Luxe for Less

Your Wedding can be beautiful and memorable without breaking the bank

I want to share a few tips for having the wedding of your dreams and still having some money left over for the honeymoon!  

First, choose flowers in season.

Flowers that are in season, and therefore plentiful, at the time of your wedding are the best value.  Also the quality is better in season.

Limit Varieties.

Choose one or two feature flowers to be used in all the bouquets and decor, and allow us to add value varieties that will complete the look.

Be Flexible.

We can suggest blossoms in your color choices to complete the style of your wedding.  The price of flowers is affected by season, weather, and travel distance.  If you give us some flexibility we can sometimes find excellent substitutions for premium varieties that will not change the overall look of your wedding.

Less is More.

Make a statement with a larger and more memorable bouquet rather than several smaller pieces.  For example, 2 grand arrangements for the ceremony will stand out much better than 2 smaller ones, some candelabra decorations, and several modest bouquets in the aisle. The larger arrangements also photograph better.

Limit reception flowers to the two most important spots--the head table and the cake.  

Draft friends to help.

This is your big day.  Don't add to your stress by taking on responsibilities that a friend would be happy to do.  Picking up and delivering the flowers to the ceremony, and pinning on corsages and boutonnieres will be a big help.

Consider a wedding package.

I am in the process of developing "Wedding Collections" which will simplify the planning process and reduce costs to brides.  Each collection will feature seasonal personal flowers and ceremony decor.  You only need to select your season, theme, and colors, and leave the rest to us.  I will have more about the collections in a future blog.

Beautiful Country Wedding

The bride chose an elegant cascade of white roses, lilies, and dendrobium orchids.

The groom's boutonniere was a white rose

with silver stemwrap

Congratulations to the Happy Couple! 

Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm

As a farm girl, I can attest that growing up on a farm made for the most idyllic childhood.  There were always

barns and fields to play in, and farm animals to befriend.  

 This bride took it one step further by actually
getting married on her family farm.

There ceremony took place back a long lane in the woods, surrounded by trees and wildflowers on one of the most beautiful days in late summer.

 A trellis was decorated with a garland of lemon leaf, springeri, Italian ruscus, babies breath, and daisies.

Guests were seated on hay bales covered with colorful homemade quilts.

The moms & grandmas wore corsages of wildflowers.

The reception was held in a rustic barn, with mason jars decorated in burlap and lace with green sunflowers.

All the best to the happy bride and groom!

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

 An elegant hand-tied cluster of white peonies, ranunculus,
white garden roses, hydrangeas, and stock with accents of dusty
miller and Israeli ruscus for the bride

 Brightly colored hand-tied bouquets for the
bridesmaids provide a sharp contrast
against their black dresses

 Bridesmaid bouquets included coral and blush peonies,
white ranunculus, garden roses, green trick dyanthus with
dusty miller and Israeli ruscus

 A four-tier wedding cake with garden roses and ivy

 At the reception, the tables were adorned with various vintage
glassware and jars collected by the bride, each containing a
grouping of wildflowers

The setting was the lovely Illinois Street Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza
in downtown Indianapolis

An Afternoon Wedding

 

 

 A cake decorated with lavender roses, dendrobium orchids and green hanging amaranthus...

 Hand-tied bridal bouquet of blush peonies, lavender garden roses, scabiosa, lavender stock, cymbidium orchids, purple callas, hydrangea,  hanging amaranthus...

A Beachside Wedding

 The colors were pale yellow and green.  The setting was a beach club, with the lake and the pool in the background.
An elegant luncheon served poolside...

 Clear glass rectangular vases with colorful river rocks and immersed blossoms of cymbidium orchids, hypericum berries, and ivy, with floating candles...

 A grouping of vases at each table....