Ava's Bouquet

Just wanted to post a wedding bouquet I made for a bride in August. It just so happened to be the opening weekend at the CNE that day so delivery at the Liberty Grande was on the insane side, but regardless I loved the bouquets. I didn't have a chance to take photos of the bridesmaid bouquets (they were baby's breath, en masse), but I had to make time for the bridal bouquet, which I made out of local dahlias, pink astilbe, pink and cream tea roses and wax flowers. Congrats Ava!

 Here's a slightly blurry picture of the bouquet resting on my cast iron bunny (the black blob), to show off the handle I did for her.

 

Fuschia Flowers at the Estates of Sunnybrook

I haven't had a chance to post all the weddings i've had the honor of creating flowers for this past season, but I happened to have a small window of time to crack down on the backlog. Here's a look at a wedding I decorated at the lovely Estates of Sunnybrook in Toronto. What's nice about it is you dont need so many decorations as it is already a beautifully appointed room.

I created two large alter pieces, and to add some drama, sprinkled rose petals at the microphone stand. As unattractive as AV equipment is, most of the time you can't hide it, so might as well make it pretty!

 A closeup of the alter arrangement with its bright fuschia bold blooms.

 I created this signing table arrangement using fuschia roses, hydrangeas, and tinted ranunculus.

 I didnt get a chance to take photos of all the decoration I made as the guests came quickly, but here are some rental tea light stands and mini arrangements used on the cocktail tables.

 The bride wanted a vintage theme with birdcages, so I laid fresh moss on the bottom of these birdcages, with bouquets of flowers.


Last but not least, here's the bride's bouquet, with fuschia roses, ranunculus, tinted hydrangeas and pink double lisianthus.

Xenia and Derek's Wedding Flowers (Purple and Green)

For this wedding, the bride and groom had a very vibrant purple and green theme color combination. To soften up the look, I suggested adding cream hydrangeas. I also used coolwater roses, lime and mauve cymbidium orchids, blush coloured roses and green hypercium berries.

 Here are the lush and lovely bouquets waiting to be picked up by the groom himself! (You can opt not to have them delivered).  Such a fresh combination for a cold november day! Congratulations Xenia and Derek!

A French Garden Themed Wedding

It was a very, very hot and rainy July day when I made the bouquets for this wedding, but looking at the photos, it did seem like just another fresh spring day!  The biggest challenge for the design of this wedding was to recreate a French garden themed wedding in a contemporary church and gym (which is where we had the reception). One of the main features was this trellis we created using many wired fresh flowers and fresh leaves over the cake table. Carnations are a great sturdy flower for wiring and look great when wired en masse.

Above is the bridal bouquet I made with eucalyptus, lisianthus, garden roses, vendela roses and wax flowers. Below are the pew decorations made from hydrangeas and vendela roses. The flowers are held in paper "booklets" with a jewelled button.

A corsage for the sister of the bride with lisianthus, wax flowers and a rose.

A wrist corsage I created using a fuschia garden rose with wax flowers


 A fresh basket of flowers for the flower girl to carry made from green hydrangeas, pink roses and green pom mums

Celebrate Beautifully's Latest Wedding - Cream & Mauve Colors

I know it has been a very long time since I last posted but I wanted to share some photos of the wedding that I created the bouquets and florals for this past weekend. Very soon i'll be posting up my new website and portfolio, so stay tuned!

Beautiful pink garden roses, lisianthus and cream vendela roses.

I think this is one of my favourite bouquets of all time! The bride wanted an all cream bouquet so I created one out of vendela roses, blush garden roses, freesia, lisianthus and calla lilies.

A mother's corsage created from orchids, lisianthus and a large garden rose

Photography by Christopher Ryan

Photography by Christopher Ryan

A beautiful bouquet with garden roses, and large peonies

I created these two large alter arrangements using cream hydrangeas, purple hydrangeas, dahlias and cream roses

New Items at Celebrate Beautifully

Sorry for the long delay! I was concentrating on a few other things but here are some new items at my shop.

 Gardenia and gerbera daisy ring box

 Panettone arrangement

Hydrangea in a vanilla tea tin from Italy

Birds of A Feather Bouquet & Bonus Boutonniere

This is probably my favourite bouquet to date. Featuring lilac roses, a purple hydrangea, blush dahlias, freesia and ranunculus with a golden bird perched a top. Included is a complimentary matching boutonniere with two gold feathers.

The bird is removable!

Closeup of the bouquet

More Custom Designs

I know it's been a while since i've posted, but i've been busy making custom designs for the holidays. Hope you enjoy!

I filled this china tea cup with Italian roses and ranunculus. I love it!

This very large arrangement will be available for purchase in my etsy store soon! Great for any season, it features green hydrangeas, artichokes and cream roses.

A bronze butterfly rests on purple orchids and hydrangeas



I love the elegance of the pearl drop with these hot pink orchids and roses.



This arrangement was made for my aunt Stella, whose favourite colour is red. Features cabbage roses, red peonies and red roses.

New Custom Orders

This season i've been blessed with a few custom orders, which have been keeping me busy! Here are some photos of ones I did recently for Christmas gifts for her family.

New Arrangements

I just wanted to share some of my latest creations. I've been working on a few arrangements that i'll be posting up in my shop soon. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them! (PS Yes they are all faux flowers).

Pretty in pink! Large roses and peonies fill this garden pot.

A beautiful combination of pink peonies, garden roses, hydrangeas, and large white phalaenopsis orchids.



A simple yet stunning arrangement of pink garden roses. The pot is tied with a perfect coordinating grosgrain ribbon.

 

From my Christmas colection: red velvety roses, pine sprays, feathers and a bronze Christmas ball tops it off.



A whimsical arrangement of artichoke, red roses, pear, and a red oversized Christmas ball.



Lovely large arrangement featuring artichoke, a red peony, poinesttias, berries and loquats.



Bronze branches, red poinsettias, red feathers and green loquats set in a bronze urn.