Autumn Wedding with Blush and Merlot

Abigail and Stuart were married last November at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kirkwood.  Abigail loved blush tones but wanted a pop of Merlot added in for a fall element.  Here are some beautiful images of their wedding day by Jaimie Nicole Krause.

Abigail's bouquet had all the bells and whistles- red astilbe, two kinds of  Merlot roses, blush ranunculus, and white anemones with dark centers- all framed with textured fall greenery.  We LOVED designing this bouquet!

The maids carried these clutches of champagne and Merlot roses, blush stock flower and textured fall greenery.

All the lovely ladies.

The champagne and blush tones played beautifully off of the maids' dresses and gave a perfect backdrop for the pop of Merlot.

Sweeties!

This shot really shows the draping eucalyptus at the edge of Abigail's bouquet.  This is an example of how a non-traditional fall color scheme can still have a seasonal feel.

All our best to the bride and groom!! 

Your Fall Color Palette- How to add autumn without pumpkins and leaves

We love when autumn begins and we get to design with all the textures and colors that the season brings.  While we love rich gold and orange tones, fall flowers don't have to be limited to the traditional color palette.  Here are some examples we designed just in the last few weeks for clients who wanted an autumn feel without the pumpkins and fall leaves.

This bouquet featured seeded eucalyptus, a greenery that most people visually associate with fall.  We also used mums, another fall texture, but in a berry color instead of the traditional orange, yellow, or red.  The deep shades of berry and the fall textures give a sense of fall in non-traditional and beautiful way.

The mantle flowers for this event have the same berry tones, but with dark purple added.  The addition of the purple gives one more layer to the color palette while still representing the fall tones and textures of the season.

Don't be afraid to add neutral tones to fall.  Here, we added some white hydrangea in the background of this centerpiece that was primarily berry, burgundy, and purple.  With the fall magnolia and seeded eucalyptus for greenery, this has become one of our favorite new seasonal combinations.

You can even take the neutral tones one stem further by adding in some champagne and toning down the purple.  This bouquet still had magnolia and eucalyptus, but used the textures and buds of the blooms to invoke a fall feeling, even in a more subdued color palette.

These fun designs are a few of the numerous ways that autumn can be an element of your design, even if red, yellow, and orange aren't in your vision.

Piper Palm House Ceremony and Reception

Autumn is a great time to have any celebration at the Piper Palm House, especially a wedding!  That's the location that Alison and Brian chose for their ceremony and reception last October.  Lots of fall textures and colors added to the brightness of their day.  Images by Brea Photography.

Alison's bouquet was a mix of bright fall color in roses, dahlias, mums, and hanging amaranthus at the edge.

The bridesmaids bouquets were clusters of all yellow dahlias and roses that popped off of their navy dresses.

More fall colors and textures decorated the guest tables in these overflowing bronze urns.

Getting the party started right!

Best wishes to Alison and Brian!

Wedding at the Fox

We had the pleasure of doing the flowers for Jamie and Andy's wedding in September. They got married and had their reception at the Fox Theatre downtown. Take a look at these great shots! Some were taken by the "Sisters" and the professional pictures are by Browers.

(Photo by Browers Photography)

Jamie's bouquet was lush and full of fall shades. It included asiatic lilies, calla lilies, circus roses, purple statice, and greenery around the edge.

(Photo by Browers Photography)

Cute, Cute, Cute!! (Photo by Browers)

The happy couple was married on the stage with all their friends and family looking on.

The centerpieces were full arrangements of red roses and purple filler in cube vases. Two different heights of the same arrangements were used.

These taller vases were used on the wedding party and family tables.

Best wishes to the bride and groom!!

Special thanks to Browers Photography for the great shots!

Dominie's Fall Wedding

Here is another look at our friend Dominie's wedding that we helped out with this past fall. She had a warm, fall color palate that looked absolutely GORGEOUS at the ceremony and the reception.



(Photos by David Tsai)

Lookin' good, Dominie!!

These bouquets were some of our absolute favorites from this year. Dominie carried a classic, all white bouquet of roses, hydrangea, and waxflower. The bridesmaids' bouquets were fall hydrangea, circus roses, and waxflower.

Look at how those colors POP against their dresses!

This shot really showcases the different textures in the bouquet.

Here are just a couple of shots of the reception. There are many more in our previous blog ("Trees at the MAC").

Our rental trees were decorated with these full, lush flower wreaths, covered in crystals, and accented in candlelight.








The opposite tables had these warm colored arrangements of wedding flowers.

Sending all our love and best wishes to the bride and groom!! Thanks for letting us be creative !

Fall Wedding at the Chase--Take Two!!

We just got more shots of the wedding we did at the Chase a few weeks ago. (We also blogged about it in an earlier entry.) The bride and groom, Susie and Sandeep had two ceremonies--an American ceremony and an Indian ceremony. These photos tell the story of their day....

All of these photos were taken by a friend of the bride and groom, Michael Hersh.

First, the Indian Ceremony.....

The groom makes his traditional grand entrance.

The beautiful colors and textured fabrics made the orange circus rose bouquets stand out.

Then, the American Ceremony....

Brightly colored bouquets of fall colored flowers helped usher in this ceremony's fall theme.

The lovely bride.



All of the bouquets were a mix of the fall circus roses, orange orchids, burgundy coxcomb, and berries. The bridal bouquet had an accent of ivory ranunculus to give hers a little more of a distinctive look.




Last, but not least, the party!!
Guest tables were decorated with high and low centerpieces of all the wedding flowers and curly willow. (Check out the previous blog for more shots of the centerpieces!!)

Fantastic fall on the cake!!



All our best to the happy couple!!