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early peonies

2012-02-05T23:18:00.000-08:00

Some early hot pink peonies, lavender hyacinths, green hydrangeas and some neat-o purple/wine colored ranunculus. I love peonies small or big, I love them like a greedy pig, I love peonies smell so fair, chicks should wear them in their hair.

tulips and friends

2012-01-28T13:01:00.000-08:00

Some flowers for a show at Summit Lake Winery in Holts Summit Missouri. Tulips, roses, hydrangeas, ranunculus and buplerum. Come on spring!

Vicky Groner Buckner

2012-01-25T12:17:00.000-08:00

The stylish and stunning Vicky Groner carrying 2 of my favorite flowers eggplant calla lilies and magenta cymbidiums. I featured this bouquet on a previous post "eggplant and magenta," she graciously shared some of her photos by Chris Holloway of Pro Photo. http://prophotofix.com/

stargazers and gerberas

2012-01-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

I've done several variations of the stargazer and stock combination on here, this time using mini gerberas instead of roses. The germinis give this fragrant, feminine bouquet a youthful feel.

magenta mini callas

2012-01-19T09:33:00.000-08:00

Ivory vandela roses and magenta mini calla lilies (yes again.) I will abstain from preaching on the perfection of the mini calla this time, BUT I've done this combo in several colors and it's always a hit-just sayin'.

orange miracle

2012-01-15T17:12:00.000-08:00

A vibrant bouquet of: orange "miracle" roses, hot pink spray roses, purple stock, green hypericum berries and green buplerum. Just about any bright color combination can be stepped up a notch with the addition of a bright green, plus I'm going through a buplerum phase.

narcissus

2012-01-13T16:16:00.000-08:00

A pretty take on the all white bouquet: polar star roses, ranunculus, and wonderfully fragrant paper whites. Carrying white will always be in.

terra cotta

2012-01-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

Lovely terra cotta roses and acacia.

keeping up appearances

2012-01-10T17:11:00.000-08:00

A bouquet of purple lisianthus, lavender roses and lavender hyacinth. A calm, cool and fragrant combination of purple tones that ends up reading blue. While making this I kept doing impressions of Hyacinth Bucket (bottom photo) from the BBC sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances" about a status obsessed woman who insists her surname is pronounced "Bouquet," or you can think this is a picture of me dressed up for high tea.

smells like free spirit

2012-01-08T18:29:00.000-08:00

The amazing free spirit rose paired with buplerum. With an extremely high petal count this rose opens beautifully, has a lovely light rose scent and colors that move from peach to orange to hot pink. The light green buplerum accents not only the color, but the ruffles of the spirits as well, just a great rose.

Kellyn Johnson

2012-01-03T14:03:00.000-08:00

Some great pictures of my friend Kellyn Johnson. Her bouquet: ocean song roses, purple stock and purple dendrobiums. her assault rifle is an AR-15 and her legs are fabulous. I will do another post on the flowers, but these were just to good to resist.

le petit morte

2011-12-31T00:54:00.000-08:00

Kellie Green holding a bouquet of Paris roses, eggplant callas and jewels at the bridal show yesterday being effortlessly sexy. Next a closeup of the bouquet and a couple of different centerpiece ideas. Gothic and rich. I love seeing period styles done neo-classical. So romantic and something you can look back on years from now and say "yeah, I was beautiful, classic and totally me."

elevated centerpiece

2011-12-23T13:40:00.000-08:00

Elevated centerpieces have become quite popular, you can see across the table and still get lots of pop in the room. I like to put something in the vase for added visual interest, in this case a red rose, black rocks and black and silver wire.

snowflake

2011-12-22T14:50:00.000-08:00

White roses, white spray roses, white hypericum berries, cedar and a snowflake ornament.

Contemporary Christmas Design

2011-12-21T15:18:00.000-08:00

Calla lilies, noble fir, princess pine, aspidistra leaves, equisetum and silver painted lily grass.

Christmas red

2011-12-21T08:49:00.000-08:00

Large cube vase arrangement of black magic roses, gerbera daisies, holly, pine, pine cones and hypericum berries.

Tasha Jisa

2011-12-16T22:15:00.000-08:00

Tasha and Vance with red roses and white mini calla lilies, beautiful bouquet, beautiful couple.

ornamentation 2

2011-12-08T15:04:00.000-08:00

I made a few of these last year and they were well received. A flat snowflake ornament with a glass ball ornament glued to it, take off the top, fill with water and you have a neat Christmas bud vase. The silver sprayed lily grass gives the design some elegance.

Jennifer Huynh 2

2011-12-07T12:34:00.000-08:00

Some great professional pics of Jennifer Huynh from Brewer Photography. Black magic roses and stephanotis in the bouquet. Thanks for sharing! Find them at http://www.brewerphoto.com/

lavender, magenta and purple

2011-12-04T09:10:00.000-08:00

Bouquet of lavender roses magenta stock and purple limonium.

Jill and Aaron Christmas

2011-11-27T12:21:00.000-08:00

Some of the decor from Jill Lawrence and Aaron Juckette's home. I really dig the copper, gold and pewter motif. I'm especially fond of the 2nd piece which was red 15 minutes earlier. I wish you both much happiness!

thanxgiving

2011-11-25T00:07:00.000-08:00

A wonderful Thanksgiving with my nearest and dearest. Monochromatic centerpiece of: orange roses, Chinese lantern and some kinda berry.

Rachel Mills

2011-11-20T21:27:00.000-08:00

A couple more beautiful pics of our C.M.B. model Rachel Mills.

Cindy and Jon Juckette Christmas

2011-11-20T11:58:00.000-08:00

As soon as wedding season ends (there are still a few in December) I go right into Christmas decorating. Cindy and Jon have had me in their home before as a design consultant so I know their tastes. Their home has lots of warm colors, so along with the coppers, burgundy and browns we used some green as an accent color. This tree concept was Cindy's idea (and a good one) I just executed it for her and made some accompanying pieces. I really like this color combo (it's a lot like my dining room tree so I am biased.) Great ideas Cindy and always a pleasure to work with you!

phalaenopsis and roses

2011-11-18T18:20:00.000-08:00

When I make bouquets for friends I generally like to hand tie them just like a bridal bouquet, there's just something pure about arranging flowers in your hand. Some magenta stock, orange roses, and green hypericum (yeah even I can't resist a managers special on flowers when shopping sometimes.) The phalaenopsis blooms were from one our plants with the blooms removed from the stem and individually wired in.

butterfly house 2.5

2011-11-11T23:24:00.000-08:00

A few more from the last Butterfly House trip. The top image which is my favorite have not yet been able to identify (I haven't been able to find the knowledgeable volunteer, but I'm sure there's one there.) The other 2 are owl spots and the very photogenic paper kite.

central missouri bride 3.5

2011-11-08T19:51:00.000-08:00

Some outside shots from the CMB session.

central missouri bride 3

2011-11-07T20:19:00.000-08:00

Some shots from another great session for Central Missouri Bride magazine. The location is Westminster Church in Fulton Mo. Thanks to Travis Duncan's light skills the grey overcast day yielded some great shots! The model - Rachel Mills, hair and makeup by Catherine Crum, concept and styling by Stephanie Strobel. I'll post a link to Travis' blog when he gets some images up. The flowers: polar star roses and queen anne's lace, the handle of the bouquet and the neck of the vase are both finished with pearls.

butterfly house 2

2011-11-05T21:57:00.000-07:00

More beauties from the Faust Park Butterfly House. Top is a Paper Kite. Other than none of these guys being North American I am clueless - send help.

Rachael and Pete

2011-11-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

Rachael Bax and Pete Jones: gorgeous dress, gorgeous flowers and who doesn't like a man in Marine dress blues? This was a good deal for me, not only did I get to be a part of a beautiful wedding, I made 2 great new friends. The bouquet: ivory vandella roses, white mini calla lilies and white dendrobium orchids. Congrats guys!

eggplant and magenta

2011-11-02T18:15:00.000-07:00

Beautiful and surprisingly fragrant magenta cymbidium orchids with the incredible "I'm bringin' sexy back" eggplant mini calla lily. Each cymbidium bloom is removed from a stem boasting 10 or more blooms and then individually wired into the bouquet. The black ribbon wrapped handle is finished with a strand of hand strung beads, a serious and gratifying endeavor.

Faith Long

2011-10-17T12:35:00.000-07:00

Lovely, kind and with a sweet Missouri Boot-heel accent that I could listen to all day every meeting with Faith was a joy. We created a straight up fall red and orange look for her that instead of being about texture was about shapes and color. Fall flowers can be elegant if you choose the right elements (again, choice is key.) Red roses, orange lilies and red gladiolas for the large piece. Thanks for having faith in me Faith!

super green roses

2011-10-14T17:21:00.000-07:00

Super green roses (yes that is their name,) lavender spray roses and blue holly thistle. Thanks to my facebook friends for their musical selections on a 3 wedding stressful day! All was beauty!

monarch 2 (electric boogaloo)

2011-10-10T12:27:00.000-07:00

More of the Mighty Monarch on Mexican sunflowers.

roses and alstroemeria

2011-10-06T19:41:00.000-07:00

Ivory vandella roses and alstroemeria with pearl accents.

october 4th

2011-10-04T17:31:00.000-07:00

Some backyard flowers: Mexican sunflower, hybrid sunflower, marigolds, zinnias, salvia and a couple unknowns.

first of fall

2011-10-03T18:12:00.000-07:00

A riff on the "summer's end" post made for Vashti Furrey. With stem dyed sunflowers, stem dyed solidago, montecasino asters, burgundy hypericum berries, safari sunset leucadendron and orange crocosmia makes this bouquet a great study in textures. Thank you Vashti for being a florissimo fan and congratulations to you and Dylan!

Aunt Gracie

2011-10-02T19:52:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated our absolutely incredible Aunt Gracie's 75th birthday! Gracie is a bright, insightful, brilliant person, brimming with joy and love. Her love for humanity is backed by a mighty spirit. You honor us. Her birthday bouquet is a hand-tied mix of: peach roses, lavender stock, limonium, celosia and zinnias. Bright, beautiful and feminine, just like her (top photo by Heather Handyside.)

Schlomann Reception

2011-09-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

We had several centerpiece looks for Sara. Top is an arrangement of yellow lilies, ranunculus and hypericum berries. Next are tall arrangements of hot pink glads and greenery atop a silver cylinder vase. On the right are orange roses, Bells of Ireland and greenery atop a black cylinder. The cakes were placed on rectangular vases of varying heights with led lights shining down on a yellow lily surrounded by lilies, roses, cymbidiums and hypericum berries. We can look for teal/aqua being a trendy accent color for a while yet.

Sara Schlomann

2011-09-25T13:45:00.000-07:00

An absolutely fabulous looking Sara Schlomann. I first made her a silk version of this bouquet of green cymbidiums, purple mini calla lilies and orange roses for her to take to Mexico where she and Weston were married. They had their reception in Columbia upon their return and I created a fresh version of her bouquet, wearable flowers, some serious centerpieces and cake flowers (next post.) This was an all-out affair that I was proud to be a part of. Thank you Sara!

calla lilies and cymbidiums

2011-09-22T16:40:00.000-07:00

Here we have some lovely designs for Naida Seeyle. Her bouquet was of calla lilies collared with green cymbidium orchids. Her altar piece was a grouped arrangement of calla lilies, green roses, Italian ruscus, curly willow and hanging amaranthus. Her centerpieces consisted of 4 cube vases tied together with green and black ribbon, floating candles, green rocks and fuji mums. I have always loved combining green and white. Fresh, calm clean and cool. Naiada brought some great ideas to the table that were both beautiful and cohesive. Props to my strong right arm, Amber Kadera who handled the ceremony setup like a true pro!

Jennifer Huynh

2011-09-17T22:53:00.000-07:00

Gorgeous Jennifer was a pleasure to work with and made great choices with her floral selections. Her bouquet was made of voluptuous black magic roses and stephanotis with black pearl pins The center pieces show an Asian influence. Tall centerpieces were created with roses and black curly willow wrapped with red decorative wire. The low centerpieces utilized a river cane tripod with a back magic rose set in a bowl of river stones.

the mighty monarch

2011-09-11T21:48:00.000-07:00

This monarch has claimed the garden as his kingdom (note his mexican sunflower throne in pic2). He's very territorial, but is starting to tolerate me.

summer's end

2011-09-08T17:10:00.000-07:00

Bouquets of sunflowers, celosia (top), solidago, montecasino, thistle and craspedia. The craspedia (billy balls) also makes a really fun boutonniere. Great September flowers.

red roses and white calla lilies

2011-09-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

Red roses and white calla lilies with a red and white braided handle. You've heard me espouse the virtues of this combination before so I won't bother, but it sure is lovely.

Boyd Ceremony

2011-09-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

Pretty self explanatory post of beautiful people. Top shows Marisa next to one of her altar pieces of red gladiolas, hypericum berries, seeded eucalyptus and dried mushrooms. The groom, Michael will henceforth be referred to as Mr. GQ.

Marisa Boyd's Bridesmaids

2011-08-31T18:13:00.000-07:00

Marisa Boyd's bridesmaids. All the dresses were in the same color and fabric but in styles that were great for each girl's figure. End result, they all look beautiful and have a dress they can wear again. I had been looking forward to making these bouquets since Marisa and I finalized the flowers; orange mini calla lilies, terra cotta roses, safari sunset luecadendron and green hypericum berries. The handles were finished with raw silk ribbon then overlaid with a burlap-style mesh. Rustic yet very chic. More to come.

Marisa Boyd

2011-08-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

Here we have another beauty - Marisa Boyd. Her wedding was at The Meremac Learning Adventure Ranch, a gorgeous lodge-style facility in the middle of nowhere in Steelville Mo. Other than the bouquets everything was created on-site. In my first meeting with Marisa she brought in a power point presentation of her vision. My kinda girl! It will take several posts to give you a feel for her day but we'll start with Marisa and her bouquet. I showed her bouquet shot against black last post so you could really look at the bouquet, but when a smiling girl holds a bouquet the flowers smile too!

a lovely white bouquet

2011-08-25T19:12:00.000-07:00

Ranunculus, roses, some perfect mini callas and hypericum sprayed white. Using more ranunculus than roses along with the berries gives these classic girls some nice, color and texture variation. Aside from the bouquet and the dress nothing else in this wedding will be white...

stranger

2011-08-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

This rose actually is called "stranger." It opens quickly, fully and has a lovely classic rose scent. I've always thought monobotanical bouquets collared with babies breath just look so sweet.

soft lavender

2011-08-22T16:42:00.000-07:00

A lovely, soft bouquet of phlox, lavender roses and dusty miller. The recent rains have revived the phlox and of course brought back the predatory swallowtails. Thanks for the new tech T.D.

picked bouquets

2011-08-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the rain, some flowers from the yard hand arranged while they were harvested.

monarch and admiral

2011-08-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

I know this is supposed to be a floral blog but I have become completely enamored with butterflies. When prowling through the backyard (with a camera around my neck) it just seems silly to pass opportunities like these up. They are however all on flowers so I believe this redeems me. Top; the mighty monarch on a Mexican sunflower-Tithonia rotundiflora, actually a member of the daisy family (there's your flower info.) Middle; the rather aggressive red admiral drinking from a lantana bloom and giving me the "that's close enough boy look." Bottom; the same guy on a zinnia with some great light behind him.

garden roses

2011-08-12T12:25:00.000-07:00

The juxtaposition of delicate peach garden roses and yellow ranunculus against the rougher textured green button mums and pink astilbe makes this a fun bouquet to look at. You can take in the bouquet as a whole or focus on individual blooms. An excellent designer once told me that the most important aspect of design is choice. With today's round bridal bouquets this is especially true. Without the opportunity to use linear elements to make the eye move through the design it's good to focus on texture and color. Choose your flowers carefully and know what job each one is doing.

roses and lantana

2011-08-09T11:44:00.000-07:00

I noticed the lantana blooming outside of the shop and thought it would make a pretty accent flower in bridal bouquets. Top: hot pink roses, pink stock and lavender lantana. Bottom: lavender roses and lantana.

yard swallowtails

2011-08-07T20:39:00.000-07:00

A Tiger from the front yard. A Missouri Woodlands and Giant from the back.

Kara Hunton 2

2011-07-31T20:52:00.000-07:00

More on Kara. Top: Kara outside. 2nd: Tall, beautiful, radiant smile, good gene pool these folks. 3rd bridesmaids and matron. 4th: The flower girls practicing a dance for the reception. Last: A funky terrarium made in a pair to flank the head table. Kara and co. had a very clear color story and style. As a designer you'd better track dress color trends, it will make life much easier for everyone. Good job guys.

Kara Hunton

2011-07-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

A lovely and elegant Kara Hunton at St. Peter Church. She is carrying a bright bouquet of orange unique rose, cherry-oh roses and orange lilies with an aqua wrap. The color scheme continued throughout the entire ceremony and reception. I will show more photos but this one deserved its own post. Thanks Kara and company.

tuxedo moon

2011-07-25T08:55:00.000-07:00

White roses and stephanotis with black pins. Anther simple, sleek, simple beautiful bouquet. The black pins in the stephanotis and tux-style wrap help give this standard combination a neo-classiccal twist. Black and white is versatile, classy and cool. What I like to call an after 6:00 bouquet.

Agatha Reinhold

2011-07-23T19:24:00.000-07:00

Agatha Reinholding carrying picasso calla lilies, purple stock, lisianthus and roses. She's seriously cute in that dress, perfect for July.

Fall Bouquet

2011-07-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

One of the 3 looks for the fall bridal show this Sunday. Billy balls, orange roses, kalanchoe, oncidium and sedum tied with raffia.

jewel

2011-07-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

Red roses, purple stock, hot pink spray roses, purple lisianthus collared with green hypericum berries. I forget how much I love purple and red together.

what's up tiger lily?

2011-07-18T21:56:00.000-07:00

More from the from the backyard. Tiger lilies, salvia, rudbeckia, yarrow, seedum, hybrid day lilies, tansy and gladiola foliage.

cutting garden

2011-07-18T06:38:00.000-07:00

Zinnias, phlox, crepe myrtle, seedum ( which makes a great armature,) echinacea, mint and a few balloon flowers arranged in a vase. I, just love how it looks like it grew there. I did however put it in my kitchen.

backyard bounty

2011-07-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

My first post on this blog was a beautiful arrangement of zinnias and cockscomb taken by Lisa Suits. Though Lisa takes a better picture than me and the Westphalia Trading Co.'s zinnias are flawless, this design has something great going for it. It's from the backyard and there's more.

Butterfly House

2011-07-11T20:56:00.000-07:00

Some images from a trip to the Butterfly House at Faust Park in St. Louis, Missouri. A great place though it was a bizzillion degrees with 7,000% humidity. There are lots of well kept tropical plants and from 70 to 80 species of butterflies. Top is a beautiful swallowtail that I haven't been able to identify, all that i know is that it isn't native to Missouri (this is new territory for me, I would be glad for any help.) Second we have a Thoas Swallowtail native to Central and South America. Bottom, just so you know I'm not going completely lepidopterist on you is a hibiscus schizopetalus, a very fitting name.

more callas

2011-07-07T16:58:00.000-07:00

Just to stress the beauty of bouquets with few elements I will post the rose and calla lily combo almost every time I make it. Presentation bouquets of calla lilies for the bridesmaids and a clutch of fragrant white roses and mini callas for the bride. Clean and classic.

brown-eyed- susans

2011-07-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

Brown-eyed-susans, coneflower or rudbeckia. Whatever you call it is fine by me. The pretty orange in the bottom arrangement is butterfly weed or asclepsias which I am currently in love with.

Tiger Swallowtail

2011-07-04T19:43:00.000-07:00

Tiger Swallowtail on white yarrow from the same area as the last post. I love being at my in-laws. Several more great Hannibal wildflower pics to come.

good morning!

2011-07-03T08:02:00.000-07:00

Phlox, monorda, spirea, hosta blooms and our good friend echinacea. Some yellow would have been nice but hey, you cut what's ready.

roses and bling

2011-07-02T23:02:00.000-07:00

I got such excellent ivory roses this week. Vandellas and some shiny.

before and after 2

2011-06-30T20:38:00.000-07:00

Before and After; vandella roses, nice white California spray roses, and mini calla lilies. You can see how well the different shapes and shades of the blooms fell together nicely. Now do it 6 more times.

before and after 1

2011-06-30T14:24:00.000-07:00

I thought it might be fun to show some before and after pictures of bouquets and other designs. If you have been following this blog you know that hot pink and orange is the color combo of choice this year for girls who want their bouquets to pop. The electric blue delphinium adds even more. Me likey.

phalaenopsis and lilies

2011-06-29T14:59:00.000-07:00

A lovely design of a potted phaleonopsis orchid with an arrangement of cut lilies and greenery at the base. Made by Lusti Hall.

contact me fix

2011-06-29T11:40:00.000-07:00

It seems my contact me feature has not been forwarding my emails. This is now fixed and my apologies if I have inconvenienced you.

phlox and company

2011-06-28T08:59:00.000-07:00

Phlox, monarda, seedeum, hosta and oregano blooms. Backyard beauty.

Preston-Wilcox Reception Pieces

2011-06-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

A beautiful closeup of Katherine's bouquet. The centerpieces were a mix of cobalt vases she had collected over the years. Hydrangeas, roses, fuji mums and gerbera daisies. Hip and personal. I could do several more posts just to show how beautiful and handsome everybody was.

Katherine and Andrew

2011-06-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

The beautiful Katherine Preston and the dashing Andrew Wilcox. I don't care what the critics say, their color films are just as good as their black and white work. Roses, delphinium and mini calla lilies.

cobalt and whites

2011-06-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

Katherine Preston's bouquet of; blizzard roses, mini white calla lilies and cobalt blue delphinium. More posts soon on this wedding of a couple, who are also my friends.

pin up

2011-06-22T21:19:00.000-07:00

So you make a cymbidium hairpiece for a model and this is the thanks you get. The seriously sexy Laura Jo Fretwell (wonderful as well as beautiful.) Bitchin' photography by Taylor Allen http://www.taylorallenphotography.com/#home check him out.

purple bridal bouquet 2

2011-06-21T16:22:00.000-07:00

Since "purple bridal bouquet" is the most popular post on florissimo, here is another one. A very nice bouquet of; lisianthus, stock, blue hydrangea, mokarra orchids, lavender mini carnations and waxflower.

Dana Woodard

2011-06-20T22:08:00.000-07:00

Dana Woodard rockin' the calla lilies and mermaid dress. I love it when a bride looks at her bouquet like that.

Taryn Waint

2011-06-18T20:17:00.000-07:00

Here we have wonderful Taryn Waint with blush pink peonies. The bridesmaids also each carried a different monobotanical bouquet of dahlias, hydrangeas, roses and ranunculus. We carried the theme over into the reception using milk glass vases collected by the girls. This gave us a unique, retro look that was both cohesive and personal. Congrats guys.

classic callas

2011-06-17T22:02:00.000-07:00

Here, calla lilies in clutch and presentation style bouquets. One of the best flower choices for a clean, classic look that will always be stylish.

blush and white

2011-06-16T19:28:00.000-07:00

A peek at Taryn Waint's bouquets. Blush pink peonies for the bride and monobotanical bridesmaids bouquets of white dahlias, roses and ranunculus. I didn't get all of the bouquets in this post and the centerpiece ideas are great. If my trend tracking is correct, this June bride is dead on. A sweet girl and a wonderful family from dad to dog. I feel a wedding crash coming on!

florissimo year one

2011-06-14T22:00:00.000-07:00

The florissimo blog is 1 year old today! Thanks to everyone who visits here! Over the past year bridal work and this blog has taken over my life. It is very consuming yet rewarding, and let us not forget that flowers just make you happy. This is an arrangement (and I use the term loosely) of flowers from the garden which I lovingly refer to as yardsidia. Cut or buy yourself some flowers for absolutely no reason at all. Thanks to Lisa Suits http://mycologista.blogspot.com/ who is the best cheerleader and critic a man could ask for and to my partner Jamey Essig whose 8 years of blood, sweat and tears grew everything in this photo. The flowers; monarda, rudbeckia, shasta daisies, yarrow, seedum and lilies. Love and beauty to you all!

your thoughts, please

2011-06-13T09:57:00.000-07:00

To my international and U.S. readers: I would love to know what brides are looking for in your part of the world. I want people to get what they are really after (hopefully better.) I've noticed here it's either hot color combos or Victorian-style romantic, hence all the peonies and hydrangeas you've been seeing. Thank you for visiting me, flowers truly rule! Oh, and subscribe to posts.

pretty maids all in row

2011-06-12T08:56:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Penick's bridesmaids bouquets. I just had to show another image of this one.

Lindsey Penick

2011-06-11T22:34:00.000-07:00

Gardeny combo of queen anne's lace, lisianthus, veronica, roses, stock and billy balls. Lovely girl with some lovely ideas.

red roses a mini calla lilies

2011-06-09T19:15:00.000-07:00

You just can't go wrong with red roses and callas.

just picked

2011-06-08T16:21:00.000-07:00

A complicated yet casual bouquet of veronica , cream stock queen anne's lace, lisianthus and roses. I love the deconstructed look. I'll try to get some better pics with the bride.

Giant Swallowtail

2011-06-06T00:31:00.000-07:00

Giant swallowtails on blanket (or blankieflower.) At The Essig's in Hannibal. I can't vouch for that middle flower.

border lilies

2011-06-01T20:07:00.000-07:00

Border lilies from the front. Go yard go, Papa needs free flowers!

campanula

2011-05-31T23:34:00.000-07:00

A graceful bellflower from the backyard.

Blaine Evans and peonies

2011-05-29T12:14:00.000-07:00

What a cutie! Her smile is the genuine article. If you're wondering why the bride is hiking up her skirt and the bridesmaids are looking down, it's to show off those jazzy kicks from last post.

not in these shoes

2011-05-28T17:27:00.000-07:00

I will do a series on this wedding, but fyi when I ask you what shoes you are wearing with your dress there is a reason. Same bouquet as last post. Peonies, tulips, anemones and shoes.

peonies, tulips and anemones

2011-05-27T20:35:00.000-07:00

A bouquet of deep pink peonies, tulips and purple anemones. Romantic, simple and with great color choices. 3 elements.

Yellow

2011-05-24T19:27:00.000-07:00

A nice yellow bridesmaids bouquet of lilies, mini calla lilies, ranunculus, hypericum berries, variegated pittosporum and plumosa.

Sarah Hearne

2011-05-23T13:21:00.000-07:00

Here we have Sarah Hearne and company. Her bouquet is of blush cymbidiums, hot pink Cherry-oh roses and hypericum berries. The bridesmaids are stargazer lilies, hot pink roses, hypericum and calycina wrapped in black ribbon.

Central Missouri Bride 2

2011-05-19T16:25:00.000-07:00

More from the Central Missouri Bride Magazine cover shoot. The model here is Jordan Cheatham.