Leslie & Jason: The Woods on Ninth

Here are some pictures from Leslie & Jason's wedding at The Woods on Ninth. Leslie had her ceremony in the morning at the SL Temple, and so we made a mini bouquet for the pictures in the morning, and then she had her "real" bouquet for the afternoon pictures and reception. This turned out to be a great idea with the hot weather we've been having! I love the bright and vibrant colors that Leslie chose--so colorful and fun!

Leslie & Jason's luncheon flowers

More on the wedding later!

Hot Pink, Lime Green & Orange

Hot Pink & Orange

The Movie Wedding

One question I am often asked is, "So, do you do this full time?" Well, the answer is...sometimes. I like to do all kinds of creative things--and flowers and weddings are just two of them!

I also work in the film industry with my uber-talented director brother. This summer I took a month off from weddings to be the production designer for his latest indie film that was shooting here in Utah called "White on Rice." What is a production designer? Well, basically I was responsible for all of the set design, or how the backdrop of the movie looked--props, wall color, artwork, decor, furniture etc. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun too.

One of the scenes in the movie was a wedding! Being that this is an indie film, we didn't have a very big budget to work with...and by not very big, I mean almost nothing...However, we wanted a funky, hip, young and creative look and we needed 10-- 60" tables and 10 cabaret tables, a cake and a few big pieces. Three things came to mind: curly willow, wheat grass and gerbera daisies.

(Incidentally, I also got to learn how to make a wedding cake for this scene! Yikes, are those ever a lot of work!!!)

























































































This last shot is with two of the main actors: Nae and Mio Takada

You can visit the imdb page for more information.

And you can check out some of the promotional stills by Jonathan Canlas here

Eleanor & Steve: Red Butte Garden

Eleanor & Steve actually got married back in 2005, but I just got these pictures from her a few weeks ago! (it's always better late than never!!)

Thanks to Jonathan Canlas for letting me post these pics!

Heather & Chris in Moab

Congratulations to Heather & Chris who were married this weekend down in Moab! (They had their friends pick their flowers up on the way down, so unfortunately, I didn't get to go...)

Heather's bouquet had a loose and natural feel and included orange 'Milva' roses, cream dahlias, cream freesia, red freesia, rust and green hypericum and seeded eucalyptus. I think my favorite part is that the stems were wrapped in raffia--just perfect for a Moab event.

We made bouquets for them to tie on the chairs for the ceremony that included 'Milva' roses, hypericum berry and seeded eucalyptus and were tied with raffia also. The boutonnieres and corsages were all freesia with lily grass loops and were accented with a raffia knot. I didn't get to see the centerpieces, but Heather & Chris have been collecting antique bottles and were putting a cluster of bottles on each table with a single stem of freesia or a dahlia in each. I can't wait to see pictures of how it turned out!

October Weddings

I am completely behind on blogging! Here are some images from October weddings--lots of orange, deep red and fall textures. I just love fall weddings because there are so many neat textures to work with--especially fall foliage, chocolate cosmos, fiddlehead fern curls, hypericum berries, and seeded eucalyptus. We paired all of these great textures with sunflowers, roses, dahlias and calla lilies in rich fall colors. One of the brides chose a very rustic theme for her centerpieces, so we used pumpkins with flowers in the top ---perfect for October!

Fall colors in Park City

Lacy's wedding was a few weeks ago at the beautiful Park City Mountain Resort. It was perfect weather and a beautiful backdrop. I just loved the deep fall colors that she chose to incorporate in all of her flowers.

Hot apricot, pink, lime and chocolate

Most of the weddings I do from September-November are in the fall color scheme--red, burgandy, orange, brown etc. So, I was so excited when Tiffany planned hot apricot, hot pink, lime green and chocolate for her Sept. 30 wedding flowers! We used dahlias, gerbera daisies, roses, green fuji mums and kermits in her all of her arrangments. I just love mixing the chocolate brown with the vivid and bright pink, orange and green. Oh, and her cake was adorable!!