Janice & Chris - Sheerly Elegant

Janice and Chris celebrated their wedding at the wonderful Shearer Elegance B&B in Limerick, PA. If you've never been there, it's a beautiful Victorian mansion run by the lovely host, Sue Tator. It's a perfect location for a small wedding, shower, or party. My son is having his whole wedding party stay there for the weekend of his wedding. I think it's a fabulous idea as well as being very, very affordable. www.shearerelegance.com

Janice decided to use a color palette of purple and white for her wedding. She chose to embrace the Victorian feel of the venue, so I furnished her with ceremony containers and centerpieces in keeping with the theme. She also used the accommodations for many of her wedding guests and herself, which is so convenient - and breakfast in included!

Janice's bouquet consisted of my favorite calla lily. I just love the deep purple throat. Chris' boutonniere matched of course.

Bridesmaids carried bouquets made up of white mini calla lilies surrounded by a cuff of eggplant carnations and a collar of gaylax leaves. The beautiful deep purple carnations were also worn by groomsmen as their boutonnieres.

I've been doing a lot of single flower and nosegays for Moms. They're a nice alternative to wearing a corsage. At this wedding, Dads wore white mini calla lily boutonnieres.

The ceremony was held at the base of a magnificent staircase. I placed a wicker container of flowers on each side of the beautiful railing.

Guest tables were placed in various rooms in the mansion. Keeping with the Victorian feeling of the house, I collected cut glass containers to fill with Janice's favorite flowers. Here are a few of the tables which include cut glass vases, a bowl, and a basket.



This larger cut glass vase was placed on the large dining room table. This is where guests who stay and have breakfast are served. It's a really beautiful room!

Ashlee & Michael - Snow in October? Really?

When Ashlee and her mom came over to drop off her containers for the wedding at Columbia Station, they informed me that the ceremony would be held inside because of the snow. Snow?? What snow? I'd been busy working and hadn't turned on the news/weather for days. Ashlee decided rather than agonize over a last minute decision, they'd already made it and could relax and enjoy the rest of her wedding preparations. What else could she do but just roll with it and enjoy every special moment.? What a wonderful attitude, but I expected no less from this wonderful bride. She is such a nice, nice lady. And the upside? She got some gorgeous photos in the unexpected white stuff

Ashlee chose a Fall colored bouquet of yellow calla lilies, Hocus Pocus roses with crystals, and orange spray roses. Michael wore a red mini calla lily as his boutonniere.

Two MoH carried bouquets of Circus roses, daisy mums, and red spray roses.

Bridesmaids carried bouquets of Circus roses and red spray roses. All groomsmen wore boutonnieres of Circus roses.

Because of the snow and ice, the ceremony was moved inside. I made large arrangements of fall flowers included mini-sunflowers, gerber daisies, Red Rover mums, and hypericum berries in containers made from birch.

Small baskets of fall flowers were placed on the aisle chairs of the parents' rows.

I made an arrangement of mixed Fall flowers to sit on top of the carved log that Ashlee had made for her. Note the initialed heart carved into it! And the placecards followed through with the tree theme beautifully.


Tall centerpieces consisted of birch branches adorned with roses hanging in test tubes and hooked LED lights. I chose to use this photo so you can see the snow on the trees through the window. Crazy!

I mixed fall flowers in the low arrangements for the guest tables. Glass squares were double banded with red and pewter ribbon.

The sweetheart table included arrangements similar to those on the guest tables. In addition to working with the lovely Ashlee, I don't think I'll ever forget this fall-themed wedding....in the snow!

Jen & Joe - Skippack Rocks!

I had the honor of working my first wedding at Hotel Fiesole in Skippack with Jennifer and Joe. It's right in my own neighborhood! I was particularly excited when Jen first contacted me and absolutely thrilled when I met her in person. What a lovely person she is! She wanted to use pink and we needed to make it look more like "Fall" than Spring. And with the addition of burgundy, I think we accomplished it beautifully. I really enjoyed working with this color combination and a couple that were enthusiastic about doing things "a little bit differently". Congratulations to the two of you!

Jen's bouquet was made up of burgundy roses, pink sweetheart roses, pink spray roses, and green mini hydrangea for a texture and color contrast.

Joe wore a boutonniere of sweetheart roses and hypericum berries.

Jen's attendant carried a bouquet of pink roses and burgundy gomphrena.

An example of a pink and burgundy corsage for this wedding is included.



The wedding ceremony took place in an upstairs room at the Hotel. I made one large pink and burgundy arrangement in a green urn to sit in front of the large window.



Jen loves to cook. So we put our heads together and came up with an unusual placecard table arrangement The glass is filled with brussel sprouts, eggplants, and peppers. In addition to the burgundy seeded eucalyptus, I added flowers and winter cabbages! We all loved it!! I recommended that Jen not cook with the veggies in the glass because I coated them with LeafShine - but I gave her all the leftovers so she could do just that later. I hope she made something yummy!

I gave instructions to Jen and she had her dad make these cute golf containers for Joe for the cocktail tables. He was so proud of these! I think they came out great. I added a "golf bag" to the top of each and filled them with fall hydrangea.
Flowers in the centerpieces included mini gerber daisies, dahlias, hypericum berries, and hydrangea in different colors. The containers of both versions were filled with burgundy chipped glass pieces.


I made smaller versions of the guest table centerpieces for the sweetheart table and added a frothy bow and rose to the back of the bride and groom chairs.

Hotel Fiesole's baker makes their wedding cakes. I hope it tasted as good as it looked!

Laura & Joe at the Fabulous Fonthill

I enjoyed working on this wedding immensely. I loved Laura's choice of wedding colors - orange, green, and white - and really appreciated her attention to detail. My photos don't do her hard work justice, but I wanted to share some of her great ideas. Working at Fonthill - a place we've toured several times - was wonderful! I was so happy to be there.

Laura's bouquet was made up of SuperGreen roses, ivory lisianthus, and green hypericum berries. It looked stunning against her wedding gown.

I made Joe's boutonniere out of ivory lisianthus and hypericum berries.

I filled mason jars with green fuji mums hung from shepherds' hooks. These lined the aisle, upon which I scattered orange rose petals. Laura arranged her programs in vintage wooden boxes for guests to take.

I made sprays of circus roses for the Moms to carry down the aisle.

Bridesmaids' dainty bouquets of Circus roses and green hypericum berries. I loved how they "popped" against their dresses.

Groomsmen wore matching boutonnieres.

Laura made containers of golf pencils for the cocktail tables representative of Joe's love of golf. I filled them with yellow, white, and orange alstromeria.

I arranged green dendrobium orchids and white hydrangea in a cylinder filled with green apples for the placecard table. Laura set up her placecards in moss-filled vintage suitcases which looked adorable!

I LOVED working on these centerpieces. Our idea was to utilize only flowers that came in green, white, and orange - which I have to admit were sometimes painted. The centerpieces were then done in pairs. One set were arranged in leaf wrapped squares while the matching ones with those same flowers, were tablescaped in square vases. Roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, calla lilies, gladiolus, and hydrangea were used.











Laura's mom loved my wire decorated vases so I made one for her to enjoy.

Touches of green and white roses decorated the wedding cake. What a lovely end to a lovely wedding. Congratulations to both of you!

Christmas Party Luncheon 2011

Today was my day to bring the centerpieces that I made for the Christmas luncheon at Marjeanes for the workers (and their families) from the Developmental Enterprises Corp. - North Penn Training Center. It is my honor to donate flowers to this wonderful annual event. I'm sure they all had a blast at their festive party. Merry Christmas everyone!