This look just emanates classic modern bride! Tones of champagne, mauve, and soft creams made up her bridal bouquet and floral crown. Florals of quicksand roses, fluffy white ranunculus, and cream spray roses. The bridesmaids got an extra splurge of color with the pink hermosa roses in their bouquets.

It’s a nice idea to set apart the bridesmaids bouquets from the brides— yet complementing it at the same time. Playing with touches of color is a good way to do that!

Photography: Beth Flick

W I L D and F R E E Nicole knew exactly the feel she was after for her wedding. Her inspiration words were boho, eclectic, natural, and wild. This totally fit her personality and I saw the look come to life in the natural scenes of her wedding photos, which were literally taken in the woods.

Her bouquet is an oversized hand tied cascading style, mimicked to look as if the creatures of the woods magically assembled it for her. Colors of champagne and soft white make it feel dreamy and whimsical. We kept the bridesmaids more subdued yet wild, with bouquets of pure greens.

By far my favorite piece of the wedding was the arbor. I strung stems of long white larkspur for a fringe effect, and used the same flowers throughout the rest of the arbor as in her bouquet: Quicksand roses, and white snowball mums.

One of my favorite looks, so naturally beautiful.

Photography: Derk’s Works

C L A S S I C The star of this collection are the ANEMONES! These are the white flowers with the dark blue, almost black centers. Anemones always stand out in a bouquet, because the eye is drawn to the dramatic dark center amid the white of the flower. It also comes in a yellow/cream center variety that is also super pretty, but with less pop!

This bouquet was light on the greenery and heavy on the pops of color, with shades of purple roses throughout. I’m sure Claire can attest to how heavy it was.

Its so wild to me how the bouquet just perfectly fit Claire’s whole bridal look. LOVE IT

Photography: Bodwell Studio

W O R L D L Y When my photographer friend Jenny Thomas asked me if I would consider making a floral crown for her sister in law for a pregnancy photo shoot I of course said yes, because I love to make floral crowns, and I had free range to create what I wanted.

This photoshoot was in late Autumn, so I wanted something with some color, but with deeper tones. The flowers in her crown are actually roses that I cut and turned over to look more rounded and softer. I accented them with deep magenta spray roses, to add some rich jewel toned depth. Just one of my faves!

Photography: Jenny Thomas

J O Y F U L Madayln knew exactly the look she wanted for her bouquet, right down to the types of flowers! Sometimes a certain look just draws you in and you cant think of anything else, so you know its right!

Shades of deep burgundy, cream, champagne, and greens combined to complement the crisp almost autumn weather, and colors of the outdoor wedding at The Dairy Barn in Athens.

The tables were long banquet style, and so we opted for greenery garlands dotted with fresh cream roses, hypericum berries, and deep burgundy mums. Small pumpkins and candles were placed on the tables to add to the cozy feel.

Garlands are a good choice when you want to span a long length of space, and they can be made with a vast variety of greens, and flowers.

Photography: Cheryl Skelley

S W E E T Classic. Soft. Understated. Pretty. Bridal. These words just describe this look to a tee and totally matched Amy’s style. Vendela roses, pink stock, and pink spray roses lend to the look.

This bouquet style is very traditional. It’s tight, wrapped almost all the way to the bottom, and symmetrically rounded. I tend to be reminded of the weddings of princesses, whose bouquets are recently more understated, smaller, and rounded.

Definitely sweet, absolutely pretty.

P R E T T Y U N I Q U E Taylor’s bouquet was the first of this shape bouquet I’ve designed for a bride and I LOVE IT. This bouquet is an oblong, cascading hand tied style. It’s wild and generally not symmetrical. That’s where the beauty lies. The flowers are allowed to be featured naturally and the way they want to flow.

The anemones, the white flower with the dark center, serve as the feature flower here, placed in the center and allowed to spill forward. Silver toned greens keep the look soft and muted.

The centerpieces were large, and natural, with just greens of seeded and silver dollar eucalyptus, flowing over the clear glass vase.

Photography: Vincent Alonzo

L U X E Those ROSES though! These roses are what make this loose rounded hand tied bouquet just magic.

I used two of my favorite varieties of roses here: Quicksand and Amnesia. The look was kept all about the roses by only accenting with some soft white babies breath, and subtle eucalyptus greens.

I made a hand tied greenery garland for the long reception tables. There were only two rows of reception tables, but they were both very long, and the impact the long garland made spanning the table was amazing. I dotted the greenery garland with stems of roses.

Photography: Steve Hronek

F I R Y I present to you one of the inaugural collections of The Orchard Floral!

Ashley actually got married the day my first baby was born, so safe to say I will never forget her.

Ashley chose a cascading style, and wanted a rich palette of corals and reds—her wedding was in the depths of summer, the beginning of August. The lighter greens mimicked the lush fields that surrounded her wedding venue, at a state park lodge.

Thank you Ashley for trusting me.

R O M A N C E I collaborated with local photographer Cheryl Skelly for a staged elopement shoot. I was craving to do something outside of the box romantic and she was interested in showing her clients a glimpse of an elopement style shoot.

If you get all the romantic pure young love feels when looking at this gallery then I’ve succeeded. I wanted to pull together something intimate, magical, and just lovely. The swag on the bench is a unique design item, as it can be used to drape along a table, or over an arch. Blush roses contrast against red mini roses, creating D R A M A, and a sense of luxury.

The bridal bouquet echoes the feel, and is done in a loose, rounded style, which is my most popular bouquet shape. Floral crowns are not just for flower girls, either. They are such a symbol of never ending love, and infinite life—why not wear one to look as magical as you feel?

Photography: Cheryl Skelly

V I N T A G E This whole look exudes a vintage vibe, from the mauve roses to the dramatic dark colored anemones, and the shapes of the sweetheart table piece, bouquet, and ground arrangements.

Taylor downsized her wedding celebration significantly, and had a beautiful, intimate wedding at a cabin in the Hocking Hills of Ohio. This is a perfect example of how to have a small gathering and still make it stunning—by focusing your attention on just a few key pieces: The bridal bouquet, a head table or sweetheart table piece, and some pieces for the ceremony. (So good for the budget conscious bride too!)

The flowers include some of my favorites: Roses, anemones, and chocolate cosmos. Greens of olive, added to the ever popular eucalyptus add depth and a free form feel.

Photography: Jenny Thomas

When Jenny Thomas pitched me her vision for creating a live floral set for her Christmas mini photo shoot, I said Y E S, I will do this! I was so excited to create something outside of the box for holiday photos.

She was envisioning something different, ethereal, and natural. We wanted a frame of some sort that her clients could pose in front of. We scoured inspiration pictures, and I bought this floral moon arch: An almost 8 foot tall sphere of magic!

On the arch I designed with real port orford cedar, touches of ginestra, red hypericum berries and eucalyptus. Jenny had discovered the wonder of pampass grass, so I sourced this from Texas from a new wonderful floral contact. The pampass grass made the frame on the ground. I dotted the grass with white snowball mums, for that pop of winter white. Silver toned dusty miller was added to create more of that winter holiday feel.

What I loved most about this project? Our creative process. The messages, the pictures, the on site creating, the laughs between our kids as we worked with them running around, the wonder in looking at the finished product, the joy that I will forever feel when I look at the pictures of my kids in that awesome set, and the new friend I made!

Yeah, flowers never last forever. We disassembled it a couple days later. We did enjoy the flowers in our home a bit longer and put the greenery as decor around our own homes. But that’s where the wonder lies: our whole self, all of our senses, seen and unseen, is commanded to enjoy the magic of that moment. Like flowers, life commands this of us too—to try to absorb each magical moment for what it is because those moments too, may not last forever. So open that too expensive bottle of bubbly you’ve been “saving”, jump in that pool and get your hair wet, spend 3 hours decorating that cake even though it will be eaten, and make that art even though it may not last forever… The memories surely will.

Photographer: Jenny Thomas

N A T U R A L This whole wedding matched Mollie’s personality to a tee! Every touch was so natural, effortless, down to earth, easy and beautiful!

The biggest piece of the wedding was the floral arch, which was done in shades of cream and whites, and accented with eucalyptus greenery.

The centerpieces and bouquet, and sweetheart table arrangement followed the same look. The centerpieces were done in a very free flow unstructured style that totally fit the tone.

Note: The hanging circles from ceiling is not the work of the Orchard

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