento, and other nearby areas in the Sierra foothills and greater Sacramento area.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Nestldown Eco Inspiration Board for Ashley in Peach and Rust / Sacramento Wedding Flowers Florist

Here's a special inspiration board for Ashley.  She and Brandon are getting married at Nestldown, in the Santa Cruz area.  The venue has a very eco, natural, and forest feel to it...which is why she contacted me!  So Ashley, here's to you:

Nestldown, via Rebecca Stark Photography

The ceremony location does not need much enhancement.  Hanging flower globes, like these:

Hanging Glass Flower spheres, via A Special Day Designs, Shingle Springs, California

Two curly willow tall cylinders for the BACK of the aisle, behind the last row of chairs, like these:

via A Special Day Designs, Shingle Springs, California
For the bouquets and personal flowers, Ashley is thinking of peach roses, rusty and /or burgundy mums, and leucadendron, like these:

via A Special Day Designs, Shingle Springs, California
via A Special Day Designs, Shingle Springs, California
Leucadendron is usually seen as in the top of this photo; but look at how pretty they look with their petals reflexed!

via Wedding Bee
A wood slice for the ringbearer?  Or a moss pillow?

via Scott Andrew Studio blog



via Simply Natural blog

For the reception, three sizes of cylinders on a wood slice.  Imagine, instead of the wood flower, a bird's nest to go with your theme.  The tallest with submerged delphinium and a floating candle; the medium with either swirled peach tulips or twigs (not submerged); and the short cylinder with a short pillar candle.  The delphinium can have several stems in the cylinder, if you'd like it "thicker" than below, for example:

via Floral Festivities blog
 

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Eco Tuscan Winery Inspiration for Cristy / Rustic Chic / Placerville Wedding Flowers Florist

via Para ti Novia

Love what Para Ti Novia said about the above photo: "Instead of using all traditional flowers, the bride used large vases of plants as well as potted herb plants and cookie jars filled with river rocks and herbs to complete this rustic chic look. The look is very evocative of French and Italian provincial weddings in which evenly smelling herbs and plants like lavender are used instead of traditional flowers."

via Schubert Nursery
via Schubert Nursery
via Schubert Nursery
via Schubert Nursery

via Wedding Ideas
via Weddings Idea
via wipneus.com
via Favor Ideas
via Gulf Coast Travel World
via My Jean M
via Perfect Outdoor Weddings
via Web Answers
Via Parenthetical Bride blog
via Elizabeth Anne Designs
 Love the "upcycle" aspect of the photo above!

via Oncewed
This one is upcycle, too!

via Create My Event
Modern!

via Southern Living
Cheese -cake!

via Perfect Day Planner


via Elizabeth Anne Designs
via Toast and Tables
I have a lot of these types of silver goblets for the right wedding!


via Wedding Bee

 Classic urn, classic roses, and some moss.

via Inspired Bride