~Wedding At Chetola Resort~

This is a link to a slide show by Rich Becker Photography.
These were the flowers I designed for the wedding at Chetola Resort on May 17th 2009
http://richbecker.net/slideshows/sarah_andrw.html

~A Wedding In The Country~

~This wedding took place in a very simple little country church in the NC mountains. The bride wore a simple gown, very elegant with a royal blue sash. The bridesmaids wore black tea length dresses with matching royal blue sashes. We chose to use a color scheme that would compliment the royal blue and pop against the black and white. For the bouquets and the church flowers we used pink stargazer lilies, roses and carnations in shades of hot pink and orange, blue and purple delphenimum, with a hint of lime green for extra punch.
The frosted glass church windows were accented with wreaths of fresh Mountain Laurel and hot pink wax flower and we used pillar candles and greenery along the window seals.
The isle was lined with tuelle bows on each pew.
Rather than a traditional flower girl, the one year old daughter of the bride and groom was escorted down the isle, by the ring bearer in a little red wagon decked out in tuelle and accented with little bouquets of roses, wax flower, and cascading greenery.
The entrance to the church was adorned with live fern baskets, tuelle and fresh garland on each hand rail.
For a simple reception in an old schhol which had been turned into the local community building, each table had different sized and shaped glass containers accented with blue stones and filled with single stems of the same flower, using a different color for each table piece.
We also used alot of votives for the reception tables and other tables throughout the room.
This was a beautiful wedding in the simplicity of the countryside of the North Carolina mountains.

50th Wedding Anniversary!

These designs were created for a 50th wedding anniversary celebration!

A Bit Of Flair

This was another very simple ~ very elegant wedding with a bit of flair. The bride chose to carry a large hand tied cluster of white dahilas, white roses, and green hydrangea. The table centerpieces were a combination of either white and hot pink hydrangea or sherbet orange tulips in glass cubes.
The bride chose 3ft. glass cylinders with 5 ft curly willow branches, in which we hung white cymbidium orchids at various lengths~these were used on either side of the tent entrance.

Portrait Bouquet

This was a bouquet that I designed for a bridal portrait consisting of pink and cream roses, white wax flower and delphenimum.

Garden Style Weddeing

This was a garden themed wedding along the New River.
The bride choose shades of creams, pinks, peach and, accented with sage green.
She carried a cascading bouquet of of pink peonies, garden roses, hypericum berries & various greens. Her bridesmaids carried hand~tied clusters of the same.
For the Wedding ceremony site we covered a garden arbor in sheer fabric & cascading flowers. We used victorian style urns as isle markers.
For the reception food table centerpiece, we used galvanized buckets to form a 3~tier cascading waterfall of peonies, garden roses, carnations, stock, and various greens.

Silk bouquet

This was a silk bouquet I designed for a portrait studio to use for some of there bridal portraits.

Chetola Wedding

This wedding was held at the Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock NC. The bride chose to carry a composite rose as her bouquet, which is actually a rose with the petals of about 1/2 dozen more, glued around it to form one very large rose.
The bridesmaids carried clusters of green cymbidium orchids accented with galax leaves.
For the tables we used various sized and shaped glass containers with river rock and green cymbidium or purple dendrobium orchids submerged, accented with candle votives.
Along the fireplace hearth, we placed glass cylinders with river rock and stems of green or purple dendrobium orchids submerged in water and topped off with floating candles.
~This was a very elegant wedding!

Modern Designs

This wedding was very simple, yet elegant and budget friendly ~ The bride chose a cluster of red roses with ivy, tied with black sheer ribbon. For her bridesmaids she chose clusters of white and red carnations, accented with a few red roses.

Sweet Simplicity On The River

This wedding was on the river, in the evening right before dusk.
The bride chose to carry a nosegay of hand~tied daisies, and selected long stem gerberas for each of her honor attendents. Very simple~very elegant!

Wedding Details

This wedding was located in the Burgess Barn in Laurel Springs NC.

This was a fall wedding and the bride chose to use pink and chocolate brown, accented with a little bit of apple green.
The bride carried a bouquet of chocolate calla's, shades of pink gerbera daisies, pink roses, zinias,& green buttons with cascading green cymbidium orchids.
The bridesmaids carried hand~tied nosegays of the same posies.
The tables were covered in chocolate brown linen like table covers with pink and white gingham squares. We used aluminum cans covered in pink paper and chocolate ribbon for the centerpieces of pink gerbera daisies, and placed granny smith apples on either side, along with votive candles.
Rather than a traditional wedding cake the bride choose a cupcake tower and a desert bar, with everything pink and chocolate, and granny smith apples for the taking.
For the favor table~ We striped a honey suckle tree of all leaves and adorned it with mini paper flowers and white lights, around it in picnic baskets lined in green and white and pink and white gingham were filled with caramel apple suckers with attached cards that read;"today I married the apple of my eye".

My Designs

This was a wedding I did several years ago ~ The bride wore a pale pink gown and carried hand~tied yellow and pink roses, accented with baby's breath and magnolia leaves.
The 100 year old historic church
building was adorned with wreaths of fresh Mountain Laural, above the entrance and suspended in each window.