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February 14, 2016

Kalie & Adam’s Coldstream Barn Wedding

Kalie & Adam’s beautiful barn wedding was held at the stunning outdoor wedding venue Silver Sage Stables in Coldstream, BC. From the gorgeous wheat fields surrounding the property to the stunning spacious barn, their wedding was truly beautiful from start to finish. Their day was beautifully captured by Kevin Trowbridge Photography. Their theme of Vintage Romance was accented with touches of gold, pastel colours, lace and stunning decor from Vintage Origami Weddings & Events. We designed and created the romantic & vintage inspired flowers in colours of peach, pink, cream, blush & lots of eucalyptus greenery. The centrepieces were each a bit different and designed in assorted milk glass vases. A favourite piece we created for their wedding was the 4th floral tier for the stunning 5 tier cake designed by Kakes by Kathie. Check out the swoon worthy ruffle fabric backdrop created by Yuriko of Vintage Origami. Congratulations Kalie & Adam, and thank you for letting us be a part of your beautiful day!

Venue – Silver Sage Stables

Photographer – Kevin Trowbridge Photography

Decor – Vintage Origami Weddings & Events

Makeup Artist – Jenny McKinney Makeup Artist

Wedding Consultant – Top Knot Events

Stationary – Dandelion Willows

Flowers – Classic Creations Floral Design

November 25, 2014

Sara & Marc’s Rustic Wedding at the Cove Lakeside Resort

Being an Okanagan destination wedding florist I often don’t get the opportunity to meet my clients in person before their wedding day, with details being planned over email & phone. Sara & Marc were no exception – planning their wedding from out of country with quite a time change. Luckily I had the privilege to plan the floral arrangements for this beautiful wedding with the help of Sara’s mother Susan – who really brought their wedding vision to life. The result was a gorgeous Rustic Chic affair, held at The Cove Lakeside Resort in West Kelowna. Sara & Marc wanted to have very soft & simple designs so we used babies breath in the bridesmaids bouquets, filled in our hobnail jars down the aisle, and as accents on the tables & in white wood painted boxes. The brides bouquet was stunning, with the last of the seasons White Peonies, Spray Roses, Lisianthus, Freesia, Hypericum Berries, Hints of Babies Breath & Eucalyptus Greenery – I think it complemented Sara’s amazing dress perfectly. Hints of fresh lavender purchased from the Okanagan Lavender Herb Farm were added throughout the reception room. The centrepieces were simple mercury glass hurricane holders provided by the couple with groupings of water picked roses & babies breath around. The highlight was the transformation of the Cove’s wooden arbor, which we covered in Curly Willow Branches & Hanging Amaranthus accented by a crystal chandelier – providing a perfect backdrop for their nuptials. The day was beautifully captured by the incredible Jessica Zais Photography. Congratulations to Sara & Marc & thank you for letting us create these flowers for your day!

Photography – Jessica Zais Photography

Venue – The Cove Lakeside Resort

July 24, 2014

Megan & Mike’s Summerhill Winery Wedding

Megan & Mike’s Summerhill Pyramid Winery Wedding was a beautiful & elegant affair. The flowers were very romantic in shades of light lavender, soft pink & white and were the perfect compliment to their winery wedding. We loved creating their lush bouquets & centrepieces (arranged in octagonal boxes made by the bride’s father). Thank you to Pixel Story for the beautiful images!

Beautiful Megan & her Father.

Megan and her bridesmaids, whom carried smaller versions of her bouquet.

Mike’s Lavender Rose boutonniere, with just a little bit of greenery.

Closeup of Megan’s bridal bouquet! It consisted of Roses, Football Mums, Freesia, Lisianthus, Spray Roses, Queen Anne’s Lace & Seeded Eucalyptus. Lush & full of texture.

The centrepieces were beautiful lush arrangements of Hydrangea, Roses, Football Mums, Lisianthus, Queen Anne’s Lace, Seeded Eucalyptus & Assorted Greenery.

Congratulations to Megan & Mike and Thank you for entrusting in us to create the flowers for your special day!

Venue – Summerhill Pyramid Winery

Photography – Pixel Story

March 10, 2014

Meredith & Ryan’s La Punta Norte Wedding

Meredith & Ryan’s La Punta Norte Wedding was daydreamy from beginning to end. When I met with Meredith on a rainy spring day she had such a beautiful vision for her day; Rustic Elegance (my favourite!) using shades of coral, peach, pink and soft green. She had brought along paint chips for me to have so that I could find the best flowers to match with their colour scheme & theme. She had some great ideas for what she wanted for flowers but allowed me to be completely creative & come up with something unique for her – floral designers thrive on this! Succulents were the main aspect in all of the décor, so I included them in every piece I created for them. Thanks to Kevin Trowbridge Photography for sharing all of these beautiful images from their special day.

Mother’s Corsages of Blush Spray Roses, Seeded Eucalyptus & Succulents with a pretty 3 strand pearl wristlet.

Simple boutonnieres of Succulents, Seeded Eucalyptus, Rosemary & Ruscus Greenery.

Meredith was stunning and her dress was perfection! Her side swept hair was elegant and loved how the succulent & spray rose comb turned out.

Groom’s boutonniere of Blush Spray Rose, Succulent, Seeded Eucalyptus, Rosemary & Ruscus.

Her lovely maid of honour & her bouquet. She had a smaller matching hair comb as well.

The bouquets consisted of Hydrangea, Locally Picked Dahlias, Spray Roses, Garden Roses, Hand-grown Succulents & Seeded Eucalyptus.

The beautiful bride and her bouquet.

Beautiful Bride & her Maid of Honour.

My favourite part of a wedding.

Congratulations Meredith & Ryan!

Photographer – Kevin Trowbridge Photography

Floral Designer – Classic Creations Floral Design

Venue – La Punta Norte, Summerland, BC

February 5, 2014

Annette & Kevin – Cedar Creek Winery & Hotel Eldorado

Annette & Kevin were married at Cedar Creek Winery this past September, on a beautiful Autumn Okanagan day. Annette wanted an elegant & romantic feel for their day, with touches of peach, pink, white and hints of powder blue. With the help of Wedding Planner Laura Lebbon of English Rose Weddings and Yuriko Larson of Vintage Origami – I think we captured her vision perfectly. Reception was held at The Hotel Eldorado, and the room was transformed beautifully with rectangular tables, gold chivari chairs, gold chargers and lush pastel flowers.

Keeping with the romantic theme, I used lush & ruffled flowers for their floral arrangements, consisting of Hydrangeas, Garden & Standard Roses, Spray Roses, Lisianthus, Brunia Berries & beautiful Dahlias (which I hand picked locally the day before the wedding). Thank you to Jamie Willey of Studio 78 for sharing these beautiful images with us, and congratulations to Annette & Kevin!

Close up of the beautiful bridal bouquet!

Close up of a bridesmaids bouquet.

Ceremony entrance table.

Blue hydrangea in mason jars hanging along the aisle.

Beautiful bridal party. The bouquets complimented their dresses perfectly.

Centerpiece arrangement

October 16, 2013

Bryony & Jason’s LaStella Winery Wedding in Osoyoos

With the Okanagan being a popular destination wedding location the majority of my couples plan their wedding from a distance. Sometimes I never meet my couples until their wedding day when I’m delivering. Bryony & Jason planned their beautiful wedding from a distance & sadly I never had the pleasure of meeting these two, but by judging from the photos I can see that they are both full of love & happiness. They were married at the beautiful LaStella Winery in Osoyoos, BC – such a beautiful drive for delivery. When we arrived the dark clouds were hanging overhead, but I was so happy to hear that the rain stayed away for their entire day. I worked through the details with Bryony for a few months over phone & email and absolutely love how all the flowers turned out – especially LOVED the floral crowns for the adorable flower girls. Thank you to Tacey Photography for sharing these images with me – I’ve been a fan of Tacey’s for a while so was super excited to finally work together on a wedding.

Enjoy!

Christina

Ceremony Floral Arrangements of Mini Green Hydrangea, Blush, Cream & Coral Standard Roses, Seeded Eucalyptus & Curly Willow. Arranged in our tall hobnail jars.

The beautiful bride Bryony!

Her bouquet consisted of Standard Roses, Dahlias, Spray Roses, Lisianthus, Hypericum Berries, Freesia & Seeded Eucalyptus.

Closeup of the Maid of Honour’s bouquet. Coral, Peach & Pink Roses, Green Hypericum Berries, Pink Dahlias, Mini Green Hydrangea, Pink Lisianthus & Seeded Eucalytpus.

The Groom’s boutonniere was very simple – Blush Standard Rose, Seeded Eucalyptus & Variegated Pittosporum

The adorable Flower girls! Their crowns were created with Spray Roses, Lisianthus, Hypericum Berries & Seeded Eucalyptus.

I love watching a bride walk down the aisle with her dad, and is usually the most emotional part of a wedding for me.

Look at this incredible view at LaStella Winery.

The flower girls are so cute I had to share a few more images!

The Bridal Party

The reception centerpieces, created with Mini Green Hydrangea, Standard Roses, Hypericum Berries & Seeded Eucalyptus. Arranged in a medium sized hobnail jar.

After the ceremony the large pieces were re-purposed in the room. I always suggest to create pieces that can be dual purpose!

The gorgeous cake by Sugar Sweet Cake Company. Love the coral coloured sugar peony & green hypericum berries.

October 15, 2013

Bridgette & Dana’s Cedar Creek Winery & Hotel Eldorado Wedding

Bridgette & Dana’s wedding was gorgeous from beginning to end, and it was an absolute pleasure to create the garden inspired floral details for their day. Bridgette had chosen a classic colour palette of pink, peach, blush & white which was carried out throughout the entire wedding from the bridesmaids dresses – to the stationary – to the linens in the reception. The floral arrangements I created consisted of Garden Roses, Dahlias, Spider Mums, Spray Roses, Lisianthus, Standard Roses, Queen Anne’s Lace, Wax Flower, Seeded Eucalyptus and Fern.

Thank you to Jon & Jenny of Adrian Photography for sharing these beautiful images of the floral details!

The stunning Bride Bridgette!

The bridal bouquet & beautiful floral comb hairpiece.

The bridesmaids bouquets were smaller versions of the brides bouquet.

The groom’s boutonniere of Blush coloured Spray Roses & hints of greenery.

The beautiful couple!

These LOVE mug arrangements were such a cute detail on the ceremony welcome table.

The view at Cedar Creek Winery is breathtaking and was accented with two large urn arrangements on top of the wine barrels. A smaller arrangement in a rustic watering can was placed in front of the signing table.

Single blush roses were wrapped with ribbon & the table numbers to create a unique seating chart. Love how it turned out, but took a fair amount of time to tie and pin each rose perfectly in line!

The reception room at the Hotel Eldorado.

The looser garden-style centerpieces were arranged in our rustic ceramic vases. Two smaller arrangements hung from the curtains on either side of the head table.

Wedding Planner & Day of Coordination – English Rose Weddings

Stationary – Dandelion Willows

Vintage Décor – Vintage Origami

October 13, 2013

Juliya & Darryl’s Wedding – Cedar Creek Winery & The Harvest Golf Course

From the moment I met Juliya in our first consultation I knew this was going to be in my top 10 weddings for the year. She had requested some pops of colour in her flowers and wanted to make them a little fun but still keep with an elegant theme. I paired a softer orange rose with coral roses, tons of white hydrangea, light pink peonies (my favorite!), and this years popular greenery – dusty millar. We had such a great team of wedding vendors working on this one – love how all of the details came together. Thank you to Jessica Zais Photography for providing me with these beautiful images to share with you all!

The beautiful ceremony at Cedar Creek Winery.

White Hydrangea in vintage turquoise mason jars.

The lovely ceremony welcome table!

One of the two large ceremony arrangements on top of the wine barrels at Cedar Creek.

More white hydrangea decorates an outdoor lounge area.

The beautiful couple!

The lovely bridal bouquet.

Juliya and her bridesmaids with their bouquets. Love how they all wore different styles of coral coloured dresses.

The centerpieces were arranged in our white ceramic planters – one of the many styles of containers we have available for weddings or events.

The cute little toss bouquet, waiting patiently on the signing table!

Photography: Jessica Zais Photography

Wedding Planner & Day of Coordination: English Rose Weddings

Vintage Décor & Stylization: Vintage Origami

Stationary: Dandelion Willows

Hair & Makeup: Melissa Craven

October 12, 2013

Vintage Teacup Inspired Wedding

Ash & Luc’s July Wedding was a vintage dream! Their ceremony was held at the beautiful Benvoulin Heritage Church in Kelowna, BC and their reception was held at The Hotel Eldorado. I loved creating the soft pastel flowers in shades of peach, cream & white with hints of grey greenery. The arrangements consisted of Garden Roses, Spray Roses, Hydrangea, Hypericum, Stellata Pods, Stocks, Queen Anne’s Lace and Dusty Millar greens and were arranged in assorted sized vintage milk glass vases. Vintage teacups from Vintage Origami’s collection were such a sweet addition to the décor.

Thank you so much to Barnett Photography for sharing these images from their day!

The beautiful backdrop at Benvoulin Heritage Church!

The Brides stunning bouquet, arranged with my favorite garden rose!

The Groom’s Boutonniere was understated with Hypericum, Spray Rose Blooms & Dusty Millar.

Mother’s Corsage of Garden Rose & Spray Roses.

Reception Centerpiece on the table at the Hotel Eldorado.

Wedding Planner – Laura Lebbon – English Rose Weddings

Décor Rentals & Stylization – Yuriko Larson – Vintage Origami

October 9, 2013

Spring Boathouse Wedding Styled Shoot

This boathouse styled shoot was lovely to be a part of and was beautifully captured by Janelle at Janelle Photography. It was the perfect start to my busy wedding season, in a beautiful palette of blush, pink, cream, peach & white. I used Blush Standard Roses, Peach Garden Roses, Pink Ranunculus, White Anemone’s, Cream Spray Roses & Dusty Millar Greens to create the beautiful soft bouquet, groom’s boutonniere & table centerpieces.

Here are some of my favorites from the shoot which was recently featured here on the Pretty Blog!

Enjoy!

– Christina