it was a lovely fall day…Allison & Phillipe say ‘i do’

When Allison and I met for our floral consultation, she was a woman who knew exactly what she wanted!! Blooms & colours to evoke a wonderful fall elegance with a touch of natural elements & punches of wine shades to match the bridesmaids dresses. Together we came up with a palette of burnt oranges, wines, browns with punches of lime green, mustard yellow, hot pink and birch! With the Old Mill in Ancaster being the backdrop for their autumn nuptials, the flowers were definitely the splash of colour for their day!

Feast your eyes on these lovely bouquets - blooms include orange & wine toned ball dahlia, lime green spider mums & mini cymbidium orchids, hot pink coxcomb celosia, mustard billy balls & button mums, burgundy gerbera & beech leaves wrapped with flipped leaves, satin ribbon & twine for a rustic touch.

Oh and don’t forget the cute kissing ball for the little princess :)

Masculine fall inspired boutonnieres for the men…

Distinctive pew decor - these birch cones were a lovely woodsy touch against the bold blooms

Moving into the venue, birch wrapped tins & blooms added an exceptional warmth to the simply decorated room

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Elissa & Brad :: modern elegance

November…a month which typically brings cool, windy and dreary weather…thankfully for our beautiful bride Elissa & her handsome groom Brad’s bold & funky wedding day brought nothing but warmth, love and some unique blooms! Working with Elissa leading up to their big day was a great! She works at a local floral distributor where I purchase a number of my flowers and so we would chat regularly about updates and specifics for the flowers of their big day….which exact shade & varieties of roses, what tone of callas, whether the anemones would be open perfectly for the big day…always another detail to discuss. In the final days leading up to the wedding, all the flowers came together beautifully and our hard work paid off!! Some of her favourites include calla lilies, anemones, freesia and roses all of which we included in the bouquets, boutonnieres and church pieces!! God’s Blessings & much love to both of you! Another fabulous photo credit goes out to Elma of Photography by Elma, thanks so much!

Don’t you just love that close up of the boutonniere?! It looked stunning against the black suit & red vest!!

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Amanda & Carl :: Vintage romance in Jordan

This year, grey really has been one of my fav shades; it’s just fabulous for decorating in the home, a staple in any wardrobe and of course a hot colour for weddings! Though it’s not going to be found as a colour of a fresh flower; it’s all the rage for accents & coordinating details!! Amanda & her ladies chose a lovely pewter grey for their bridesmaid dresses and for the flowers we coordinated with a soft, romantic palette of pale pinks, ivories, whites & of course greys! We achieved this look by incorporating blown open garden roses, dahlia, ranunculus, imported roses, anemone with black centres for a pop along with the colour of the hour - grey!! - with dusty miller foliage, brunia berries & to tie everything together a charcoal ribbon wrap & matching pins! Stunning!!! peruse these gorgeous shots from Elma of Photography by Elma

Wedding Party Flowers:

Ceremony Flowers: Cave Springs Winery Retreat

Reception Flowers: The Windows Room - Inn on the Twenty, Jordan

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Amrita & Darrel :: Upscale Wedding, Garden Style

Earlier this year Amrita & Darrel shared their vows over a stunning weekend with their close friends & family. Simple elegance would perfectly sum up the pure white bouquet created for their Indian ceremony & allowed Amrita in all of her finery shine through; the piece included white peonies, imported & spray roses and calla lilies tucked in perfectly to a delicate gold holder…these pictures are fabulous!

For their western ceremony, the bridal couple chose the Toronto Botanical Garden to capture their garden style day. This venue was just fabulous…the ceremony area was surrounded by the beauty of the gardens & the sounds of running water from the fountains but after setting up all of the details, the clouds opened and much to Amrita’s dismay started raining…I do have to share how stunning the floral pieces looked outside…

…so we moved into their indoor ceremony site which was equally beautiful featuring unique modern elements & a textured white wall - very cool!

The rain definitely didn’t damper their spirits or affect the stunning couple & wedding party

After the ceremony, the party continued at the Woodbine Banquet & Conference Centre where the place was decked out in warm shades of deep purple, silvers and hot pinks. The wedding party tables really showed off the romantic look, especially with the ambiance of all the cylinder vases filled with floating candles & rose petals lining the head table (these were used earlier to line the aisle of the ceremony for a unique aisle decor option).

For the guest tables, manzanita trees were rented for the evening and we soften the look by adding silver mint julep vases filled with white hydrangea & scattered rose petals around the tables as a finishing touch & pop of colour.

The overall affect - wow!! Congrats to both of you, I had such a pleasure working with you along with your lovely wedding planner extraordinaire, Mary Bratko of Weddinggirl.ca!

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Lindsey & Mike - Summer Lovin’ in Jordan

Wow, it’s been too long! After a summer of lovely weddings & lazy days at the beach it is definitely time I started blogging once again and share some of what I have been up to….

Mike & Lindsey are a super fun-loving couple so I figured they would be the perfect start!! We hit it off right from our first consultation, the two of them were easy to please and all they hoped was to fill their special day with bright summer flowers & bold blooms! Coming from Toronto they really wanted to make this neat little destination one where they could truly escape from the busyness of the city & retreat with their family & friends in this it fabulous off the beaten trail gem in Niagara!

We filled both the Cave Springs Vineyard & Inn on the Twenty with flowers to add punches of colour to the otherwise neutral & classic vibe of the venue.

Their girls wore little black dresses so the colours in hot pinks, deep purples, lime greens & whites complimented them exquisitely and of course Lindsey’s beautiful wedding gown as well!

Feast your eyes on these lovely photos taken by Jordan’s own Stec Photography. While setting up, I could hardly help myself try one of the fun cupcakes the girls from Designer Delights had set up which matched the flowers & day, we added rose petals around their treats to finish the look. To my surprise I met up with the bride & groom the next day hanging out in Jordan and I got one of the extras :) Yummy!

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{Tara & Mike} - spring love

Spring is always a lovely time of year for a wedding! A time full of new life & fresh promise, perfect for a couple in love surrounded by fragrant blooms and soft yet bold colours. As can be seen in these photographs, Tara & Mike have such a wonderful bond and warm love for each other and it was such a pleasure working along side of them; capturing their colour palette and their special day with the flowers! Like I said earlier, after a long winter, spring brings out all sorts of charming blooms and I was thrilled when Tara showed me her colour swatches – canary yellows, olive & lime greens and celery greens which I paired with yellow ranunculus & freesia, pungent yellow mimosa, soft green hellebore, lime green cymbidium orchids, soft green hydrangea all adding such a lovely punch against her ivory dress and within their venue at the Pillar & Post in Niagara on the Lake. Take a peak at these wonderful pictures, many taken by Andrea of Andrea’s Impressions Photography!

Special touches in memory of Tara’s grandparents

A unique cascading hand-tied bouquet

the lovely couple

a lovely low mounded spring piece for the mantle used both for the ceremony & reception

centrepieces - springy & yet elegant

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Daffodils & Birch Beauties - A unique DIY project

Sometimes a project comes along and you just gotta pull out all the stops, especially when it’s for a good cause! For the last few years I have had the privilege of creating flowers for the Rose City Kids and their Annual Fundraiser Dinner. Welland’s Rose City Kids is a non-profit Christian organization helping inner city kids believe that they’ve been created for a purpose by a God that loves them so much, inspiring them to dream big dreams and finally instilling Christian values and morals that will influence the choices and decisions they make.
With that being said, for a such a special organization I really wanted to create fabulous blooms to add some colour, texture & interest to the evening. With generous contributions from United Floral Distributors who willingly donated the cut flowers & Vermeer’s Greenhouses who were more then happy to donate the daffodil bulbs…I was just about ready to create! Lastly to bring these flowers from simple to spectacular; with a little help from my friends - check out this crafty way to take inexpensive apple juice cans, cover them with birch & fill with blooms - viola! Instant birch beauties!

Hope you liked these ideas as much as the guests at the RCK dinner! Like the idea but not fussy on the birch? Switch up the look with fabric, wallpaper or card-stock paper to coordinate with your theme or desired look! And the best part is that it’s easy & inexpensive!

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Oh the sweetness of a couple in love!

Can’t you just feel it? Oh the sweet love of a flourishing romance and a couple on their wedding day! The glow in the bride’s flushed face & the sparkle of excitement seen in his eyes; radiant as they start their new life together.

Each detail of this fabulous late fall day was taken into such consideration & love; everything coming together to truly capture the look Adriana & her groom Jamie were after- classic elegance with a punch of colour; refined while still being playful. The bride’s mom, Antoinette; lovingly doted on Adriana & with their special attention to detail brought all of little pieces together to make this day out of this world.
When delivering the wedding party flowers early that morning, I was especially excited to see Adriana in her finery…

there was such a scurry of activity when I was whisked right into her parent’s home! Pete from Stec Photo was already capturing the stunning bride!
Her soft exquisite bouquet included ivory spray roses, creamy white cymbidium orchids, cream imported roses, white ranunculus finished with dusty miller & stems completely wrapped with soft satin ribbon.

Surrounding Adriana were all of her closest, fun lovin’ ladies, wearing a wonderful raspberry halter style dress, adding a punch of colour to the elegant day…holding posy style bouquets with raspberry cymbidium orchids, vintage pink imported roses & silvery dusty miller to finished their chic look perfectly.

…just look at how happy she is!!! check out the dusty miller within her bouquet as well, so soft & elegant!

Meeting up with her groom for a warm embrace, they were photographed together in and around the grounds of Niagara’s Fallsview Casino.

After the ceremony & Wedding party pictures, guests arrived at John Michael’s Hall in Thorold to find a room done to perfection by Simply Beautiful Decor.

Choosing pearl pink french pleated satin for the tablecloths & soft, fun ruffled pink chair caps on the silver chiavari chairs; the place was out of this world beautiful & filled with soft ambiance by candlelight.

The centrepieces were created in lovely crystal fluted pieces filled with creamy white hydrangea, raspberry cymbidium orchids, vintage pink & cream shades of imported roses and raspberry hanging amaranthus.

Elegant chandeliers adorned either end of the show-stoping head table to finish the look off!

And the bridal couple enjoyed their guests & danced the night away!

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Thinking of Spring cleaning?? Check out this clean event!

Fleurish flowers are such a fabulous way to add colour to so many different events…Grand Openings are one of them!! We had the special privilege of creating sensation spring arrangements for the grand opening of the Sun Products Group Distribution Centre in Milton. This warehouse has to be the cleanest place you would ever step foot in!! Not only does it have the scents of a new building but it’s full of their signature cleaning products…

…if only I could have bottled up the smell, it was almost intoxicating in a clean way!

Looking at their logo, with it’s bold blue & vibrant yellow colouring - it was easy to find blooms to compliment! Yellow daffodils, blue hyacinths, blue irises finished with a springy selection of greenery welcome all the guests with bright faces on this sunny morning.

The flowers were definitely the finishing touch to this event! Don’t forget to think Fleurish when planning yours!

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Shades of Lovely - Purple Colour Inspiration #4

Sheri & Bryan; our last wedding couple to showcase the purple colour inspiration, shows yet another wonderful way to incorporate hues adding warmth, richness & all the love possible on a late fall wedding day. Every little detail was planned to perfection and so on their big day, all this fun loving couple wanted was to have their family close to celebrate! Of course the florals played a huge part to the day as well – Sheri’s family owns a floral business in Niagara so it only seemed fitting to fill the day with beautiful blooms!

Their colour palette shows shades of deep plum, soft cool lavenders and every shade in between - truly bringing this day to life! Enjoy these stunning pictures taken by Janis of Janny Lynn Photography who used the natural elements at Vineland Estate Winery as the perfect backdrop for their photos.

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Summery Bliss - Purple Colour Inspiration #3

Oh the thoughts of a mid summer day out on the golf course… and it’s not hard to imagine such a day when looking at this picture perfect wedding couple!! Jen & Brady chose Legend’s on the Niagara Golf Course in Niagara Falls as the backdrop for their fabulous day and Nataschia Wielink took these stunning pictures to capture their love! ( I might be a little biased as she took our wedding pictures as well :)
Enjoy this wonderful combination of soft pink Peonies, ‘Hot Lady’ pink Roses, ‘Cool Water’ purple Roses, white Freesia, green Hydrangea, purple Lisianthus & Dendrobiums, lime green Cymbidium orchids, deep purple Calla Lilies & flipped Cordyline leaves all wrapped up to contrast perfectly off the girl’s stunning deep purple dresses!

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Lavender & Soft Purple - Colour Inspiration #2

Especially on a day like today, I look out the window and I see huge snowflakes ahhhh - isn’t it supposed to be spring yet??, I guess I’ll just have to use my imagination!
Just imagine lilac blooms overflowing on bushes lining the road or crocus’ popping their head out of the earth.

Whether using purple as your main colour in your wedding or as little touches here or there…soft shades are the perfect way to add a springy touch.

The first combination includes:
Soft purple roses, purple tulips & freesia, deep purple calla lilies amongst other soft shades, lovely bouquets for a spring wedding!

This next combination includes even softer shades:
Soft purple Lisianthus & ‘Cool Water’ a soft purple rose complimented with white & ivory tones including hydrangea, roses, freesia & anemone; fabulous for a simple, romantic day. The girls wore chocolate brown dresses so the soft shades of purples & whites were a stunning accent and for a touch of interest & uniqueness we added just a hint of deep plum to the bridal bouquet, which set everything off perfectly! …oh the options are endless to make your day as unique as you are!

Having a hard time deciding on the perfect shade for your wedding day? Send me an email, I’d love to help :)

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Lush Deep Purple -Colour Inspiration #1

Colour Combination:
Lush Purple & Vibrant Orange

Bridal Couple: Victoria & Dave
Venue Site: The Old Mill, Ancaster
Photography: Splash Photography

When I first met with Victoria she had a vision…and together we shared ideas & came up with a fabulous look for her & her fiance Dave’s special day in September. An elegant late summer wedding with bold hues of purple & orange using Orange Lilies, Tropical Amazon Roses, orange spray roses, deep purple Dendrobium orchids and funky foliage & green hypericum. It’s amazing how the vivid hues only accentuated the look perfectly!…some might think it’s too much colour for the classic look but it was just the ticket as the perfect touches to the perfect purple day!

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What is your shade of Purple?

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘Purple’

In the - oh so exciting - world of weddings there are so many different colours to pick from when choosing your colour palette and PURPLE has been a hot one lately! When speaking to a bride about her day & what she was thinking for in terms of flowers: theme and overall look, style…Colour is such a huge part as it really sets the mood for the day.

Using purple within your day?
Here are a few things to consider:
Deep & bright purple shades evoke a sense of riches & lushness. Can’t you just imagine these fabulous shades?
The flowers that come to my mind…think purple lisianthus, the unique blooms of anemone (I have one sitting in a budvase on my kitchen table…such a funky bloom!), the long & lovely delphinium, eggplants, plums and deep plum ranunculus, deep purple calla lilies, oh and how about a lush glass of merlot…Mmm my favourite!

Lighter purple awakens a softer more romantic, delicate, spring chic feel.
Think purple lilac and their wonderful fragrance…there is nothing like a few fresh picked stems in a vintage vase, freesia, garden roses, lavender, soft lavender lisianthus, sweet peas to name a few.

Magenta & pinky shades of purple make me think of fun summery bouquets! These feminine tones work so well with so many different colours, just so bright & energetic.
Think a tropical wedding with funky orchid blooms, purple hydrangea, imported roses, stock blooms and more!!

There are soo many unique & excellent ways to incorporate purple into your wedding day; hopefully this will help to inspire you!
In my next couple of blogs I’ll be focusing on weddings I have done over the last while, each showcasing a fabulous wedding using purple! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts and select the one you love the best ☺

Enjoy!

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vintage romance: Erin & Jeff’s winter ‘i do’s’

From the day Erin & I started chatting about her upcoming wedding plans & specifically the fabulous flowers…she had a unique vision for her & Jeff’s day. A champagne, soft gray, ivory and chocolate brown colour palette along with vintage & feather details; all delicately pulled together on a snowy saturday in January.
As the girls were getting dolled up in a cozy, warm suite at the Inn on the Twenty in Jordan, I added to their excitement with a handsome bridal bouquet created in a elegant silver tusy musy holder & hand-tied styled bouquets for the bridesmaids & flower girl using white ranunculus, ‘Vendella’ & ‘Sahara’ coloured imported roses and white hydrangea; oh what fun!
And then off to the dining room I went to place spiffy little groupings of vintage milk glass vases with simple blooms and creamy white feathers…the finishing touch enjoyed by guests coming to share in the joining of two hearts on white winter’s day.

Enjoy these amazing photos from Stec Photography

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