So Christine loves peonies and I love cake, so together on her birthday we are a good pair. Christine is one lucky girl for so many reasons but the biggest one of all has to be that her birthday just happens to fall in the perfect time of year for her favourite flowers; peonies, lily of the valley and rannuncullas. Corina Ludwig from Passion for Cakes is a master cake maker and I had her design this fantastic cake to go along with Christine’s favorite flowers. Every one should be so lucky as to have a cake made by Corina just once in their life. We celebrated this year at the fabulous London Chef Cooking School with an amazing dinner and a laughter filled evening of friends. Oh yeah…I brought the flowers, and Jenna Shouldice took the pictures.
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Nancy’s 30th, Sunday April 25th, 2010
My baby sister turned 30 this past weekend, and the truth is that I would do anything for that girl, so when she said she was having a dinner party called “Over the Top” and that all she wanted for her birthday this year was for me to come and for a bridal bouquet. I mean who dosent want to play with thier own bridal bouquet for the day? I think everyone should have one on their birthday. Given the parameters were over the top, we thought a matching centrepiece would work well with the bridal bouquet so we turned to most dramatic, and “over the top” flower we could think of – The Peony. Grown locally only at this time of the year we splashed almost 60 of them all along the long arrangement that we ran down the middle of the table. Along with massive heads of fluffy pink hydrangeas, and beautiful Esperance and Faith roses we constructed part of it in the studio and then I drove it over the next day and finished the masterpiece right before dinner started. I am a strong believer that the flowers ALWAYS make the event, but then it is my job to believe that. I wish I could say that this was true on Sunday night however Nancy’s beaming smile and the love and laughter of her beatuiful friends made this event over the top. Here is a look at what happens when you can express your love for someone with what you do.
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Emily & Beau Sea Cider June 12th, 2009
Another magical day for a wedding at Sea Cider that we were thrilled to be a part of. Emily and Beau were married in the evening on June 12th while looking out over the view from the deck in the ciderhouse. The couple, from New Zealand, had flown in a few days prior and the day could not have been more perfect for them. Once again we met and planned with Emily over lots of emails and a few spotty calls back and forth. We chose to go with a rustic, west coast elegant theme, using several different kinds of textural folliage and filler. Waxflower, buplereum, pittisporum and salal were the base of all the table centres and they were accented with beautiful soft apricot roses. The tables were set with the most extrordinary individual sets of antique china that the brides mother has been lovingly collecting over the years. Between the china, roses, shells and driftwood the tables looked fantastic and the tent was simply stunning. . The large arrangements flanking the ceremony site were overflowing with light green Annabelle hydrangeas, soft white lisianthus and whispy fiber optic grass. Emily’s bouquet was a perfect posy of lush white and soft pink peonies accented with the clean elegant lines of lavendar calla lilies, and white orchids. Her bridesmaids carried small posies with similar blooms including the highlights of soft apricot spray roses. Our lovely friend Margaret joined us on Thursday in our studio to lend her talented hands to the 21 centrepieces we made. How lucky we were to have our talented and beloved friend Jenna Tye follow us to capture the floral journey from start to finish. The abundently talented Christine Smart coordinated the event and was the magic touch that made things go so smoothly for us as we arrived to set up. Thank you Christine! Truffles expertly catered and executed the dinner and drinks for the evening. We can’t wait to see photos of the beautiful Emily in her dress and more images of the entire day captured by Erica Chan, check out her blog teaser. Thank you to both Emily and Beau we wish you much love and hapiness.
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Let Them Eat Cake
This past weekend we were honoured to be asked by our friends at Bernstien & Gold to participate in their annual Fashion Show benefiting the Women’s Transition House Society. They teamed up with the best clothing stores in Victoria; Rebel Rebel, Addiction, Luv It Boutique and put on a spectacular show in the front garden of a private home in Rockland. The theme of the event was “Marie Antoinette”, which for us conjured up images of giant blooms in white, and pink. Big, lush and full. We created the arrangements using the most divine pink and white roses, peonies in pale pink and white and of course the most decadent of blooms the giant white hydrangea. Our beautiful friend, and uber talented Jenna Tye came with us and captured these fabulous images for us. Check out her own blog about Let Them Eat Cake . We had a blast being a part of this event and loved working for a great cause with such amazing local business women. Truly an exceptional bunch that we are proud to call our peers.
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