Spring Fling

I love to personalize my flowers. Ashlee wanted a fresh look, with her favorite color. Jared served an LDS mission in Peru. So to we added small peruvian limes to scheme. It was a subtle touch that made their wedding flowers different than all the rest. Although Ashlee's wedding was at the end of the summer, it's not breaking any rules to have a spingy kind of look.

Jared and Ashlee
August 19th, 2008

10 Centerpieces

Cake

Bride's reception bouquet, Originally, Ashlee just wanted have the plain white gerbera daisies for the reception too, but sitting out in the August heat quickly made them wilt and look frumpy by the afternoon. So with a quick trip to Costco, this was the improv bouquet I came up with. Surprisingly, Ashlee loved it more than any of the rest.

I designed this on the spot, and became inspiration for a picture in my Idaho Bride Magazine ad. This is the guest book table piece.

Close up on the cake, I sliced the peruvian lime, and placed a couple of daisies and roses on the cake.

Punch table. How embarrassing, a couple stems were left out before the picture was taken. Don't worry, I took care of them before any of the guests arrived.

Ashlee's Temple bouquet. Her dress really wasn't blue, the sun was just really bright.

The throw bouquet. I wired and taped those limes in the bouquet too. Sadly, I also forgot to pull off the protecter petals off that rose in the bottom right. The rest of the browning is due to the limes.

The bumber about encorporating fruits, especially citrus ones is that they have super evil super powers on flowers. They cause early wilting and browning. That is one reason you should not keep fresh flowers in your fridge at home. Just being around fruit does that to flowers. That was the main challenge with Ashlee's flowers: it all had to be done the day of the event.