The Oregon Golf Club Bridal Show-Tasting

I had the honor of participating at the Oregon Golf Club Bridal Show Tasting once again. This is an event where all the booked clients do a food tasting, to choose the menu for their own wedding or event.

I designed the head table flowers to to have a beautiful pop of bright color. The lovely rental pieces were sourced through Barclay Event Rentals. I absolutely adore those metal stands for elevated floral designs and they worked perfect on this large head table.

Floral Design, Styling and Photography: Sophisticated Floral Designs

Venue: The Oregon Golf Club

Rentals: Barclay Event Rentals

Klara + David -East Fork Country Estate-Fall wedding in Oregon

This beautiful October wedding took place at East Fork Country Estate. 

Klara chose a fall color palette which included marsala, burgundy red, orange, bronze and gold. The overall floral look was lush, elegant and full of texture and locally grown blooms

Klara's bouquet was lush and full of all types of goodies: garden roses, dahlias, scabiosa, cox comb, parrot tulips, rose hips, eucalyptus, jasmine vine, pincushion protea, agonis, nandina, amaranthus. Its a great time of year here in the Pacific NW for locally grown flowers -such a bounty. I was happy to use mostly locally grown flowers for this stunning fall wedding. 

Here are some photos I took.

Veronica + Elijah {The Sentinel Hotel Portland, Oregon Wedding}

Veronica and Elijah had a beautiful mid September wedding at the exquisite Sentinel Hotel in Downtown Portland, Oregon.

The bride chose rose gold accents and shades of blush pink as her main color palette. That theme carried into her lavish blush toned gown from Ania Collection.

Bridal party flowers consisted of the most luxurious local cafe au lait dahlias, ranunculus, garden roses, sweet peas, snow berry, dusty miller and blushing bride protea.

Thank you MAXM Studio for sharing those beautiful images with us.

Venue/Catering: The Sentinel Hotel

Photography: MAXM Studio

Gown: Ania Collection

Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral

First Look Photos: The Benson Hotel

The detail photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral

Alex + Enessa {Vintage Style Portand, Oregon Engagement}

Beautiful Portland, Oregon Engagement session Photographed by Innessa Photogrpahy featuring our gorgeous bouquet and lavender freesia floral crown.

This vibrant spring bouquet consisted of: Purple Lilac, anemone, David Austin garden roses, oregon grown freesia in white and lavender, hypericum, pieris, vanda orchids and pops of dusty miller right from my own cutting garden. The garden style bouquet was accented with lace and ribbon trim to coordinate with the lace detailing on Enessas dress.

Photography: Innessa Photogrpahy

Floral Designs: Sophisticated Floral

By now, you know I always enjoy capturing close up shots of my work; so here are a few photos I took below.

Garden Time TV-Fresh Flowers on Wedding Cakes

Garden Time TV featured fresh flowers by Sophisticated Floral and wedding cakes by Kyra's Bakeshop. 

I teamed up with Kyra's Bakeshop {100% Gluten Free Bakery} to showcase how fresh flowers can be used to enhance a wedding cake design. 

Here is the Garden Time TV segment. {This was my very first time on camera so please excuse any fumbles.}

You can spot some beautiful locally grown blooms including lilac, freesia, ranunculus, succulents and even grape hyacinths and dusty miller right from my own yard. 

Thank you Peterkort Roses, Yaquina Nursery and Greenhouse and Oregon Flower Growers Association for growing those amazing blooms. 

I would like to give a big shout out to Jennifer at Face Body Beauty for doing my hair and make up for the show. 

Jaydeep + Priya Wedding proposal at Lan Su Gardens, Portland Chinese Gardens

Jaydeep chose the most stunning setting to propose to his girlfriend Priya. 

I was honored to provide gorgeous flowers to mark this momentous occasion. Erica Ann Photography captured this special moment at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland Oregon.

The groom to be, wore a stylish botanical pocket square that I created to coordinate with his suit and tie. It was a fun and unique alternative to a traditional boutonniere. 

Priya's favorite flower "the Peony" was featured along side garden roses, freesia, jasmine, camelia, ranunculus and foliage in this beautiful garden style set up; marking the spot where Jaydeep proposed. 

For more photos of this proposal head on over to Erica Ann Photography Blog.

Featured on Junebug Weddings

Enjoy!

Venue: Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland Chinese Garden 

Photography: Erica Ann Photography 

Floral + Styling + Planning: Sophisticated Floral 

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

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

I created those gorgeous spring floral crowns for Maria of  Bumble Alley Photography for her family photo shoot with Dina Chmut Photography. 

Sauvies Island was the perfect setting for their photos.

The detail shots below were taken by Sophisticated Floral

This lovely peach spring floral crown features David Austin Juliette garden roses, pieris japonica, willow eucalyptus and hellebores

Blush pink floral crowns with ranunculus, pieris japonica and spray roses

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 

Floral Crowns-flowers to wear {Part 3 of 5}

Going right along, this is Flower Crowns -part 3 of 5. Truly so many amazing options out where when it comes to flowers for your hair. 

Those blush pink floral crowns featured mini roses and dendrobium orchid blooms, so elegant and just perfect for this formal wedding.  Photo by Mosca Studio Photography 

All detail shots below were taken by Sophisticated Floral

This floral crown is one of my personal favorites. Its small and dainty, yet very intricate and detailed. It features nigella pods, piers, ilex berry, succulents, plumosa, string of pearls and straw flower.

This lovely purple floral crown was designed for a June wedding. It consists of lavender, chrysanthemums, mini roses, eryngium, blueberries, nigella pods, seeded eucalyptus and plumosa fern.

This rustic/country themed flower girl floral crown is designed with two types of feverfew daisies. 

Flower girl floral crown with dendrobium orchids, mini roses, berzelia and yarrow. Photo by Studio 98 Photography 

Blue flower crown with eryngium, delphinium, seeded, spiral and silver bells eucalyptus

Purple-Lavender floral crown with mini roses, seeded eucalyptus, mini carnations, dendrobium orchids and plumosa

Peach floral crown/headband with David Austin Juliette garden rose, piers, hellebores and kalanchoe

All white floral crown with hyacinths {one of my favorite spring flowers} oh the scent is fabulous too!

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.

Spring Flower inspiration for a Peach/Coral Wedding

Here are some beautiful examples of floral bouquets and centerpiece in peach/coral color palette for your spring wedding. This color combination continues to be a popular choice for brides this year. 

This Garden style Bridal Bouquet includes Garden roses, lilac, anemone, poppies, ranunculus, sweet peas, maindenhair fern, larkspur, eucalyptus and hyacinth. Tied with champagne colored satin ribbon.  All of the flowers used in those designs are 100% American Grown; specifically from California and Oregon. 

All photos taken by Sophisticated Floral 

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I love those new gold mercury glass cube vases we have in our inventory.

Beth + Erik - Open Door Baptist Church Troutdale, Oregon

Beth and Erik got married the week of Valentine's Day 2014, its hard to believe but we had a small snow storm that week. This late in the winter, its pretty unusual for the Portland metro area. 

With snow on the ground and all, I was still able to capture Beth's love for bold beautiful colors. I had full creative freedom to design the flowers as long as they included a bright color palette. 

Beth's bouquet consisted of some of my favorite blooms. Garden roses, lisianthus, stock, wax flower, queen annes lace, parrot tulips, berzelia, cymbidium orchids, ranunculus and maidenhair fern.  I was very happy to be able to design with all seasonal flowers, locally sourced and 100% American Grown. 

All photos taken by Sophisticated Floral.