Get a Free Centerpiece For Your 2010 Wedding

2010 Weddings Promotion

Many of you, brides to be getting married in 2010 are now shopping for a floral designer for your wedding bouquet, centerpieces, and all other wedding flower needs.

We are thrilled to let let you know that we’ve decided to have a one week promotion that entitles you to a FREE centerpiece, if you order five or more. Exciting isn’t it? Let’s assume your centerpieces are 100$ each, then that is 100$ worth gift… How about if your centerpieces are 1000$ each ( hum, never had this kind of order yet!! But one day maybe, hahaha ) then you will have 1000$ centerpiece for free! Exciting?

Some rules apply though:

• The wedding must take place in Montreal
• You must purchase 5 centerpieces minimum to get the 6th one free
• To be eligible you must contact us between February 10th, 2010 and February 17th, 2010
• The offer cannot be combined with another promotion
• The free centerpiece will be exactely the same as the ones you would order for the rest of your wedding

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Our favorite wedding of ‘09

Our favorite wedding 09

Here is the big winner of ‘09, the wedding that blew our minds and that got our creative juices flowing like no other, the most extravagant yet simple and beautiful; Sabrina and Jamie’s wedding at Koko!

From blue thistles to green moby dicks, purple monk’s hood to fushia dendrobium orchids and curly willow branches to actual artichokes, the variety unusual flowers was quite shocking. It was great for us to get to brainstorm to find the perfect balance between weird and magnificent, as requested by Sabrina, what a great challenge!

Hoping 2010 will bring us tones more exciting wedding projects, we would now like to officially close 2009 by thanking all the brides that gave us the opportunity to pick our brains and create, for them, wonderful designs last year, you are the reason we are so passionate about our work! Thank you!

Our favorite wedding from 09

Bouquet and flowers arrangements of our favorite wedding 09

Notre bouquet de mariée coup de coeur 2009

Notre bouquet coup de coeur 2009

Notre bouquet coup de coeur de 2009 est sans aucuns doutes le bouquet aux tons de rouge, bleu pâle et crème, et au look vintage de Manon!

Nous avons choisi d’utiliser une combinaison de dahlias rouges, d’hydrangées bleu pâle et blanc et d’orchidées cymbidiums crème. Le bouquet a eut droit à une finition de dentelle crème et de ruban rouge et bleu pâle.

Quelle réussite avec ce mélange de couleurs hétéroclites, un bon défi qui s’est terminé en grand succès!

Notre bouquet coup de coeur 2009

Mariage de rêve: la soumission

Comme je vous ai promis hier, je vous présente aujourd’hui mes sketchs et la palette florale pour ce mariage de rêve au thème haut en couleurs!

Les fleurs choisies sont le cymbidium vert, l’hydrangée fushia, la rose orangée, le celosie rouge, le mokara jaune, la feuille de pandanus et comme accent des plumes mauves, des crystaux et du verre, beaucoup de transparence et de textures!

Les bouquets et boutonnières sont formés des fleurs nommées ci-haut. La finition de rubans orangés et fushia ainsi que de crystaux et plumes mauves permet de garder le thème constant et le souci du détail présent.

L’arrangement pour les tables à cocktails représente une superposition de deux vases séparés d’une vitre, ceux-ci remplis de crystaux et de fleurs colorées. Une petite chandelle accompagne le vase du haut.

Le centre de table est à couper le souffle! Une géante boule de fleurs et boa de plumes mauves sur un vase et chandelier avec, à l’intérieur, un collier d’orchidées et de crystaux. Le tout entouré de quatres vases carrés avec feuilles de pandanus à l’intérieur, et d’un tapis de fleurs à l’extérieur.

L’arrangement pour les tables du lounge est constitué d’un vase rond et bas, contenant au centre un vase cylindrique plus haut avec une tige d’orchidées et crystaux. Ce vase est entouré de fleurs colorées variées, tel que mentionné plus haut. Plusieures lanternes seront aussi disposées aux travers la salle pour une ambiance des plus chaleureuses.

La pièce de résistance est sans aucuns doutes la décoration de la table à marque-places. Une grande vitre sépare une multitude de vases, fleurs et crystaux. Que ce soit des hydrangées flottants ou des colliers d’orchidées, nous adorons chaques pièces de cette composition massive!

Voilà! Je me demande ce que le talentueux chef chez Traiteur Primavera aura concocté de son côté pour ce projet, ainsi qu’Amélie Cousineau pour la photographie! Souhaitez-nous bonne chance!

Bouquets, boutonnières, arrangement pour les tables à cocktails, centre de table

L’arrangement pour les tables du lounge

Un projet très excitant pour 2010: Mariage Montréal – Bali!

Un projet de rêve s’est présenté à nous pour Juin 2010! En collaboration avec nos amis du Traiteur Primavera et de notre photographe Amélie Cousineau, nous avons eut la chance de soumissionner pour le mariage extravagant de Marc-André et Aïsha à la salle Belvedere du Centre des Sciences de Montréal.

Elle de Bali, et lui de Montréal, il était important pour ce jeune couple dans la début trentaine de trouver un concept qui saurait marier les styles indoux traditionnel, moderne et urbain. Nous avons donc choisi d’opter pour la couleur, la couleur et encore la couleur combinée avec la transparence de vases et crystaux. Le montage photo m’a énormément inspiré en ce qui concerne le choix des couleurs vibrantes et exceptionnelles avec lesquelles nous travaillerons.

Comme à notre habitude, j’ai créé une palette de couleur ainsi que des sketchs représentant les divers arrangements que nous leur avons proposés. Avec leur permission, nous vous présenterons donc demain le résultat du fruit de notre imagination. À très bientôt pour la suite!

Combining Crystals and Orchids in Flower Arrangements

Orchids and Crystals

Crystals and orchids, the ultimate luxury! Last wedding season was filled with this magnificent combination and we are very excited to share these pictures with you. Having an inventory of crystals and chandeliers for vases and using our creativity to work with orchids, we are able to provide brides with these lavish designs.

Orchids and Crystals

The simplicity of these arrangements really showcases the true beauty of these two products, remember that sometimes less is more, quality over quantity! A chandelier siting on a tall vase with stunning orchids, anyone interested?

Bridal and Bridesmaid’s Bouquets

Bridal bouquets

The star of the show held by a princess for a day: the bridal bouquet! Some prefer it to be more traditional, some want a splash of vibrant color and others simply want to go crazy with it’s design.

This bouquet is also very important detail-wise as it will be examined and adored throughout the day. The same touches in the finishing of the boutonnières and corsages are added to the bridal bouquet as well as the bridesmaid’s ones. The flower combination, colors and shapes are endless but there is only one that will end up being perfect for that special day and are there to guide you all the way!

Bridal Bouquet

The History:

The custom of bouquets has its origin in ancient times. Women carried aromatic bunches of garlic, herbs and spices to ward off evil spirits.

In ancient Greece and Rome, the bride and groom wore a garland around their necks, symbolizing new life, hope and fertility. Traditional Celtic bouquets included ivy, thistle and heather. The garland was not made of flowers but of strong-smelling herbs and spices. The strong-smells were thought to have mystical powers and meant to keep away evil spirits.

When Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, the herbs and spices had been replaced by fresh flowers, especially marigolds. Edible flowers were still included in the bouquet. The bride would carry her arrangement as she walked down the aisle. The dill from the bride’s bouquet (also known as the herb of lust), was consumed by the bride, the groom, and their wedding guests during the reception, as the herb was meant to increase sexual desire!

Wedding Boutonnieres and Corsages

Boutonnieres and corsages

Attention to details is one of our most precious vertues, we definitely bring it when it comes to boutonnières and corsages!

These tiny flower arrangements need to blend in perfectly with the rest of the wedding flowers and every touch counts. Whether it is the use of the correct flowers (some flowers cannot be used as boutonnières or corsages because of their longevity out of water) or the finishing using proper colored ribbons or other accents repeated elsewhere (like pearls, crystals or specific leaves) the finished product will always look fabulous!

Boutonnieres and corsages

A little history:

A boutonnière is a floral decoration worn by men, typically a single flower or bud. The word comes from the French boutonnière, or buttonhole, which is the British term.

Traditionally, a boutonnière was worn pushed through the lapel buttonhole (on the left, the same side as a pocket handkerchief). However, on many recently made coats and jackets, the lapel is made without the stem loop required, which would normally sit on the reverse of the lapel, beneath the buttonhole. Sometimes, the lapel buttonhole is in the ‘keyhole’ shape, as opposed to the traditional straight cut, or is not even pierced through, in which case the boutonnière may be pinned onto the jacket lapel, although this is considered unsightly by many.

A corsage is an assembly of flowers worn on a woman’s dress or worn around her wrist. Corsages are often worn by the mothers and grandmothers of the bride and groom at a wedding ceremony.

Terri & Patrick’s Montreal Wedding Flowers

Bridal bouquet and groom's boutonniere

Wedding Flower Centerpieces

Terri and Patrick are a couple from the states who got married in the gorgeous Belvedere hall at the Montreal’s Science Center.

They wanted us to focus on color schemes and designs which were more natural in shape and appearance using various greeneries and selected blooms as accents. A mixture of green santinis, flatberry eucalyptus, varigated pittosporum, bear grass, purple decorative cabbages and purple and white agapanthus were selected to create this very organic and wild look.

With them being such wonderful people and our last wedding of the season, we surely took this one to heart and wish them a great future together.

Some of my Wedding Sketches

Annick & Martin’s Wedding Ceremony Flowers

Wedding Ceremony Flower Decoration

As I promised last week, I am sharing with you the arrangements which decorated the ceremony area for Annick and Martin’s wedding in Montreal.

They were looking for a very clean, simple and modern look, using white callas. We combined these callas with big accordeon leaves and earth toned river rocks in tall clear vases to create this minimalist, yet compelling look. Sometimes little touches can go a long way, remember … it’s all about the details!

All the best to the happy couple!

Annick and Martin Wedding Flower Decoration

Some sketches