When I helped my brother with his wedding at the Huntington Beach Hyatt, his design partner Sophia mentioned to me just hot branches are when it comes to floral design and wedding decorations. I never thought about it before, but my mom often used willow branches in her arrangements. And branches can be used in so many ways.
My brother had me tie dendrobium orchids to several of the branches of this manzanita tree, which was custom made. I think it turned out nicely.
I was at the Glendale Hilton again last weekend. I’m getting better at this posting recently thing. Watch, next time, there’s going to be just one day turn around, rather than just a week.
I love this photo. I was initially irritated that the guy got in my photo, but I realized that his presence gave scale to my mom’s huge flower arrangement adorning the entrance.
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The purple (not the pastel type, but a jewel purple) looked really good with champagne.
But the really exciting thing was that my mom used cherry blossoms in these arrangements.
Cherry blossoms, if you didn’t already know, only bloom once a year and for only eight days or so. So you can imagine that these were pretty expensive. But they sure are pretty!
And here’s a picture of my mommy!
Next week will be a most interesting weekend. I’m supposed to cover (for work) the Long Beach Grand Prix and help my mom with a wedding in Pasadena. Crikey.
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