2013 Summer Highlights

The blog took a backseat once my son was born last summer, so here are a few highlights from last summer!

Yellow and white calla lily, freesia, and rose bouquet

Curly willow and cymbidium orchid tall centerpiece

Dark blue hydrangea with yellow roses, calla lilies and freesia

Hydrangea, roses, garden roses and majolica spray roses

All white hydrangea bouquet

All white hydrangea centerpiece 

Bright colored bouquet of peonies, roses, cornflower, wax flower, berries, lisianthus and statice

Tricia & Michael: Woods Hole Golf Club, Cape Cod

Tricia and Michael got married at St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole, MA, and held their reception at the Woods Hole Golf Club just down the street.  I worked with Tricia and her mom to create a rustic, natural garden feel for the bouquets and centerpieces.

Bride's bouquet of peonies, ranunculus, roses, freesia, wax flower, eucalyptus, and other accent greens.

Bridesmaid bouquet of peonies, ranunculus, roses, freesia, wax flower, eucalyptus, and other accent greens.

Mother's Wrist Corsage of blush sweetheart roses

Ranunculus boutonniere

Rustic, garden centerpieces of peonies, roses, snapdragons, godetia, stock, wax flower and accent greens.

Rustic, garden centerpieces of peonies, roses, snapdragons, godetia, stock, wax flower and accent greens.

Rustic, garden centerpieces of peonies, roses, snapdragons, godetia, stock, wax flower and accent greens.

Large arrangement for outdoor bar, made up of peonies, snapdragons, lisianthus, larkspur, roses, and other accent greens.  Similar arrangements were used at the church for the altar flowers.

Julie & Doug: Scituate, MA

Julie and Doug got married at St. Mary's Church in Scituate, MA.  

Bridesmaids bouquet of bright pink roses and peonies.

Bride's bouquet of bright pink and white roses and peonies.

Bride's bouquet of bright pink and white roses and peonies.

Ceremony Flowers

Kathleen & Andrew: Hampshire House, Boston, MA

Kathleen and Andrew had a small intimate wedding at the Hampshire House in Boston, MA.  Because it was an early morning wedding, I needed to be in Boston by 7:30AM, so I didn't have time to take my usual bouquet pictures before leaving.  The two below are a couple I snapped in the car on the way in.

The bride and her MOH carried bouquets of peonies, roses, berries, dusty miller, succulents, and spray roses.

The bride and her MOH carried bouquets of peonies, roses, berries, dusty miller, succulents, and spray roses.

 One of the great things about the Hampshire House is that you get to use your centerpieces for both the ceremony and the reception.  The centerpieces were a mix of various sized arrangements, clustered together to compliment books tied with ribbon that were also on the tables.  For the ceremony, the arrangements were placed around the room on the mantel and in the bookcases that lined the walls.

The mantel was simply decorated with pillar candles and one small arrangement on each side.

Arrangements made up of peonies, roses, calla lilies, and stock.

Arrangements made up of roses, calla lilies, and stock.

Arrangements made up of peonies, spray roses, roses, ranunculus, and berries.

Bud vases with blush and coral peonies.

A memorial wreath was created in honor of the Groom's mother.  Some of her favorite flowers were the fuschia and African Violets, so we used purple and hot pink flowers, such as lisianthus, spray roses and gerbera daisies to mirror the colors of her favorite flowers.

Nicole & Joe: Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA

Mix of high and low centerpieces at the Seaport Hotel,  Lighthouse room.

Nicole and Joe got married at the church at Boston College, and had their reception in the Lighthouse room at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA.  The Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center is one of my absolute favorite wedding venues, especially since it's where I got married!  I loved being back in the Lighthouse room, and Nicole and Joe had a great blue, white and green color scheme to compliment the surroundings of the room.

Bride's bouquet of blue and green hydrangea, peonies, freesia and hypericum berries.

Bride's bouquet of blue and green hydrangea, peonies, freesia and hypericum berries.

Bridesmaid bouquet of hydrangea, peonies, ranunculus, roses, hypericum berries and greens.

Mother's posy bouquet of peonies, delphinium, freesia and greens.

Low centerpieces were made up of blue and green hydrangea, roses, peonies, button poms and greens.

The tall centerpieces were made up of blue and green hydrangea, roses, peonies,  orchids,  delphinium and greens.

Julie & John: The Ridge Club, Sandwich, MA

Julie and John had their wedding reception at the Ridge Club in Sandwich, MA.  Julie wanted to keep things simple with mason jar vases and flowers that worked with her lavender, ivory, and pink/peach color scheme.

The bride's bouquet was made up of white tulips and dried lavender.

The bridesmaids carried small bouquets of baby's breath and dried lavender, which were reused in some of the table centerpieces.

This table had pink stock, dried lavender and baby's breath.

This table had white tulips, pink cushion poms and baby's breath.

Julie and John's sweetheart table was decorated with flower filled LOVE mugs.  The mugs had roses, lisianthus, stock, cushion poms, aster, and other accent greens.

Duxbury Newcomers' Club House Tour Arrangements