Posts Tagged ‘Feature Weddings’

Andrea and Robert were married at Basin Harbor Club just one day before Hurricane Irene barreled through Vermont.  Their wedding included blue, white and green flowers for a clean, crisp palette to suit the lakeside setting.  The bride is from Vermont and her family still lives in the area, but the couple planned their destination wedding from out of state.  There was a classic, preppy style to the flower designs and it was a fantastic day for an outdoor wedding in the beautiful gardens.

The bride’s bouquet included white hydrangea, roses, ranunculus and blue nigella.

 Her seven attendants wore “electric blue” dresses and the color looked great on all of the girls.

 Here’s a look at the attendants’ bouquets all packed up and ready for delivery.

The ceremony took place under the arbor with an aisle lined with rose petals.

 I’m pretty sure this special little chair was reserved for the ring bearer.  So cute!

Centerpieces were designed in square glass vases filled with blue and green hydrangea, two shades of blue delphinium, white roses, lavender freesia, nigella and accents of candy tuft.

Placecards were displayed on a sheet of moss with hydrangea accents tucked into miniature versions of the iconic Club chairs.

Blue hydrangea also accented the cake display.

The cocktail hour had some sweet details as well.

Specialty cocktails had special signage, too!

Congratulations to Andrea and Robert!  Despite the impending weather the day was absolutely gorgeous and so were both of you.  You were a great couple to work with…Robert is one of my grooms who gets props for being involved in the details of the planning!  I hope you enjoyed every moment of the day.

Rachel and Mike tied the knot on a beautiful sumer day at The Quechee Club.  Their destination wedding had a colorful, gardeny feeling with raspberry pink, orange, yellow, green and white flowers.  The couple lives in D.C., but they met at Dartmouth College so a New England wedding was a perfect fit!

Rachel carried a bouquet of pink dahlias, roses, yellow and pink freesia, orange and white ranunculus, and mini green hydrangea tied with a raspberry pink silk dupioni ribbon.

Her six bridesmaids wore blue dresses and carried colorful bouquets similar to the bride’s with orange dahlias and white nigella.

The men wore boutonnieres of rosemary and yellow spray roses with hypericum berries.

It was a perfect Vermont day for an outdoor wedding at Murphy Farm.  Our birch chuppah helped set the scene.

Their reception at the Quechee Club also showcased a nature-inspired theme with birch centerpieces of gardeny designs including dahlias, raspberry pink roses, godetia, ranunculus, mini green hydrangea, dianthus and yellow spray roses.

Guests were greeted with a piece of fresh rosemary or hypericum berries set with their menus.

A placecard display of branches in birch containers was also in-step with the natural branchy style of the wedding.

Congratulations to Rachel and Mike on your destination wedding!  I can recall our first conversation last October and it was such a joy to see everything come together (including beautiful weather!) for your perfect day!

Kristen and Timothy were married in Stowe, VT with a reception at Stowe Mountain Lodge.  I can remember my first conversation with the bride when she described the style she wanted as peaceful and romantic.  I had never heard someone use the word “peaceful” to describe their wedding style and I liked it…a lot!

Elegant white blooms of roses, hydrangea and ranunculus created a look that was clean and natural for their destination wedding.  The bride carried white roses, sweet peas, lisianthus, ranunculus and stephanotis.  The stems were wrapped with lace from the bride’s dress.

This is another look at the bride’s bouquet.

 Here’s a better look at the lace wrap with pearl pins and fluffy white attendants’ bouquets.

The bridesmaids wore green dresses and carried bouquets of white hydrangea, roses and ranunculus.  The flower girls and mothers also carried small clutch bouquets.

Boutonnieres and corsages were made of spray roses and stephanotis for the groom.

 The eight attendants’ bouquets were packed and ready to go to Stowe!

 For the reception at Stowe Mountain Lodge the centerpieces included hydrangea, roses, ranunculus, lisianthus and star of Bethlehem with aspidistra leaves to hide the stems.

The place cards were displayed in wooden trays with moss and lily grass wrapped votives.

Kristen is a teacher and her students put together an unbelievably cute collection of stories for the wedding.  Here is what one student wrote for the letter “V”.  {I personally love the “very exciting voyage into marriage” and “valuing each other’s virtues”!}

Congratulations to Kristen and Timothy on a beautiful wedding day!  It absolutely made my day to get a message from the bride on Sunday night…

“I just wanted to express our gratitude.  The flowers were absolutely beautiful and really set the scene!  Thank you for working so hard and being so dedicated!!    I loved the bouquets, centerpieces, votives, and everything!!!!”  -Kristen

I truly consider myself lucky to have a job that elicits compliments on my work and thank you’s from my clients, but the biggest compliment by far is when I am hired to work on more than one wedding in a family.  I designed the flowers for the sister of the bride’s wedding in 2009 and when their mom contacted me about Stacey and Justin’s wedding at Spruce Peak in Stowe I was both flattered and excited to have the opportunity to work with the family again.

The colors for the wedding were a clean, crisp palette of whites, greens, yellows and blues.  The bride carried white lisianthus, roses, sweet peas, freesia, mini green hydrangea and fresh oregano tied with a band of green silk dupioni ribbon.

The bridesmaids wore blue dresses and carried bouquets with yellow accent tones of ranunculus and freesia.

 I’m kinda loving these bouquets paired with the antique tin ceiling background.

The weather was absolutely perfect for their July wedding on the natural stone patio at Spruce Peak.

Centerpieces in birch containers were filled with white and green hydrangea, poppy pods, yellow snapdragons, spray roses, cottage yarrow, bupleurum, curly willow and blue delphinium for a fresh, summery look.

Perrin Williams of Vermont Cake Studio created a lovely display for dessert.

Wine corks greeted guests with their table number.

For their rehearsal dinner at Stowe Mountain Lodge I designed centerpieces of yellow irises, fresh mint, roses, sweet peas and green hydrangea to complement the style of the next day’s designs without giving away the entire look of the wedding.

The majority of the wedding planning was handled by the mother of the bride since the couple lives in Colorado and due to the timing of the day I never got the chance to meet the bride or the groom (crazy, I know!), but I can say that it was a genuine pleasure to have the opportunity to be a part of both daughters’ weddings!   Congrats to Stacey and Justin who had one of the most beautiful days of the summer for their outdoor ceremony.  (And congratulations to MOB, Carole, for planning two destination weddings in VT over the past few years!)  I look forward to seeing your smiling faces in pics from Kathleen Landwehrle!

Even though I’m from NJ I grew up skiing in the Manchester, VT area so it’s always fun when weddings bring us down that way.  Bethany and Danny chose the historic Lincoln family home, Hildene, to host their destination Vermont wedding.  Beth described a “luxe garden party” as the theme for this colorful summer wedding and with the vibrant purples, pinks, yellows, greens and orange tones of the flowers along with the gorgeous setting this wedding was clearly garden inspired.

The bride carried a bouquet of pink ‘Tiega’ roses, deep pink peonies, two shades of purple dahlias, sweet peas, lisianthus, yellow freesia and bupleurum.

 The groom wore a boutonniere of green kermit palms and a lisianthus bud.  Green mums were one of the bride’s favorite flowers.

A birch chuppah in the garden complemented the natural setting.

Another wife-husband team, Daria and Andy Bishop, were on the scene to capture the couple getting their “first look” at one another.

 It really is a beautiful setting…even on a cloudy day!

Deep purple linens added the perfect pop to the tent at Hildene.  Centerpieces of dahlias, gerberas, roses, sweet William, sweet peas, Kermit poms, bupleurum and royal purple stock brought a burst of color to the tabletops.

The tables were named with different flowers including orchid, peony, daisy, iris & poppy.  We placed flowers at each setting…a special touch to greet guests!

 Here’s another look at the summery centerpieces.

I’m a sucker for cute signs on the backs of the bride and groom’s chairs so I grabbed this final shot before heading home.

Congratulations to Beth and Danny!  We first started planning your wedding details last June and it’s hard to believe your big day has come and gone already!  When we caught the tail end of the cocktail hour it seemed like guests were enjoying quite a party and all of your thoughtful details (including the beautiful silk fabric you chose for your chuppah!) came together in a fabulous way.  A beautiful setting and a beautiful couple…what more do you need?!