Eva is not only an accomplished photographer she is also the coordinator of the Thrifty Food’s Demonstration Kitchen, so her appreciation of using things like herbs and blackberries in her bouquet thrilled us.

We created simple yet stunning arrangements of white asters and white lisianthus for the ceremony and lovely little bud vases filled with white lisianthus for the tables. We are eagerly awaiting the images from the uber-talented Helene Cyr. For now check out a sneek peak on her blog. Here are a few on Helen’s images of Eva’s beautiful bouquet.

Love the herb’s and berries….

And finally the tables

Ben Chrisman and Erin Reed’s picture below. Link to their blog post: ben chrisman

Christina Craft of Funkytown Photography: her picture is below

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.

This was such a great wedding to be a part of. Orchestrated and catered by Feys & Hobbs, this lovely intimate wedding was held in the spectacular garden of the Villa Marco Polo, on a beautiful sunny evening in May. The bride is from Namibia and the groom from right here in Victoria. We were totally up for the challenge when she gave us the most spectacular porcupine quills and polka dot feathers from guinea fowl that she had brought with her from Namibia, to be incorporated in to the floral decor. We also flanked the entrance arch with both Namibian and Canadian flags. The table centres were “tablescapes” with rocks and driftwood collected from local beaches, a spectacular dome of creamy white roses and small pots of baby tears all surrounded with candles. The fabulous Gillian Davidson was the photographer and we wait with anticipation of her images. In the mean time here is a sneak peek of the day.

We were thrilled to be able to pick flowers from the bride’s childhood garden, when we came across the large lavender bushes overflowing with exquisite dusty lilac coloured blooms we knew we had to incorporate it everywhere. The volumenous white clouds of hydrangeas in the large arrangements were courtesy of a spectacular bush hiding in the rose garden