Cat Smart

Here we have lovely Cat and company. Cat carried a flowing dendrobium and Vandela rose cascade with vinca vine for accent and movement. Each attendant (there were 8, I didn't get them all) carried basically single variety bouquets to match their shoes. Red roses, blue delphinium, orange dahlias and green button mums with hypericum berries and oregonia. When doing each bridesmaid's bouquet different I like to keep the bouquets simple, it shows a much clearer intention. The girls, as you can see looked fantastic!

Silk Bouquets

Outside of holiday work permanent botanicals have not been something I spend enough time showing here on florissimo. Time to change that.
Silk and dried flowers of course have their place in interior decorating but are generally only thought of in bridal work only in relation to being more cost effective. Unless you are buying low end silk blooms prices are very comparable. In my opinion permanent elements must be chosen even more carefully than their fresh counterparts, in wedding photography there will be close up shots of the flowers and inferior quality blooms just don't show well.
  Top - A cascade bouquet of; roses, ranunculus, mini hydrangea, maidenhair fern, hops and pearl strands. In the modern cascade movement is key.
Middle - A clutch of peach roses, spray roses, ranunculus and seashells (photo by Rachel Bader.)
Bottom - A lily-of-the-valley bouquet.
  There's nothing wrong with wanting to have and hold your bouquet forever, I just suggest going to your design professional first.

Central Missouri Bride 3

 

 Another great shoot for Central Missouri Bride Magazine. For this session the staff went a with a more ''world feel, inspired by India" every bride is not only beautiful, but completely herself. Hair by Catherine Crumm. the bouquet : orange dubium, croton leaves, gloriosa lilies, viburnum  and lily grass. The "altar piece" is  made of river cane with with blooms tied onto the structure. Wait till you see what Travis Duncan did with this session. Beauty! 

little cascade

A sweet little cascade of pink lilies, lavender roses (not cool water, ocean something or other) a little heather and some bear grass. If you had been at the bridal show tonight I would have given it to you.

classic cascade

 A nice cascade of Eskimo roses, red spray roses, white dendrobiums, lily grass and myrtle. Staging by Lusti Alexander