Wedding flowers and decorations

I had so much fun organizing and planning the flowers and decorations for Natalie and Seth's wedding! I have helped in some weddings but I have never done this from ground zero.

After figuring out what Natalie wanted to have for the ceremony, down the isle, on the arches, flowers, etc, I was able to calculate how much we would use and place the orders for tulle, ribbon, arches, flowers misc.  Receiving the orders in the mail was thrilling!!!


   Setting the stage with the "forest" which was the  background behind the wedding party was the first step in making this happen. My dad provided all the trees.

#2 The isle tulle was not at all how we planned, but it turned out so beautifully not even Natalie was disappointed!  We wrapped the tulle around the lights and ended at some fake ferns. We also set the flower jars on the ground for every other row.

Here is Rachel working on the arches. She did a fabulous job! Lots of tulle and purple flowers set the romantic feel for the ceremony.

You can see the woods taking shape behind her.

Anna is artistically arranging tulle and lights around the bottoms of the "forest" and purple flowers all through out the foliage for a spark of color. This was mostly for Natalie as it wouldn't show up much from the audience's perspective.

We were able to use all the church's fake plants for more depth, color and texture.

View from balcony

As you can see behind Seth, the unity candles, communion and fabulous peacock fan (made by amazing Karen Bever!) nestled in the woods.  I am not sure if anyone got a closer picture of this beautiful table arrangement or not. :(
 
   While all this was being perfected, there were steady and gifted hands working on the exquisite flower arrangement.  Those hands belonged to: Karen Bever, Darcey Bever (friends of Natalie), Kristin Butler (cousin of Natalie), with some

in-and-out help from me, Holly Butler (sister of Natalie), and Bethany Butler (sister-in-law of Natalie)

For each bridesmaids' bouquet: 1/2 dozen each white roses, purple carnations, baby's breath and peacock feathers!  I was so happy to make Natalie's bridal bouquet which was about 3 times as large as the bridesmaids.

 Bouquets, boutineers and corasages probably took 3 women solidly at least half a day.

                                                             In these pictures, you will see the bouquets, boutineers and ring bearer pillows!!

The flower jars on tables and down the isles

 I had decorated the ring bearer pillows the week before with feathers, ribbons etc. I was so excited to do these! I got the idea off a wedding website.

I am ready for the next wedding whenever that happens! :D