Shanna's Bridals

Oh boy do I love this bouquet! So summery and old fashion. Yes, this is the look the bride was after. Shanna was doing a vintage style photo shoot and wanted a bouquet to fit with that theme. I used queen anne's lace, ranunculus, vendella roses, mini green hydrangea, & alstromeria. Can't wait to see how the pictures turned out. Stay tuned for her wedding this month.

Saemi at Sundance

Gorgeous colors for this romantic wedding down at the Sundance Resort. The bride Saemi wanted a romantic and traditional feel, so we used tons of roses, rose petals and hydrangea. She wanted shades of purple, reds, whites with gold accents. I ended up using white peonies, white & purple hydrangea, purple mini calla lilies, green hanging amaranthus, red "luna rossa" roses and purple "coolwater" roses. It all ended up looking very elegant. I wrapped the vases in beautiful gold ribbon and I think it looked great with the gold and purple linens. Wow, all I can say that it was so scary getting up on a ladder and hanging the fresh flower wreaths. That ceiling is so high, I thought I was going to die. Thankfully, my darling husband came down and hung the remainder of the wreaths. Life savor!!!! Again, these are just a few quick snapshots and I'll post the professional pics as soon as I can get my hands on them!

Amy Preview

The following pics are from Amy's wedding on June 13th. Her ceremony was at the breathtakingly beautiful Greek Orthodox church downtown and her reception was held at the Grand America. I seriously need to get a new camera, my pictures do not do justice to these vibrant flowers. I will have the professional photos posted soon, so please check back.

Amy loves flowers and loves color, so she pretty much gave me the go ahead to create whatever I thought would be amazing. The royal blue of the bridesmaid dressed just popped with bouquets of intense color. I tend to design with bright bold color in mind, more so then pastels. I used white peonies, blue hydrangea, red tulips, orange & hot pink roses, yellow freesia, and orange celosia. I love how this wedding turned out. We were setting up the flowers on the outside of the church as that huge dark rain storm started to blow into downtown Salt Lake City. Allison was drenched trying to save the gathered bunches! 200 red roses were used for rose petals that blanketed the church aisle. It was so romantic!

Zrii

These simple red rose centerpieces were for a V.I.P. event that Zrii juice put on at the beautiful venue Cucina Nassi. The simplicity of the red roses looked amazing against the Tuscan formal interior.

Arrangement of the Week

This was a bright and colorful arrangement! I love using lots of color. Red celosia, sunflowers, purple hyacinth, protea & green hanging amaranthus.

Art In Bloom

A few weekends ago I participated in a really cool event called Art In Bloom. It was held at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts on the University of Utah campus. It's an event celebrating the convergence of fine art and flowers. Over 30 of Utah's top floral designers interpreted art objects from the UMFA's collection. I chose a Nez Perce tribe dress made of buckskin and beading. When I went in to pick my art piece, the Native American artifacts drew me in like a laser beam. I think I must have been an indian girl in a past life. I felt so inspired to pick the dress as my art object! My mind instantly started to think up creative ideas for my floral design. I decided to use one of my blue metal containers and fill it with "gathered" type flowers and branches. I wanted it to look like I went up into the mountains and harvested whatever I could find. I actually did do some late night harvesting up City Creek Canyon for loads of sagebrush. The sage was my anchoring design element to my piece. I also used tiger branches, dark blue hybrid delphinium, red ranunculus (to imitate Indian Paintbrush) and used accents of feathers, blue glass beads & suede. It was such a honor to be a part of this event! Everyone's floral designs were so amazing.

MoM*s DaY 2oo9

Here are a few quick pics of flowers La Fleur sent out for Mother's Day this year. Lots of hyacinth, parrot tulips, ranunculus, dusty miller and lavender.