A Lovely Bouquet and Matching Boutonniere

It's been a busy week for me and this weekend proves to be equally as busy even though tomorrow is the 4th of July. This is the nature of my life during busy wedding season!

I just finished a bridal bouquet and boutonniere for a client getting married in August. Originally her wedding date was scheduled for December so she was envisioning red roses and white stephanotis. Then she emailed me a couple weeks later and told me they pulled their wedding into August! Because my August was already pretty impacted, I decided to work on Cassie's bouquet this month so I could get it out to her in plenty of time, while I still had time to work on it.Because her dress and the timing of her wedding changed, she wanted softer more muted colors. We agreed on ivory peonies, champagne English roses, creamy yellow English roses, peach poppies and stephanotis flowers half with rhinestones and half with pearls since her dress has pearl and crystal embellishments.
Her fiance's boutonniere is a simple champagne rose and two stephanotis flowers with greenery.

Well, I have to get back to the studio and finish an urgent cake topper order for a bride getting married next Saturday. I always try to do my very best to accommodate my bride's needs.

White, Ivory and Blue - Part II

I just finished Rachael's order and boxed it up to be shipped out tomorrow. Rachael has 5 bridesmaids and she wanted all white hydrangeas with blue centers and a matching blue ribbon wrap that goes with her slate blue color palette. The groomsmen have matching boutonnieres.

Her groom and the dads have similar boutonnieres with a white ranunculus and blue hydrangeas. The groom's is slightly more elaborate with a little more hydrangeas. The mothers have a ranunculus and tuberose wrist corsage with ivory ribbon.When I do big orders like this, I'm so relieved when they are done. Lots of work goes into everything, but it's a great sense of accomplishment. Every day until end of October will be hectic trying to meet all my wedding dates for my brides. Hope my fingers can keep up!

Yes, even on Father's Day I work! LOL. We did manage to take time out for my family last night and had a nice dinner in! Definitely enjoyed good food, good company and good fun!

Hydrangeas, Hydrangeas, Hydrangeas....

I've had made hydrangeas up to my eyeballs this past week and to boot, I made the wrong color blue about 2-3 times. You think I need a little vacation? After I screwed up the color 3 times, I realized, yes I need some time off even if it's only 2 days. Finally I got my focus back and got the right colors.

Heather's request was specific colors of hydrangeas and ribbon colors. Her bridesmaid dresses are a dark peri blue and a clover green. She wanted her bouquet to be shades of blue to match the dark peri dress from JCrew. We added hints of lighter blue with shades of pink. The tips are accented with some green which tie in the clover colored dress. Her fiance's boutonniere matches the color hydrangeas in her bouquet.
The bridesmaids have all white hydrangea bouquets, but ribbon wraps to match their dresses. The groomsmen will wear matching boutonnieres.
The flower girl will be carrying this cute little purse.The parents and grandmother all have specific color hydrangeas and this is how they turned out.
Hydrangeas are time consuming and lots to make to equal one bouquet, but I'm happy with the way they turned out. Happy to say however, that I'm done with hydrangeas for a little bit in terms of a big wedding order! My fingers are tired. :)

Best wishes to Heather and her fiance on their wedding day! Now I'm off to work on a few more orders before I take a much needed 2 day break from work and spend time with my family!

Dogwood Flower Order

I'm busy wrapping up several orders before we take a little break from work. I don't think I've had a break since September. I wanted to share with you one of the orders I just completed. This came to me via a bride in Georgia, Suzi. She had a very specific request, white dogwood flowers with a touch of pink. I guess in Georgia this is a very popular flower. I believe Suzi's whole theme is centered around the dogwood blossom. It was the first time I really made this flower and I'm quite happy with how they turned out. It was a bit of trial and error, but the end result is beautiful. So simple yet so detailed.

Suzi shared with me pictures of the jewelry, her dress, the shirts and ties and how everything should go together. I'm glad I got the opportunity to add another flower to my long list of new flowers I am creating out of clay! :)
Best wishes to Suzi and her fiance!

The Rest of the Bridal Order...

Tamara's order is complete. I finished all the final elements today. So happy to have it done and it will be shipped on Friday! The bride totally LOVED her bouquet so hopefully she will LOVE her bridesmaid bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages. Here are a few highlights of my favorite photos I took just a little while ago.
Groom's boutonniere of a deep pink ranunculus with pikake which is the national flower of where he is from. The groomsmen have just pikake blooms with grasses.The bridesmaid bouquets are single large form peonies since the bride was more or less on a budget, each one in the 3 colors she had requested.