Featured on Ruffled blog, one of my favorite places to point brides to for inspiration, the details are just so opulent!  We worked alongside Coquette Events who brought all of the details and day of planning together for these dreamy photos taken by Tinywater Photography.

Typically, tulle isn’t the most err.. modern element we see in weddings these days; however, en masse, it can make a dramatic and romantic look!  We also hung these tulle balls with the umbrellas (from fishing line) to add color above our dessert station.

The flowers for the bridal bouquet consisted of dahlias, lisianthus, brunia & ranunculus to name a few.  The overall look is texture rich and whimsical.

Small touches such as this textured pillow and the curl leaf flatware added to the opulence of this table display.  The linens… Wildflower linens, need I say more.  With a dusty blue tone and gold metallic detailing.  For reference it is called Gatsby Aqua… don’t you love that!

Photography:  Tinywater Photography | Event Coordinator: Coquette Events | Floral Design: Botanica Floral Designs | Desserts: Sugar & Spice Specialty Desserts | Video:  LoveSpun Handmade Films | Linens: Wildflower Linens | Tutus: The Little Pea | Masks: Tom Banwell | Models: Lauren & Alex from Exalt Model and Talent Agency, Kiera Shimamoto Tong | Wedding Dress: Miosa Couture | Shoes: Hey Lady Shoes by the Leung Twins | Cake Topper: Over the Top Studios by Amada Lebel | Silverware: Classic Party Rentals | Make-Up & Hair: Rona Basa, Luxe Image

]]> http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/ballroom-wedding-inspiration/feed 1 http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/bachelor-party-ideas http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/bachelor-party-ideas#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:36:28 +0000 admin http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/?p=2320 This table idea started out by asking the question, ‘What would a bachelor party look like?’  And what guy doesn’t like potatoes and all the fixings?  Styled with a mid-century modern theme with orange and green tones, I think you’ll be hungry by the time you see all these tasty images taken by Caroline with Tinywater Photography.

This table was featured on The Inspired Bride as well as Somewhere Splendid.  Thank you Maddy for featuring our work, we just adore your blogs!

Photography: Tinywater Photography

Florals & Styling: Audrey Gardemeyer of Botanica Floral Designs

Get the look:

Photography:  Tinywater Photography

Event Design:  Platinum Planning

Cinematography: Love Spun Films

Hair & Make Up:  Luxe Image Hair and Make Up

Cake-Desserts: The Cookie Drop

Groom’s Attire: R.Douglas Custom Clothing

Stationery: Herdah Warner

Bicycles: Practical Cycle

Luggage: Crimson and Clover Boutique

Pub: DeVeere’s Irish Pub

Clothing Stylist: Felicia Constantine

Floral Design & Paper Flowers: Botanica Floral Designs

Don’t you love how we displayed the dessert bar?  Vintage suit cases, an old vintage window and stacked books displayed the cookie bar.  Fun flags created by Herdah Warner were the perfect touch to this cookie dessert bar.

Our couples’ friends played on bicycles, played croquet, and enjoyed the finest beers.

Paper boutonniere flowers created by Botanica Floral Designs featured fun patterns and textures for the men to wear.

A paper flower bouquet was created for the bride to be.

Tables were set with a tweed print cap created by Mimi & Co. Couture Linens.  For centerpieces, we used vintage brass vases filled with organic feeling foliages and accents of florals.

Hope you enjoy this little inspiration-filled post!  Have a great weekend!

Be sure to check out The Inspired Bride and Somewhere Splendid for more inspirations and lust-worthy party and wedding ideas!

Get the look:

Photography: Tinywater Photography

Floral Design and Styling: Audrey Gardemeyer of Botanica Floral Designs

Coming from a Swiss-Italian heritage, I grew up eating traditional foods infused with our families recipes passed down and shared throughout generations.  Pizzelles, an Italian cookie made from simple ingredients is something my Mom has made for us growing up, and something I thought would be fitting for a colorful dessert bar for this engagement shoot we designed recently.  We’ve all seen the colorful macaroons, cake pops, and cupcakes, but here is a sweet treat I haven’t seen done for a dessert bar before… hopefully a new trend to emerge?  I hope you all enjoy!

My good friend, Caroline of Tinywater Photography was so kind to capture all of these edible treats, and enjoy a few as well!  This colorful combo brings a smile to my face, I just love the unexpected “pops” of colors we used to liven’ things up a bit!  From the hot pink candelabra I painted… which used to be gold… I know, very fun, to the yellows and blues, I am loving this look!

Pizzelles are made on a flat press that has intricate designs on both sides.  They can be created in a number of ways including: flat, rolled, cup shaped, cone shaped and then… the options are endless after that, from filling the pizzelles with whipped cream, dipping in chocolate, adding sprinkles, and so on!

I created all of the paper products you see from the heart cut-outs to the cute tags on each of the variations of styles of pizzelles.  I love all the different prints of papers.

Hob nob pink and blue glasses filled with chilled milk are a perfect pairing for the yummy pizzelles!

Yellow football chrysanthemums and yellow flowering acacia blooms were an attractive and interesting hue to add to the colors.

I love cherubs, and I couldn’t resist putting a flower halo on this one I picked up that matched the colors perfectly.  I know he is a little eclectic, but he will look lovely in my garden!

Hope you enjoyed this little inspiration we dreamed up.  Stop back in and enjoy more ideas next time!

Grey IS the new black, brown and well… the ultimate neutral!  Today we’re here to share with you how you can use grey in your wedding color palette to make for an interesting combination.

Grey is defined as hues between black and white, and is called an achromatic color, meaning a neutral.  A perfect base for any color palette then, right?!

Here are a few of my favorite grey combinations:

Pale pink, grey and soft apricot

This soft, feminine palette is perfect for an outdoor garden wedding, or dressed up for a ballroom affair.

1. Aubrey Necklace {is this not fabulous?!}: Prismera 2. Wedding Invitation:  Angela Dal Bon Custom Invitations 3. Pink Wedding Cake: Vanilla Cake Shop 4. Grey Dress: J. Crew 5. Bouquet: Our friends from across the world, Blushing Blooms

Grey and sunny yellow

Think modern, edgy, yet “girl next door.”  I love this board, from the frilly bridesmaid dress to the soft fabric petals!

1. {Sarah Seven} Grey Dress with yellow bouquet: Stephanie Williams Photography, Florist Unknown 2. Fabric Flowers: The Pleated Poppy 3. Invitations: Botanica Invites 4. Handmade Necklace from Blue Room Gems 5. Candy Bar: Designed by Caplan Miller Events

Seaglass blue, grey and Majolica blue

The palette is so sophisticated, perfect for a city wedding!

1. Chiffon Velvet Peacock Linen: Wildflower Linen 2. Invitations: Invitations by Dawn 3. Teal Bridesmaid Gown: JLM Couture 4. Grey Suit: Elizabeth Anne Designs 5. Fei Liu Whispering Earrings 6. Cake: The Cake Blog

Hope you are a little inspired by our inspiration boards.  If you are looking for a little help to tie your colors together, feel free to email us so we can help you and your wedding decor!

]]> http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/grey-is-the-new-black/feed 0 http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/parisian-inspired http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/parisian-inspired#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:00:59 +0000 admin http://botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog/?p=1923 Here’s today’s inspiration board, and it’s inspired by Paris!  From crowns, to the eiffel tower with a bit of vintage flair, this inspiration board is here to get the ideas flowing of what it’s like to bring together a look.  And, these are just a few things that I am LOVing at the moment.

No. 1 : Burlap Pillows, I love these, a little rustic, yet chic with the crown.

No. 2 :  Parisian Stamp Collection by Cavallini & Co., one of my favorite stationers.

No. 3 :  Pink Bridal Bouquet from Botancia Floral Designs

No. 4 :  Vintage Mannequin, I am OBSESSED with vintage mannequins right now.  Would love to get one, they are just so expensive!

No. 5 : French Drying Rack, Something else I am OBSESSED with right now.  I would love to use one of these on a dessert bar, or for escort cards with tags handing off of this.

These are so cool, look what you can do with them:

Put bottles on “spokes” and a light underneath to illuminate the colored glass.

Image courtesy of Apartment Therapy

or, hang ornaments off of:

Image Courtesy of: Bricolage

or hang office products on it:

Image Courtesy of: Casual Cottage Chic

No. 6 : Black French Chandelier

No. 7 : Mercury Fleur De Lis Votive

No. 8 :  Parisian Necklace

No. 9 : Parisian Office Folder from Cavallini & Co.

I hope you enjoy this little piece of love I’ve thrown together.  Hopefully this inspires you in some way.  I enjoyed putting this together with a few ideas and things I am adoring at the moment.

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1.  Plaid Rainboots from Famous Footwear 2.  Olive Wreath from Attempt A Style 3.  Smore photo courtesy of ExhibitorOnline.com 4.  Hot Cocoa with whip cream and chocolate shavings on top!  Yum!  5.  Moose Head from Christie’s 6. Brown fur hat, source unkown 7.  Brown Cow Hide Settee 8.  Railroad Lantern  photo courtesy of Polyvore 9.  Antler Chandelier from Antler Chandelier 10.  Michael Kors plaid satchel from The Purse Page

I’m going to be starting a new trend with my blog posts relating to the mood I’m in. Just a kind of  fun, inspiring way of expressing myself and showing how you can pull together looks and inspiration boards by focusing and getting to a collective frame of mind.   As women, I think we go through moods or phases all the time, whether we feel feminine, outdoorsy, trendy… pretty much wherever our mood takes us!  I’d like to channel this into some inspiring ideas that might just inspire you!

Today’s mood is Rustic Indoors

This mood makes me crave a hot cup of cocoa that I can enjoy by a warm fireplace.  Of course all wrapped up in a blanket with a good book to read.  I included plaid into the mix because I am just adoring it right now… we are seeing it in the department stores, and to me it is classic American heritage.  This look is perfect for a lodge or cabin setting, but is laced with sophistication from the Michael Kors plaid handbag to the chic olive branch wreath.

I just adore moose heads { so much that I bought one for my new office, not real of course} so I had to throw this one in here too.  Whether snowed in or just cuddling up to the fire on a rainy day, this inspiration board is Winter at her finest!  Hope you enjoy… a little of what is brewing in my head today!

Nicholas Wilson with Wilson Fotografie captured the table design Jessica and Rashell put together so lovely! This was my first time having the opportunity of working with Nicholas, and I just love how he captured the details! Thanks Nicholas!

Rashell and Jessica really brought this table together with ideas that anybody can do, and by visiting their website and downloading these templates, you can simply pull together a table just like this quickly and easily!  They even have some of their yummy recipes you can download so you can look like a seasoned hostess in front of your guests!

Their color inspiration was a little on the retro side with the orange, bright green, brown and hint of deep purple.  The arrangements you see with the owl paper is created in a soup can!  Yes, something you already have in your home!  An idea that I thought was quite cute was that each place setting had a question like ‘what is your favorite holiday?’ I think these are great ideas to a conversation starter as you enjoy your meal or appetizers.  How fun!

I hope you enjoy the photos, and be sure to visit my friends, Invitations Ink and Wilson Fotografie!

A short wedding dress for a warm Summer evening, red high heels, deep red lipstick and a red dahlia bouquet, what girl could ask for more?

Festive red, white and blue paper adornments hang from a vine covered arbor.  The table scape: simple, garden feeling and American at heart!

We created the centerpiece out of a wooden rectangular box which I covered in antique produce labels I found at an antique faire.  I think the red and blue on the labels bring together our theme and colors very nicely.  And, with local labels, a nod to the past.  For the flowers, we were going for a wild-garden look.  I used passion vine, red dahlias, burgundy dianthus and a mixture of green foliages in varying textures.

Guest favors included locally grown cherries and strawberries each in their own personalized baskets with flag name tags to double as place cards.  Glasses embellished with cut strawberries are the perfect elixir to quench your thirst on a hot day!

The groom wore a simple boutonniere which is an antique piece we found at the antique faire.  It symbolizes George Washington chopping down the cherry tree.

Fresh cherries and whoopie pies, yum!

A milk and cookie bar was finished off with fresh fruit and cool whip for guests to enjoy!

Annie is wearing a 40′s feeling blusher-feather hearpiece we just love!  Her bouquet was created to mimic the feel of the centerpiece with poppy pods, freeform passionvine and little stem treatment to give the feel of a “picked from the garden” look.

Special thanks to:

Tinywater Photography for taking the amazing photos you see here!  Caroline and Daniel ROCK, they are super sweet and uber talented.

Amber Novey with Platinum Planning who organized and brought together the details.  You couldn’t believe all of the goodies it takes to bring together a shoot like this!

Tina Chan with The Cookie Drop who made all of the cookies you see in our cookie bar… which were later scavenged by ants!

Herdah Warner who created all of the custom labels, soda pop flags and invitations!  So festive, so 4th!

Rona Basa with Luxe Image for the hair and make-up which looks amazing!  Rona is located in the Sacramento area and is available for travel!

Wish Bridal for the awesomely cute short wedding dress!  Isn’t it lovely!

Hair accessories by Pegasus Maiden, super cute, stylish and all customizable to you!

And of course, Callie the super cute golden retriever!

When Carmen of Carmen Salazar Photography decided to put together a photo shoot that was Spring-Inspired, we were more then excited to participate!  Today, you can view the creative ideas Carmen Salazar Photography, Kristina Smith of Wish Bridal, Shelley Larkin of Pizzazz! Event Planning and yours truly came up with!

We’ll be featuring more of the detail shots later on down the road, but can’t resist to share the feature linked in the photo below!  Thanks SMP!

Special thanks to all of the vendors who made this come together:

Sweet Cakes By Rebecca

Ryan Douglas Custom Clothier

The Flower Farm Inn

Those delectable treats, oh my!