Let's Catch Up

I am so far behind on my posts! So let me update all of you on the past three weeks! With all of our events we of course need...flowers! Lots of them! So for the last few weeks the first thing we see is the mountain of flowers. Which for me, is a bit like Christmas day when we get all of our different varieties into the studio.

Mountain of Flowers:

 This wedding was held at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota. We used two of the ballrooms for the wedding. One of the rooms was for the ceremony and the other for the reception. The bride wanted a grand entrance for her ceremony so we provided these black gates that would open up for her entrance down the aisle. I was able to design half of the gate on  both sides. I really wanted to make sure it looked right, being the first thing that the bride sees. I also made the altar piece on the left side. This was my first altar piece I made that was so large, but it really turned out great and looked amazing all together with the other elements in the room when we finished.

 Grand Entrance:

This was definitely one of the favorite photos of the day. Jordan just photo-bombing the intern.

 Once the ceremony was done guests then transitioned into the reception area. The bride and groom sat at the long feasting table facing the dance floor and  all of their guests. This reception area looked beautiful and I loved the arrangements on top of the crystal vases. This room was so large that it really helped to fill up all of the visual space.

Reception: 

We also had another wedding that had their ceremony held at this beautiful church in downtown Tampa. The detailing and stained glass in this church is so beautiful. Perfect place to get married! We stopped by to add a few details to the church by adding a few bows down the pews and dropping of the most important thing...the bouquets and boutonnieres! 

Details and Delivery:

 Once we finished the setup for the ceremony we drove down to the Marriott hotel and setup for her reception. We all loved the pink snapdragons in these arrangements. It really made all the other shades of pink in these arrangements pop!

 On our busy weeks with lots of events and weddings we get to have Sylvia Bird come and design with us. I always love the work she does and this is some of her beautiful bouquet work. I love watching her work, makes me realize that there is still a lot for me to learn!

This wedding was held at the Tampa Yacht Club. I really loved the combination of calla lilies and orchids in these arrangements  Athena made the base of the bouquet and let me finish it off with the orchids which changed and finished the whole look of the bouquet. It was great! Also, if you look closely at the picture on the top right you'll notice that we have one orchid with three throats! We definitely don't get those in very often, if at all.

So in between all of our weddings we also have other events that somehow we fit in during the week. I don't know how Ian and Zoe do it all sometimes. I loved the used of cherry blossoms in the arrangements, they are just so light and airy against the pink roses. Larry and I had a lot of fun making all of these. 

We also make arrangements for a salon every week and this is just a little something I made for the week.

For my internship/school semester my professor at school wanted me to practice making funeral arrangements  We normally don't make anything for funerals but I needed the practice so Ian taught me how to put together a funeral casket and spray. This is from my first attempt. I was so nervous since I've never done anything like this before. You really have to make sure everything is secure because you don't want flowers falling out during transport, which is a lot at a funeral.

So after giving me a chance to get the idea of how I needed to design funeral arrangements Ian wanted me to make a new set of arrangements  This time with the clock running. I was given an hour and a half for both arrangements  I didn't think there was any way I could finish both in that time! But, we started the clock and this is what I made. Once I finished we stopped the clock and I still had 45 minutes left! I was so excited!  

This was an Indian style wedding which was being held at the Marriott Waterside Hotel. I loved the blue linens paired with the deep purple flowers. We then set out jeweled votives that were used as party favors for all their guests. Once again...it's all about the details that really makes the difference. 

This week we needed some fresh arrangements for our office so I made this arrangement with some garden roses and orchids. I love love love garden roses! Can't get enough!

And this another weekly salon arrangement!