Sailing theme

Here are some shots from the "sailing" themed wedding I did at the San Diego Yacht Club June 5th. I wrapped the white ceramic vases with sail flag ribbon and used all primary colors to match the sail flags on the vases and around the venue. My favorite part was the monogram flags I made from flowers. Each sailing flag represents a letter and so I thought it would be cute to have their initials made from flags, it says ITS for (Ian Trotter Summer).





The flowers I used were gerber daisies, yellow small daisies, asiatic lilies and carnations.

I have a plumeria beach wedding this weekend so stay tuned for those pics. :)

Vicky's Gilroy Wedding

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 Sarah'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.

Our Wedding!!!

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. 

Hopefully I will have some more of the reception later.  We were married at a private residence in the Petrified Forest in Calistoga and then headed over to the Tucker Farm Center for the reception.  The food was divine and served as a quaint home style buffet.   Our wonderful caterer, Kellie Lind 707.965.0512, made the most amazing food for both the rehearsal dinner and for the wedding; every bite of every dish melted in your mouth and all of our guests raved about it.  Kellie served the buffet in beautiful serving platters and dishes, not in those ugly silver chaffing dishes.  It was intimate and delicious!!!  If anyone is looking for a caterer in the Napa Valley, Sonoma or Santa Rosa area, I highly highly recommend Kellie Lind, she is so friendly and her service is superb.

More soon....1st it's off to Italy from June 6th till June 22nd :)

A Wedding Spectaculaire

A few weeks ago I participated in a wedding show called “A Wedding Spectaculaire.”  It was very different then the normal wedding shows that we are all familiar with but I was a great concept.  A company called Plush Lounge donated all the lounge furniture and each vendor had their own lounge area.  Here is a picture of my area:

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.

Here are more from the Rancho Bernardo wedding in January.

Bridal Party pics

Here is a sneak peak of the professional pictures from the Rancho Bernardo wedding that I did on January 3rd. The bride was absolutely gorgeous (she has the most beautiful red hair, the color I wish I had) and the colors turned out stunning. It was sort of drizzly that morning and these girls went to Balboa Park in the drizzle at around 9AM, they were troopers! Balboa Park is always such a beautiful backdrop and the photographer, Mike Aguilera, did a great job on these shots. More to come soon...

Bridal Bazaar

Above are my pieces thatI took to the Bridal Bazaar last Saturday with their respective prices. In addition to the special prices, I also am offering a package deal...

If you book Exquisite Blooms as your wedding florist, you can get Exquisite Events coordination for 50% off. Basically that is a $575.00 savings!!! Who doesn't want that kind of savings for their wedding budget?!?!?!

Below are some more close up pictures of the individual pieces...

Color Popping Florals

So, I finished a weekend of 2 wonderful weddings!!! The 1st was on Friday and classic Sally I forgot to take pictures but maybe I will be able to get some from the photographer. The 2nd one was on Saturday and I have posted some pics from it. The ceremony was held at the Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church and the reception was held at the Maderas Golf Club in Poway.

The colors of the wedding were eggplant and bronze and the room had rod iron so from there I designed vibrant pieces to match the look and feel of the room.

I used, purple cymbidium orchids, circus roses, green hydrangea, cream roses, hanging amaranthus, purple cabbage and purple mini calla lilies.

The colors of the flowers really popped when they were all put together and in such a warm feeling room looked excellent with the soft candle light in the evening.

Random pieces

These are just a couple random pieces I have done lately. The one on the left was for a charity function and the one one the right was from set of flowers for a Christmas dinner. I have 2 weddings this coming weekend so I will get those posted as soon as I can.