Kristen and Michael Mt. Hood SkiBowl Wedding by Powers Photography

Peter Chee with Powers Photography did a phenomenal job capturing the wedding photos. Dark color palettes are some of my favorites to work with. However, they tend to be difficult to properly photograph to get the true sense of color and dimension.

Bridal bouquet featured some of my favorite dark blooms, including: dahlias, roses, cymbidium orchids, scabiosa, peonies, ranunculus, carnations and plenty and texture.

Kristen and Michael were truly an adventurous couple and choose to get married at the top of Mt. Hood at Mt. Hood Skibowl.

Can you imagine taking a ski lift and having your first look with a mountain in the background?

Yep! That’s exactly what they did.

Cascade Locks - Columbia River Gorge Destination Elopement with Emily Nicole Photogrpahy

I very much enjoy working with destination couples/photographers who travel here to Oregon {Specifically to the Columbia River Gorge} to get eloped.

Emily Nicole Photography is based in Oklahoma City, OK. She reached out to me to create a beautiful bouquet and floral crown for her couple.

Thank you Emily! It was a pleasure meeting you and working together on this elopement.

Location: Cascade Locks- Columbia River Gorge

Photography: Emily Nicole Photography

Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral

Here are a few photos I took before the flowers went out the door.

Jessica and Brandon- A fall wedding at Village Ballroom

Jessica and Brandon had an intimate and cozy fall wedding at Village Ballroom.

Guest enjoyed personal boxes of Voodoo Doughnut on their place setting as well as a delicious pie bar and onsite catering by Oregon Public House

I especially loved designing Jessica's lush oversized bridal bouquet full of gorgeous dark and moody flowers including: garden roses, nandina, ranunculus, peonies, ruscus, amaranthus, amaryllis and privet berry.

Venue: Village Ballroom

Catering: Oregon Public House

Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral

Photography: Catalina Jean Photography

Day of Coordinator: Your Perfect Bridesmaid

The photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral

Floral Crowns-flowers to wear {Part 4 of 5}

Those are some of my all time favorite floral crown designs. Part {4 of 5} of blog post series on floral crowns-flowers to wear.

Red Piano garden roses, eryngium, blackberries, spray roses, hypericum, plumosa and willow and seeded eucalyptus.

Gorgeous photos by Erica Ann Photography

Hair and Make up by Portland Make up and Hair

This dark red-burgundy crown was created for an editorial segment. It features cymbidium orchids, calla lilies, ranunculus, leucadendron, agonis, eucalyptus and fiddlehead fern.

Photo by Camera Art Photography

Hair and Make up by The Prettiest You

This lovely floral crown is one of my personal favorites. Its very delicate and fun; featuring ranunculus, privet berry, jasmine vine and plumosa 

Photography by Erica Ann Photography 

Pantone "Marsala" Burgundy-Red color inspiration

When Pantone named "Marsala" as their 2015 color of the year, I was excited to see a bolder color palette. 

I love how Marsala works very well with the blush tones to add that pop of color. 

Here are some designs I created using this color palette. 

Bridal bouquet consisted of the beautiful red piano garden roses, red intuition roses {love their velvety petals with unique markings on them}, chocolate queen annes lace, blackberries, ranunculus, sweet william, leptospermum, gilded agonis, plumosa, maidenhair, pieris and anemone. 

The detail shots below were taken by Sophisticated Floral

I am loving those red piano garden roses and red intuition roses in this mini gold vase arrangement. This would make a perfect accent for a small cocktail/bistro table.