Cristy & Ben 6.6.09

I love purple. It's my very favorite color, has been since I was little. Purple can be tricky when it comes to flowers. There are many choices in the light purple, lavender family and a few choices in the deep plum, eggplant family. But for true, bold purple... you have a much smaller range of choices.

So when Cristy said she wanted bright purples using unique textures and more uncommon varieties of orchids... I smiled and happily accepted the challenge.

The bridal bouquet is a mix of 'Vanda', 'Cattleya' and ‘Mokara’ orchids accented with rhinestones. The bridesmaids carried a mix of purple carnations (yes… the c-word!), lisianthus, burgundy scabiosa and 'Mokara' orchids.

Photography Credit: Michael Bambino

Make-up: Chenese Bean

Kristen & Justin 7.11.09

Beautiful bride. Beautiful details. Beautiful weather.... not so much. Kristen and Justin were married back in July on one of those Saturdays where the weather decided to be completely uncooperative. Because of an impending storm photos had to begin several hours earlier than scheduled and so there aren't many photos of the flowers, but what we do have shows how wonderful this color palette of aqua, taupe and pink really was!

Kristen's bouquet was a mix of peonies, roses, freesia and hypericum berries handtied with silk dupioni fabric. The bridesmaids wore these amazing aqua and taupe dupioni silk dresses and carried complimenting bouquets of mixed pink roses and hypericum berries.

L-O-V-E their aqua cake!!

Photography: Mandy Paige Photography

Venue: Norman Chapel, Spring Grove Cemetary

Baker: Patricia's Cakes

Leigh & Brendan 4.25.09

Thought a nice spring wedding would be a welcome breath of fresh air since we're in the height of our humid Cincinnati summers.

Leigh & Brendan were awesome to work with. They wanted an elegant and contemporary twist on a traditional spring color palette of pinks, blues and yellows. Can you imagine a more yummy combination to go along with her picture perfect smile?!

For Leigh's bouquet we used mixed roses, callas, agapanthus, tulips and fragrant stock, hyacinth and freesia. It truly smelled heavenly!! We pulled in the touch of blue with the satin ribbon on the handle.
The bridesmaids carried monochromatic yellow bouquets to pop against their deep magenta dresses. Flowers included mixed roses, tulips, freesia and stock. The stock blossoms carry a wonderful clove-like scent and freesia is a wonderful spicy compliment. It truly is my favorite combination of smells so these bouquets were super fun for me!!

Leigh and Brendan's team of vendors included:

Photography: Son Ton i2i photo studios

Ceremony: St. Mary's Hyde Park

Reception: The Millennium Hotel

Make-Up: Roderick Willis