Snug Harbor Cultural Center

I must be honest....I was helping out my friend, Lilli, from Mimosa Floral Design here.  We met in the flower market over a year ago when we were both picking up orders for weddings, and we've keep in touch, discussing our weddings, what's the best way to do things, and so on.  She had booked this wedding and then found out her very good friend in Texas was getting married the very same day!  So she came to me for help.  She did all the leg work and I executed the designs for her the day of.

Lilli  knew exactly what the bride had planned on doing for centerpieces but the ideas for bouquets were not as clear.  The bride knew she wanted white calla's in a geometric pattern surrounded by a collar of delphinium, and that each bridesmaid would have a different color bouquet and that her groomsmen would have a matching bout.  (This idea always looks so great in pictures)  Lilli had general ideas of flowers for those but it was up to me to make the final decision.  When I picked up the delphinium I was on the fence on whether it would work.  The stems I got had only opened on the bottom....bottom line was that the top ones never opened and they looked so sad.  So I incorporated flowers from the rest of her bridesmaids to create the collar.

Bridesmaids Bouquets:  Purple sweet peas, Red Ranunculus, Green Roses, Orange Gerbera Daisies, Yellow Calla Lilies

Brides Bouquet:  A geometric arrangement of white callas, encircled by the flowers each of her bridesmaids carried.

Matching boutonnieres for the groomsmen, each was labeled to the color of their bridesmaids dress so they would know which was theirs...I think they still needed help though...the bridesmaids all had different dresses, and some of them changed the day of the wedding!  

The Snug Harbor Cultural Center is a beautiful old venue with tons of history.  The ceremony was in a hall where retired sailors used to bunk...a long room with a beautiful compass dome in the center.  The dial that showed which was the wind was blowing creaked when it moved, and the guard there told me it was to mimic the sound of a creaking ship to make the sailors feel more at home.

Isn't this a nice sentiment...

The reception room has amazingly high ceilings and these cute little out coves with benches around old fireplaces,  a perfect place for guests to mingle.  

The centerpieces before they were placed on the tables

Trump National Golf Course, Colts Neck NJ

Here's a sweet little something for a party for two sweet little somethings expected in October. The colors were orange and pink, and that theme was present in every last little detail. This mom to be should think about becoming a wedding planner...her eye for detail is impeccable!

How cute is this candy/cupcake table!

My 'helper' returns...

Next wedding....July 23rd

DUMBO

Down Under the Manhattan Bridge

Another hot, hot summer day.

And while the ceremony site was amazing, the Manhattan Bridge to the left, the Brooklyn Bridge to the right, I worried for the bride in the crazy heat. These are some pictures I took of the ceremony site after it was dressed up with red Gerbera Daisies and bright green ribbon.

Her fiance brought her red Gerbera daisies with the black center when he flew to see her (I can't remember if it was a first date or not), and had a very difficult time getting through security with the liquid in the water piks on the end of the stems. They were going to make him leave the flowers all together but he convinced them to just let him dump the water out. All the trouble he went through was very sweet. So it was very important for them to have these flowers as part of their wedding day.

The heat made me very nervous for the brides all white bouquet. On a cool or even warm day a white bouquet is ok as long as you treat it well. White flowers show their bumps and bruises very easily. But on a hot day white flowers, 95 degree temps, and the sun do not make for a happy bouquet. I left my bride with specific instructions to keep it cool and in water for as long as possible. I haven't heard from her and am hoping everything turned out fine.

Here is her lovely bouquet before I left to drop it off. It was made of hydrangea, freesia, gardenia, and large and small calla lilies...My husband was laughing at me as I took these pictures...the green in the background is actually the weed patch currently growing next to our front door...in the future I see a patio of slate with moss growing in between...but for now...weeds.

I was really happy with how the boutonnieres and the little pomander for the flower girl turned out.

Small bunches of daisies for the bridesmaids and a wristlet of freesia for the mothers...

The reception was held in the Dumbo Lofts. Place card table was very cute....they were paper airplanes...I wonder if they 'used' them during the reception?

There were two centerpieces, small green ones with green hydrangea, spider mums, and small pom mums.

And tall tree's with hanging candles and white dendrobium orchids. These vases were perfect to give the arching effect the bride was looking for. And being about 6ft tall they definitely filled in the open loft space.

My Next wedding, Heather's Wedding! Sept. 18th Brigantine, NJ.