I loved receiving these images from my bride Jackie, her flowers were a bit of a challenge. Jackie wanted to honor her mother by using essentially the same flowers she had used in her bridal bouquet.  The challenge was to take those same flowers and make something that would also reflect Jackie's style.  Baby's breath was commonly used in bridal bouquets in years past, so much so that most people still cringe when it is mentioned. I could see on Jackie's face she was worried about the baby's breath but that she wanted to use the flowers for sentimental reasons. I assured her we could make the bouquet reflect her style. Her mothers bouquet was essentially a huge puff of baby's breath, with gardenia's and stephanotis, it was also cascading. I suggested we create a natural stem bouquet with cream roses, stephanotis,  gardenias, and then place a small subtle collar of the baby's breath around the rim. The natural stem bouquet is the most commonly used bouquet at this time. All the flowers are gathered in the hands of the designer and the round shape is formed. The stems are left on the flowers and then wrapped in ribbon. In the olden days we chopped off the stems and put the flowers in little plastic bouquet holders. I am very proud of the final results, this bouquet ended up being a really lovely blending of two generations of brides.

The photography was done by Hyon Smith. The wedding took place at Whitehall Manor in Bluemont Virginia.

Maids carried clusters of the same cream rose with masses of white freesia.

 

For the centerpieces she went with the calla lilies because they were more contemporary and reflected her personal style.

 

It was fun to get these images and realize we had really helped to make these flowers work. It also made me really wonder if we will be seeing a return of baby's breath. With such a huge movement towards vintage and simplicity, I am willing to guess baby's breath is on it's way back. History repeats itself, don't they say.