More at St. Albans

Burns Photography gave us these great images of Ali and Sam's big day. They had both their ceremony and reception at the Studio at St. Albans. Here are the awesome shots of the flowers.

Ali's bouquet was a mix of oranges and purples using mini calla lilies, fall hydrangea, dendrobium orchids, roses, magnolia leaves, looped lily grass, and white pearled stephanotis to accent.

The groom's boutonniere (upper right) was an orange rose with stephanotis to match the bride. The bridesmaids' bouquets (shown here) were a smaller version of the bridal, without the white. The groomsmen wore a purple mini calla lily to match the girls' bouquets (lower right).

We loved the richness and warmth of these flowers, colors, and textures together!

An intimate ceremony was held for close family and friends.

Off to the party!

The reception was held in the tent with guests sitting at a large square table facing each other. See the previous blog for more pictures of the reception and our set-up!

What an awesome day for an awesome couple!!

Special thanks to Shayna with St. Louis Wedding Consultants for putting together such a great event!

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Set-up at St. Albans

This wedding and reception was this past October at St. Albans. These snapshots were taken by our staffer, Chelsea.

The back of the Sisters van loaded and ready to go!

The reception was intimate and held in a tent with guest tables in a square with everyone facing in. The center tent pole was decorated to be a natural addition to the decor.





The backs of the chairs had a cluster of succulents.

The tables were lined with small arrangements of roses and green succulents.

These large arrangements of bright oranges and purples decorated each corner of the square table.

An orange rose was placed at each seat.

Lounge areas were set up for the guests to enjoy. The seating was provided by Exclusive Events, Inc.

Purple dendrobium orchids were added to this cake by The Cakery.

Dendrobium corsages and a mini calla bout. for the wedding party.

This lush flower arrangement decorated a memorial table at the ceremony.

There are MANY more shots of this wedding coming soon! You need to stay tuned to see professional shots of the bride and groom and their gorgeous bright orange and purple flowers!!

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Lush Greenery

Recent trends in flowers for weddings and parties have been leaning more towards clean lines and very little, if any, greenery. While that look can be very beautiful and classic, here is an example of how greenery can be used in fun, unique, and interesting ways.

Laura and Robert were married in September at UMSL Provincial Chapel. Laura LOVED texture and greenery. She wanted all of her bouquets to be lush with greenery and minimalistic on the flower blooms.

The bridal bouquet included white dendrobium orchids, white lilies, white freesia, and waxflower filler. The different types of greenery really made the whole bouquet comes together. We used variegated pitt, fern, and variegated hosta leaves. The brown, curly accents, or monkey tail, really added even more interest to the already texture rich bouquet.

The bridesmaids' bouquets were very similar to the bridal bouquet. They used lots of mixed greenery and monkey tail as well as minimal white flowers.

At the church, different types of greenery, including variegated hosta leaves and Italian ruscus, were clustered to decorate the pews.

The reception was held at Greenbriar Hills Country Club. All the table decorations were rustic-looking urns filled to the brim with lush greens of all shapes and textures, with a little white filler accent.

The urns included several different types of greenery--variegated pitt and hosta leaves, Italian ruscus, magnolia leaves, fern, lily grass, and hanging amaranthus. More monkey tail and lotus pods were used to bring in brown accents.

We had a lot of fun designing the pieces for this wedding! It was so great to incorporate greenery in unusual ways to give the whole wedding a very earthy and gardeny look!

Best wishes to Laura and Robert!!