Do you ever “cruise” the wedding blogs these days and wonder…”How exactly do they do that? How big a space does one need to pull a wedding like that off? What does it look like behind the scenes? Or hydrangeas in our case” The truth is that there is a whole bunch of beautiful that happens in a small garage and subsequent driveway. Some may say not that glamerous. I completely disagree. The creative space we occupy is quite simply perfect!
The beauty that comes out of this space and the incredible individuals that work in it on a weekly basis is mind blowing.
The truth is, that as long as there is this collection of souls around me, there will be “bell’occhio” everywhere. “Bell’occhio” is an Italian word for beautiful eye, and that is what I find myself surrounded by every time we get together to create. Look at Margaret’s smile, it really say’s it all when you get right down to it. There is joy here, a lot of it.
Kelli is a ball of sunshine and energy, she has an infectious laugh that makes us all smile as we work. The tables will be turned on her in a few months as we create beauty for her wedding. Ahhhh Dominique, je t’aime beaucoup. Dominique comes from France, her appreciation of flowers is in her DNA, we all get a little bit wiser after spending the afternoon with her.
Sarah get’s us laughing, I mean laughing to the point of not being able to breathe, clutching your stomachs cause it hurts and tears rolling down the cheeks. What I realize more and more all the time is that, there is some kind of magic that happens.
It’s not easy work, this. It engages many facets of a person, and it can get tiring, and the hours are long. Sometimes it get’s a little silly, which gives us more the laugh and smile about.
The work continues sometimes well into the night. No one complains, no one questions it, we just go until we are finished. Watching over us is a pair of magnificent Poplar Trees, they stand tall and proud and in the evening light of summer they glow. They glow with love, light and copious amounts of joy. So it is no wonder to me why such incredible talent and beauty get’s created week in and week out here in this little garage we call Verbena Floral Design.
Best bunch of people ever!
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Sneak Peek of this weekend’s wedding
aLook at all this loveliness! So beautiful and fresh. This weekend is all about classic and elegant. We are going to make this happen with an abundance of soft, romantic flowers like hydrangeas, roses and lisianthus.
The fresh comes with the use of freesia, maiden hair ferns, lilies and sedum.
The magic happens when we incorporate these little beauties….some stunning white phanlenopsis orchids and some rare lady slipped orchids.
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Lindsey & Sina August 22nd, 2011, Villa Marco Polo Inn. Part 1
It didn’t just rain a little bit, it poured, and poured and poured some more. Here in Victoria, you can usually count on at least one weekend of the summer wedding season getting rained on, and this was the weekend. The upside to this was that Lindsey was a great sport about it. The wedding took place in the beautiful, lush gardens of The Villa Marco Polo. The beautiful green foliage was a perfect backdrop to the rich colours of deep velvety reds, sandy shades of cream and hits of silver.
Lindsey and Sina were a dream to work with, and we were able to follow the palette of black, white, pewter and rich reds with and amazing combination of textural blooms like, berzillia, scabiosa and poppy pods, dusty miller and a combination of red and black roses and cream tan roses.
We finished Lindsey’s bouquet off with a fantastic wide Italian taffeta ribbon and a large structured bow.
The bridesmaids carried an equally textural and rich hued bouquet which was set off perfectly by their floor length black gowns.
The tables were set with square glass vases wrapped in black a cream stripped fabric and a beautiful pewter satin ribbon and topped with a fantastic mix of colour and texture. The centrepieces were surrounded by mercury glass votives and each table had a carved black number mounted on a black and white pattern and surrounded in black frame.
Each guest recieved a set of 4 handmade ceramic coasters. Made by the bride and her mother. Every single set was different.
The ceremony took place in the shelter of the wrought iron gazebo, which we finished with a crystal chandelier, some glass orb votive holders, a rich red carpet of rose petals and some swags finished with a fantastic black and white stripped bow.
The cake by Patisserie Daniel was finished with strips of black and white ribbon, and a cluster of of blooms.
The bouts were a sophisticated cluster of dusty miller, poppy pods and a few black and white blooms. Lindsey’s Dad wore a sand coloured rose finished with the same hint of silver dusty miller.
See Lindsey and her bridesmaids in Part 2…..
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Lindsey and Sina August 22nd, 2011 – Part Two.
Lindsey was absolutely STUNNING! We knew it would be so, with her dark hair and vibrant blue eyes. Sharon Rai, accented her beauty and created her beautiful bridal look and Lindsey was an absolute vision.
Lindsey’s bridesmaids were equally as beautiful in their long black chiffon dresses, Sharon did the make up and hair for all 5 of them. Each one carried an umbrella to shelter them from the rain.
The rain could not dampen the love and beauty surrounding this wedding, it was so special to be a part of and we were thrilled with the finished product. The incredibly talented Michael Norwood was the photographer, and we will share his images as soon as we get them. Lindsey and her family were some of the most lovely people I have ever met ,I was touched by how much love and joy there was. You can see it very clearly on her Dad’s face as he sees her for the first time.
Lindsey’s face said it all, her smile was electric.
Congratulations Lindsey & Sina, you both get an “A” in my books and it was a pleasure working with you both.
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