Megan & Matthew

Megan & Matthew

November 7, 2009

Holland Ranch

Megan and Matthew are two wonderful people, whose families have been through some hard times recently. But everyone came together to celebrate their love, their future, and the precious gift of life!

Holland Ranch in San Luis Obispo was the perfect backdrop for their celebration! It is an unbelievable location- run by a very kind family!

Megan's bouquet: a very colorful collection of red gerbers, purple lisianthus, blue delphinium, orange asiatic lilies, purple freesia, and circus roses.

   

Our favorite features: Megan's Grandmother's necklace as her "something old" and the fabulous circus roses that look like a sunset!

   

         Grandma's wristlet            The bridesmaids bouquet

The flower girl's basket

The groom's boutonniere &     the groomsmen's boutonniere

   

The aisle flowers included simple clusters of orange lilies, scalloped ribbon, and multi-colored petals.

The ceremony flowers included a foliage garland with colorful flower clusters, and 5 white clusters at the top to represent cherished family members who have recently passed on. There were also 3 potted plants on either end of the arch...but honestly, this stage doesn't need much embellishment- the star of the show is truly the amazing view! Don't you agree?!

All of those clusters later did double duty as centerpieces!

Everything at this wedding worked twice: the garland and plants served as stage decor with the aisle lilies...

..... and another piece of garland and plant decorated an empty shelf!

              This beautiful 3 tier cake is a creation by Lauren & Two Little Birds Bakery in Paso Robles and once Festive Designs added flowers to it....it was a show-stopper!

We hope this cake was a sweet ending to a magical day!

(and we're pretty sure it was, Lauren told me the top two layers were Kahlua flavored! Yum!)

Stephanie & Cory

Stephanie & Cory

November 1, 2009

Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo

The bridesmaid's bouquet
The Groom's boutonniere with the Madonna Inn brand

The Bride's bouquet

The main stage of Madonna Inn where Stephanie made her dramatic entrance to the ceremony down the staircase!

The show-stopping peacock cake!

The ceremony arrangements later became the reception centerpieces

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Jewel Toned Wedding

The bride's bouquet contained red baby roses, burgundy roses, white roses, white gerber daises, purple stock, purple carnations, lavender freesia, pink freesia and red gerber daises. Did I miss anything?

The bridesmaids bouquets

The stems are wrapped in purple satin ribbon...it just LOOKS blue for some reason!

Above is the boutonniere and below is the one of the small cocktail table arrangements.

Alexandra & Danny

Alexandra & Danny

October 17th, 2009

Alexandra's bouquet had so much texture and depth it was difficult to capture it in a photo...
Our favorite part of the bouquet was the teardrop crystal from her grandmother's chandelier for her "something old" - just beautiful!

This bouquet had a lot going on....purple stock, purple lisianthus, bells of ireland, thistles, orange protea, and a collar of lemon leaf.
The bridesmaid bouquets

Some of the flowers photograph on the blue side, but in reality they are purple....

They contained thistles, purple stock, purple lisianthus, purple carnations and a collar of lemon leaf. They are finished off with orange ribbon that was the exact shade of the girls' dresses.

Instead of wearing a wrist or pin-on corsage, the mother of the bride carried a clutch purse with her flowers attached.

Alexandra wanted the boutonnieres to be very simple since the guys were dressed in full-on Scottish formal wear...kilts and all! It is just three thistles atop a galax leaf.

The Reception flowers:

Large cylinders with 4 stems of bells of ireland were enhanced with two sprays of waterproof fiberobtic light strands. It's hard to tell because it wasn't dark yet...but when the sun goes down, it creates a very lounge-like feel!

Each cylinder was flanked by two small vases with an orange protea and orange marbles. This entire look only contained a few stems of flowers but created a HUGE statement! Love that bang for your buck!

The toss bouquet

The other style of centerpiece were these striking candelabras with a vase of proteas and orange dahlias and lined with variegated flax leaves.

The room at the Shore Cliff Lodge looked beautiful with the draped fabric, beautiful linens, and a priceless ocean view (that you can't really see because of the sun) but trust me- it was stunning!

Congrats you two!!