Real Weddings: Elizabeth and Josh, Kansas City

Elizabeth is a DIY kind of gal, so for her wedding she just need a few personal flowers, and she handled the ceremony and reception decor.  A classic fall bouquet went perfectly with the simple black bridsmaids dresses and black tuxes.  We added in fun textural elements like green trick, and billy balls, and the giant orange dahlias were simply beautiful.  Photos by Lindsay Pierce Photography and emmy-ray.  

Thanks so much to Elizabeth and Josh for letting us be part of your day, and to Lindsay for the the referral! 

xo - Emily

Real Weddings Carissa and Todd, The Elms, Excelsior Springs

Carissa and Todd's wedding was a true collaboration.  When I showed up to our first consult Carissa's mom, Dana, had already collected all the vases for the tables.  Talk about prepared!  Their event was taking place at the newly remodeled Elms Hotel, in Excelsior Springs.  A beautiful historic spot, with an outdoor space for the ceremony.  Unfortunately it was rainy and humid on the first day of September, but we made due in the ballroom with a beautiful ceremony (all the decor for the ceremony was created by Dana).  We were really happy with how everything turned out, and Carissa and Todd loved it, which was the most important part (and Dana as well).  

A big thank you to Dana and Carissa for collaborating with us on this lovely event, and to Morgan at Cornerstone Photography for the images.

Carissa carried a classic, romantic bouquet full of ivory dahlias, ranunculus, and garden roses.

Instead of traditional pin corsages we made brooches out of fresh flowers and incorporated vintage rhinestone jewelry for a bit of sparkle.  Bouts were textural with ranunculus, scabiosa pods, and berries.

The bridesmaids wore beautiful poppy orange dresses and had bouquets with garden roses, dahlias, and ranunculus.  

The ceremony took place in the grand ballroom, and all the decor was provided to us by Dana, the mother of the bride, we just set it up.  Loved those beautiful fabric flower pomanders!

Half of the tables had vases provided by Dana were filled with twig balls for a touch of brown, along with fluffy white hydrangeas, beautiful orange roses, and touches of pink, and accents of sparkling crystal.

The other half of the tables had pomanders in orange, peach, and ivory.  We wanted a sort of ombre effect.

If you notice the place settings Dana also made napkin wraps and menue cards for every guest, and butterfly escort cards as well.  

The sweetheart table was covered in a gorgeous ivory rose linen, super fluffy, and romantic.  We just added the flowers for a little touch of color.

Vintage glassware and tons of candles filled the mantel.  We supplied the blooms.

And although I had absolutely nothing to do with the cake, I just had to include it because, yes, Dana, the mother of the bride made it as well (she bakes cakes).

Such a lovely day, we were happy to be a part of it!

xo ~ Emily

Real Weddings: Sarah and Drew at River Market Event Place in Kansas City

Sarah and Drew's wedding was one we almost didn't get to be a part of.  Due to their work schedules the date got moved around a few times, and fortunately they chose July, a month that's not crazy popular for weddings.  I'm so thrilled that they did, because it was such a fun event to be a part of and I wouldn't have wanted to miss out.  Bright beautiful blues, corals, and oranges with just a touch of green and peach were the main colors of the day.  The flowers that came in for their event couldn't have been more perfect, a lovely eclectic mix of colors and textures.  We also got to use our ever popular grey and white linens.  I'll take a good chevron any day of the week.  I also created custom bowties for Sarah's ring bearers, and floral crowns for her beautiful flower girls.  Their reception was at River Market Event Place, and the photos are courtesy of the ever talented Morgan of Cornerstone Photography.

Thanks you so much to Sarah and Drew for letting us be part of your day, we loved working with you guys!

xo ~ Em

Photos by Cornerstone Photography and emmy-ray

Bouquets were a colroful mix of blue hydrangea and delphinium, orange dahlias, daisy fever few, thistle, coral spray roses, and one of my very favorite flowers of the year, free spirit roses.  

Textural, colorful boutonniers with coral spray roses, blue delphinium, thistle, and green hypericum. 

The floral crowns were made up of orange dahlias, coral spray roses, blue delphinium, and just a bit of green hypericum berry.  

It was crazy hot, so the bridesmaids and Sarah kept their bouquets in the mason jars we use for delivery so they wouldn't wilt during the outdoor ceremony.  A quirky and fun touch to their event!

At River Market Event Place they have magnet strips in the wood wall, perfec for creating fun installations.  We created magnetic flowers, and hung bud vases all along the wall for a unique focal point behind the head table.  

Real Weddings: Hilary and Andre, Californos in Kansas City.

I'd just like to start by saying Hilary and Andre are brave.  Why you may ask?  Well, here in the midwest the summers are HOT, and this past summer was extra warm.  When Hilary told me they were planning to get married in July, my first thought was, you're crazy girl.  However despite the heat their day turned out beautiful.  I can honestly say that their color combination was totally unique, unlike any wedding trend we've worked with many times before.  Bold plum, hot orange, soft peach, and touches of lime green, with tiny hints of yellow.  Bold colors, which as you know are our favorite!  We got to work at one of our very favorite KC venues, Californos, and our flowers were captured beautifully by Carter Photography.  Thanks for choosing us Hilary and Andre, we loved being part of your day! 

xo ~ Emily

All photos by Carter Photography and emmy-ray.

Both the bridal and bridesmaids bouquets contained burgundy dahlias, white hydrangea, orange ranunculus, fever few, purple and peach stock, and beautiful bright green cymbidium orchids.  To make her bouquet extra special Hilary also had large purple throated cymbidiums, so gorgeous!  A collar of seeded eucalyptus added texture and interest to each bouquet.  

The boutonnieres were made up of orange ranunculus, plum mums, yellow fever few, and a bit of seeded eucalyptus.  Each was wrapped in beautiful raw silk ribbon from Midori.