Nicolette and Mahbodd -A Portland Wedding at the Sentinel Hotel

Nicolette {Nikki} and Mahbodd had one heck of a bridal party. Which included 24 of their closest friends, family and college roommates.

The ceremony took place at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Lake Oswego.

Reception was at the gorgeous Governor Ballroom at the Sentinel Hotel in Downtown Portland.

So many family and friends came to celebrate the couple and the DJ's from Event Team Entertainment kept the party going on the dance floor all night.

Beautiful four tier wedding cake was created by Lamb's. I enjoyed adding the luscious dahlias and ranunculus to the cake.

I was so pleased to be able to source some beautiful peonies {yes in August} for the Bridal and Bridesmaids bouquets. Which also included plum and  blush colored dahlias, ranunculus, scabiosa and lush foliage.

It was an absolute pleasure working with Nikki and Mahbodd and the wonderful team of wedding vendors.

Photography: George Street Photography

Coordinator: Cam- Bridal Bliss

Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral

Catering: Jake's Catering

DJ: Event Team Entertainment

Chair Rentals: Sedera

Wedding Cake: Lamb's

Transportation: Vip PDX

Dress: Charlotte's Bridal

Ceremony Venue: Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Parish

Reception Venue: Sentinel Hotel Portland

Katie + Torsten November Wedding at McMenamins -Kennedy School

This beautiful November wedding at McMenamins Kennedy School has got to be one of my absolute favorites from 2016 wedding season.

I love it when the bride chooses a bold color palette and lets me design the rest. I enjoyed selecting the dark moody tones with a lot of textural elements.

To me floral design is like painting, the various flowers and textures that I choose are perfectly blended together to create a beautiful masterpieces or in this case Katie's stunning bridal bouquet.

A cold November wedding outside in Portland, Oregon cannot be done without the cozy blankets the couple has provided for the guest during ceremony.  So glad the rain held off and we got some beautiful outdoor photos by Elissa Deline Photography.

What Katie had to say:

" The flowers were amazing and we could not have been happier. I would use you again in a heartbeat and will tell everyone I know...We got so many compliments on the flowers. "

Venue: McMenamins Kennedy School

Floral Design + Styling: Sophisticated Floral

Photography: Elissa Deline Photography

Hair and Make up: Cassandra Kennedy Beauty

Dress: Ania Bridal / Wtoo

Wooden Backdrop: Something Borrowed PDX

Cake: Dream Cakes

The photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral. I love taking detail shots before the flowers go out the door.

Modern wrist corsages for weddings and special occasions

Forget about the old high school wrist corsages full of bling, tulle and spray paint. There are countless options when it comes to beautiful and modern wrist corsages.

I really enjoy designing wrist corsages; they are tiny little master pieces. Very intricate, detailed and full of unexpected textures. The sky is the limit when it comes to flowers to wear.

All photos by Sophisticated Floral

photo by Sophisticated Floral

This ribbon tied wrist corsage features red piano garden roses, willow eucalyptus and pieris japonica

I loved creating this delicate yellow and gray wedding wrist corsage with orchids, hypericum, craspedia {billy balls}, dusty miller, silver brunia and plumosa

Gray, plum purple and orange wrist corsage features pincushion protea, berzellia berries, scabiosa pods, hypericum and plum purple sweet peas.

I absolutely adore plum purple anemones and this simple yet elegant sage ribbon wrist corsage was stunning

This is my most favorite color of ranunculus and paired with all this texture made it absolutely pop. Rose hips, blackberries, nigella pods, dusty miller, seeded eucalyptus and astrantia

This peach/coral wrist corsage features dusty miller, ranunculus, sedum, mini roses, seeded eucalyptus and succulents

Love this pale pink/blush ribbon wrist corsage with ranunculus, snow berries, lisianthus, dusty miller and larkspur, designed on champagne ribbon

This lovely modern wrist corsage consists of cymbidium orchid bloom, berzellia and wax flower

Peach ribbon wrist corsage with white ranunculus, blueberries, berzellia berries and trix dianthus

Champagne mini roses, hypericum berries, sedum, succulents, scabiosa pods and ranunculus make up this rustic elegant wrist corsage with burlap ribbon

Blush pink garden spray roses, seeded eucalyptus and gold ribbon

Rustic/Vintage/Wildflower style wrist corsage with blush pink/peach ranunculus, hypericum, fewerfew daisies, wax flower, blushing bride protea and lace

Deep rich, fall colored wrist corsage with red mini roses, rose hips, nandina and champagne ribbon

White and gray winter wrist corsage with ranunculus, dendrobium orchids, nandina, wax flower, silver brunia, cedar and flocked branches