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Wordless Wednesday

Amber & Andrew: The Flowers

Amber & Andrew had a down home wedding, with sunflowers being the theme.

Here is a corsage made of viking mums, which look like mini sunflowers, tied with a rafia bow.

Both the corsage and the bout below were accented with hypericum berries.

The bridesmaids bouquets were linear sunflowers, with tree fern & hypericum, tied with rafia.

Amber's bouquet was a round handtied bouquet.

Here is the fabulous favor that was lovingly homemade for the guest to take home & "Spread the Love", a jar of Strawberry Jam.

Ceremony & Reception: Rustic Manor

Florist: The Plant Shoppe Florist

Laura & LaMonte

Laura & LaMonte were wed February 6th. Burnt Orange, champange and gold were the colors of the day. Here is one of the Bridesmaids bouquets, made of mini calla lily, freesia, hypericum, and roses.

This incredible space created by Savannah Grande Lifestyles is where the bride and groom sat during their reception. The ferns were provided by us as rental plants.

The center of the room was a focal point for the cake. Large floral arrangements were used to accent the area.

Here is a close up of the column piece, with Abbey as a model.

The church had a trellis outside. We created an accent to match the bridal colors.

Ceremony & Reception: Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Photographer: Ave Photo-Video
Florist: The Plant Shoppe Florist
Caterer: Garden of Eatery
Cake: Diane Hollis-James

Wendy & Keith, Aulander, NC

Some of you might look and see Aulander, NC and say, I thought you were in Gainesville, FL. Well we do travel, but we didn't physically travel for this event. I got this message from Wendy on Facebook:

I'm a new fan. :) I just wanted to say hello. I stumbled across your blog a few months ago, and visited it often. I really like your work, and it was through your blog I was able to decide on what I wanted for my wedding back in October! So, thank you! (I'm in KY, and got married in NC)

How cool is that? I asked her to share her specifics, and here is what she had to say:

The florist is Clay Rawls at Added Touch Florist in Ahoskie, NC. We are Wendy & Keith Fox, married October 3, 2009 at Connaritsa Baptist Church in Aulander, NC.

I asked her to share a few pictures and here they are. This first one was done for her bridal portraits. The bouquet was made of silk flowers, and was made before she decided what she wanted her flowers to look like.

Here are is Wendy & Keith on their wedding day.

Here is a closeup of her bouquet. I would say Clay did a great job, it does look like something I would have made for them.

Best wishes to Wendy & Keith as they start out a wonderful life together. Glad I was able to add a little inspiration to your wedding day.

Heather & Timothy

Heather & Timothy were wed this past weekend at The Baughman Center. Hot pink & ivory were the colors of the day. Heather Wanted to use calla lilies, but with a little twist. We airbrushed the calla lilies with a hot pink. Below are the bridesmaids & bridal bouquets. Heather carried a mix of hydrangea, gerbera daisy, roses & alstromeria.

Here are the handsome men in her bridal party. Notice the gray skies in the background. They do say, rainy wedding day leads to a prosperous marriage.

Here are the lovely place settings that awaited guests at The Rustic Manor for the reception.

This is the best that the stage at Rustic Manor has ever looked. What a great job decorating.

We accented the cake with a little ivory & hot pink.

Ceremony: The Baughman Center
Reception: Rustic Manor
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Cake: Publix

Smuggled Bouquet.

Here is a Facebook exchange I had with Joanna, a recent bride.

She "smuggled" her bouquet onto her honeymoon cruise. . What did you do with your bouquet?

Joanna & Tim, part 2

Since Joanna had gone to school at The University of Florida, she had decided to get get married in Gainesville. Joanna & her mom made a quick trip to Gainesville a few months ago to start the planning, but most of the details were finalized over the Internet. She had ideas, but left most of the details up to the vendors she had selected. Here is her reaction when she first arrived at the reception hall. (She almost cried.)

A few of her fun details.....

Cute Orange shoes.A blue finger nail, yes GATOR pride, but more importantly to cover a black thumb nail. She had slammed the car door on her finger while visiting K-Gallery (now Verve).For a guest book she left out scrapbook materials for everyone to get creative.

For favors she made Mama's Chocolate sauce. YUMMY...Abbey has enjoyed it by dipping in a Jello Pudding Pop. Joanna said she felt like she had made so many new friends in Gainesville and wished she still lived here. She even stopped by on Monday to once again say thanks, and to buy some super cool "Just Married" magnets she had seen at the shoppe.

Ceremony: The Baughman Center
Reception: Sweetwater Branch Inn
Photographer: Verve Studio
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Caterer: Sweetwater Branch Inn
Cake: Cakes by Jenny

JS Photography

Just wanted to give JS Photography a little shout out. As I was driving down NW 13th Street I noticed they have once again changed their roadside sign. I saw Angelina, one of our brides, looking larger than life.

Fantastic Fall Wedding Flowers

Meghan & Alex were married at the fabulous Thomas Center. Their ceremony was in the Turtle court and reception in The Spanish Court. Chef's Brothers provided the food and Publix the cake. Here is Meghan & Lincoln hanging out before the ceremony. Her bouquet was made of roses, solidago, billy balls, alstromeria, hypericum & carnations.

Her bridesmaids carried similar bouquets, which are featured below.

In The Turtle Court we decorated the light sconces as well as the ledge in front of were the ceremony was held. By having the arrangements low, they are not in the way of the guests watching the ceremony. The arrangements were later used inside during the reception.Meghan's Mother sent me a lovely email:
Betsy,
The flowers for Meghan’s wedding were just beautiful! We were so pleased. Thank you for everything, including helping put on the corsages and boutonnières.

Amy Lacy

Thanks for having up be part of their special day.

Ceremony & Reception: The Thomas Center
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Caterer: Chef's Brothers
Cake: Publix

A Rustic Affair

Justine & Mike chose Rustic Manor as the site for their wedding & reception. Justine stopped by to take a look at her flowers, she had chosen a fall theme for the day. The ceremony was held under the oak trees at Rustic Manor. We lined the aisle with flowers in mason jars, and hung falling leaves from the trees. Justine's bouquet was hand tied with brown ribbon, and had a locket attached with pictures of her grandparents inside. The bridal bouquet was made of roses, sunflowers, billy balls, purple majesty, alstromeria, hypericum & curly willow.Her bridesmaids bouquets were similar, but just a little different. Here all the bouquets sit, along with the fall leaves that the flower girl will be dropping.Since sunflowers are too large for a boutonniere, we used viking daisies in their place. The groom wore a Circus rose, which held special meaning for him.I can't wait to see the images that Photo 35 captured of the day.

Ceremony & Reception: Rustic Manor
Photographer: Photo 35
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Cake: Danette Drageset

Invitations: The Plant Shoppe Florist

Shannon & Klye

Shannon & Kyle were wed at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens in September. Shannon's Bouquet was a hand tied bouquet of red roses & green ivy.

For her bridesmaids we used open cut calla lily. We use open cut callas, because they have a larger, fuller open bloom. They are a little more expensive, but well worth it.

Ceremony & Reception: Kanapaha Botanical Garden
Florist: The Plant Shoppe

Jay's Bridal Expo

I decided to do go with the same pink & green color scheme, but in a different way. My main focus was our new rental arbor. The arbor was accented with corner floral pieces. I used most of my table for our display books.Celebrations Catering was once again very generous with lending us linens for our table. Here are the three bouquets Theresa created for the show.Here one of the brides poses for her mom with one of the bouquets.

Gainesville Wedding Expo

For this Sunday's Gainesville Wedding Expo presented by Jay's Bridal, we are once again using a pink & green theme. We will be showing off our arbor accented with a mix of flowers.

Theresa started working on some of the bouquets today.

Dawn McKinstry Photography

Little did I know that when I did the flowers for Dawn & Bill's wedding in November 2007, that we would meet again as vendors. Dawn is now a photographer, and photographed my friend Emily & Paul's wedding in Sarasota. I know I have posted their wedding before, but thought it would be nice to show the "official" photographs by Dawn.