Continuing on from Wednesday and last week, I wanted to show you the details from Caitlin and Dan’s reception.  The above is simply one of my favorite designs from 2011.  We used plums inside the vase with orchids as well.  The orchids and hanging votives created such a stunning effect at night.

We placed little keepsakes of rosemary and wheat for each place setting.  The wheat symbolizes fertility and the rosemary symbolizes fidelity!

The gorgeous cake designed by Design Cuisine!

In addition to the cake, Design Cuisine also made a gorgeous dessert bar!

The day of the wedding we were all so worried about the snow, but I think Caitlin and Dan would agree – it made for remarkable and beautiful portraits for them!

Congrats to Caitlin & Dan!

Have a great weekend!

Photography by Greg Gibson

We gave you a sneak peek of Caitlin and Dan’s snowy wedding last Friday…here is the second installment!  As the snow and the rain fell down throughout this Saturday in October, we knew we would have to use the backup tent!  So we jazzed it up with our hanging glass lanterns in jewel tones and set up the ceremony chairs along with fun lounge furniture.

We loved designing her beautiful bridal bouquet with purple calla lilies, dianthus, purple delphinium and red cymbidium orchids.

We are still so in love with their purple umbrella!  Stay tuned…on Friday we will show more details from the reception inside the Meridian House!

Photography by Greg Gibson 

One of the biggest trends in flowers for 2012 weddings is all about the color green!  There are tons of ways to use green in your bouquet.  The above bouquet has folded green leaves, green hypericum berries, Belles of Ireland and Emerald roses along with eucalyptus.  One of our favorite bouquets from last year!

Other beautiful green flowers and accents are hellebores, hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus, green beading, zinnias, succulents, mums, coxcomb, calla lilies, orchids, bupleurum, lotus pods and so much more!!

(photo by Kimberly Williams)

We are thrilled to announced that we were chosen as a Bayside Bride Handpicked vendor for floral designers!  We have done a lot of weddings on the Eastern Shore and Bay area and we love all the details of doing fun weddings in Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay!  Here is a fun smattering of photos from weddings we did on the bay and Annapolis this past year!

Top two photos taken by Matt Mendelsohn 

Here is our final installment of photos from Lillian and Henry’s wedding at Halcyon House from their very talented photography Ken Luallen!

We loved her beautiful stationery!  We decorated the trellis with simple greenery and white lisianthus.

It was such a gorgeous day with so many beautiful and interesting details!

Congrats again to Lillian and Henry!

Did you see the gorgeous mandap we did for Beejal’s wedding in the last post??? We just love the landscape that we designed for Beejal’s wedding at the Ronald Reagan Building in November!  We designed her bouquets with rich eggplant mini calla lilies and green hypericum berry accents.  Her bridesmaids bouquets had local hydrangea with calla lilies and astrantia.

We provided purple and black linens to go with our tall rectangular vases filled with submerged mini calla lilies with green beads inside.  We had our signature manzanita branches with hanging green glass votives and purple orchid accents.  Floating above our our purple, green and black paper lanterns!

Then – the talk of the night – our elephant decor design!

Congrats to Beejal + Ben!!!

Gorgeous fun wedding cake from The Knot with orange drink stirrers from Bab’s Etsy Shop

Our own gloriosa lily bouquet with our in-house lanterns (photo by Roman Grinev)

Fabyan Orange Gown via Wedding Inspirasi with beautiful earrings from Rachelle’s Jewelry Box

Orange Brocade Kitten Heels from BHLDN with our menus and orchids (photo from Documentary Associates)

I can’t wait until we get the professional photos back as my photography skills simply cannot show how beautiful Caitlin’s bridal bouquet was!  While Caitlin’s wedding was on that snowy rainy day in October – it was still an absolutely gorgeous wedding!  I made her bridal bouquet with dark purple mini calla lilies, dianthus, red cymbidium orchids and purple delphinium.

The bridesmaids bouquets had terra cotta roses with calla lilies.

Since we had to have the ceremony outside in the tent – we went all out hanging clear, gold and jewel toned glass lanterns for a whimsical and romantic feel.

Entrance decor with calla lilies and curly willow.

The taller centerpieces had cylindrical glass vases filled with plums and orchids with manzanita branches artfully places with hanging votives and orchid accents.

Then for the low centerpieces – we custom designed low reclaimed wood boxes filled with moss, calla lilies, lavender and wheat.  We also added these new wooden frames to our inventory!

I can’t wait to get the photos from Greg Gibson!!!

Have a great weekend!!!

Here is a sneak peek from the wedding we did when it snowed back in October!!!  This is the aisle decor we used – which I loved!  Manzanita branches with rosemary and calla lilies…This jewel-toned wedding is not to be missed!

A few of our favorite things for Holiday Wedding Style…

Our green cymbidium bridal bouquet (photo by Documentary Associates) with Green Bunting Pennant from BHLDN

Green and Red cake via Perfect Wedding Day with Green Wedding Dress via Flickr

One of our favorite holiday bouquets we have done with holly berries, roses and rosemary (photo by Amy Deputy) with our green cymbidium cake topper (photo by Roman Grinev)

Our green hypericum berry lapel with green shoes via The Knot

I gave you a sneak peek last week from a wedding we did at a new venue called Love Point.  What I did not tell you is that it was Casandra Tressler’s wedding!  She was 2010′s Miss USA International and came from being Miss Maryland!!! Above is the bridesmaid bouquet to accompany the beautiful bridal bouquet that we did for her (click here to see).  Filled with garden roses, pink freesia, white delphinium and white mini calla lilies.

The venue has a view right on the bay looking straight at the Bay Bridge!  We did the centerpieces as well.  Windows took care of the catering and rentals.

The bride opted for three different centerpieces.  Starting with this rustic style with wheat grass and river rocks in our reclaimed wood boxes.

Then the second arrangement was our milk glass filled with pink garden roses, calla lilies and hydrangea.

Last, but not least, are the tall trumpet glass vases with dendrobium orchids and curly willow accents!

Congrats to Casandra + Estebe!

Red is making a comeback…Get Ready!!

Our sexy red backdrop with candles – photo by Documentary Associates

Red Shoes Via Santa Barbara Chic Blog

Red Invitations via Invitation Crush

Red accented cake by Maggie Austin Cake

Our own red rose wreath and red peony posy

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Here is a sneak peek from the wedding we did at Love Point recently – which is a new venue right on the other side of the bride!

Stay tuned and have a great weekend!

One final post from the wedding we did a few weeks ago at the Halcyon House.  Here are few close ups of the flowers we provided.  Above is the bridesmaid bouquet made with local hydrangea, purple scabiosa and white snowberries.

And here is the beautiful bridal bouquet with purple mini calla lilies.

And here are the matching boutonnieres wrapped with twine.

Here is another look at the lower centerpieces that used hydrangea, roses with either echeveria or artichokes!

We loved using this color palette!!

The ultimate Georgetown location for DC brides and grooms is the Halcyon House. A few weeks ago – we were there for Lillian and Henry’s wedding.  They wanted simple decor for their arch…where we added a cocculus garland and white lisianthus accents.

We also had our signature Manzanita branch escort card table arrangement complete with wheat grass as the guests entered the reception.

For the centerpieces we had a mix of tall and low ones.  Low centerpieces had local hydrangea with garden roses and echeveria. The tall centerpieces had trumpet glass vases with local hydrangea and white mini calla lilies.

As soon as we get the professional photos back – we will post them!

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We had a beautiful wedding at the Halcyon House a couple of weekends ago – here is a sneak peek!  Purple and green was a theme and the bride just loved the look of artichokes!  Stay tuned for more next week!  Have a great weekend!

We love this dark and beautiful bridal bouquet we made for our bride at the Arts Club of Washington a few weeks ago.  A beautiful combination of eggplant, burgundy and pink mini calla lilies mixed with lush garden roses!

Her pretty Maid of Honor bouquet was made with pink and lavender mini calla lilies with lavender dahlias.

We created a customized white chuppah for her complete with a customized top provided to us by the family.

Congrats to Tracy and Christopher!

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A couple of weeks ago we had a gorgeous wedding at Brookside Gardens.  I showed you the bridal bouquet last Friday.  She had a little bit of an Alice in Wonderland Style going on at the wedding with lovely banquet tables, rabbit accents and fun table numbers with characters from the Alice in Wonderland cartoon movie (not Johnny Depp style).

Main Event provided this gorgeous farm table for the head table while we provided all of the vintage vases with purple and white flowers – every single vase had a different floral design in it.

We love the beautiful look under the tent with these pretty dark purple and aqua colors (we also provided the pretty purple votives)

Congrats to Lili and Andrew!

Yesterday we had a beautiful event at the National Building Museum with Lori Hill and Bank of America. Here we had a very modern design with orange dahlias, green spider mums, orange snapdragons, greenery and a fun accent with a manzanita branch.

Since the guests were all having different dishes – we needed to find a creative way to let the caterers know who was eating what!  So we used the vintage bird theme for the stamps that we used on our place cards that our in-house calligrapher did.  The three different stamps were used for vegetarian, meat and seafood dishes!

Once we get the professional images back – we will showcase more (including the fun cigar rolling table which was a hit for the reception)!

Congrats to Amanda and Matt!!!

For today’s installment from Amanda and Matt’s wedding in St. Michael’s – it’s all about the cocktail hour!  We had a nature and bird theme going on throughout the property – starting with 3 birdcages that floated about the lemonade and iced tea stand!  We have a bunch of fun and antique birdcages including the ones showcased here.

We were able to use our chalkboards again with our in-house calligrapher instead of escort cards to save paper and space.

Check back tomorrow for a few ideas and looks from their reception!

We had a beautiful wedding out in St. Michael’s a couple of weeks ago.  The venue was Kirkland Manor and we were able to really customize as much as possible with the decor.  We just loved this archway on the property and spruced it up with flowers everywhere for the ceremony.

We used our hanging mason jars with white stock, dahlias and snapdragons and tied off with a burlap wrap for the aisle.

Here is the beautiful bride Amanda!  I can’t wait for the professional photos to come in as there were so many beautiful places to take photos at this venue.  Her bridal bouquet was made of garden roses, ranunculus, lisianthus, dahlias and astilbe.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow!

We had a beautiful corporate event a couple of weeks ago at the Carnegie Institute for Science!  We used our trumpet glass vases and filled them with white dendrobium orchids, yellow oncidium orchids with curly willow accents.  Then, hanging from the branches were our new crystal drops!  The arrangement was accompanied by submerged orchids with floating candles!

Credits – Top to bottom, Left to Right

Margaret & Patrick’s Wedding with fun pumpkin “love you” by Kathy Blanchard and one of our signature candy bars at Woodend

Mini Pumpkin Soup via Elizabeth Anne Designs with one of our favorite bouquets we made for Ashlee & Tom’s Wedding (my brother and sister-in-law) at Decatur House – photo by Documentary Associates

Cotton Bur Wreath via Etsy with an escort card display we did at GW River Farm

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Our “black and white” bouquet with Picasso and Eggplant toned mini calla lilies, deep purple ranunculus with fern curl accents – Photo by Documentary Associates

Black and White Cake Inspiration via Wedding Place

Our pretty corsage and lapel flowers with lisianthus and phaleanopsis orchids

Our Luscious Verde Black and White Invitations

French Maid Garter from The Garter Girl

Lelah Shoes by Badgley Mischka from Zappos

Black and White Linens from Table Manners

Black and White Tags for your candy bar via Etsy

Here are the fun details from Tina and Chris’ wedding this summer!  Tina started the day at the Mandarin Oriental.  Right after getting ready, Tom from Documentary Associates took some stunning photos in her suite!

We made her beautiful bridal bouquet with green cymbidium orchids, scabiosa pods, seeded eucalyptus, white lisianthus, green hypericum berries, succulents, emerald green roses, lily grass with a few feather accents.

Chris + Tina – pronounced man and wife at Top of the Town!!!

Tina and Chris opted for a fun travel theme for their wedding.  Starting with programs shaped like passports and escort cards like airline tickets!  They also asked the guests to pin on a map where they have been.  The tall centerpieces were created with submerged cymbidium orchids and manzanita branches with hanging votives and orchids attached to them.  The beautiful cake was designed by Cakes by Linda.

Congrats to Chris and Tina – we are so happy we could be a part of your day!!!

Photography by Documentary Associates

Last week after the holiday – we had a gorgeous and simple wedding on a Tuesday at a private home in Bethesda.  We created simple bouquets and a rustic altar for the bride along with lapels for the groom. Above is the bridal bouquet – which was comprised of Vendela cream roses, pink and white ranunculus, purple delphinium and pink cymbidium orchids.

Because I adore dahlias (and they are only perfect this time of year), I loved making the bridesmaids bouquet with these beautiful dahlias, roses and delphinium.

Congrats to the bride and groom and stay tuned for Eco-Beautiful Weddings Fall Issue going live tomorrow and Secretly Fancy Friday!

It’s that time of year!  Both in the spring and the fall we are always making samples for our clients to make sure the look we are going for is in line with what the caterer is providing as well.  Above is a fun sample of manzanita branches with terra cotta roses attached to the branches with plums inside the vase over at Design Cuisine for a wedding we are doing at the Meridian House in the fall…

Then for this sample we were asked to create an interesting eco-friendly design for a corporate event at Window Catering Company…All items can be planted again or simply placed on someone’s desk after the event!

Speaking of eco-friendly… the Fall Issue of Eco-Beautiful Weddings goes live on Thursday!

Fall colors are pretty much always associated (but should never be limited to) with different tones of gold, orange, red and yellow…so we are starting our wedding style blog series with just that!

Above is just a sampling of what we have done for previous fall brides.

 Details – Top to bottom, left to right:

Gorgeous wreath at Woodend Sanctuary with various fall shades of roses (photo by Katie)

Classic bridal bouquet with mini calla lilies and roses (photo by Documentary Associates)

Burst of orange gloriosa lilies with variegated lily grass (photo by Katie)

Mini calla lilies with chocolate cosmos (photo by Katie)

Cymbidium and mokara orchids, roses and ranunculus (photo by Documentary Associates)

Stay tuned every Monday for our Wedding Style Blog Series…

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