I loved my flowers. They were beautiful. Leanne from LSP Designs created all of our personal flowers. My sister, sister-in-laws and mother-in-law and I teamed up to do the flower centerpieces (more on that later), but the rest was left of to LSP Designs.
My bouquet was made up of all whites and creams. Roses, freesia, and peonies. It smelled so pretty:
I'd originally requested roses, ranunculus, peonies and lily of the valley. Ranunculus and lily of the valley were not available at that time in June…but I was just as happy with what I ended up with (need to be flexible Brides!...we can try to control a lot, but not nature!). Two out of four isn't bad, right?
The Groom wore a white/cream freesia bout:
Each Bridesmaid carried a grouping of a single white bloom with chartreuse orchids to match the Groomsmen's boutonnières:
This is where a little bit of miscommunication happened. I *thought I'd made the final decision of each 'maid JUST carrying a white single bloom - and not mixed with chartreuse orchids. But, the flowers arrived with the orchids, and I thought they were pretty. No biggie really…the green really made them pop against the navy dresses :)
The Groomsmen and MC wore the chartreuse orchids:
And the Father of the Bride wore a cream/white orchid:
Other personal flowers we requested were as follows:
-2 alter arrangements:
I LOVED the alter arrangements. I really DID NOT want the flowers to look like funeral flowers. Please, no, no, no. And although my florist didn't really think it was necessary to have flowers up there (the Cathedral already had a lot to look at), I really wanted to have something. So she came up with branches and green hydrangea in the large white vases. We loved the look and it was pretty frugal to boot!
-Unity candle flowers:
I remember that they were beautiful…but it's is too bad that they didn't get reused. The plan was to bring the alter arrangements and the unity candle back to the reception venue…but we forgot. It was kind of a last minute thing and for some reason I felt rushed after the ceremony…even though I don’t think I needed to be.
-12 pew bows:
They were a pretty addition to the pews…I think they also encourage people to sit closer to the front.
- A Program Attendant wristlet - Patrick's little cousin Olivia, she was so cute and did such a great job!:
-2 Grandmother wristlets:
My Granny - I requested some purple for her:
Patrick's Gramma:
-Flower Girl Wreath:
Absolutely adorable. I wasn't holding my breath that Alexis would be willing to wear it (after I've heard of other flower girls ripping them off before heading down the aisle). But she wore it and looked adorable. It was totally worth the extra funds.
-Ring Bearer Boutonnière
-Patrick's Grandpa's boutonnière:
-3 Godmother/Aunts wristlets & Godfather/Uncle boutonnière:
-2 Reader boutonnières.
One for my cousin Alexander:
And one for my big brother Kristopher (who's getting married on 10/10/2010!):
-Cake Flowers: The cake was exactly what I wanted, only it was decorated with the completely wrong colours. The lime green ribbon (provided by the baker) paired with the fuchsia orchids (provided by the florist) made it look like it belonged at a tropical wedding :P I was thinking for more of a grass green on a satin ribbon…I think she used grosgrain. I was also hoping for blush pink orchids…but now that I look back at it, I wish that I didn't have orchids at all. I love orchid plants…but I've learned that I don't love them as cut flowers.
That about sums up the personal flowers. The total came to just under $1000, which was generously paid for by my Dad (thanks Dad!). I'm still surprised we were able to get that many quality flowers and so beautifully arranged for that price. Well worth it!!!
My bouquet was made up of all whites and creams. Roses, freesia, and peonies. It smelled so pretty:
I'd originally requested roses, ranunculus, peonies and lily of the valley. Ranunculus and lily of the valley were not available at that time in June…but I was just as happy with what I ended up with (need to be flexible Brides!...we can try to control a lot, but not nature!). Two out of four isn't bad, right?
The Groom wore a white/cream freesia bout:
Each Bridesmaid carried a grouping of a single white bloom with chartreuse orchids to match the Groomsmen's boutonnières:
This is where a little bit of miscommunication happened. I *thought I'd made the final decision of each 'maid JUST carrying a white single bloom - and not mixed with chartreuse orchids. But, the flowers arrived with the orchids, and I thought they were pretty. No biggie really…the green really made them pop against the navy dresses :)
The Groomsmen and MC wore the chartreuse orchids:
And the Father of the Bride wore a cream/white orchid:
Other personal flowers we requested were as follows:
-2 alter arrangements:
I LOVED the alter arrangements. I really DID NOT want the flowers to look like funeral flowers. Please, no, no, no. And although my florist didn't really think it was necessary to have flowers up there (the Cathedral already had a lot to look at), I really wanted to have something. So she came up with branches and green hydrangea in the large white vases. We loved the look and it was pretty frugal to boot!
-Unity candle flowers:
I remember that they were beautiful…but it's is too bad that they didn't get reused. The plan was to bring the alter arrangements and the unity candle back to the reception venue…but we forgot. It was kind of a last minute thing and for some reason I felt rushed after the ceremony…even though I don’t think I needed to be.
-12 pew bows:
They were a pretty addition to the pews…I think they also encourage people to sit closer to the front.
- A Program Attendant wristlet - Patrick's little cousin Olivia, she was so cute and did such a great job!:
-2 Grandmother wristlets:
My Granny - I requested some purple for her:
Patrick's Gramma:
-Flower Girl Wreath:
Absolutely adorable. I wasn't holding my breath that Alexis would be willing to wear it (after I've heard of other flower girls ripping them off before heading down the aisle). But she wore it and looked adorable. It was totally worth the extra funds.
-Ring Bearer Boutonnière
-Patrick's Grandpa's boutonnière:
-3 Godmother/Aunts wristlets & Godfather/Uncle boutonnière:
-2 Reader boutonnières.
One for my cousin Alexander:
And one for my big brother Kristopher (who's getting married on 10/10/2010!):
-Cake Flowers: The cake was exactly what I wanted, only it was decorated with the completely wrong colours. The lime green ribbon (provided by the baker) paired with the fuchsia orchids (provided by the florist) made it look like it belonged at a tropical wedding :P I was thinking for more of a grass green on a satin ribbon…I think she used grosgrain. I was also hoping for blush pink orchids…but now that I look back at it, I wish that I didn't have orchids at all. I love orchid plants…but I've learned that I don't love them as cut flowers.
That about sums up the personal flowers. The total came to just under $1000, which was generously paid for by my Dad (thanks Dad!). I'm still surprised we were able to get that many quality flowers and so beautifully arranged for that price. Well worth it!!!
