Mark and Sarah - Winter Wedding at the Michigan League

Mark and Sarah had a gorgeous winter celebration at the Michigan League Ballroom captured so beautifully by Violet Light Photography.   Sophisticated, stylish and seasonal, Sarah wanted flowers with natural styling and interesting textures.   Loose but not too loose flowing pieces and large but not too large bouquets.  She wanted her bouquet to be a statement piece, and I hope she loved it as much as I did - I loved the blush and cranberry tones that she picked and the lush textures and natural oblong, cascading shape.  And the ceremony arch design - I loved getting to create this piece, and I loved the arch that Sarah's dad created for the occasion - so much so that I bought it and can now share it with other couples.  Congratulations Sarah and Mark, it was wonderful to be a part of your celebration!  

Sarah's bouquet featured burgundy peonies, blush majolica roses, caramel antike garden roses, seeded and silver dollar eucalyptus, camelia foliage, blush quicksand roses

Allie and John at Waldenwoods

Such a beautiful celebration at Waldenwoods for Allie and John this autumn!  Thank you so much to Ray Anthony Photography for capturing these lovely images and sharing so generously! We had a great time working with rich autumnal colors and textures as the weather and mood were shifting from summer to autumn.   We had beautiful burgundy dahlias, blush garden roses, lush foliages with berries and great textures - Allie picked such beautiful elements and we just love how it came together for a natural, colorful, sophisticated look.

We loved decorating the large pergola for Allie & John's ceremony, and were so thrilled that the weather cleared in time to get outside for a blue sky ceremony!  It was still raining outside when we set it up with fingers crossed, and we were so thrilled it worked out so beautifully!  Congratulations Allie and John!

And here we are in action setting up the floral decor for the arch in the rain, gotta love everyone keeping the positivity and ending up with a gorgeous ceremony under blue skies!!

Whitney & Jake: Autumn at Zingerman's Cornman Farm

There is so much to love about this sweet autumn wedding, and the first thing I can think of as I sit to write about it is how grateful I am to Whitney and Jake that I got to be a part of it.  I just genuinely enjoyed every part of talking with Whitney, planning the flowers, receiving their lovely stationery in the mail that Jake made himself, arriving at Zingerman's Cornman Farms in Dexter and seeing how much fun this wedding party was having getting ready.  It was all such a treat, and then after I saw a few teaser photos from First Comes Love Photo, featuring some adorable goats, I could not wait to see Alison's photos, and they are seriously amazing.  I am so, so grateful to her for sharing these, and so thrilled for Whitney and Jake to have such a lovely capture of their day.  For more of the details and story, visit First Comes Love Photo's blog - thank you, Alison!  Warmest congratulations and thanks to Whitney and Jake!  

Whitney's bouquet was a bit natural, a bit romantic, a bit autumnal... lots of lovely textures and foliages and blooms in blush, raspberry, cranberry, and ivory.

Whitney's bouquet featured peach juliet garden roses, burgundy dahlia, hot majolica spray roses, seeded eucalyptus, blue viburnum berries, and a mix of textured foliages

Groom and groomsmen's boutonniere's featured ranunculus, majolica roses, and dahlia with foliage and berry accents

Petite bouquets decorated the aisles on the intimate round seating for the ceremony in front of the lovely white house at cornman farms.

And there were goats!!

Centerpieces for the guest tables featured compotes in a white marble design and a clear glass design, filled with blush, pink, burgundy and ivory blooms with textured foliages and berries.

The head table had a foliage garland down the center, with vases to add the bridal party's bouquets for a pop of color.

Cozy Ann Arbor winter wedding

Nothing like a little (or a lot!) of spontaneous snow to make for a memorable celebration and some really gorgeous and fun wedding photos!  Alexa and Ryan were married in November, on that one day where it poured snow.  Rather surprising!  And they clearly had so much fun wading out into the snow for some amazing (and brave!) images with Melanie Reyes.   The reception at Zingerman's Events on Fourth looks like the perfect cozy spot to hunker down in the storm with your friends and family - what a lovely and memorable way to celebrate. Alexa's bouquet featured blush quicksand and ivory roses, white O'Hara garden roses, burgundy dahlias, dusty miller and silver dollar eucalyptus foliages, silver brunia berries and blue denatum berries.  The lush foliage garlands on the long rectangular tables at Zingerman's added just a splash of color - sophisticated, and a little something special!

Congratulations Alexa and Ryan and thank you Melanie for these beautiful images!

Elegant Dearborn Inn Wedding

So excited to share these images of a very special September wedding at the gorgeous and elegant Dearborn Inn. It was truly a special wedding to be a part of - Megan is a friend I knew back when Red Poppy was just starting, and even after she moved away to Chicago she remembered me and I was honored she entrusted me with her wedding flowers!  It was truly wonderful working this family!

The flowers were timeless and elegant, classic features with a little twist of texture and foliage.  We used blush and ivory garden roses and accents of burgundy with ranunculus and astrantia.  Megan's bouquet included ivory and blush garden roses, white freesia, blushing bride protea.  I remember we discussed wanting the blush and burgundy tones to capture the summer to autumn transition and I just loved following that inspiration.

Gorgeous images by 11-4 Productions!