central missouri bride 3.5

A beautiful shot by Travis Duncan from the current Central Missouri Bride Magazine. A presentation style bouquet of; orange dubium, lily grass, croton leaves, gloriosa lilies and viburnum. Stems are left bare with green sisal binding the top and bottom.

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.

Nataleigh Reuter

Natalie Reuter, my last June bride this year and a fine way to end the month. Looking absolutely flawless in 100+ heat carrying a bouquet of the beloved David Austin garden roses, lavender Ocean Song and peach Osiana. A romantic bouquet of roses with a scent that can only be described by with words like ooooh and mmm. It seems to be a natural reaction to close one's eyes while experiencing this.