Peonies and Astilbe

Peonies are becoming one of the most shown blooms on this blog, which suits me fine. Shown this time with astilbe, silver brunia and dusty miller. I must admit, I'm pretty happy about romantic flowers being trendy.

Vintage

  

I'm a fan of the vintage flower trend in weddings. I love the flower options, the dresses, brooches and even the babies breath. Top - A sweet bouquet of; astilbe, pink roses, bouvardia, nigella and dusty miller. Lace and a cameo finish the handle. 2nd - Garden flowers and roses in a collection of milk glass vases are still one of my favorite mix n' match centerpiece approaches (the book page ornaments are made by Jamey.) 3rd - Our take on the brooch bouquet, a scepter of; rose ball ornaments and brooches with a cuff of babies breath. 4th - garden roses, scabiosa, queen anne's lace, silver brunia and dusty miller (photo by Travis Duncan.)

garden roses

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.

Central Missouri Bride

A great shoot for Central Missouri Bride magazine. We had 2 great models. This post features model Kahlia Kanas. Editor Stephanie Garrison Strobel. Hair by Catherine Crum. Shot at Travis Duncan Photography (photographer, lighting and background genius, the man etc.) The flowers; peonies, viburnum and astilbe, a trendy and romantic bouquet. The next post will feature model Jordan Cheatham.