Newsletter Archive 2010

January 2010

EXCITING NEWS FOR 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are excited to announce a brand new website concept launching in Spring 2010.  Bride’s will be able to shop for flowers and accessories with ease and confidence.  Find out all the news when you subscribe to our blog (click on the link below to the right), follow us on Twitter and find us on Face Book and become a fan.

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• DIY Project- this will be a simple idea that you can effortlessly incorporate into your wedding.
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Plus our newest idea: Ask a pro…email us your query (any wedding question) and  we will get you awesome advice from our industry friends and post the answer in our next newsletter.

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Pink Persuasion Floral Ideas

• Pink Bouquets

Clockwise from left to right:

Roses: standard and miniature, peonies, dahlia buds and miniature calla lilies.

Roses: standard and miniature with ¾ wrapped stems.

White hydrangea with miniature pink roses.

Roses: “Verdi” variegated pink and white.

Peonies, creme roses and queen annes lace.

Roses: hot pink, white dendrobium orchids and green berries.

Roses: deep pink with dark red calla lilies.

Roses: pale pink and crème.

Roses: “Bianca Candy” and pink tulips.

Peonies: dark pink and snapdragon tips.

Roses: “Hot Princess”, gerbera daisies and green viburnum.

Roses: “Anna” variety.

Center Photo: Pink peonies and green cymbidium orchids.Pink Boutonnieres

Clockwise from left to right:

Assorted foliage

Rose with hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus berries

Rose with stephanotis and plumosa greenery

Ranunculus and lily of the valley

Rose: “Anna” variegated with green ivy leaves

Hypericum berries with lily bud

Ranunculus buds

Dendrobium orchid with Italian ruscus

Freesia with a miniature rose bud

Rose: “Minuet” variegated with green ivy leaves

Tulip with natural leaf

Cymbidium Orchid

Center Photo: Hypericum berries, myrtle and wax flowers

Purple Passion Possibilities

Purple Possibilities

Clockwise from left to right:

Hydrangea, roses, sweet peas and grape hyacinth

Lavender Freesia with white roses and pittosporum

Bridal Bouquet: “Cool Water” roses. Attendants: “Akito” white  roses.

Wedding Favors: “Lavender” Garden Glass Gel Candle (available through our website)

Bridal Bouquet: “Virginia” roses with sweet peas. Attendants: Peonies, bouvardia, sweet peas, and lilac

Lavender lisianthus with white roses and pittosporum

Vanda “Rothchild” Orchids, blue hydrangea and agapanthus

Peonies, freesia, lambs ear, star of Bethlehem, viburnum, astilbe and cymbidium orchids

White roses, purple lisianthus, white freesia and pittosporum

“Flame” calla lilies, purple hydrangea, orange mokara orchids, dark red dahlias, and hypericum berries

Invitation: Wedding Scroll: deep plum (available through our website)

Center Photo: Invitation with Bouquet of peonies, freesia, lambs ear, star of Bethlehem, viburnum, astilbe and cymbidium orchids.

Purple Boutonniere Options

Clockwise from left to right:

Daisy, peacock feather and fox tail fern

Hyacinth blossoms

Freesia with green ivy leaf

Hydrangea with leaf cone

Dendrobium orchid

Calla lily and purple larkspur with caspia

Lisianthus with camellia leaf

Phaleonopsis and cymbidium orchid

Calla lily

Thistle with galax leaf

Phaleonopsis orchid

Dendrobium orchid

Center Photo: Purple larkspur with caspia

Ravishing Red Floral Bouquets

Red and Burgundy Bouquets

Clockwise from left to right:

Hand-tied round bouquet of red roses

“Black Baccara” roses with calla lilies and green cymbidium orchids

Red roses, “Schwarzwalder” calla lilies, hypericum berries and tulips

Red roses: “Black Bacarra” and Charlotte”

Red roses: “Black Bacarra” and Charlotte” with pearled stephanotis

Gloriosa lilies, calla lilies, seeded eucalyptus berries, sword fern, chocolate cosmos, red mokara orchids, roses and ginger

Red mokara orchids, tulips, “Abracadabra” roses, philodendron foliage and protea

Attendants Bouquets: “Circus” roses, “Confetti” roses and “Charlotte” red roses.

Red roses and Yellow roses with a collar of greenery

“Milano” Red/fuchsia roses with pearled stephanotis

“Black Magic” roses with pearled stephanotis

Peonies, tulips “Black Bacarra” roses with calla lilies

Center Photo: Burgundy cymbidium orchids, “Black Bacarra” roses, calla lilies, red mokara orchids and fiddle fern fronds

Red Boutonierres

Clockwise from left to right:

Red rose with antique hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus berries

Red berries, evergreen, and plaid ribbon

Modern style red rose with berries and green wire

Red mokara orchids

Stephanotis and hypericum berries

Red rose with berries and montebretia

Gloriosa lily with twine wrap

Red rose with babies breath and Italian ruscus

Red calla lily with Italian ruscus

“Charlotte” red rose with pine cones and green ivy

Berries and dried botanicals

Peony bud with black feathers and stephanotis cluster for the Groom

Center Photo: Dahlia bud, berries and acorns

Peach Perfection Floral Bouquets

Pretty as a Peach Bouquets

Clockwise from left to right:

“Osiana” Peach roses with lilac and tuberose

White hydrangea, peach roses, green viburnum, peach freesia and geranium foliage

“Osiana” Peach roses with babies breath

Peach and crème roses and peach ranunculus

Golden peach roses, sweet peas, and cotinus foliage

Peach roses, green viburnum and star of Bethlehem

Pink, peach and crème roses, ranunculus and tuberose

White calla lilies, peach stock blossoms, green roses, white hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus

“Sahara” roses, pink roses and white mini calla lilies with white hydrangea

“Osiana” Peach roses

Parrot tulips, sweet peas, poppies and hyacinth

Peach roses, white hydrangea and pearled stephanotis

Center Photo: Cosmos, sweet peas and daffodils.

Peach Boutonnieres

Peach Boutonnieres

Clockwise from Left to Right:

Pink hypericum berries with velvet ribbon wrap

White dendrobium orchid

Mango calla lily with berries

Champagne rose with berries and ivy

Yellow calla lily with hypericum berries

Rust hypericum berries with velvet leaves

Oak leaves and acorns

Astilbe, dusty miller, hypericum and variegated ivy

Hydrangea and fiddle fern

“Timeless” rose with bouvardia

Peach calla lily with orchid blossom

Berries and twigs

Center:

Rose petal “buds” with berries and kalanchoe

Lusciuos Yellow Floral Inspiration

Yellow Floral Ideas

Clockwise from left to right:

Corsage: miniature yellow roses with acacia

Centerpiece: yellow lilies with alstromeria, solidago and yellow button mums in a glass cube

Centerpiece: yellow roses and white stock blossoms in lemon lined glass vase

Bridal Bouquet: yellow tulips

Cake Flowers: yellow roses, orange miniature gerberas and lilies

Bridal Bouquet: Yellow garden and standard roses, white poppies, ornamental kale, white tulips, and ranunculus

Cake Flowers: yellow gerberas, white mini calla lilies, and white hydrangea

Bridal Bouquet: Yellow and crème roses, white freesia, tulips and sweet peas

Bridal Bouquet: Red, orange, yellow, amber and “Jade” green roses

Boutonnière: Yellow calla lily with red hypericum berries

Centerpiece: Yellow roses in ceramic vase

Bouquet: yellow gerbera daisies

Center Photo: Bridal Bouquet-shades of yellow roses with hydrangea

Yellow Boutonnieres

Clockwise from left to right:

Yellow cymbidium orchid

Orange mokara orchids

Starfish with reindeer moss

Green dendrobium orchid with teal trim

Cymbidium orchid and rose

Yellow miniature rose with plaid ribbon

Yellow calla lily with Italian ruscus and bear grass

Crème gerbera daisy

White freesia

White ranunculus and bells of Ireland

“Circus” rose with red hypericum berries and rosemary

White rose with seeded eucalyptus

Center Photo: Yellow calla lilies with red hypericum berries