Since I haven't been able to move rocks and dig holes this season due to the little bambina on the way, I took on a bit of a different "flower" project a few weeks ago - cut floral arrangements. My good friend Heather got married on August 9th in Washington Park and she asked me to do the arrangements - bouquets, boutineers, table arrangements, etc. We decided on dahlias which were in bloom and locally grown as the main flower in hot summer colors - fuscias, oranges, purples. With cream rose accents, viburnum and hypericum berries and foliage from my garden - choisya, cottinus and ninebark leaves. The days prior to the wedding I procured all the cut flowers and processed and stored them in the house - Matt said the house looked like a funeral parlor....The day before the wedding my friend Tess who is a professional floral designer helped me assemble the bouquets and the 20+ table arrangements which took about 10 hours.
The first photo is of a stunning arrangement that was on the dessert table - the photo does not do it justice - it must have stood 2.5' tall and weighed about 50 lbs. The second photo is one of the table arrangements with dahlias.
I am most excited about the bouquets - the bride's and two attendant's. I am waiting to get some of professional photos before I post them, because they need to be seen with the dresses and the pretty girls.
Congrats to Heather and Matt and I look forward to doing more floral arranging in the future.
