Atelier Floral Design

Summer Lovin'

2009-08-10T08:52:00.000-07:00

Oh the joys of summer love! Long days, warm nights, and crisp rains lead to lovely colors and gorgeous gardens. For Sarah Dumont's wedding on June 20th, 2009 we combined pinks, yellows, blues, whites, and greens to create an elegant, colorful, and simple look for her Middleburg, VA wedding.

The rehearsal dinner took place at the Blackthorne Inn in Upperville, VA. We put together groupings of mason jars filled with light, airy garden flowers to add color and dress up the event.

These arrangements were used at the cocktail reception the following day and were also duplicated for the dinner tables. A great way to get more bang for your buck and reuse those flowers!

For the head table, we placed blue hydrangea in glavanized buckets, which doubled as altar arrangments during the ceremony the following day.

At the ceremony, we tied small buckets filled with green hypericum berries and blue hydrangea tufts to the pews.

The reception took place at the Red Fox Inn in Middleburg, VA. Although the tent came outfitted with white paper lanterns, we added extra color to the tent with blue and yellow lanterns, which also matched the table linens.

For this arrangement, we used granny smith apples to add color to the glass pitcher, while using white hydrangea to complete this summer look.

A study in white, this arrangement included white hydrangea, vendala roses, and white stock sitting atop a rustic bowl--adding to the charm and garden-feel of the event.

Romantic with Roses

2009-07-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

When we first met with Meghan and her fiance, she knew exactly what she wanted. Lots of pink and cream roses, soft candlelight, and tons of ROMANCE! We were delighted to deliver just that this past March when she walked down a candlelight aisle to married bliss!

Large Anna roses made up an oversized bouquet. Meghan drew her inspiration from Jessica Simpson's own pre-"Newlyweds" wedding to Nick Lachey.

The Bridesmaid's all carried smaller versions of Meghan's bouquet accenting their black and white dresses.

We decorated the altar/stage with black draping, ivory candles, and lots of lush rose petals.

A blanket of rose petals and candles lined the aisle, softening the space and adding the romantic ambiance that our bride was looking for.

Photos provided by Ryan Harris of Regeti's Photography.

Veritas is very fine...

2009-07-19T08:20:00.001-07:00

Once in a while we work on wedding that not only includes beautiful flowers and creative detail, but also our dear friends. This was true on May 2, 2009 when we watched Frank Cormany and Sarah Sirry tie the knot.

We traveled more then 2.5 hours to the Charlottesville area to watch these two walk down the aisle and Rachel stood in line with 8 other bridesmaids while they said their vows.

The wedding was set at Veritas in Afton, VA and turned out spectacularly, if we do say so ourselves. Sarah chose a simple combination of white and green flowers to accent the taupe colored bridesmaid dresses and gorgeous scenery. Her bouquet included lily of the valley grown in her future mother-in-law's own garden and white peonies. Frank's boutonnière was personalized with a fishing lure, capturing his penchant for all this fishing.

The bridesmaid's bouquets included vendala roses, white astilbe, white lisanthus, bells of Ireland, and white lisianthus.

For the large room, we created centerpieces of local dogwood branches (also the flower of VA) with curly willow and river rocks. The base of the centerpieces were surrounded by tufts of bells of Ireland.

We only hope that Frank & Sarah's life together will be as magical as this special day. Congratulations to you both!!

Photos courtesy of Steve O'Toole Photography