Westwood Country Club Wedding

What a romantic day for Rachel and Luke.  They shared vows and a celebration with their friends and family last fall at Westwood Country Club.  Pictures by Clary Pfeiffer.

Neutral antique tones were used throughout the wedding, especially in Rachel's bouquet.  Lush garden roses, lisianthus, dahlias, and ranunculus blooms made a very soft combination for her to carry.

The bridesmaids' bouquets featured garden roses, astilbe, and dusty miller in a very loose and soft arrangement.

The ceremony was held inside the club with this gorgeous chuppah from Exclusive Events.

The reception featured mostly long tables with overflowing wooden boxes of garden roses, succulents, stock flower, lisianthus, and dusty miller.

The family tables featured low, round mixes of more lush blooms accented by succulents and flower-filled tea cups.

The chandeliers in the ballroom were also decorated with garden blooms, greenery, and green hanging amaranthus.

Our thanks to Katie from Simply and Forever for coordinating such a love-filled day for the couple!

Sisters wishes Rachel and Luke all the best!  We are so grateful to have been a part of your wedding!

Indian Wedding at Old Post Office and Statler Ballroom

 Cristen and Niraj celebrated their love with an Indian ceremony at the Old Post Office and a reception in the Statler Ballroom at the Renaissance Grand Hotel.  Here are some shots by Alecia Hoyt that capture the day.

Our design team crafted the ceremonial garlands of flowers for the bride and groom.

The reception flowers added bright pops of the ceremony colors on every table.

Special thanks to Shayna at St. Louis Wedding Consultants for all her hard work in making Cristen and Niraj's day all that they dreamed!  Best wishes to the bride and groom!

Crystal Ballroom Wedding

Alison and James enjoyed an elegant wedding day with a ceremony at St. Cecelia Church and a celebration at the Renaissance Grand's Crystal Ballroom.  The overall look and feel of this wedding was fresh, soft, and vintage.  Images by Clary Photo.

Alison's bouquet was a mix of textured white blooms accented with vintage Queen Anne's Lace and looped Italian ruscus around the edge.

 

The bridesmaids' bouquets were a mix of pale pinks accented with soft astilbe and looped Italian ruscus.

The Crystal Ballroom was decorated with soft touches including these vintage vases overflowing with Queen Anne's Lace.

Opposite tables were accented with low, lush pale pink arrangements.

 Special thanks to Sabrina at Proposing Dreams for planning such a gorgeous event for a wonderful couple!

Formal Organic Summer Wedding

Megan and Andrew enjoyed a fun and formal wedding at St. Peters Church in Kirkwood.  Their style was fun and organic, but still formal and elegant.  Take a look at how we designed for them keeping their personal style in mind.  Photos by Patrick Pope Photography.

 

The bridal bouquet combined traditional blooms like hydrangea and ranunculus with the more organic succulents and berries.  The overall look is still very formal in color and composition but adds some fun texture.

A leaf wrap was used to finish off the stems of Megan's bouquet.

The bridesmaids' bouquets mimicked Megan's flowers in different shades.

 

 Best wishes to the happy couple!

Sneak peek of our studio.....

We are starting to re-design our consultation space and studio.  Here are some preliminary shots of the colors we are using.  Full room shots coming soon......

What a Professional Wedding Florist Can Offer Thier Clients

These days, there are so many resources out there for brides planning their weddings.  The various looks and different types of elements to choose from are both astounding and overwhelming.  In the sometimes uncertain process of choosing a style, one thing is for sure, you want your entire day to have one consistent look and feeling.  You want it to convey your overall personality and emotions of the day.  This is where a wedding florist can help.

Wedding florists are designers that specialize in wedding flowers.  It is their main focus and something that they take great pains in perfecting.  A specialized design team like we have at Sisters Floral Design Studio can come up with many ways to incorporate your own personal touches within the larger scheme of the flowers.  Professionals can help guide you in choosing elements that will give you that consistent look you want from personal flowers to ceremony décor and into the celebration at the reception.  A design team can take away the overwhelming feelings that sometimes come with choosing flowers from what seems like an unending garden of choices.  They can suggest blooms based on your likes and dislikes, the season and color palette of your wedding, and the budget you have laid out for each flower element.  Flowers are a great medium for accentuating a certain idea or theme or for creating the main focus of the event.  The guidance that can come from meeting with a wedding florist can really help set the tone for the rest of the event.

With so many DIY websites and “just-picked” flower looks, it can be easy to think, “I could probably do the flowers myself.  I just want something simple.”  Here are a few things to think about when considering DIY flowers for your wedding day:  1) The logistics.  They are the last thing that most people think about, but the first thing that needs to be considered.  If you do your own flowers and have a source to purchase them, where will they be stored while they hydrate?  Do you have coolers with controlled temperatures to house them after they are arranged?  Do you have the materials, tools, containers, work area, etc. to assemble them?  How and who will deliver them?  What can be logistical issues for a DIYer are all things that professionals are equipped to handle every day.  2) The design.  Consider how important that overall look you have been dreaming of is to you.  Is it worth having someone with training and experience suggest ideas for what may work best to achieve it?  Do you want floral designs in your wedding pictures that look professionally executed and that evoke the emotions of the day?  Professional floral designers specialize in all these aspects.  3) The hassle.  Do you want to be tied to processing flowers and making bouquets the last few days before your wedding?  Do you want to be worrying about you or your family members setting up and delivering flower arrangements the day of your wedding?  A full-service wedding florist takes care of all of these things.  It is part of the service they provide and they are top-notch at making sure each flower detail is fulfilled.

So, how do you go about selecting a professional wedding florist?  Use all the resources at your disposal.  Magazines, websites and blogs featuring local vendors will display first-hand accounts of a florist’s work.  Often times, you may have a friend or relative who recently got married.  Ask who they used and if they were happy with their flowers.  If you are hiring a wedding coordinator, they can also give you suggestions.  Once you have a florist in mind, call and make an appointment to meet with them.  Go to your appointment prepared with inspiration images and a budget for flowers in mind.  Flower budgets are based on your overall wedding budget and should be 8-10% of the whole budget.  Be open to the design team’s suggestions.  The pictures you selected as inspiration should be used as just that- inspiration.  Often times, blooms in a picture may not be the best choice due to availability or color selection.  Let the professionals design a piece for you that will mimic but not copy exactly the picture you love.  It gives the designers the freedom to what they do best!

When you find the right wedding florist, all the elements from your wedding will come together.  You will know it’s the right fit when you start to feel your thoughts and ideas taking shape.  As professional wedding florists, we have a wonderful occupation.  We get the opportunity to work with brides and grooms on one of the most important, emotional and joyous days of their lives.  It is an opportunity that we take very seriously and are so proud to be chosen to take part in.  Best wishes to all those planning weddings from the design team at Sisters Floral Design Studio!

Hot Pinks in July

Beth and Andrew celebrated in July with a wedding at St. James the Greater and a reception at Top of the Met.  Beth's colors were hot pink and white, very striking and very bold.  (Photos by Love and Life Photography)

Beth's bouquet was a textured arrangement of all pink stargazer lilies.

Details from the reception.

Warm wishes for the newlyweds!