Flowers!

Ok, as promised I am going to get better with these posts.  So I decided I should start blogging on some of the little details, although Flowers are a big detail to me. 

Back in November I posted on the overall inspiration of the wedding being brown and orange.  Now that the bridesmaid dresses have been purchased in chocolate brown, it's orange mixed with reds for the flowers!  I started saving pictures awhile ago for some floral inspiration and have included some pictures here:

This is what the bridesmaids bouquets will look like.  I think this is going to look great next to the dresses!

And here is what Reese is going to carry.  As I mentioned before we are still trying to break it to her gently that she can't throw petals. 

I went to the Philadelphia Flower Show with my mom and Aunt Roe a few weeks ago and saw this picture of a Flower Girl Pomander Ball.  Look how cute it is with the Pearl Handle!  I am going to have to come up with a way to make it if my florist cant.

Finally here is Marcin's Boutonniere.

I love the way it looks with this orange tie, but since I went with brown dresses, we can't do orange ties with black, that will look too much like Halloween for me.  And grey isnt really an option for me.  So we are still working on the men's attire, but more on that later.  We actually had already ordered an orange and pink paisley tie for Marcin, luckily he wears ties everyday for work, so it won't go to waste!

That's it for the inspiration of flowers.  I am going to leave my bouquet and the reception centerpieces as a surprise!  I can't give away everything :)

And our florist is Stacey Ballard with Stacey Ballard Floral Design.  Marcin met her through his contacts at work (his connections have really been pulling through for us!)  She does this on the side, her everyday job is real estate development.  This concerned me at first, when Marcin first told me, but I figured I had nothing to lose by meeting with her.  Needless to say I absolutely loved her!!  I knew I would love her when she suggested we meet at the Great American Pub in Wayne.  Beer, wine and flowers - what more can you ask for?  She brought loads and loads of photo albums of her work, and she started telling me stories of growing up in her parents flower shop.  I was instantly sold, and it also helped that she was the cheapest I found. 

I am getting very excited as all of the little details start to come together.