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

Hannah and Scott

I was asked by my sister-in-law, Hannah (haha! yes we have the same name), if I could do some of the flowers for her wedding. I helped with the luncheon flowers. The table cloths were white. So, the flowers were a bouquet of colorful flowers.

 We got the flowers as bunches from Costco, so there are many different flowers in these bunches. Like, Gerber daises, types of Chrysanthemums,  Aster, and others. They looked very beautiful on the white table cloths in a beautiful backyard.

The color's Hannah had for her wedding were teal and purple. The combination was very beautiful in the flowers and the reception. Hannah had her bridesmaids wear these pretty purple dresses she got them, and I made the bouquets they all held.

(this picture was taken by Tracy Anderson)

I didn't do the brides bouquet. Jeralee Renshaw did the bride's bouquet, and it was simply gorgeous. In the bridesmaid bouquets there were both white and purple roses, and calla lilies that were purple and white.Then I added the teal color with the ribbon that held the bouquets together.

  Hannah found a picture she wanted the bouquets to look like. In the picture the bouquet had little jewels in them. So, I added the jewels to the bridesmaids bouquets and to the ladies corsages as well.

They turned out to be very, very pretty.
The groomsmen boutonnieres turned out great as well! They were wearing black tuxedos with black vests, and teal bow ties. The groom, Scott, wore a black tuxedos with a white vest. They all looked really handsome. My husband Tyler, who is Scott's older brother, is the big and tall one on the left of Scott. Doesn't he look hot! :)

(this picture was taken by Tracy Anderson)

I did the groomsmen boutonnieres, and Jeralee Renshaw did the grooms boutonniere (which also looked very nice). The flowers for the boutonnieres were a white and purple calla lily, lavender, and some bear grass. I wrapped the boutonnieres with a purple ribbon.

 The teal was added by the bow ties. Hannah also wanted to add the jewel to the boutonnieres by their pins.

 (this picture was taken by Tracy Anderson)
Oh these boys were being so helpful while the girls were getting their pictures taken :)

The boutonnieres were also for the fathers, grandfathers, and other men who were part of the wedding party. The mothers, grandmothers, and other women of the wedding party wore ladies corsages.

As you can see the flowers for the women corsages were a white rose, a purple and white calla lily, lavender, and some ivy. You can see the jewel in the front of the corsage. The corsages were wrapped in a silver ribbon, with a jewel pin.

The couple looked beautiful, the reception was beautiful, the people were beautiful, and the flowers were beautiful (if I am allowed to say so). The colors went beautifully together! All-in-all, it was a beautiful day.

I asked Hannah to give me a quote on how she felt the flowers turned out. She gave me this wonderful quote, which I am very thankful for:

"Hannah did the family boutonnieres and bridesmaid bouquets for our wedding and they were stunning. She was very careful to get the details exactly and to be sure we were on the same level of understanding. She was extremely helpful with tips and suggestions and she presented her arrangements beautifully. The bouquets were loved and praised by everyone and the family's boutonniere's while simple, were very elegant. Everything was absolutely gorgeous. I am very grateful for her."

 Thank you Hannah! I am very thankful you asked me to do them! I learned a lot doing this event, and I am very pleased with how all the flowers turned out.

August 12, 2011

The first major event that I have done is my own wedding flowers!

 My colors were dark blue, pale yellow, and white. My husband and I both have blue eyes so I wanted dark blue, so our eyes would "pop out". I think this color combination is so pretty and goes very well together.

Dark blue and pale yellow were perfect colors for an August wedding. Even the colors of the sky and the sun that day were perfect. I wanted flowers every where during the reception. These are just a few close up pictures so you can see the different bouquets. We had our reception outside so there were planted flowers, but I had three large bouquets of flowers and flowers on every table.

The flowers in the bouquets are: white and yellow Roses, white Stocks, white Gerber daisies, Delphiniums, dark blue Iris', white Mums, and Baby's Breath.

 All of the grooms men and brides maids look great during our special day. Since the reception was outside I had my brides maids in blue skirts with their own white shirts, with a blue floral print fabric belt. The grooms men where in suits (they were not happy with me) but they look really nice, with their blue ties.

 I was also going for a very wild flower look. That is why my bouquet and the brides maid bouquets are not in the "ball" form that everyone is doing. I wanted the flowers I choose to just "flow". The flowers in the bouquets are: white Gerber daisies, Delphiniums, white and yellow Roses. The boutonnieres for my husband and his grooms men are: a white Rose, Delphiniums, and my husband boutonnieres had yellow Bachelor Buttons.

 

My wedding day turn out to be perfect! Not only did I marry the man of my dreams, but everything went how I wanted it too (especially my flowers).

Haha! This little collage is just funny to me. When I was getting my picture taken with my little sister/bridesmaid, there was a gust of wind that blew my veil over our heads. It was really funny and we were laughing so hard!