Calling All Brides to Be!

Join us next Sunday at the Gainesville Wedding Expo!! Come meet with over 40 vendors and register to win door prizes. The event will be held next Sunday, January 9 from 12-5pm at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at the door! Join us and plan your wedding in a day! :)



You have a Once in a Lifetime Chance to Plan Your Dream Wedding in One Day, under one roof, at the beautiful Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Experience a Gainesville Tradition at an Extraordinary Venue! Consult with Over Forty of Our Area’s Finest Wedding Professionals, Enjoy Delicious Samples, Register for Prizes and experience a fun-filled Runway Fashion Show presented exclusively by Jay’s Bridal. Relax and Be Entertained in the comfort of an 1,800 seat Theater


Be sure and check out the website for more information and ticket purchasing information. We look forward to seeing you next Sunday!

Booth Inspiration

Many have asked.....where did I come up with such a great idea for our booth? It all started with a picture, and it just kind of went from there. I talked over the idea with my mom, a few good friends, Flowers Central (where I buy my flowers), Paul at Jay's Bridal, and Jeff at JS Photography. It truley was a group project.

Here is the inspiration picture. It is a design by Jerry Sibal , that was featured in Florist's Review Magazine.

I then asked Paul to lend me a hand, or should I say a dress. Here are the dresses as they looked when I first got them.

Denise at Chef Brothers Catering helped me style the dresses and helped the day of the show by taking names.

Gainesville Wedding Expo Fall 2010

We were once again a proud participate in the Gainesville Wedding Expo, on August 29th, put on by Jay's Bridal. For our booth this time I decided to do a little something different. A photo booth with dresses provided by Paul at Jay's Bridal, photos by JS Photography, and flowers by us, The Plant Shoppe Florist. I think fun was had by all who got their pictures taken. All together I believe over 350 pictures were taken. Here are the dresses, ready for participates to jump in the frame .
An up close view of the white dress. We used hydrangea, baby's breath, roses, carnations and fuji mums as the fresh flower component. Crystals, feathers, and dried grevilia foliage painted silver added to the bling.

The pink dress had roses, stargazer lily, carnations, pink mink protea, and hypericum. Feathers and crystals were used to add to the fantasy.

Gainesville Wedding Expo Booth

Here is what we created for the Gainesville Wedding Expo. Thanks to Flowers Central, our main flower supplier for all the wonderful flowers they put together for us, and Celebrations Catering for the linens. Large oversized topiary made of gerbera daisy, hydrangea, calathea leaves, wax flower, carnations, alstromeria and roses. Bouquets hydrangea, rose, carnation & spray rose gerbera daisy & peonies.

Top of arbor, and large square vase full of green dendrobium orchids, curly willow and hanging crystals. In background, out sign from J.S. Photography. Arbor top made of peony, gerbera daisy, roses, carnations, heather, lily and assorted greenery.

Gainesville Wedding Expo, January 17, 2010

The first wedding show of 2010 will be at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, January 17. The doors open 12:00 Noon. Bridal Fashion Show at 2:00 pm. FREE 7-Day Cruise & Vendor Prize drawings at 4:00 PM. Don’t miss a Gainesville TRADITION. Plan your wedding in a day! Twice a year, the best local wedding related vendors gather in ONE PLACE to help you create the wedding of your dreams! Visit them all, and then take a break to see the NEWEST 2010 Wedding Fashions in a fun-filled RUNWAY fashion show by Jay’s Bridal. Here is a sneak peak of some of the flowers we will be using .Here are the fabulous linens from Celebrations Catering that I will be using.

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.

Gainesville Wedding Expo

The REAL Gainesville Wedding Expo
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Don’t miss a Gainesville TRADITION.

Plan your wedding in a day! Twice a year, the best local wedding related vendors gather in ONE PLACE to help you create the wedding of your dreams! Visit them all, and then take a break to see the NEWEST 2010 Wedding Fashions in a fun-filled RUNWAY fashion show by Jay’s Bridal.
Theater doors open at 1:30 pm. Fashion show at 2:00 pm. Prize drawings at 4:00 PM.
Sample catered delights, visualize yourself in a limousine, talk with professional wedding photographers and videographers, taste yummy wedding cakes, check us out, DJ’s, party and tent rentals, reception sites, wedding consultants and more!

41st Gainesville Wedding Expo

I wanted to thank Leah at Celebrations Catering for this picture of our booth at The 41st Gainesville Wedding Expo, January 11th, put on by Jay's Bridal & Special Occasions. I took my camera, but forgot to take any pictures of the arrangements I created. Thanks, Leah. I chose Green, Fuchsia & Burgundy as my colors. Next to me is a picture screen that we rent for events. It hold 4 - 8 X 10 photos, that looks great with engagement, family wedding pictures, or memorial pictures.