Colby & Justin at The Little Chapel / The Carlos Museum

The bit of breezy coolness and low humidity this morning has got me thinking and hoping for fall!  I've been meeting with brides recently to talk about dates for next spring/summer, but my actual favorite time for weddings is fall.

Here's one of my fall favorites.  Colby and Justin were married at The Little Chapel at Emory with a reception at The Carlos Museum.

Colby's bouquet was a ivory collection of mums, garden roses, hypericum berries, ranunculus and variegated pittosporum foliage.

It was wrapped with a bit of lace from her mother's wedding gown.  Her mom was a doll and handled most of the communication regarding the flowers.

Adorable flower girl photo on the steps of the big Glenn Memorial church.

Justin's boutonniere was a cluster of variegated pitt, white ranunculus, scabiosa pod, ivory  hypericum berries and a rose hip wrapped with paprika ribbon.  Note the snazzy tie!

Now here is where it's gets spicy!  Colby's bridesmaids wore navy dresses with paprika shawls so their bouquets were truly vibrant!  Peach and red garden roses, circus standard roses, orange dahlias, peach and red hypericum berries, rosehips and orange and red spray roses created a strong dose of color.

The sweet flower girl posy (a mixture of ivories, reds and oranges) was the link between Colby's soft ivory  and the girls' vibrant colorful bouquets.

Colby is from South Carolina which means sweetgrass.  Her mom provided a huge bagful, so we incoporated it in the aisle markers in the chapel.

The reception at The Carlos Museum was so elegant and beautiful.  I love the sculptured architectural pieces adorning the walls and guests are allowed to wander the museum during the event.

A collection of tall and low designs centered the 60"rounds.  Tall vases were filled with bittersweet vine and crabapples were everywhere!

Justin works for a spice company so naturally the wedding favors were a custom blend of spices created especially for them -  "A Season of Love".

Sparklers sizzled at the end of the evening as Colby and Justin headed off to married life!

Ring shots can be so clever!  All photos courtesy of Shawna Herring photography.

Here's a note from Colby's mom:

"Dear Cathy,

Thank you so much for everything!!  It has been a joy to work with you and I'm so glad your creative artistry added color and beauty to all our wedding memories.  With best wishes always, Angela"

Late summer, early fall wedding

Since most of my meetings lately are planning for late summer and early fall weddings, I thought I would post photos from one of my favorite "commitment ceremonies" I've done which was held during the hot month of August.

Each bride's bouquet was personalized with a small letter charm.

Zinnias are truly one of my favorite garden flowers. They look their best in late summer and early fall. I'm planting some this year in my yard - well, not some - a lot! They are vibrant, bright and happy flowers and perfect for arrangements and bouquets. And if mine look good enough, they will be locally grown!

Altar arrangements were large, glass vases filled with rosemary, sunflowers and new york crabapples. Yes, I ordered the crabapples from a new york orchard because local ones were a little past their prime.

Altar arrangements were then moved from the ceremony to the reception.

Megan and Amanda were the sweet couple that day and such a pleasure to work with. I also did the flowers for Amanda's sister's wedding. You can see her flowers back in my wedding gallery on my website (www.bloomfloraldesign.biz) under Becca and Sean.

I'm off to two more meetings today (at my favorite place). A late July wedding and a mid-September wedding. Hope someone wants zinnias!