Winter Wonderland Wedding : Behind the Scenes

Ok, so obviously I'm excited to share this wedding! I've been up since 7 working on this wedding got home, put on my sweats and could probably sleep for a few hours, but all I want to do is post some pictures. What a great day/week. We had two staff working full time on this wedding this week and it turned out amazing! I cannot wait for the professional photos (so I'm posting my iphone pics). Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the prep for this wedding!
 

This was the cooler earlier this week: 150 hydrangea, over 300 tulips, & 85 garden roses (plus a few others!)

The wedding was at Island Lake Lodge. At this time of year the only way to get up there is in a Cat.  It took one and a half of these to transport all the flowers up to the Lodge!

 

Some pics of the flowers in the cat.

The Chipper Captain...

Another in the Cat shot.

Winter Wonderland up at Island Lake Lodge.

Fireplace in the ceremony room- loved it!

Not the best photo- but gives you an idea of how much garland there was.

A close-up of the garland. Hydrangea, tulips, garden roses, & pine cones.

On each chair there was a small bottle of bubbles & a little box of tissue.

The Guest Favor. "Fire Pit Kit" All the fixings to make smores.

Grooms Bout

Sneak-peak at the Bride's Bouquet.

There will definitely be more pics (of better quality) to come in a few weeks!  I'm off to nap!! : )

The Crunchy Ryckman Bouquet!

Micheline of Ryckman Photography has been blogging a series on different colour palettes. One of our bouquets is featured in her Garden Pallette blog today- check out the blog- here!

With the echinacea, cymbidium orchids, mokara orchids,  lilies, berries, and ti leaves, and twigs; my favourite thing about this one is texture- it's so crunchy! But the deep pink/purple/reds combo meld together so well, it manages to keep a soft romantic feel.

I'm Back!!

Ok, now it really has been a long time. I don't have any good excuses, life just gets in the way. But I'm back and will be blogging through December and into the New Year. Fernie is no longer a summer paradise it has change into a Winter Wonderland and I am so thankful for my heated sidewalks!
With this winter wonderland comes the opening of the ski hill (Dec 4th) as well as staff Christmas Parties, my own Holiday Open House & The Good as Gold Gala in support of the Salvation Army. Here are some photos  from these events:

First is The Good as Gold Gala.

 The theme colors of the evening were black & gold. I brought in the black with ostrich feathers, black ti leaves & black willow euc. And the Gold by painting lily grass & poppy pods as well as spraying the arrangements with gold glitter (and obviously using the gold pot!)

I chose deep purples & reds to give it a "rich" feel. Using red mokara orchids, mini callas, & tulips. To add the purple I used the seeded euch & privet berry.

The next is from my Holiday Open House:

I wanted to do something Christmas-ey but unique to give people some ideas of stepping outside of what is typically done.

I used a mix of Christmas greens as well as artifical ferns with a bit of green sparkle. The flowers were protea, red mini callas, red roses, green roses, white dendrobium orchids, & green hypericum berries. I threw in a few pinecones as well.
The arrangement is set on a 2ft cylinder  vase which was filled with acrylic crystals lit up by submersible LED lights, halfway I threw in a few handfuls of cranberries to add some color.








And this final one was done by the newest member of our team, Sarah. I'm loving her style, it works well with what we are doing here at The Green Petal! If you are in the area, be sure to stop in and introduce yourself!

Fernie Wedding: Carmen & Brock

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
-Pablo Picasso  

I've been eagerly anticipating this week's wedding as it was my first opportunity to work with Picasso Calla Lilies.  Carmen was a dream to work with (and not just because we have the same name!) she was a bride who knew what she wanted and yet was open to suggestions. She was gracious and flexible with changes made, and planned a beautiful and intimate wedding.

Picasso Callas, Purple Dendrobium Orchids, Pittisporum, "something blue" satin handle

 

 Congrats Carmen & Brock!!

Fernie Weddings: Julie & Kim

The shop has been a bit on the crazy side this week with four weddings on the go! It's a good thing I love what I do!  Here are a couple of the weddings (professional pictures to come later).

Julie & Malcom 

Green Roses, Purple Alstromeria, Purple Wax Flower, Green Hypericum Berries & Boxwood

Kim's Wedding:
Eryngium, Crespedia, White Hydrangea, Succulents, Curly Willow Tips, Pittsorium 

Signing Table Arrangement:

Orange Mokara Orchids, Orange Cymbidium Orchids, Curly Willow Tips

Another beautiful summer day out there and I can't wait to get out riding- hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Weddings... Fernie style.

Despite the dreary weather, yesterday was a great day. Local photographer Matt Kuhn and I spent the afternoon at several Fernie Landmarks with the lovely Carly getting some great photos. Matt had some great ideas and executed them beautifully! Here is a quick peek at some of the shots but head over to his blog to see the rest!

Model: Carly Tabor
Makeup by: Ava Gladwin
Jewelry: Autumn Sunflower

They're not so bad!

This past week has been pretty full of bridal consults. And most weddings seem to involve either red or purple! A couple of brides I had in this week were looking for a deep purple in their bouquets. I decided to show them the purple artichoke I got in ...

The bottle is there just to show the scale. Needless to say they weren't really sure what to say. Recognizing it may be hard to picture yourself walking down the aisle holding a large vegetable, I decided to try to bring some perspective and make up a bridal bouquet using the beaut.
I'm pretty happy with the results...

I surrounded the artichoke with green hypericum berries, mini cymbidium orchids, cordyline leaves, and myrtle.