Crystal & Shane's Peacock Wedding- Aug 2010

So once again I was blog stalking... this time it was my shop neighbor/friend Matt Kuhn, who also just happens to be a fantastic photographer. And I came across one of my weddings from this past summer that I never got to post! Hope you enjoy!

BM: Curly willow collars, purple mini callas, blue delphinium, green hydrangea, white roses

Bride: Green Hydrangea, blue delphinium, pink stock, white stock, white roses, curly willow loops

*~*Madly Joyful *~*

 People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.  ~Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat

I like that quote, it definitely describes how I feel about working with flowers. At least once a week a client comments on what a fun job I have and how lucky I am. I have to agree-  I feel pretty blessed that I get to spend most of my time surrounded by such beautiful and cheery flowers. To top it all off I get to play with them and be creative! And flowers always bring joy, from birthdays and anniversaries, to thank-you and just-because. Even in sad events such as illness and funerals, flowers still bring a little bit of cheer.  Here is a bit of the joy & cheer going out from The Green Petal lately!

To Her from Him: Hydrangea, White roses, Green dendrobium orchids, magnolia leaves,  Fernie Branches : ), 

In Memory of a Mom & Wife: Red roses, green hydrangea, heather, snapdragons, red pheasant feathers.

Sis to Sis: Circus roses, hypericum berries, mimosa.

Corporate Gift:Orange Gerberas, Mimosa, Purple Tulips, palm branch, Fernie Branch : )

Crespedia, White gerb, Eryngium, lily grass

Shower for Baby Howie

Mini Tulip Bowl

Tulip Bowl

Fernie Wedding: Breanna

The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
-  John Boyle O’Reilly

 

 Breanna decided on the classic dozen red rose bouquet for herself, and we updated it with lilly grass loops and the clean look of italian ruscus. For her bridesmaids she wanted white to contrast with the black dresses, and wanted it to have the same elegant feel. Each girl carried 5 white roses set into a white hydrangea, the white was broken up by scattered lilly grass loops.

 Hope you are enjoying your weekend! I'm counting down the hours till I can get out in the sun!

French Country : Christa's Wedding

"There's a few things I've learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can"

— William Shakespeare

 

 

 

For the past several days my shop has been taken over by the soothing scent of Lavender. Christa brought buckets of lavender grown in her families garden on the coast, including a bit of white lavender from her grandmothers garden for good luck!

The two bridesmaids carried smaller variations of the brides bouquet, while the grooms-woman carried a bouquet of lavender and pittsorium.

Congrats Christa & Rider!!