Wedding at St. Francis Xavier & the History Museum

This is a wedding we did last weekend for two great people at two great venues. We enjoyed working with the bride and groom, Sabine and George, and we wish them many years of happiness.

A lot of planning went into making this a gorgeous event! Kudos to Sabrina from Proposing Dreams for giving her all to every detail of this wedding. Spectacular lighting and room decor by Exclusive Events really transformed an already awesome venue. Here are some shots that Christa, one of our employees, snapped during our set-up.

Columns with tall vase arrangements lined the aisle at St. Francis Xavier. The red and white color scheme was carried through in the bouquets as well.

The vases included dendrobium orchids, dahlias, roses, glads, and curly willow.

The reception layout was perfect for the space. The long tables enabled us to do a few flower arrangements on each section of tables accented with candles down the middle.

Tall arrangements of red and white flowers sat on top of tall cube vases with a ti leaf wrap.

Short cube vases filled with red roses and amber LED lights were placed in between the taller vases. The candlelight, hanging lanterns, and LEDs helped bring a warm, intimate feeling to the larger space.

The arrangements from the church were brought to the museum and placed around the room.

The place card table at the museum entrance featured two of the taller arrangements from the guest tables and a large vase with curly willow with hanging votives.

We are so happy to have been a part of this gorgeous event!

Thanks to all our staff who really hustled and gave their best-- just as they always do.

Warning: not flower related

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A Perfect Garden Wedding...

Here is another of our favorite weddings so far this year. Melinda M. and Dan K. had a gorgeous wedding on 6-7-08 at Ascension Chapel and The Gardens at Malmaison. We helped out with the flowers and LOVED how they reflected the personality and style of the bride and the whole event!

Photos by Tim Pastor, Artisan Photography.

Here's a tip for all the men out there (Hint, Hint!): Dan sent his bride of vase full of wedding flowers for her bridal suite to enjoy while getting ready for the big day!

We decorated the outside of the chapel with greenery wreaths for the doors and garland and bows on the railings.

Metal buckets filled with garden flowers in wedding colors decorated the aisle.

The happy couple!

The bride carried all garden flowers and greenery: pink peonies, sahara roses, Queen Anne's lace, link waxflower, dusty miller.

Little, precious ones...

The whole wedding party. The Bridesmaids carried bouquets of the garden theme that included, peonies, roses, astilbe, dusty miller.

Melinda brought us these clay pots that had an old world finish to them. She wanted to keep the earthy theme and told us to make them gorgeous. We filled them with awesome roses, peonies, dusty miller, waxflower, astilbe, etc. to give the ceremony and reception a cohesive look.

This cake has an interesting story. Melinda saw it in a bridal magazine and loved the detailed ribbon. After searching high and low and having no success, she saw this ribbon in a store window while on a trip to New York. She bought enough to decorate the cake and even had left over for her own bouquet! (see above picture)

Special thanks to Liz with Proposing Dreams for making sure everything went smoothly. Best wishes to the newlyweds!! We enjoyed being a part of your day.

Summer Centerpieces

Here is a "collection" of some of the centerpieces and other flower decor that we've done this spring and summer.

Bright reds and pinks made these roses and freesia pop against the white table linens.

These hurricane candles with a lush flower wreaths were perfect for a summer garden-themed wedding.

Small jars of Esperance roses and bells of Ireland were a great cimpliment to the pink washed walls at the Mad Art Gallery.

Tall trumpet vases with large white calla lilies brought height and drama to the Lindell Pavilion. (Photo by Gail Fleming)

Two types of submerged flowers- tulips and roses- gave a contemporary look to the reception at Moulin. (Photos by Tim McDermott)

Wedding at the Coronado

When everything comes together, a wedding can be just beautiful. Emily Reed's wedding, on June 21, is a wonderful example. Brightly colored dresses and flowers, and the Coronado Ballroom all played their part in helping the bride's vision become reality.

All of these gorgeous shots were taken by Lace.

Emily carried a clutch of mango mini calla lilies, to match her bridesmaids' colors.

The bridesmaids carried mango callas, cherry brandy roses, coral spray roses, and green hydrangea as a splash of complementary color.

The flower girl's pink spray rose kissing ball.

The reception was held at the Coronado Ballroom. The centerpieces were a combination of high and low arrangements to help add even more show to the room.

The taller centerpieces were tall trumpet vases with white and mango callas, bells of Ireland, coral glads, and curly willow.



The short arrangements were in a cube vase and included green hydrangea, cherry brandy roses, coral spray roses, and waxflower.

Best wishes to Emily and Joe! It was a pleasure working with you!

To re-use or not to re-use...

Here is an example of how flowers from the ceremony can be re-used at the reception. These julep cups filled with hydrangea were used to line the aisle and the pathway leading to the ceremony. Afterwards, these were taken down and used as smaller centerpieces and could have also been used for cocktail tables.

(Photos by Christopher Cook, CLC Photography)

Here is another example of re-using. This bride's pew decorations were flower wreaths that we used again as centerpieces by incorporating candles. (Photo by Zettl Photography)

Lots of times, "altar" arrangements can be re-used at the place card table or as decoration for buffet tables or the bar. There are lots of ways to double-use flowers and save a little in the process.

Our feature in St. Louis Bride Magazine

The Fall/Winter 2008 issue of St. Louis Bride Magazine has the newest and freshest ideas for local brides. Sisters Flowers is featured in the article "Perfect Table Tops: From Cute to Couture." Here are some sneak peeks of the pictures from the photo shoot at Lumen.

Photos by Zettl Photography

The submerged dark purple mini callas and curly willow accent the table's color scheme.

This table-scape features a tight, round arrangement of blue hydrangea, purple roses and spray roses, lavender freesia, and waxflower. The chairs are accented with purple and white stems of dendrobium orchids to set off the centerpiece.

Special thanks to Alison White of Simply Elegant Events for organizing the photo shoot.

For more details, check out the fabulous new edition of St. Louis Bride Magazine, available on newsstands now!