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Wedding Profile: Yellow and Grey Wedding
By Lynn | November 29, 2009
Yesterday I delivered the most unusual wedding flowers I’ve done to date! The wedding had a yellow and grey color scheme, with a circle motif and look that was a mix of vintage and modern.
The bride was drawn to more unusual flowers, especially billy balls, which some call billy buttons. Billy balls (Craspedia globosa) are a yellow flowers that look, to me, like a gumball on a stick. The little yellow heads are a perfect sphere, and add an unusual touch to arrangements.
During the consultation with the bride, we sat down and looked over some photos of bouquets including billy balls, and decided to use a focal point of billy balls, surrounded by another round flower called silver brunia. I suggested a collar of swirls of lily grass to finish off the bouquet.
While preparing for the wedding, I described the bouquet to people a few times, and everyone had a pretty difficult time A) imagining what this would look like, and B) imagining it would look good! But I could envision it. And I knew it was going to look cool. And it turned out exactly as I had pictured it…
For the groom’s boutonniere, I used the same elements as were in the bride’s bouquet, including a loop of lily grass to mirror the collar of lily grass loops in the bride’s bouquet.
And for the groomsmen, I used billy balls and silver brunia, including a touch of the silver brunia foliage.
Definitely the most interesting wedding flowers I’ve done yet! I really loved the look of it.
Topics: Wedding Profile | 5 Comments »
December 1st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I love it!! I really love that color scheme–maybe throw a little purple in there too. Would you like to get together sometime soon to talk a little more about colors and some interesting seasonal flowers for June?
December 4th, 2009 at 4:53 am
We can definitely do that! Let’s set a date to sit down and talk. I’m looking forward to it!
February 8th, 2010 at 4:01 am
these are so beautiful, love the colors!
deb
April 26th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I love them too! haha. Hey Lynn, can you send me your address? I have a bright yellow thank-you card I would like to finally send to you!
April 26th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Shanna, Your bouquet has gotten so much attention as a part of my portfolio! I really loved putting it together, and I’m so glad we got to work together! I’m sending my home address via email…