The mandate for the table centrepieces was more spring simplicity, we had wanted to use blooming branches, but with our long string of great weather we missed our window, so added some fresh fruit instead, grapes, apricots, and the first cherries of the season. Along with some foliage covered branches, small ferns, and lots of candles we made it work. What resulted was nothing short beautiful! What a treat to be able to design with other elements.

Shuna made a beautiful bride and it was pleasure working with her and her family on this lovely wedding

Erin is an artist. Can you tell? I mean just look at all these details, they are everywhere. It was easy to follow her lead on this wedding, I was thrilled when I saw her colour palette, deep, rich, black reds. Minty sage green. Creamy whites. What a treat to be able to work on this wedding with all the options at this time of year. Succulents took the centre stage, and we highlighted them with beautiful peonies, roses, lily of the valley to name a few.

The black parrot tulips made the whole look even more sophisticated, and they weren’t even on the original plan, we just happened to get them at the last minute. I have been coveting them for years and never was able to get my hands on them, so this was a real treat!

The tables were designed to include a combination of full arrangements, little silver pots filled with a gorgeous selection of succulents, and some etched glass bottles with white and soft grey blooms and foliage. The perfect compliment to all the details the Erin arranged.

Erin was simply beautiful, in her gorgeous lace dress, she was a so incredibly beautiful and this whole wedding was an amazing way to start the wedding season off with a bang. Thank you Sean and Erin for trusting me with your vision.

Recently some great friends of mine got together at The White Peony Bridal Boutique, a gorgeous new bridal dress boutique in Victoria BC, to shoot this lovely editorial on flowers as accessories.  We got together with some of the best wedding hair and make up stylists here in Victoria. The incredibly talented Mel Baird of Melanie Baird Make Up and Elena Roberts of Conscious Hair by Elena led the charge in hair and make up while the sweet girls Christine and Jessica of Mille Fiori Spa took care of manicures and pedicures. The brilliant eyes of Jenna & Tristan | Photographers spent the day shooting all the gorgeous models in their beautiful gowns adorned with a selection of flowers as various forms of accessories.

Each model was dressed in gorgeous dresses and accessories from The White Peony. Verbena styled each model and setting, the result was an afternoon of beautiful brides one after the other.

Totally smitten I am, smitten with two of the best people I have ever worked with. Bryn & Jeff, you had me at hello and I am still amaze we pulled it off given that all we did at our first meeting was laugh. Bryn is all heart and Jeff is all humour two of my top qualities, so this day was an expression of love and laughs from start to finish. It helped that me and everyone that is part of the Verbena team fell in fast love with these two and their families and friends as it made the preparations and creating all the more easy.

The palette was filled with greens, whites and touches of raspberry. Easy to do at this time of year, as the flowers are all in their prime right before the frosts of early fall start to turn them. The bouquets for Bryn and her lovely bridesmaid were a perfect combination of just that using some gorgeous rich red garden roses from the gardens of Starling Lane.

Bryn is a natural beauty, she shines and glows from within, and their is an absolute breathtaking quality to her that encompasses the essence of simplicity. So with that being the starting point, we filled the floral elements with an abundance of simple and lush blooms like hydrangeas, roses, pods, berries ferns and mosses. Gorgeous magnolia foliage with it’s rich hues of green and suede like brown were the base of all the arrangements.

The ceremony was flanked with a stunning display of all of these elements placed on two tables made of rustic wine barrels and wooden slabs milled by Bryn’s Dad.

Bryn made an entrance in her Dad’s red pick-up, one of the better ways to get to wedding I would say. A perfect glowing bride emerged from the truck with her beautiful friend Lisa and a beaming Trevor, ready to walk down the aisle. Such sweetness and love in these moments right before the ceremony. Bryn you couldn’t have been more beautiful!

Guests were treated to another feast from the amazing Dan & Micayla of the London Chef, they mingled in the beautiful garden’s of the Starling Lane Winery for cocktails prior the fabulous dinner reception at The Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa.

The reception was decorated with more of the same rustic beauty as the ceremony. We created large “trees” of oak leaves to surround the space, it was a gorgeous way to mark the space. The tables were laid with gorgeous linens centrepieces created in beautiful cedar boxes made by Bryn’s Dad. Candles were everywhere and they were the perfect compliment to the gorgeous space and the setting sun over Brentwood Bay.

The wedding was beautifully “branded” and coordinated by the talented Roxanne Cave from Celebrate Whistler Events. It was great to be able to collaborate with her and her team. Her touches made everything come together seamlessly.

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. French, thank you from the bottom of my heart for asking me and crew to be a small part of your fantastic day.

Meghan was a delight to work with and her ability to keep true to her vision despite the distance between her home in Alberta and the English Inn and Resort, was a testament to how well this whole wedding came together. Of course again when you start with perfection, not much can go wrong. Just look at her in her dress, I mean seriously!

The flowers were everything that I loved, soft, romantic and fluffy. Hydrangeas, roses, lisianthus and those dahlias! The sunken garden and gazebo was the perfect spot for two large arrangements and the ceremony.

Right before the ceremony I climbed up on the outside deck and snapped these sweet shots of Meghan and her girls getting ready to walk down the aisle, and what a vantage point for that dress!

Back inside to dress the tables with all the beautiful centrepieces and candles, candles everywhere. I love it when we can break out the crystal! The mantle in the dining room was the perfect back drop to create a “scape” of candles and flowers.

Congratulations Meghan & Sean, it was a pleasure from start to finish…..

Sometimes we get to be a part of something really magical. It’s magical because everywhere you turn every element blends seamlessly into the next and what is left is something so breathtakingly beautiful, there are no words. Now, it always adds to the ease of it all when you get to start with a gorgeous venue, Starling Lane Winery has no shortage of charm and character. We have been lucky enough to be able to work there a number of times this year and my goodness this venue never fails when it comes to scenic beauty abound!

The palette was a perfect combination of muted blush pinks, whites and soft silvery greys. The bouquets for the bride and bridesmaids were a filled with all of those shades and they were a brilliant compliment to the monogram created for the wedding of grey and pink.

The ceremony took place under a tree beside the heritage water tower and we marked the spot with 4 large arrangements, 2 in shades of pinks and 2 in shades of white all of them in weathered grey urn style planters.

The bride has impeccable taste and it was evident at every turn, her touches made our job easy as the starting point was already spectacular. This wedding took “shabby chic” to another level. The undeniable “piece de resistance” was the stunning bar for the cocktail tent, that was lovingly made by the groom’s father. Stunning, absolutely stunning.

Dinner was served under a beautiful lined and draped tent in the back hayfield next to the grape vines. Black & White Party Rentals provided the beautiful tent for both the dinner and the cocktail area. You just can’t deny the beauty of perfectly draped tent. It was the perfect venue for a fantastic meal catered by Truffles Catering. They always make an event memorable and this was no exception, no detail was overlooked.  The centrepieces were arranged in rustic white washed boxes custom made by Modern Bodger, and were flanked by small posies of muted roses in mercury glass vases, all was awash in the soft glow of candle light.

The entire wedding from start, almost 2 years ago till finish was guided under the watchful and impeacable eye and attention to detail by Christine of Smart Events, and the pictures speak for themselves. This wedding is one for the record books. Simply put stunning! Congratulations B & S, it was an honour!

We used them everywhere from the bouquets and hair flowers, to the large arrangements for the church and the centrepieces. The bouquets were a beautiful combination classic whites and greens with Frankie’s bouquet incorporating more beautiful blues and purples

This couple was a breeze to work with, I loved Frankie’s style and quick descsion making, it made this wedding a pleasure to work on.

We used masses of blue, white and green hydrangeas along with hints of vibrant purple agapanthus, and veronica in two large arrangements that flanked the altar in the church. The ceremony was held in the lovely and quaint heritage church, Holy Trinity in North Saanich. This church sits right on the water overlooking the beautiful Patricia Bay.

Watching the bridal party and all of their family and friends gather in the yard of this lovely little church, was a picture right out of the english country side.

The reception got under way under the marquee out at the beautiful Sea Cider, guests were treated to a fantastic spread from Truffles Catering and all was documented by the brilliant photography of Helene Cyr. 

Congratulations Frankie & Ryan, it was a fantastic expirience putting this wedding together with you, from start to finish!

An excersise in soft, lovely and romantic. This wedding was bathed in it from top to bottom. Jamie and Dan were married today on a mountain top and it was spectacular. A perfect sunny west coast summer day. The rugged Westin Bear Mountain was the venue and it was perfect. We filled the ballroom with mounds of gorgeous white hydrangeas and tons of beautiful garden roses in all shades of pale pink, cream and hints of peach.

We used tall and short glass cubes with a beautiful satin ribbon detail tied with a diamond buckle. They were placed on rough, live edged cedar platters, that the grooms father had made.

Outside the ballroom we scattered little vases wrapped in rustic twine, filled with more beautiful garden roses.

The head table was flanked with STUNNING arrangements filled with more gorgeous blooms of hydrangeas, roses and beautiful white lilies.

Jamie’s bouquet was gorgeous combination of roses, stocks and lisianthus. I even had the chance to sneak a few beautiful soft peach blooms from my own garden into it. It was the perfect bouquet for Jamie. In her words “if I was a bouquet, this is what I would be” Couldn’t have said it better myself!

Congratulations Jamie & Dan, you were a pleasure to work with and a gorgeous couple!

Emmy from E/A Photography spent the day with us up island at Bird’s Eye Cove Farm in Genoa Bay, to document behind the scenes of our “travelling floral studio” She quietly stayed on the sidelines and captured some all of these gorgeous images. I am always grateful when a photographer agrees to come along on a set up and capture images for me. Emmy I am eternally grateful! No explanation needed, just swoon….

The transformation begins, the tables are set with a “scape” of potted herbs, large mounds of fluffy white hydranges, soft lisianthus with a nest of herbs like sage, mint, and rosemary. Candles are everywhere and menus and napkins tied with a blue ribbon and placed at every place.

The bouquets are finished and delivered, smiles and tears are shared…

Large arrangements are built in the ceremony site which sits beside a rolling pasture where Zach lives with all his family. If we could have fit him in our van and brought him home we would have. Just one of the many reason this place captured our hearts.

And the team that keeps me laughing till it hurts, smiling my face in half, and constantly amazing me with the fountain of generosity, love and talent. I am the luckiest girl in the world, because I get to do what I love surrounded by some of the best human beings ever.