Destination wedding

Mountain Destination Wedding - Reveal and Review

I hereby declare this the year of the wildflower wedding! I have absolutely loved creating several wildflower inspired silk bridal bouquets and the extra fun detail is that they’ve had such beautiful backdrops! Rachel’s wedding is another example of that! She was planning a micro wedding in Colorado, so technically a destination wedding since she calls Nebraska home. She sent me some inspiration photos, noting that she wanted a loose, more wild looking bouquet with color and some ivory. I sent flower suggestions, and we worked on the designs together. Now I get to show you the lovely results of our teamwork. Here are some photographs from Abby Shepard Photography.

I feel like there’s not much to say, except, WOW! Not only was Rachel a magazine worthy bride, but the location they chose for the wedding is breathtaking. The design we came up with together for her bridal bouquet was a good complement to the natural surroundings. It added the perfect amount of color and texture! Rachel’s carried a large loose, handtied style bouquet with a mix of white Daisies, blue Blossoms, Billy Buttons, orange Zinnias, coral Cosmos, yellow Wild Daisies, white Astilbe, blue Delphinium, yellow Baby's Breath, Ruscus and Eucalyptus. Let’s take a closer look at the bouquet and we also get to see the amazing detail on Rachel’s dress!

We finished off her bouquet with a satin chiffon, raw edge ribbon in antique white. You can see the detail of the ribbon on the groom’s boutonniere in this photo. His boutonniere complemented the bouquet with a coral Cosmos, Daisy, yellow wild Daisy, blue Blossoms and greenery.

Here’s a good example of crafting your designs to work with your location. I think a really formal bouquet would work with this mountain landscape, but it was also begging for a wildflower bouquet like Rachel’s.

Are you a nature lover that wants a bouquet to match your environment? Fill out the Free Bride’s Checklist today to get a quote and to start the design process with me!

Funky Beach Silk Wedding Bridal Bouquet-Reveal and Review

If you didn’t get enough of tropical beach weddings earlier this week, here’s another lovely destination beach wedding reveal and review! I shared Candace’s custom silk wedding flowers in February, and she was kind enough to send me some photos from her big day. A big thank you to her talented photographer, Ciji Baumgartner, for these images from Candace’s beach wedding!

“Hi Erin thank you so much again for the amazing bouquets!!! It was honestly the best day, everything was so beautiful thanks to you! ”
— Candace | Minnesota

If you are thinking of planning a destination wedding and are interested in finding out how that all works with silk wedding flowers, contact me today!

Silk Wedding Flowers for a Destination Wedding

It’s been hot here in Minneapolis, so a tropical destination wedding seemed like a fitting blog post for this week! I don’t often get to do tropical themed wedding flowers, but this year I’ve done several. While most brides aren’t looking for over-the-top tropical themes, they do gravitate towards the bright colors and rich greenery that is often the backdrop for their wedding days. This is a great example of a hybrid silk bridal bouquet that incorporates some classic wedding flowers and colors along with brighter pops of color and that tropical foliage that is instantly recognizable and decidedly NOT Minnesotan greenery.

This bridal bouquet was a mix of pinks and whites, per the bride’s request. I used a variety of Peonies and Ranunculus, a few mauve Roses and some smaller seeds and Cosmos. The Palm branches and mini Monstera added some texture and shape to the bouquet so that it would look good in any environment, but especially a beach ceremony.

The bridesmaid bouquet was sized down and more round shaped than the bridal which was more of a modified cascade style. Both were wrapped in satin ribbon in the color Rosewater.

When Peonies are a main flower in the bouquets, I like to use Ranunculus for the boutonnieres and corsages. They have a similar shape and look as Peonies, but a much more appropriate size for being on a lapel or wrist.

The boutonnieres were custom matched to what the groom, groomsman, and ring bearers would be wearing. And since the ringbearers were her little boys, we had them coordinate with the groom’s boutonniere too. I added just a touch of greenery in the boutonnieres to that it all matched, in a sort of non-matchy way. The pin on style corsages were a mix of white and pink Peonies and greenery with a small spray of rhinestones for a little shine.

Planning a destination wedding but not sure what to do about flowers? Talk to me about your options for having that figured out before the plane lands…or even before you book your tickets for that matter!