I just got back from a wedding I did in Gilroy, CA. I was the wedding coordinator and their florist for the weekend. The ceremony was held at
Mt. Madonna in Santa Clara and the reception was held at S
arah's Vineyard in Gilroy, CA. The day could not have been more perfect, the sun was shining, the vineyard was gorgeous and the bride was a bundle of fun!
The wedding was catered by
Trial Dust BBQ from Morgan Hill and I got to sneak a bite even though I was working. They served, pulled pork with a hogwash, tri-tip, chicken, beans, potato salad and green salad with the best BBQ sauce I have ever had in CA. The presentation was exquisite and the service was excellent; I would use them again if I lived and worked up in the Gilroy area.
For flowers, we used sunflowers, blue and white hydrangea, yellow gerber daisies and curly willow as a rustic accent. The wedding colors were brown blue and yellow and the bride wanted to keep it elegant while adding a rustic and natural feel. The really exciting item was that we used the winery's old wine bottles as the centerpiece containers. We had the bottles cut and the edges sanded and then filled them with flowers.
The brides bouquet was my favorite...I pulled the petals off the sunflowers and added dried lotus pods, white oriental lilies, green cymbidium orchids and yellow roses with curly willow to achieve a rustic bouquet with lots of texture and color that popped off the brides dress.
This would be the perfect place for a wedding if we cleared all the stalls, painted the barn, threw down some grass and hung a crystal chandelier in the inside. 
I have been following this property for a while and would love to have it. 
The flowers I used were gerber daisies, yellow small daisies, asiatic lilies and carnations.
The wedding was catered by Trial Dust BBQ from Morgan Hill and I got to sneak a bite even though I was working. They served, pulled pork with a hogwash, tri-tip, chicken, beans, potato salad and green salad with the best BBQ sauce I have ever had in CA. The presentation was exquisite and the service was excellent; I would use them again if I lived and worked up in the Gilroy area. 
For flowers, we used sunflowers, blue and white hydrangea, yellow gerber daisies and curly willow as a rustic accent. The wedding colors were brown blue and yellow and the bride wanted to keep it elegant while adding a rustic and natural feel. The really exciting item was that we used the winery's old wine bottles as the centerpiece containers. We had the bottles cut and the edges sanded and then filled them with flowers. 
The brides bouquet was my favorite...I pulled the petals off the sunflowers and added dried lotus pods, white oriental lilies, green cymbidium orchids and yellow roses with curly willow to achieve a rustic bouquet with lots of texture and color that popped off the brides dress.
Well it is official, Jeremiah and I are married!!! We were married Saturday on May 16th in Calistoga, CA. It was absolutely beautiful and despite the heat (95 degrees), it as perfect. We haven’t gotten the pictures back from our amazing photographer, Andy King, but here are a few that some friends shared with us. 
I loved the whole concept of a sitting area rather than a pipe and drape 10x10 booth. My area had a very natural and organic feel. I decorated an arch with curly willow, circus roses and green cockscomb. The arrangement on the table was a tree bark vase, dogwood branches, circus roses, white hydrangea, dried jumbo mushrooms from India and red cockscomb. This shows a close up picture:
Another part of the show was a table top competition for the floral designers. I did a yellow and gray table top that consisted of a tall centerpiece made from solidago filler, yellow tulips, yellow orchids, yellow cockscomb and white asiatic lilies. On the table I used vintage silver platers and adorned them with half domes of various yellow flowers. The table top was covered in crushed platinum linens provided by Raphaels party rentals and silver chargers with yellow napkins. 
Here are a few of the 10 bouquets I made for the events, unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of all of them.
