The Junkin Wedding

In November, we had the privilege of designing flowers for the Junkin Wedding at the beautiful Dove Hollow Estate near Longview, Texas.  Lacy chose a fall wedding color scheme and wanted to use lots of pampas grass in the decor. 

The pampas grass ring was a unique wedding backdrop / alter for the outdoor wedding. Logs at assorted heights held lanterns and a few fresh flowers and fabric were intertwined, along with the white pumpkins. The bride's family gathered up all of the pampas grass for us to use and we put it all to use! I wish we had counted just how much we used! 

They only used a single wedding cake (naked wedding cake by Butcher Shop in Longview, florals added by Sharlette who was helping me with on site wedding set up.) 

Ah, the reception! Dove Hollow has a large modern barn with 33 foot tall ceilings. With the large open space, the use of some tall centerpieces, helps fill the space. We created 8 tall centerpieces with plumes of pampas grass and fall flowers on tall gold risers. This venue is wonderful to give you a floor plan, tailored to your specific numbers (there's no speculating on if you can fit x amount of guest and tables in the barn, they can tell you exactly how many will and still allow guest to walk around.) I knew the exact table layout ahead of time, so I was able to plan where each centerpiece would be placed and allow it to have a well balanced look. This was our second wedding to decorate at Dove Hollow and the ladies at this venue are top notch at handling the details. 

The bridal party was seated at long tables through the center of the barn. One tip we like to pass along to brides is to use their bridesmaid bouquets in their reception. The bridesmaid bouquets are the low flower arrangements on the long tables. The girls were able to pick up the hand tied bouquets out of the mercury glass vases for the ceremony, then when they returned to the reception area, they have designated places to drop their bouquet, which only adds to the decor of the reception. Along with the flowers, there was assorted candles placed throughout the reception. I don't like seeing the bridesmaid bouquets discarded and simply laid in a chair and forgotten during the reception, so this is one option for utilizing them. (Others have chosen to display on the cake or food tables.) 

All the arrangements had not been set up, when the next picture was taken, but it gives you another look at this room. 

All of the above photos were provided by the bride and taken by her wedding photographer, Jamey Smith. 

The following pictures were taken by myself, as we were setting up everything. 

This ring was an idea the bride brought to me. It was something unique for weddings in our area, although we found several different styles of the pampas rings on Pinterest. 

(Moongate ring belongs to Dove Hollow Estate and we added all the pampas grass.)

You can see in this picture that we used as assortment of centerpieces, including lanterns and some geometric style vases. This gave some varying heights for the reception 

This picture shows the wedding party table, while the bridesmaids were carrying their bouquets, so you can see how we placed the mercury glass vases. Each vase had just enough water for the stems to get a drink. (When removing bouquets to carry, you simply take a paper towel to blot the stems dry. All of my hand tied bouquets are delivered that way, so they have water to stay fresh and hydrated for the wedding.) 

This is a close up of one of the bridesmaid bouquets - fall mums, berries, roses, eucalyptus, and plumes of pampas grass comprised all the bouquets. 

Sending our best wishes to Lace and Derek and wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness together! Thank you for letting us have a part of your wonderful day and for sharing your pictures with us!  

Haley and Justin's Wedding

Planning a wedding during a pandemic requires some creativity, but it can be done! Last summer, Kelly contacted me on Facebook and ask if I could create wedding flowers for her daughter's wedding, which was two weeks away. Well of course! That weekend was open on my calendar and we made it happen! Recently, they sent me pictures from the wedding and give permission to share a few of them. 

Haley and Justin, the happy bride and groom! 

How sweet is this - the bride with her mother and grandmother. 

I was able to source the absolutely gorgeous dahlias from a local grower that I had been reintroduced to at last summer's farmers markets that we attended. Along with the dahlias, we used roses and hydrangeas for the bouquets and added just a little touch of blue in the arrangements that were placed on pedestals.

As extra precautions, they even cut the wedding cake on the stage, so everyone would remain seated in the church and spaced out, along with having a live stream of the wedding, for others to view from home.

The bride presented her bouquet to her grandmother after the wedding, You can see the love and special relationship these two have. 

We had certain event attendance restrictions at the time and the family took all that into consideration when planning the wedding. That was one reason they waited till closer to time to make sure events didn't get completely shut down. I was refereed to Kelly by a mutual friend and then we discovered we had actually met at one of our shows in 2019. We did not have any face to face wedding consultations and when I delivered the flowers to the church, only the father of the bride was there. Even though it was limited, they still wanted to celebrate the wedding with nice floral arrangements and create a special day for the bride and groom.  I have often said, even though it was a rough year for many, there were also many things worth celebrating in 2020, just like this wedding and the love between this couple. 

Thank you Kelly for allowing us to create the flowers for Haley and Justin's special day and for providing the pictures for us to share. Wishing many years of love and happiness to the bride and groom! 

Wedding photographer was Amanda Cole with My Little Michelle. Find her on Instagram at MyLittleMichelle.

Cheri and Joseph's Wedding

Cheri and Joseph's Wedding 

Cheri and Joseph were married in June at Hurlburt Field Church on the air force base in Florida and she recently shared pictures from their wedding! 

The gorgeous bride carried a burlap and lace bouquet with robin's egg blue, natural tan, and white burlap roses. The handle of the bouquet holder was covered in raffia and turquoise ribbon was braided over the handle. The groom and his son wore a matching burlap boutonniere. 

Cheri was a wonderful bride to work with and I send my congratulations and best wishes to your family and hope you have a happy and wonderful life together! Also, we thank you for your families service to our country! 

*Pictures in this post provided and used with permission from the bride and were taken by 

Heather Clark Photography.

The Hardesty's Western Montana Wedding

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Hardesty and see some gorgeous pictures from their rustic and western Montana wedding! Jessica has been a wonderful bride to work with as I created turquoise burlap wedding bouquets, boutonnieres, and centerpieces for their wedding and she graciously shared pictures with me! 

The bride carried a turquoise burlap bouquet with added rhinestones and pearls, while the groom had a two rose boutonniere. 

Boots, Bouquets, and Hats...

 Add in a John Deere tractor and these precious kids...LOVE!

 Jessica ask if I could create centerpieces for their wedding, so I made hand tied bouquets that they could slip in an assortment of different style bottles and jars.

 We also created burlap flowers for them to decorate the cake with.

 A picture of the bridal bouquet with their boots and hat on the outdoor alter.

The Montana sky is a beautiful back drop for the wedding bouquets!

 Burlap bling bouquet and wedding rings.

 Simply Beautiful! I want to visit Montana in person!

 Thank you Jessica for letting me be a part of your beautiful wedding and sharing your pictures with us! Sending my Best Wishes and Congratulations to you both and hope you will have many years of love and happiness together!

*Photos in this post were used with permission from the bride and were taken by Adrianne with Live Montana Photography. 

Flowers for The Laminack Wedding

This weekend, I had the privilege of designing flowers for the Laminack Wedding! I think this is my new favorite bridal bouquet! Of course, I've been known to say that before. I love all the different flowers, greenery, and textures involved in the bouquet. They wanted a rich, organic, natural style in shades of burgundy, cream, and green. I was able to work with a few different flowers, that I had never used before, so that was exciting. 

The groom's mother was my high school art teacher and she made the wedding sign. The wedding was at their home and they did a beautiful job with everything. 

The Bride and Groom!

(Wedding Photo by MS Photography)

Boutonnieres 

Bridesmaid bouquets - they carried smaller versions of the bridal bouquet, with dahlias, roses, hydrangea, scabiosa flowers and pods, assorted berries, and foliage. I always love a lush and pretty bridesmaids bouquet. 

An un-forecasted rain shower came over the area, as I was loading the flowers to deliver and it rained while I was working on the arch. Thankfully, it was just a light shower and it settled the dust, moved through quickly and the sun came out shortly. They let me use their mule, instead of a ladder and it was great! I had all my flowers handy, a roof for a table top to set my wire and scissors on, and I didn't have to go up and down a ladder one million times! 

The view from where I was working. 

I was excited and honored to design the flowers for the wedding and have a small part in their special day! Congratulations to Andrea and Luke! Sending Best Wishes for a lifetime of happiness together!