Wedding Week

 

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This week is wedding week!

Our friends Brooke and Andrew are tying the knot on Saturday. I am doing the bridal florals, a floral pillar, and I'm coordinating the day of activities.

This bride and groom are very organized and have a timeline written for the day, and they've created seating diagrams for the reception, and a rain day alternate seating plan.

Their church (his dad is the pastor) purchased a giant tent in 2020, to have outdoor services. They've continued to use it these last two years as their indoor sanctuary is too small for the size of the congregation. 

This is a great thing for the weddings at their church, too, because in addition to an outdoor service space they have the tent for the reception, or for both if it rains.

There is a chance of rain on Saturday, before and after the ceremony time, and if it thunders, we have to abandon the tent altogether.

So if it is to rain, I pray it rains lightly in the morning, and not at all in the afternoon and evening. It is an afternoon wedding.

The brides inspiration colors are these, and the bridesmaids will be wearing various shades of these colors. Rachel is a bridesmaid and she is wearing the olive green.

Brooke is not a traditionalist, so she is not a fan of 'typical' wedding florals such as hydrangea, roses, peonies.

We are using ranunculus, feverfew, queen anne's lace, astrantia, stock, and spray stock. The greens will be eucalyptus, in two varieties, Italian ruscus, and for the bride a few magnolia leaves.

Here was her inspiration photo.

The inspiration being that she wanted it to look like we'd gone out into the meadow and gathered white flowers.

It's going to be beautiful. The bridesmaids will be similar, but smaller, and no ranunculus.

The floral pillar will be a lot of the same greens, but also fern, and variegated pittosporum. Many of the same florals as the bouquets, but also a lovely large chrysanthemum. I am excited to make a pillar!

I pick up the floral order tomorrow, and clean the stems and then get them into water to start opening up. 

In the next several days we'll finalize the seating chart, too. Friday is the set up day, and the debate is whether to set the tables on Friday or wait until Saturday morning. My vote is Friday. The tables will a long time to set. Thirty tablecloths, several kinds of greens laid down the center of the tables, candleholders and candles down the tables, table numbers and holders, too. It will take hours. I'd rather not do day of even though there would be time. The issue is there won't be people to do it. They will all be in the bridal party and getting ready for that!

I may be making number cards for the tables, and writing up the seating chart, too.

As I tell my brides - It will all get done, and be lovely. Do not stress. This bride is very laid back, and is not one to add more details, thankfully!