color inspiration
Who does not love a fall photo shoot?
But really, I love how those photos and the bouquet exudes spring or summer yet it all happened in the November.
The warm rays of sunshine and a perfectly soft color palette are making it happen. MacCoy Dean Photography did a fabulous job capturing all the magic.
Photography: MacCoy Dean Photography
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and make up: Merkley Artistry
Gown: Brides for a Cause
Accessories: Austie Eckley
Model: Britt Winckler
Brett and Jeff's November wedding was held at the cozy Bridgeport Brewery in Northwest Portland.
With a smaller guest list there are so many venue options available to ouples in the Portland area.
Being a mid November wedding, we all got lucky with the nice weather. Hoddick Photography was able to capture some gorgeous images with the couple just strolling the streets of downtown Portland.
Brett chose beautiful jewel tone color palette for the wedding. Burgundy, plum, navy and raspberry colored flowers made up her gorgeous bouquet.
Bridal Bouquet included peonies, privet berry, eryngium, roses, ranunculus, orchids, anemone and lush foliage.
I loved the classic-elegant feel with an emphasis on art deco and the 1920's. Check out the amazing cake by Lux Sucre-absolutely beautiful.
Thank you Hoddick photography for capturing those beautiful images.
Photography: Hoddick Photography
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Venue + Catering: Brideport Brewery
Coordination: Adornment Events
Cake/Dessert Table: Lux Sucre
Getting Ready Venue: Hotel Deluxe
And a few detailed images I took -below.
Savana and Joe came here from Denver to get eloped in Oregon. Who can really resist the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge and Multnomah Falls?
Savana happens to be a professional model and photographer back home, so she had a very specific style in mind. What can I say? I love a daring bride who is not afraid to use a dark color palette and carry an overflowing cascade style bouquet.
I was honored to work with Joe and Savana on their special day. The couple brought some of their favorite vendors from Denver.
Photography: Nicole Marcelli of Finch and Fawn
Hair and Make up: Official Hair By Coco
Bridal Shop: Luv Bridal Denver Designer: Delainie Gown by Mia Solano
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
What Savana had to say on her Yelp Review:
"Oh my goodness, words can't even describe how happy I was with my bouquet and flower crown. My husband and I eloped to Oregon from Denver and I was freaking out about not being able to meet with a florist in person since I had a very specific idea in mind for my bouquet. But after emailing a bit with Lora I knew that she was the perfect florist for me. She listened to my ideas and asked so many questions, she made me feel certain I would be getting what I envisioned. What she created for me was even more perfect than what I had imagined!!! I was so shocked and happy when I saw the finished product.
Everyone who sees pictures from our special day comments on how beautiful my flowers are and I owe it all to Lora. She is so creative and so very talented at what she does! I'm so glad I went with her on one of the most important days of my life. Thank you so much Sophisticated Floral, you really did make me the happiest bride!! "
Below are a few images I took of the boutonniere and floral crown.
Ashley and Cesar choose a very classic look for their country club wedding at The Oregon Golf Club.
The beautifully draped ballroom was full of lavish flowers in blush pink, ivory and white. Accented with hundreds of candles for that romantic glow.
Centerpieces were a mix of elevated designs in gold stands and low and lush pieces in gold compotes.
The head table was overflowing with a beautiful floral table runner, flanked by two tall arrangements featuring draping orchids, roses and hydrangea, accented with hanging glass orbs.
Thank you Aniko Productions for those amazing images; you captured it beautifully.
Take a minute to view their wedding film Here by Moving Pictures.
Venue + Catering: The Oregon Golf Club
Photography: Aniko Productions
Floral Design + Concept + Styling: Sophisticated Floral
Chair Rentals: Sedera
Dress: Charlottes Bridal
Cake: JacIva's
Film/Videography : Moving Pictures
Hair: Helen Eubanks
Make up: Eye Shine Beauty
Caiti and Brad had a beautiful and classic ballroom wedding at The Nines Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Wedding colors consisted of blush pink, ivory and silver accents.
Elevated centerpieces were dripping with orchids, garden roses and hydrangea accented with silver mercury glass vases and votives.
It does not get any more classic than this!
Thank you Powers Studio Photography for capturing this elegant wedding.
Photography: Powers Studios
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Venue + Catering + Cake: The Nines Hotel
I loved creating the flowers for Laurence and Ranjit's fall wedding at The Resort at the Mountain in Welches, Oregon.
The bright colorful fall blooms included dahlia, zinnia, roses, coxcomb, ranunculus and lots of lush foliage. The bright colors, gold lanterns and vessels were a nod to the Indian heritage.
I absolutely loved designing the "henna" style swirl rose petal aisle design featuring thousands of rose petals in coral, burgundy, yellow and orange.
The asymmetrical style floral arbor was a perfect statement piece, and a great way to frame the bride and groom during the ceremony.
The fabulous dessert table and cake was created bu Lux Sucre. The detailing on the cake was just amazing.
Thank you Fritz for catching me in action while designing the ceremony flowers.
Venue and Catering: The Resort at the Mountain
Photography: Fritz Photography
Wedding Cake and Dessert Table: Lux Sucre
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Rentals: Barclay Event Rentals
The images below were taken by Sophisticated Floral {aka my fabulous husband this time}
Taylor and Kevin came here from Oklahoma to get married at the Oregon Coast. This was a special location to both of them, since this is where they got engaged.
Taylor wanted a lush, organic, free form bridal bouquet featuring white flowers and lots of foliage and textures.
I created her bouquet to include peonies, spray roses, ferns, seeded eucalyptus, blushing bride protea, lysimachia, olive branches, ruscus, camelia foliage, calycina and oregon grown blackberries for that added texture.
What Taylor had to say:
"Lora is incredible. I could not have dreamed of more beautiful flowers to make my wedding day feel so incredibly magical. I had a destination wedding on the Oregon coast, and many of my details about where I needed the flowers and what time I needed them changed several times throughout the planning process. Lora was always so quick to respond and to accommodate whatever changes I needed to make. She was so helpful, so sweet, and seriously could not be more talented. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone! "
Photography: Sam Landreth Photography
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Bridal Gown: The Bridal Boutique of Oklahoma
Hair and Make up: Katy Melton
Photos below were taken by me. I always love doing the detail shots before the flowers leave my studio.
I loved creating this all green boutonniere consisting of ferns, seeded eucalyptus, ruscus, blackberries and olive branch.
I love the tiny olives that made their way into this all foliage floral crown.
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
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
Liza James Photography absolutely took my breath away with this stunning sunrise bridal photo session in the Columbia River Gorge.
Estera's oversized bespoke style bridal bouquet included peonies, olive branch, spirea, agapanthus, spray roses, ruscus and bay leaf.
Photography: LIza James Photography
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
I had the honor of participating at the Oregon Golf Club Bridal Show once again. This is a couture bridal show that is only open to Oregon Golf Club Preferred Vendors and I am pleased to be among the best wedding vendors here in Portland.
I cannot say enough about Aniko Productions-they are the husband and wife team behind those photos and are one of the top wedding photographers in Portland. I get very excited when photographers take the time to capture all the little details. Getting amazing photos back is literally like Christmas!!!
Designing our space with the help of gorgeous rental pieces I sourced through Barclay Event Rentals. All the linens, chairs, flatware, chiffon arbor backdrop, etc was provided by them.
I chose to work with my favorite color palette -purple! I used various shades of purple, lavender, ivory and blush/peach and foliage to create the garden style designs which are also formal and very stylish for any client getting married at the beautifully draped ballroom at the Oregon Golf Club.
Photography: Aniko Productions
Floral Design, Concept and Styling: Sophisticated Floral
Rentals: Barclay Event Rentals
Dress: The White Dress Portland
Venue: The Oregon Golf Club
I am finally getting around to blogging this gorgeous wedding captured by Kari Renee Photography.
Mary and Alejo got married at the beautiful Methven Family Vineyard in the Oregon Wine Country. There is something about working out in the wine country that I really enjoy. The rolling hills and the casual relaxing atmosphere is everything.
Mary's wedding flowers featured mostly locally grown blooms including dahlia, scabiosa, nigella, lady mantle, seeded eucalyptus, mini green hydrangea, lisianthus, succulents, dusty miller, roses and larkspur.
Venue: Methven Family Vineyards
Floral: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Kari Renee Photography
Photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral.
Reem and Omar had a beautiful summer wedding at Abernethy Center. Reem choose the classic blush and gold color palette.
Flowers included garden roses, hydrangea, cafe au lait dahlias and gilded foliage for that pop of gold.
I especially loved decorating the beautiful wedding cake. Kyra's Bake Shop is absolutely amazing and this cake was no exception. Its a bit hard to tell in the photo, but this cake was dusted with gold food safe glitter to create an ombre effect on each cake tier.
Wedding Venue: Abernethy Center
Photography: KQ Concepts
Wedding Cake: Kyra's Bake Shop
Floral: Sophisticated Floral
Nadja was a stunning mamma to be at her snowy maternity photo session with Spotted Stills Photography.
Her red dress and floral crown absolutely popped against the all white snow backdrop at Mt Hood.
Photography: Spotted Stills
Floral Crown: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and Make up: Blush n Bride
Below are a few close up images I took.
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.
Where do I begin? This was a beautiful collaboration between several amazing wedding professionals in the Portland area.
I cannot get over how perfect this wedding gown is from Brides for a Cause. Did you see those gorgeous feather details on the bodice? Absolutely exquisite and worked perfect with the all white bridal bouquet I created with all locally grown {Oregon Grown/American Grown} flowers. Including white lilac and deutzia from Glenwood Farms, Peterkort freesia and blooming spirea.
I love designing lightweight, yet lush and full bouquets that look loaded but are practical and elegant for the bride to carry on her wedding day.
Spotted Stills also created this gorgeous video clip.
Hair and Make up: Make up by Whit
Gown: Brides for a Cause - Designer: Pronovias
Floral: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Spotted:Stills
Silk Ribbon: Honey Silks Co.
Model: Allie Stanisel
Lacey was the sweetest and most laid back bride ever. The overall wedding was very casual and understated. She wanted a bouquet of wildflowers and a dainty floral crown to match.
I really enjoyed designing flowers for Lacey and David's wedding at their Portland home.
Bridal bouquet consisted of all locally grown/American grown flowers including: Dahlias, nigella blooms and pods, seeded eucalyptus, craspedia, fewer few daisies, olive branch, scabiosa, gooseneck, thistle, snapdragon, yarrow and queen annes lace.
Photography: Mama Wolf Photography
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and Make up: Cassandra Kennedy Beauty
Venue: Backyard {Portland, Oregon}
The detail photos below taken by Sophisticated Floral
This beautiful editorial shoot took place during the craziest snow/ice storm here in the Portland metro area. It was extremely cold and snow was everywhere.
The wonderful team of talented wedding professionals made it happen.
My favorite little surprise was the sweet baby pig named "Matilda" who took part in our shoot.
She was quite fond of the bridal bouquet and kept smelling and trying to eat it. Must have been those fragrant pepper berries.
Our team included the following professionals:
Coordination: VIP Event Planning
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Ashley Rose Productions
Hair and Make up: Brittany Blanchard
Dress: Brides for a Cause / Trish Lee
Cake: Just a Dash Cakes
Stationary: Bridetown Design Studio
Rentals: Party Place
Model: Morgan Clove
Venue: Redland Family Farm
Spotted Stills Photography once again blew me away with this stunning winter session at Mt Hood, OR.
This has been a very snowy season so far and those who brave the weather get rewarded with some gorgeous images.
Photography: Spotted Stills
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and Make up: Make up by Whit
What can I say, Jen from Spotted Stills Photography has taken my breath away once again with those photos of Dan and Ovi at the Oregon Coast. Those sunset photos are absolutely gorgeous!
If you are still looking for an amazing photographer give Jen a call.
Bridal bouquet consisted of blush pink roses, red intuition roses, locally grown burgundy dahlias, burgundy vanda orchids, agonis, eryngium and red hypericum {from my yard}.
