Shades of Coral

Wedding season is in full swing in Iowa and for As You Wish Floral.  Looking at the calendar last night I saw there  was just a short time before the wild ride of April, May and June takes off.  April holds weddings and proms.  May maintains that pace with weddings and graduations.  I have a graduation and open house of my own to plan for this may.  Our youngest son Brendon is graduating.  Such an exciting time for him.  And a time of many changes for us as we have had children at home for 32 years now.  But there are new things to try and more challenges to come.  I am ready for this new era.  Now back on track with June which is jam packed with weddings.  Amazing colors like hot pink, yellow and grey, blue, purple, green, the colors in peacock feathers are just a few of the hues we are working with this season.  And there is one color coming on strong, the color coral.

                         Some pictures of coral from the As You Wish photo archives

 

 

Lovely Yellow

Photos are courtesy of JPMains Photography in Ames. Beautiful !

Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. -Author unknown

For this dreamy, sweet, mellow yellow wedding we used pink hydrangeas, yellow dahlias, cafe au lait dahlias, two tones of yellow roses and pink majolica spray roses, snap dragons and carnations. The morning that I picked up the flowers for Megans wedding the warehouse had just gotten in sweet peas. I couldn't resist. They really needed to go to a wedding and Megan was the perfect bride for these delicate blooms.

Congratulations Megan and John. I enjoyed working with you . I pray for many blessings on your life together and for a bright and shiny future as you move ahead in your life together.

Ryan and Katie are married

Katie had only one request.  She wanted red roses.  Easy enough.  Her attendants all wore black and carried red rose bouquets with ivy and satin wrapped in red satin ribbon. 

The ceremony and reception took place in the same venue.  We set up all the tables just like they would be for the reception with centerpieces in place.   At the front of the venue we set up a focal area for the ceremony and when the ceremony was finished and while the bride and groom were greeting their guest we tore down the ceremony area a moved the pieces we used there around the area to make the room look like a party.  It worked out pretty well.