Saturday, September 12, 2009

I heart traditions





Kari and Joey got married today! The Mother of the Bride's friends have a tradition; when one of their children gets married the other friends will bring food to eat. It is always the same type of sustaining food needed during a busy day: water, rolls with turkey or ham, grapes, and Twizzlers. I thought it was a great tradition, one I may want to start someday.

The inspiration for the flowers is always the bride's dress, but never so much as it was today. Kari's dress was so romantic, full of texture and elegance. She wanted blues and purples and she said she "loves roses". A clean, luxurious look is what I envisioned for her with lots of big pops of color and LOTS of roses. 48 dozen, to be exact, throughout the wedding party and reception arrangements. The bouquets had really open vandella roses, calla lilies, purple hyacinth, light purple dahlia, dark blue delphinium, blue hydrangea, purple stock, and navy blue viburnum berries to bring the bouquets into the late summer.