Nadja was a stunning mamma to be at her snowy maternity photo session with Spotted Stills Photography.
Her red dress and floral crown absolutely popped against the all white snow backdrop at Mt Hood.
Photography: Spotted Stills
Floral Crown: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and Make up: Blush n Bride
Below are a few close up images I took.
This beautiful November wedding at McMenamins Kennedy School has got to be one of my absolute favorites from 2016 wedding season.
I love it when the bride chooses a bold color palette and lets me design the rest. I enjoyed selecting the dark moody tones with a lot of textural elements.
To me floral design is like painting, the various flowers and textures that I choose are perfectly blended together to create a beautiful masterpieces or in this case Katie's stunning bridal bouquet.
A cold November wedding outside in Portland, Oregon cannot be done without the cozy blankets the couple has provided for the guest during ceremony. So glad the rain held off and we got some beautiful outdoor photos by Elissa Deline Photography.
What Katie had to say:
" The flowers were amazing and we could not have been happier. I would use you again in a heartbeat and will tell everyone I know...We got so many compliments on the flowers. "
Venue: McMenamins Kennedy School
Floral Design + Styling: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Elissa Deline Photography
Hair and Make up: Cassandra Kennedy Beauty
Dress: Ania Bridal / Wtoo
Wooden Backdrop: Something Borrowed PDX
Cake: Dream Cakes
The photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral. I love taking detail shots before the flowers go out the door.
Where do I begin? This was a beautiful collaboration between several amazing wedding professionals in the Portland area.
I cannot get over how perfect this wedding gown is from Brides for a Cause. Did you see those gorgeous feather details on the bodice? Absolutely exquisite and worked perfect with the all white bridal bouquet I created with all locally grown {Oregon Grown/American Grown} flowers. Including white lilac and deutzia from Glenwood Farms, Peterkort freesia and blooming spirea.
I love designing lightweight, yet lush and full bouquets that look loaded but are practical and elegant for the bride to carry on her wedding day.
Spotted Stills also created this gorgeous video clip.
Hair and Make up: Make up by Whit
Gown: Brides for a Cause - Designer: Pronovias
Floral: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Spotted:Stills
Silk Ribbon: Honey Silks Co.
Model: Allie Stanisel
Lacey was the sweetest and most laid back bride ever. The overall wedding was very casual and understated. She wanted a bouquet of wildflowers and a dainty floral crown to match.
I really enjoyed designing flowers for Lacey and David's wedding at their Portland home.
Bridal bouquet consisted of all locally grown/American grown flowers including: Dahlias, nigella blooms and pods, seeded eucalyptus, craspedia, fewer few daisies, olive branch, scabiosa, gooseneck, thistle, snapdragon, yarrow and queen annes lace.
Photography: Mama Wolf Photography
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and Make up: Cassandra Kennedy Beauty
Venue: Backyard {Portland, Oregon}
The detail photos below taken by Sophisticated Floral
This beautiful editorial shoot took place during the craziest snow/ice storm here in the Portland metro area. It was extremely cold and snow was everywhere.
The wonderful team of talented wedding professionals made it happen.
My favorite little surprise was the sweet baby pig named "Matilda" who took part in our shoot.
She was quite fond of the bridal bouquet and kept smelling and trying to eat it. Must have been those fragrant pepper berries.
Our team included the following professionals:
Coordination: VIP Event Planning
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Ashley Rose Productions
Hair and Make up: Brittany Blanchard
Dress: Brides for a Cause / Trish Lee
Cake: Just a Dash Cakes
Stationary: Bridetown Design Studio
Rentals: Party Place
Model: Morgan Clove
Venue: Redland Family Farm
Spotted Stills Photography once again blew me away with this stunning winter session at Mt Hood, OR.
This has been a very snowy season so far and those who brave the weather get rewarded with some gorgeous images.
Photography: Spotted Stills
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Hair and Make up: Make up by Whit
What can I say, Jen from Spotted Stills Photography has taken my breath away once again with those photos of Dan and Ovi at the Oregon Coast. Those sunset photos are absolutely gorgeous!
If you are still looking for an amazing photographer give Jen a call.
Bridal bouquet consisted of blush pink roses, red intuition roses, locally grown burgundy dahlias, burgundy vanda orchids, agonis, eryngium and red hypericum {from my yard}.
This beautiful October wedding took place at East Fork Country Estate.
Klara chose a fall color palette which included marsala, burgundy red, orange, bronze and gold. The overall floral look was lush, elegant and full of texture and locally grown blooms
Klara's bouquet was lush and full of all types of goodies: garden roses, dahlias, scabiosa, cox comb, parrot tulips, rose hips, eucalyptus, jasmine vine, pincushion protea, agonis, nandina, amaranthus. Its a great time of year here in the Pacific NW for locally grown flowers -such a bounty. I was happy to use mostly locally grown flowers for this stunning fall wedding.
Here are some photos I took.
This beautiful wedding took place on a warm October day. The ceremony was held at the Abernathy's Abigail's Garden while the reception was indoor inside the main ballroom at Abernathy Center in Oregon City.
The color palette was featuring various shades of orange and burgundy and included lots of fun fall branches, berries and ofcourse the local dahlias.
Estera's Bridal bouquet included locally grown red piano garden roses, dahlias and rose hips along with ranunculus, cymbidium orchids, black baccara roses and safari sunset.
Venue + Catering: Abernathy Center {Abigails Garden/Abernathy Ballroom}
Photography: Powers Studio
Cake: Family Friend
Floral Design and Decor: Sophisticated Floral
Close up detail shots below by Sophisticated Floral
Another gorgeous lifestyle mommy and me session by Spotted Stills Photography featuring our ever so popular floral crowns.
Christine's floral crown consisted of blush pink garden roses, white ranunculus, blush spray roses, foliage and textures. Abby had a tiny little elastic headband with single blush spray rose, berries, foliage and textures. I love creating the elastic headbands for the very little girls since they don't get bothered by them and they stay very well on their little heads. This style works great on the very young flower girls as well.
Thank you Jenn for the amazing photos. The Willow tree in the background is so soft and wispy and a perfect backdrop for this session.
Jenn with Spotted Stills Photography does a fabulous job capturing our floral designs on her clients. In this case, this classy maternity shoot for a beautiful mama to be.
This spring design featured peachy-pink spray roses, pieris and mini succulents right from my yard.
I cant believe it been a year since Jenni and Daniel got married at East Fork Country Estate in Damascus, Oregon. They were absolutely the sweetest couple. I designed flowers for Jenni's sister a few years earlier so it was great to see everyone again. Jenny chose the softest shades of blush pink, peach and ivory as her primary color palette for her May wedding.
Being right in the midst of the local peony season, I could not resist myself to use such lush and fragrant flowers. Fluffy pale pink peonies were everywhere and they were stunning indeed!
Thank you to Anzhelika Gekkelman Photography for the beautiful images. This talented photographer also happens to be the grooms sister who has her own photography business in British Columbia, Canada.
Venue: East Fork Country Estate
Drape Design/Rentals: Luxury Events by Victoria
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
Photography: Anzhelika Gekkelman Photography
Detail Photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral
Veronica and Elijah had a beautiful mid September wedding at the exquisite Sentinel Hotel in Downtown Portland, Oregon.
The bride chose rose gold accents and shades of blush pink as her main color palette. That theme carried into her lavish blush toned gown from Ania Collection.
Bridal party flowers consisted of the most luxurious local cafe au lait dahlias, ranunculus, garden roses, sweet peas, snow berry, dusty miller and blushing bride protea.
Thank you MAXM Studio for sharing those beautiful images with us.
Venue/Catering: The Sentinel Hotel
Photography: MAXM Studio
Gown: Ania Collection
Floral Design: Sophisticated Floral
First Look Photos: The Benson Hotel
The detail photos below were taken by Sophisticated Floral
Beautiful Portland, Oregon Engagement session Photographed by Innessa Photogrpahy featuring our gorgeous bouquet and lavender freesia floral crown.
This vibrant spring bouquet consisted of: Purple Lilac, anemone, David Austin garden roses, oregon grown freesia in white and lavender, hypericum, pieris, vanda orchids and pops of dusty miller right from my own cutting garden. The garden style bouquet was accented with lace and ribbon trim to coordinate with the lace detailing on Enessas dress.
Photography: Innessa Photogrpahy
Floral Designs: Sophisticated Floral
By now, you know I always enjoy capturing close up shots of my work; so here are a few photos I took below.
Here is a beautiful spring Editorial shoot I was a part of at Knoll Krest Gardens in Sandy Oregon.
Danielle's lush bridal bouquet consisted of 100% Oregon grown flowers. Coral Charm Peonies, peach and plum purple sweet peas, veronica, jasmine vine and dusty miller came right from my own yard.
Thank you Becky from Studio 623 for the beautiful photos.
Venue: East Fork Country Estate
Photography: Studio 623 Photography
Dress: CRBoggs Designs-Custom Vintage Couture Bridal Wear and Accessories
Hair & Makeup: Pure Elegance by Sarahi Welton
Rebecca and Will happen to be friends of mine and I really enjoyed creating beautiful flowers for their wedding day.
The wedding was held on a cold {but sunny} February day at Grace Community Church in Gresham, Oregon. The plum purple and gray color palette was sure to brighten up this cold winter wedding.
Rebecca's bridal bouquet consisted of the most amazing Japanese sweet peas, deep purple ranunculus, green berzelia berries, Italian pon-pon ranunculus, purple lisianthus, hyacinths, stock, anemone, dianthus and trachillium.
Thank you Becky of Studio 623 Photography for capturing the photos.
Venue: Grace Community Church
Photography: Studio 623 Photography View the blog for more photos http://www.studio623photography.com/will-rebecca-married-gresham-oregon-wedding-photographer/
Gown: Bridal Exclusives
Below are the detail shots I took. All photos by Sophisticated Floral
Its not often that I get out of my comfort zone and get in front of the camera, especially featuring my own floral designs. But to commemorate 10 years in the business as well as 10 years of being married to my wonderful husband; who is my rock and I could not do what I do with out his full support and encouragement. We decided to do a photo shoot with one of my favorite photographers Jenn from Spotted Stills Photography.
This was a perfect way to celebrate our marriage and floral design together in one. We are lucky to live right down the road from this nature park, a perfect spot for a mini photo shoot. This being Oregon, it started to sprinkle during our shoot; but we did not let the rain stop us.
A huge shout out to Janelle from The Prettiest You/Contoured Salon for fitting me in at the last minute for make up. Its always a pleasure to work with you.
I loved my dress by LC Lauren Conrad for Kohls, it was very stylish and comfy.
My bouquet and floral crown featured some of my favorite blooms in mauve, blush pink, peach and gray tones. Blushing Bride Protea, Astrantia, Pieris, Spray Roses, Carnations and Dusty Miller from my own yard.
Thank you Spotted Stills Photography for the fabulous photos and here's to another 10 years!
Garden Time TV featured fresh flowers by Sophisticated Floral and wedding cakes by Kyra's Bakeshop.
I teamed up with Kyra's Bakeshop {100% Gluten Free Bakery} to showcase how fresh flowers can be used to enhance a wedding cake design.
Here is the Garden Time TV segment. {This was my very first time on camera so please excuse any fumbles.}
You can spot some beautiful locally grown blooms including lilac, freesia, ranunculus, succulents and even grape hyacinths and dusty miller right from my own yard.
Thank you Peterkort Roses, Yaquina Nursery and Greenhouse and Oregon Flower Growers Association for growing those amazing blooms.
I would like to give a big shout out to Jennifer at Face Body Beauty for doing my hair and make up for the show.
Jaydeep chose the most stunning setting to propose to his girlfriend Priya.
I was honored to provide gorgeous flowers to mark this momentous occasion. Erica Ann Photography captured this special moment at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland Oregon.
The groom to be, wore a stylish botanical pocket square that I created to coordinate with his suit and tie. It was a fun and unique alternative to a traditional boutonniere.
Priya's favorite flower "the Peony" was featured along side garden roses, freesia, jasmine, camelia, ranunculus and foliage in this beautiful garden style set up; marking the spot where Jaydeep proposed.
For more photos of this proposal head on over to Erica Ann Photography Blog.
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Enjoy!
Venue: Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland Chinese Garden
Photography: Erica Ann Photography
Floral + Styling + Planning: Sophisticated Floral
Forget about the old high school wrist corsages full of bling, tulle and spray paint. There are countless options when it comes to beautiful and modern wrist corsages.
I really enjoy designing wrist corsages; they are tiny little master pieces. Very intricate, detailed and full of unexpected textures. The sky is the limit when it comes to flowers to wear.
All photos by Sophisticated Floral
photo by Sophisticated Floral
This ribbon tied wrist corsage features red piano garden roses, willow eucalyptus and pieris japonica
I loved creating this delicate yellow and gray wedding wrist corsage with orchids, hypericum, craspedia {billy balls}, dusty miller, silver brunia and plumosa
Gray, plum purple and orange wrist corsage features pincushion protea, berzellia berries, scabiosa pods, hypericum and plum purple sweet peas.
I absolutely adore plum purple anemones and this simple yet elegant sage ribbon wrist corsage was stunning
This is my most favorite color of ranunculus and paired with all this texture made it absolutely pop. Rose hips, blackberries, nigella pods, dusty miller, seeded eucalyptus and astrantia
This peach/coral wrist corsage features dusty miller, ranunculus, sedum, mini roses, seeded eucalyptus and succulents
Love this pale pink/blush ribbon wrist corsage with ranunculus, snow berries, lisianthus, dusty miller and larkspur, designed on champagne ribbon
This lovely modern wrist corsage consists of cymbidium orchid bloom, berzellia and wax flower
Peach ribbon wrist corsage with white ranunculus, blueberries, berzellia berries and trix dianthus
Champagne mini roses, hypericum berries, sedum, succulents, scabiosa pods and ranunculus make up this rustic elegant wrist corsage with burlap ribbon
Blush pink garden spray roses, seeded eucalyptus and gold ribbon
Rustic/Vintage/Wildflower style wrist corsage with blush pink/peach ranunculus, hypericum, fewerfew daisies, wax flower, blushing bride protea and lace
Deep rich, fall colored wrist corsage with red mini roses, rose hips, nandina and champagne ribbon
White and gray winter wrist corsage with ranunculus, dendrobium orchids, nandina, wax flower, silver brunia, cedar and flocked branches
