Photo Provided By: The Memory Journalists

Design By: Botanica Floral Designs

Here’s a handbag you won’t find in your closet or the department stores.  I love accessories and when Our Wedding Magazine came to me with a request for a vintage inspired photo shoot, I thought why not create something unique and different to show brides that you don’t always have to be conventional when it comes to your flowers.

We create a lot of floral purses for flower girls; it is a fun accessory, an updated and sophisticated look from the pomander or kissing balls we see commonly.  Also, the flower girl can keep the purse as a keepsake that they can have.  With a church ceremony where petals aren’t allowed, this is just the perfect substitution.

This purse was created with a base of reindeer moss which will keep it’s color.  The yellow globular flowers are craspedia which are native to Australia and New Zealand.  These blooms have become quite popular and are so much fun:  their shape, color and keeping quality are fantastic!

We’ve embellished the purse with a jute handle and rhinestone accents to add that extra special touch for any little girl.

We hope you enjoy this special accessory we think any little girl or bridesmaid would certainly love to carry.

Here are some more hand-crafted pieces from our Couture LeFleur collection:

Special thanks to Carmen Salazar for these photographs.

This silver bangle is accented with spray roses, green amaranthus and helleborus.

The necklace of this rhinestone pendant is created from wired pink heather.  The pendant was handcrafted and created with rhinestones.

To compliment the heart pendant, this dainty floral band is also created with pink wired heather and is accented with rhinestone embellishments.

A duchess rose is a type of composite flower, which is created from multiple flowers to create one flower. They are created by gluing or wiring petals or flower parts together to create a larger or more intricate bloom. Below is a photo of one we’ve created with rose petals.  The overall size is about four times the original size of a standard rose.  You can make these larger or smaller depending on the look you are going for.  I think they are very romantic, fun and different looking.

You can also create composite type flowers with gladiolus, orchids, and a variety of other types of flowers and foliages.  The options are endless!

Photo By: Carmen Salazar Photography

If you missed out on attending the “Let Them Eat Cake” event this past weekend, it was an afternoon full of sweets, eye candy and a cake competition like no other!  Put on by V.I.B. Productions {Very Important Bride}, the idea was to showcase Sacramento’s premier cake designers in a Marie Antoinette themed competition.  Brides in attendance judged the cakes on appearance as well as taste!

Congratulations to all who participated, your hard work, dedication and talent was quite, quite impressive!

Check out some of the awesome work featured:

The event was held at Antiqute Maison Privee, a new venue located in midtown Sacramento.

This whimsical carriage featured above by can be rented along with two white horses from: Vintage Carriage.

Gorgeous cakes!

The winner based on appearance went to…..River City Cakes!  Congratulations!

Best overall table display went to…. Sweet Cakes by Rebecca!  Rebecca’s table was so cute!  From cake bits to white chocolate dipped apples and apothecary jars filled with candies, it was a feast of eye candy.  Signage created by the awesomely talented Stephanie J. Designs!

Best cake judged on taste went to…..Pastry Heaven! Congratulations!

Other cake designers who participated:

The Sweetest Things:  Lisa Marie’s cake was a tower of fondant which resembled a gown Marie Antoinette would wear!  Finished off with jeweled brooches, it was stunning!

Shelton’s Wedding Cakes:  This cake had intricate molding around the edges, and the shimmer finish was lovely!

Village Cake Shoppe:  This cake had an out-of-the-box interpretation.  Cupcakes were wired around the cake like a full skirt a lady from Marie Antoinette’s era would wear!

Babycakes Bakery:  This towering powder blue cake was also very intricate with detail and fondant draping!

Sugar and Spice: Carissa’s cake was covered in sugar flowers!  Much hard work and dedication!  Her table was covered in hand-made edible treats from macaroons to mini cupcakes with lemon topping!  Yum, Yum!

Music helped keep the fun vibe going, thanks to Sound Image Entertainment.

Gorgeous and super tasty candy display created by Shelley Larkin with Pizzazz! Event Planning.

Aren’t those linens pretty, pretty?  Contact Mimi & Co. to take your linens up a notch!  Everything they do is couture, custom and in-house.

The Calligraphy Girl made name tags for each of our guests to wear along with the sweet girls from Invitations Ink.

Thanks to Carmen Salazar Photography for the wonderful photos!

Couture LeFleur is a collection of bridal floral jewelry and accessories.  For the bride who is looking for the perfect embellishment to her hair or a couture piece to carry down the aisle, these precious florals are hand-crafted to reflect your personality.

Below are a few images of our latest additions to the collection:

This birdcage veil is embellished with spray roses and feathers to add a vintage feel.

This cuff bracelet has green hypericum berry embellishments giving a rocker cuff look.

A woodsy feeling headband is accented with green foliages, berries and a little sparkle.

This pearl and organza choker necklace is accented with peach spray roses. A helleborus blossom is added to a pearl headband for a dainty accessory.

This partial head-wreath is created with a variety of foliages, helleborus blossoms and green ribbon which drapes down and is filled with love knots.

Thanks to Carmen Salazar Photography for capturing these images.

Wish Bridal Consignment for the gown and model.  Kristina with Wish Bridal is the other half of the jewelry designs and inspirations with Couture LeFleur.