FLower Friday: Summer Lakeside Inspiration

I have been anxiously anticipating this post all week long, it is after all one of the more specific passions of mine in the wedding industry. Today we focus on the flowers from our lakeside inspiration shoot, provided by yours truly Audrey O’Brien with Studio Stems. Yesterday Megan with Pink Piggy talked about the current trend of fusion between modern and vintage and how that related to our inspiration design, this extended into the floral role because it was really up to the flowers to soften up the modern lines and help facilitate that natural fusion. The color scheme is a fun one to work with, at first thought it didn’t appeal to me in regards to how to create the color scheme with the flowers, but I actually appreciate a challenge like this because it pushes me artistically to spin design in a way that I haven’t previously thought of and the outcome was full of texture, strong color, and free natural shapes that seemed well suited for our lakeside design and suddenly a color scheme I became smitten with.

To mimic the use of stripes elsewhere in the shoot I used striped ribbon as well as containers to house and or accent all the floral elements. This also brings just a tad of a modern touch to the soft nature of flowers.

For our grooms boutonniere I used a set of opening ranunculus accompanied by navy painted seeded eucalyptus stems and some white filler. The striped cuffing on the stem of the bout accompanies the custom hankie in the suit pocket quiet well and adds not only a modern touch to the groom but a masculine one as well. I used navy painted euc throughout all the designs, an important detail, though its minimal it makes a profound difference in the color and texture of the designs. There are several varieties of organic goods that could easily suffice for this look as well, even some fantastic berries. The problem with many of those options is they have a staining or bursting risk that accompanies them. A painted seed is much more safe on your wedding day against your grooms nice suit and dream gown!

For the brides bouquet I kept the size a little smaller then what tradition would mandate. It felt more suited to our fashion choice and mood of the event. A more free and natural less shaped form constructed out of primarily red using dahlias, cockscomb, ranunculus, parrot tulips, heart roses, anemone, seeded eucalyptus, dahlia buds, and clean green heather. Wrapped in a navy Swiss satin ribbon with a striped ribbon tie overlay.

For the bridesmaids I chose to go with identical bouquets to tie the bridesmaids together {seeing how we chose to work more with the color scheme for their fashion choices}. A small clutch of nearly all white is accompanied by a few elements that break up the clutch and add that lakeside feel. The white was composed of peonies, ranunculus, fringed tulips, and lisianthus. The painted seeded euc is used again and accompanied by white veronica to create that natural feeling texture that suits our venue inspiration. I especially adored how this created a cohesiveness when both the bride and her maids where together, it flowed perfectly.

I actually created 2 different centerpieces for this shoot, both with a similar feel and nature but with enough variety to be more aesthetically pleasing in the reality that might be a wedding. The first included a navy candle lantern with a few blooms and fillers attached to soften is hard straight lines. Accompanied by a clean white modern pot adorned with a fresh floral arrangement in free form with all 3 colors in the scheme. The second centerpiece was also vessel-ed in a modern white pot with another free arrangement of all 3 colors, but a much fuller version. Adding to the textures used in the bridal party flowers I offered these arrangements some agapanthus and carnations. I especially felt that the lines and shapes provided by wildflower’s darling rosette chair caps where mimicked and captured in several of the flower choices.

At the buffet we needed some flowers to add to the color, texture, height, and depth of the table to create the perfect complete ensemble. But I wanted the edible artistry to take precedence so we housed simple blooms in simple clean glass bud vases, like anemone, peony, and a few painted euc seeds.

Before I send you off for this grand all American holiday weekend I just want to mention that inspiration shoots do so much more then provide inspiration, they show you {the planning bride} what happens when creative industry professionals can freely work their magic within a theme and or color scheme.

AND a big shout out of gratitude to all the participating vendors for all their creative contributions and their time!

Thank you for reading, God Bless America & those who have fought and do fight for our freedom! We here at UBB are so grateful for the freedom to do what it is that we do!

Floral Artistry: Studio Stems
Photography: Kate Osborne
Chair caps/napkins: Wildflower Linens
Paper artistry: Pink Piggy Design
Table/Chair rentals: Alpine Event Rentals
Groom Suit: Becket & Robb
Bridal/Maids fashion: Lily & Iris
Jewelry: Christina Forrest Stella & Dot
Drinks: Culinary Crafts
Dinnerware: Macy’s

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