Jewel Tones

One of our looks for the Fall Bridal Spectacular '13. Vibrant jewel tones! Top, a bridal bouquet of; red roses, orange ranunculus, green hypericum, blue Dutch hydrangea, and purple mokarra orchids. Next, a dynamic altar or entryway piece, the same flowers with the additon of gloriosa lilies. The orchids are in test tubes suspended with wire. Lastly, a piece of floral jewelry, a corsage of mokarra orchids, string of pearls and wire made on bright bangle bracelets.

Welcome to florissimo 2013

Happy new year! After 20something years in the floral biz, working for some great shops and under some of the best (and I do mean the best) designers in the floral industry, the time has come to serve you under the florissimo banner! If you're a bride in the Jefferson City/Columbia Missouri area and want personalized beauty for your day reach me through the "contact me" button here. We're looking forward to giving you not only beautiful flowers, but designs that are uniquely - you. The design industry is saying green is the color this year, and you couldn't ask for a more versatile color, from calm and cool to bold and beautiful. Green cymbidiums orchids.

stealing from friends

A few weeks ago (not sure how long exactly, been a busy summer) I ordered flowers for a bridal show while I was working on a 4 wedding weekend. Of course the brides come first, so when the flowers came in for the show I looked at what I ordered and thought to myself "my God, what have I done." After I calmed down I realized I saw several of my brilliant florist friends in the selection of flowers. The designs are not copies of their work, but their influence is hard to deny. 1st is a clutch bouquet inspired by Arthur Williams, owner of Babylon Floral (a genius with texture, visit his site, he's an experience.) The bouquet is of; grevellia, orange magic roses, lantana and succulents. A petal ready flower girl basket made of wire, and a Jr. bouquet of lantana. Next a clutch of pink garden  roses and dusty pink spray roses with a few support pieces (a beautifully scented crowd pleaser.) Next a cascade bouquet inspired by Frankie Peltiere and Beth O'Riley (God bless bless 'em.) A lush, floor dragging bouquet of; Mambo lilies, Sweetness roses, calycina and cymbidium orchids attached to wire (totally knocked ' em out, thanks guys!") The last 2 images are inspired by Hitomi Gilliam, a river cane structure  built on a stand given to me by Frankie, here used as an altar piece (or truth be told a stop here piece.) 7 ft. of river cane, lantana, free spirit roses, with birds of paradise lashed to the structure. Thank you my friends, this presentation killed.

hot pink

1st - a bridal bouquet of: hot lady roses, spray roses and garden roses collared with cymbidium orchids. 2nd - maid of honor bouquet of spray roses and cymbidiums. 3rd - monobotanical bridesmaids bouquets of roses and spray roses. 4th - a simple pew marker of carnations and calycina. Photos 2, 3 and 4 by Rachel Bader.

Emily Clark

One of the hardest parts of writing this blog is coming up with new ways to say how beautiful these girls are. Here is the gorgeous Emily Clark rockin' red roses and eggplant calla lily realness. The bridesmaids are carrying red roses, purple stock and green hypericum berries that are perfect with their dresses. Great Mom, bride and girl posse. Happy brides help me sleep the sleep of the just.

Marisa Boyd's Bridesmaids

 

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.

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.

roses and lantana

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.

jewel

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.

Katherine and Andrew

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

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.

Taryn Waint

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

 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

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!

Lindsey Penick

 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

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

just picked

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.