Flower by COLOR constructed the custom Chuppah for Mere and Abbie.  Mere’s Aunt Bee created a custom canopy. Acknowledging the grooms culture; sari material was sewn as the border, two sari’s decorated the structure.

This weekend I created custom designed floral arrangements for my friend Mary. Her daughter is getting married this fall. Mary is the banquet manager at Stony Creek Golf Course. This little gem of a venue is located in Oak Lawn. It’s a perfect place to have a party. The main dining room seats 100 pple. With the outdoor area (tented) your guest list can go up to 170. They have a beautiful gazebo to get married in.
A simple 5×5 box turned into a beautiful container for the flowers. I painted these boxes purple to match the bridesmaid dresses, and added a satin lavender ribbon, with a rhinestone belt buckle. The green button mums were embellished with lime green accent, the salal leaves held rhinestones.
To complete the look I added a paper mat to each table.

With some spray paint and ribbon a plain white box becomes a floral centerpiece.

A classy mother-of-the-groom contacted me to design centerpieces for the bridal shower she was having for her soon to be daughter-in-law. Of course, the daughter-in-law is a client of Flowers by COLOR. Needless to say the bride and mother-in-law enjoyed the customized box arrangement. Lucky guests got to take the arrangements home and enjoyed them for at least week.

Beautiful Mophead Hydrangeas Headed to Highland Park Today to Strut Their Stuff!

The bridesmaids wore navy, the tables adorned with sheer blue fabric, the bride beautiful!

Centered on each of Sarah’s table was a 5×5 glass square, filled with blue water, and sporting a Blue Holland Hydrangea. These blooms were at least 6 inches across!

The Brides carried 17 white roses, nestled in a light blue Hydrangea. Accenting the rose centres was a blue crystal. The bridesmaids carried 7 white roses nestled in a darker blue Hydrangea.

Cut and paste this link to a simply elegant wedding.

http://stylemepretty.com/gallery/gallery/4392

A dream come true, a spot in the Style Me Pretty gallery.

Mandy and Jimmy-What a beautiful wedding last weekend. One of the cutest details I’ve seen this year-so far-was a chalk message on the sidewalk of Mandy and Jimmy’s ceremony site. At their church in Joliet some kind person drew a large heart, inside of the heart was “Mandy + Jimmy”. It was the cutest detail!
Mandy styled her wedding right! Her girls wore short tangerine colored dresses, for these we used Parrot Tulips to add the color.
Alas, I did not take a picture of the chalking-but it did make me smile when I saw it on the sidewalk of the entrance to the church.
Mandy’s Bouquet was all White Roses, White Mini-Calla Lilly’s, Stephanotis with a collar of Salal. Her roses and Stephanotis were accented with crystals. What a true Bridal Bouquet for a beautiful bride!

Yet again this evening I received a call from a bride-to-be who told me her florist cancelled on her. Apparently this retail florist did not check his calendar. When he finally checked his calendar, he saw this particular bride-to-be was getting married on Mother’s Day weekend. Sooooo he cancelled her. She saw that I was a boutique wedding and event florist, so she called me and we are meeting next week.
I have no issue with retail florists, but come on, this is your wedding! Weddings take a lot of energy, they take concentration and creativity, delivery is a fun and happy time. Retail florists may not have the investment, personalized touches, or the energy to produce a beautiful wedding. They may be tired from making bouquets for birthdays, or anniversaries. They may have had a couple of sympathy arrangements to do the day before your wedding. They may contract out your delivery, how sad someone you never met before delivers the flowers to your wedding and doesn’t know anything about your event or you!
If your florist doesn’t pay attention to you now, what do you expect for your wedding day? If your florist is not on email, that’s just crazy. If you can’t send your florist a picture that inspires you, that’s sad.
Think twice before going to the corner florist for your wedding day. You’ll get better service and beautiful flowers from a boutique wedding florist.

I subscribe to a lot of bridal magazines. One of my favorites is ‘Ceremony’ magazine, out of California. (www.CeremonyMagazine.com). Since lots of good things start in California and make their way East to us, I figure I get a jump on new ideas! One of the latest ideas I read about in Ceremony magazine is a great little company called “Raise the Cake”. The idea here is to design your own cake stand to match your event, or choose one from their couture line. No more dated silver stand! Another part of your wedding that you can be creative with!

www.raisethecake.com

I’m sure a resourceful bride could make her own stand. Check with your baker first for specifics!