Filed under: Weddings, Events I love anything hanging, and this creative canopy bring about the unexpected. From Rachael Rollins of Rachael Kasie Designs in Daytona Beach, "We created this beautiful chandelier/canopy to hang over head on the dance floor. Our clients ultimate goal for her wedding was to create a design theme that was "tropical glam" using a very un-ordinary color palette. The structure was weaved together with rivercane and raffia and then adorned with Queen Pink dendrobium orchid stems as well as individually strung blooms." This is a flower chandelier designed for a modern Hot Pink and Lime Green Christmas wedding. The pomander balls hanging in the center were to mimic ornaments. Flowers used are: Hot pink amaryllis, lime green hydrangea, green fuji mums, hot pink hydrangea and hot pink carnations. Below are bouquets I adore. Left: This particular bouquet was designed specifically for a client who wanted the essence of a Sunset mimicked throughout her bouquet but still achieving a somewhat tropical and very textured look. Flowers used: Yellow Craspedia balls, orange tulips, orange coxcomb celosia, orange Babe spray roses, red/orange upright celosia, orange crocosmia and yellow cymbidium orchids with red throats.Right: This gorgeous bouquet was brought together on several ideas and/or requirements per the client. The entire wedding was based on the color purple seen in this Phaleanopsis orchid, so it was imperative to match it correctly. Secondly, the importance was to bring in a lot of texture and to be unique in the overall creation of the bouquet. Lastly, the Bride loved Lily of the Valley but did not have the budget to pay for it so we used the tips of white hybrid delphinium instead to achieve the look of it and it came together just beautifully. Flowers used: White peonies, green coxcomb celosia, purple phaleanopsis orchids, white hybrid delphinium and white lilacs.
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Filed under: Holidays, Events When I saw this from A Garden, Inc in Vegas my jaw dropped. I want to end 2012 in a BIG WAY. This is outrageously good. Like, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, good. Like Jurassic Park good. From Audra, "This autumn vine was one of my most challenging products mainly because of the rigging and the installation. The inspiration was a version of Jack and the Beanstalk with a vine emerging from the gardens and growing upward 110 ft in the air... ...We of course had a fall theme using a pumpkin patch as our source at the ground level gardens. This vine steel work was designed and built by a company who builds spiral staircases and was shipped in pieces for us to assemble in our Atrium at Palazzo Hotel Casino. Before it arrived in Las Vegas the steel spine was shipped to California to a willow grower to be covered in 3 different types of vines and stems. ...After several days of weaving stems for coverage it then got shipped for us to assemble, rig, and hang in the atrium. This rigging and connecting the pieces in mid air took approximately 7 days for completion. After the vine was finally stable we were able to add the finishing touches with glass leaves, bittersweet and pumpkins. It was quite stunning and was complimented with real gourds, millet, mums, potato vines and various live plants in the gardens. Additionally we made a live pumpkin fountain and installed hundreds of cattails."
Filed under: Weddings, Events Christopher Confero is a floral rockstar based in the Southeast and rockin his skills all over the social scene. For the reception below, the couple got married in Fiji and wanted to bring that exotic tropical feel back to the South when they came home for their reception. "I knew I wanted to use bright colors and different textures in the floral design, but since they were in the pool and not up close for the guests to be able to see them in detail, I chose to use cost effective blooms, such as carnations, in mounds to give a velvety texture and color impact. I also love floating centerpieces in a pool or suspending draping blooms to give other elements of interest versus just having everything on a tabletop", says Christopher.
I love these flowers because so often we see rose petals, or initials, and these mounds really make a statement. How great are the candles and succulents he added in? |