Blue & White Bridal Bouquet Recipe

Blue Bridal Bouquet Recipe Westhampton Bath Tennis Dear Stacey Wedding Photography(1)

A simple bouquet recipe today, perfect for a summer wedding. We created this fresh, blue-and-white bridal bouquet for a bride getting married by the sea in Westhampton. Flawless, white Tibet roses, white Gerbera daisies and bluish-white hydrangea were hand-tied with a white-satin ribbon. Simple, sweet and richly-textured, this bridal bouquet looked right at home against white sand and blue sky. Beach weddings make us wish summer in the Hamptons would never, ever end!

Photo by Dear Stacey Wedding Photography, at Westhampton Bath & Tennis.

Planning & Inspiration

Mood Board: Castle Garden Wedding

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After meeting a bride-to-be and talking with her about initial thoughts and inspirations, we put together mood boards and color palettes. Today, we’re sharing a mood board for an outdoor wedding, held in the gardens of a castle venue. Ceremony inspiration images, of a lavish floral arrangement set in a stone urn, and a grass aisle thickly strewn with petals, set a romantic, extravagant tone, perfect for this setting.

Starting with a soft color palette of peach, ivory, blush and green, we added depth by choosing flowers that also incorporated slightly more saturated tones. Peach Juliet garden roses deepen to coral at their centers. Butter-yellow parrot tulips pick up the warm tones present in cream hydrangea and stock, and ivory garden roses. Pale blush comes into play with ranunculus, and with the outer petals of pink tree peonies, while that flower’s deeper-pink, inner petals surround a yellow center. Italian ruskus, jasmine vines, seeded eucalyptus and geranium leaf added a range of medium to dark greens, and lush textures, evocative of a summer garden in fullest bloom.
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Summer Country Club Wedding

by Rachel Trimarco

Watching my dear friend Marissa walk down the aisle as a stunning bride was one of the best moments of my summer. Creating wedding flowers for this quintessential, summer, country-club wedding was a true pleasure. I wanted to make sure this bride had the gorgeous flowers – and perfect wedding day – that she deserved.

One of my favorite details from this wedding was a special touch added to the grouped floral arrangement we created for the card table. We suspended light pink, cymbidium orchids, on clear wire, from an arrangement of cream hydrangea and Vendela roses, blush Esther roses, white phalaenopsis orchid blooms and cascading, white, Hawaiian dendrobium orchids. Incorporating hanging florals, into tall card-table floral arrangements and centerpieces evokes a sense of magic and grandeur. We love getting creative in this way.
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We Love: Venamour Floral Wedding Ephemera

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We can’t stop admiring the fresh look of Venamour wedding stationery. Lisa Hedge’s just-launched, New York-based studio presents three initial collections, all featuring striking floral designs. Venamour pairs distinctively-elegant lettering and finest-quality paper with florals that evoke both modern photo-realism, and the charm of vintage botanical illustrations. Cards from the Wildflower collection, above, feature bouquet-worthy garden roses in shades of peach, blush and lavender.

Visit Venamour to see all collections and order.

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Photos from Pomanders & Prosecco

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Here’s a look behind the scenes of our recent flower class, Pomanders & Prosecco. Expert floral stylist, Dieter, demonstrated the technique of crafting pomanders, using vibrant, fuchsia carnations. We love welcoming attendees into our new showroom, and seeing everyone’s enthusiasm as they learn how to use tools of the trade. Best of all, we just love meeting others who love flowers!

If you attended our flower class, please post your own photos on social media, tagged #brideandblossomnyc. We’ll repost and share. And if you use skills learned in class to create your own gorgeous floral arrangements at home, share those photos, too! If you haven’t come to class yet, why wait? Our next class, Contemporary Centerpieces, is coming up on September 9. Visit our Events page to check out all upcoming flower classes.
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Preserved Wedding Bouquets

by Elianna Phelps

Wish your wedding flowers could last forever? We recently discovered the work of Heather Gane, an entrepreneur using state-of-the-art technology to preserve bridal bouquets by freeze-drying, with breathtaking results. We caught up with Heather to get the details on this amazing process and what makes her work stand out.

How did you get started in flower preservation?
I was working in a completely different field when, through some random Google searches, I came upon someone in New Hampshire doing wedding-flower preservation, and I thought it was such a great idea. I went and visited them, and decided I loved it. No one around here did it so there was definitely an opportunity. I trained in Arizona and Florida and then got started. It was definitely a big commitment. The machinery is very expensive, the training was expensive and it takes a while to really ramp up the business to where you’re actually making money. But I knew it was something I wanted to do so I decided to go for it.
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