Deborah and Stephen (Wedding)

 

Here is Deborah and Stephen's wedding day pictures!!! Yay!
I know I said a lot in my post about Deborah and Stephan's Bridals, so in this post I wont' say as much. The flowers I did for Deborah and Stephen are the same as their bridal flowers.
Enjoy the pictures!

Just to remind you of the flowers Deborah wanted: purple, purple and white peruvian lilies, white roses, purple and white calla lilies. The color of the ribbons are white (the base ribbon) and green (the top ribbon).

I also did the wedding party flowers. Corsages for the women had four purple, purple and white peruvian lilies, babies breath, and bear grass. The ribbon on the corsages is in the same style as the brides bouquet. White as the base and green over laying the top.

The boutonnieres had two purple and white peruvian lilies, babies breath, and bear grass. The ribbon on the boutonnieres were the same look but opposite, where green was the base and white was on top.

Deborah gave me a wonderful quote.

"Everyone loved my flowers. People commented on them all day! They stayed vibrant fresh long after we were done with them. Even my toddler niece told my dad his boutonniere was 'very beautiful'!"

Thanks Deborah!

These photos were taken by Rachel Johnson

McKay's Prom Dinner

I never went to prom, so when my younger siblings got asked I was super excited. This past school year my little brother, McKay, had his prom dinner at my parents house. My mom asked me to help her set up the table settings and do the table center pieces.

My dad, my husband, and some of my other siblings made the dinner, Chinese food! Yum! Since the dinner was Chinese food, my mom wanted a Chinese themed table.

I have seen oriental floral arrangements, but never created one. I was excited to try my hand at one. 

I really enjoyed trying to make this arrangement look as oriental as I could. 

My mom said they looked pretty. :) 

The flowers in these arrangements are: Rose, Stock, Spider Mums, Peruvian Lilies, Queen Anne's Lace, Dasies, Smaller Mums, and some extra flowers from my mom's yard. As you can see these flowers are white.

The flowers are in an a bowl like shape with a wide opening. I put green foam in the vase so I could place the flowers in the exact spots I wanted them. Then I covered the foam with moss. 

The tables turned out beautifully, according to my mom. 

I also made the corsage for McKay's date.

My mom and I found a picture of a beautiful corsage. We used white flowers and a black bracelet, because McKay's date wore a green dress. This looked very pretty with her dress. 

The flowers I used in her corsage are: Mums, Spray Roses, Wax, and Peruvian Lilies. Once again they are all white flowers.

We added the white pearl jewels and pins to give it a elegant look. I used a white sheer ribbon to combine the corsage together.

And yes this is my wrist, because that is my wedding ring.

I had a lot of fun doing this for my little brother! I'm glad I could help make his prom date a fun experience. From what he said, his date liked his corsage and the other people in his group date really enjoyed the dinner. They probably enjoyed the food more than the flowers, but I really enjoyed getting the dinner, table, and flowers ready.
I took the pictures in this post.

All of this, because I love my little brudda. :)

Deborah and Stephen (Bridals)

Sorry it has been so long, but here is the next post!

I met Deborah, the bride, through her sister Becca. I had the wonderful opportunity to do the flowers for her bridals and her wedding. 

 

When Deborah, Becca, and I got to talk about flowers they showed me pictures they liked. When I saw the beautiful bouquets I got really excited to create them. Deborah mentioned she wanted a cascading bouquet, which I have not done before, so I was really excited to try out a cascading bouquet. Deborah was unsure about which one she wanted, cascading or ball-shape. She decided for her bridals she wanted to try the ball-shape and if she didn't like it then we would do a cascading bouquet. 

The beauty of the flowers only reflects the beauty of the bride. These two different beauties, combined, is what every bride desires for her wedding day. For this beauty is the beauty from within her. She has found the one who sees the beauty in her and now she has the confidence to show everyone else what he sees. 

I love the colors Deborah picked, and they are: purple, green, and white. We picked purple and white flowers and the ribbon she wanted were white and green colors.

The flowers in her bouquet were white roses, calla lilies (purple and white), and peruvian lilies (dark purple, white and purple). As you can see the the flowers and colors Deborah decided on turned out beautiful!

The ribbon on the bouquet has a base of white with the green wrapped around crossing over the green. Deborah wanted a green bow with extra long ends. The ribbons give the bouquet a unique and elegant look.

Deborah wanted her, then fiance, Stephen at her bridals. Here is his boutonniere! The flowers are dark purple peruvian lilies, a white spray rose, babies breath, and bear grass. I used the green ribbon to wrap the boutonniere. It looks perfect with Stephen's purple tie!

After her bridals were done Deborah decided she like the look of the bouquet and boutonniere and that is what she wanted for her wedding day. I don't blame her. I loved how these flowers and colors turned out. I also liked working with Deborah! It was wonderful to see how excited Becca was for Deborah. It was a wonderful example of sisterhood to see how they treated each other and finished each others sentences and thoughts.

These beautiful pictures were taken by Rachel Johnson.

Keep your eye open for the post about Deborah's wedding!

Thanks for reading!

Ana and Andre

Last February, a Sister moved into my ward. The news of her upcoming wedding spread throughout our ward. Her wedding was in a week! I found out she didn't have anything for her wedding. No family, no dress, no photographer, no reception was planned, and no flowers.  My ward took care of her reception, her dress, and "family" (members of my ward stepped in to play the role of family). As a wedding present to Ana and Andre I did their flowers.

 It was a beautiful blue and white winter day.

I talked with Ana about the colors she wanted and what she wanted the flowers to look like. I showed her a picture of a elegant wild flower looking bouquet and she really liked it, so I tried to copy it.

 The flowers in her bouquet are blue hydrangea, delphinium, white roses, and off-white tulips. Her dress was more of an ivory color so the off-white tulips and the ivory ribbon combined all the colors together beautifully.

Ana wanted her pictures taken in the Provo City Courthouse. I thought the colors, the elegance, and the feel of the court house were perfect. She made a really great choice.

Andre's boutonniere has a white rose, delphinium, with some green leaves (forgive me for not knowing the name). The ribbon is an ivory color.

  

I was very thankful that I was able to do the flowers for Ana and Andre's wedding. I thought they were a very wonderful couple. I thought they were very brave to do this, get married, all by themselves. I admired how much love they have for each other, they were willing to just get married with no big reception or anything on their day. They were just happy being able to be married to each other. 

"Love is meant to be an adventure." -Gordon B. Hinckley

Oh I asked my very talented little sister, Heather Allred, to take their wedding pictures. She did a fantastic job!!!

Thanksgiving 2012

Last Thanksgiving, Tyler and I spent Thanksgiving with his side of the family. I mean his WHOLE FAMILY!!! Like, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins; so it was A LOT OF PEOPLE, but a WHOLE LOT OF FUN!

The dinner was at my in-laws, so I offered to help with food and the center pieces for the tables. 

I took the Floral Design course at Brigham Young University and one of our projects was doing an Autumn arrangement in a pumpkin.

I wanted to do these arrangements as the center pieces. I did one large arrangement with seven small arrangements. All the arrangements had the same flowers, but these pictures turned out the best.

 The flowers in these arrangements are: carnations, gerber daisies, chrysanthemums, bachelor buttons, other berries, and different greens. These flowers came in a bunch from Costco.

I thought these arrangements turned out beautifully! I was so proud of myself for doing them and how well they looked after they were done. 

I believe for special occasions or holidays are so much better with floral arrangements. It is another way to decorate and celebrate the different holidays.

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rachel and David

Last August, my husband's cousin got married and she asked me to do her flowers! Rachel wanted flowers for her bridals. A beautiful bouquet for her and a boutonniere for her then fiance, David.

Doesn't the bride look beautiful!!!

Rachel showed me a picture of a bouquet she wanted her's to look like. I tried to get her bouquet as close as I could.

The flowers in Rachel's bouquet are white and pink roses and pink carnations. The color she wanted was a peachy/ pink color. She wanted the bouquet wrapped in burlap, so there was a hint of tan.

I love seeing the happiness in this picture!

It amazes me how well the colors went together! I mean the pink and tan were perfect with David's suit and tie! David's boutonniere flowers were a white rose, with pink carnations. I wrapped the boutonniere in the same burlap as I wrapped Rachel's bouquet in. 

They look so cute together!

Rachel wanted the same flowers for her wedding day.

Rachel and David decided to not have a reception. They wanted to have a private family luncheon, which was very wonderful. Rachel also asked me to do the flowers for the luncheon.

The table cloth for the tables were a white cloth covered with burlap. The centerpieces were two bouquets of flowers, a large one and a small one, with a candle. The flowers were in mason jars wrapped in burlap with a burlap flower on them. They were very very pretty!

The flowers in the bouquets came from bunches from Costco. So the flowers are daises, roses, spider mums, queen anne's lace, eucalyptus, peruvian lilies, and others. They looked beautiful!

Here are some close ups of Rachel's bouquets! Don't the colors and the flowers go well together?

It was a beautiful day! The couple looked so happy together! I haven't used burlap before, but I just loved how it look. Rachel was kind enough to give me a quote:

"You seriously went above and beyond. They were exactly like the pictures I showed you. They were exquisite, yet simple. You were so flexible and patient throughout the whole thing. Thank you for taking the stress off my family and making it such an amazing day."

Thanks Rachel for asking me to do your flowers! I loved doing them! I thought everything turned out beautifully. I loved the burlap with the flowers and for the luncheon.

All these wonderful pictures were taken by Moxie Photography