Because I have an awesome clan of designer friends called the Chapel Designers I thought it would be really fabulous if I did a “best of 2013 bridal bouquet blog post.” I wanted to showcase the incredible designs my friends are producing all over this country and abroad. Much to my surprise over sixty designers contributed to this post. As I entered each post I became more and more impressed with my friends and more and more impressed with what we are building together. Chapel Designers is now well over 120 designers strong and we are gaining new friends everyday. We are making a difference in the wedding industry. We are helping to set trend, we are providing an amazing product, but mostly we are designing with passion and an honest love of flowers. Get ready this is the longest post I have ever seen and because it took me over 12 hours to create I hope you will share this link and I hope you will please leave some comments!!
Designer Holly Chapple of Holly Heider Chapple Flowers – Leesburg Virignia
Image taken by Anne Robert
Designer Francoise Weeks – Portland, Oregon
Image by photographer Jamie Bosworrth
Designer Kristi Landphere of The Posh Posey – Folsom, CA
Image by Allison Lal Photography.
Designer Laura Cogan of Passion Flowers Design.
Image by Marianne Wilson Photography.
Designer Lisa Sommer of Petals and Promises – Silver Spring, Maryland
Image by Photography Du Jour
Designer Amy Santee from Amy’s Wedding and Event Flowers – Aurora, Colorado
Designer Blair Roberts of Sweet Blossoms – Germantown, Maryland
Image by Liz Hough.
Designer Madeleine Elmer of Fleur de Vie – Houston, Texas
Image by Alyse French
Designer Susan McLeary owner of Passionflower – Ann Arbor, Michigan
Image by First Comes Love Photography
Designer Sylvia Clavier, Dream Weavers Flowers – Covington, Louisiana
Designer Julia Miller of Julia’s Floral – Edgewood, Washington
Image by Family Affair Photography
Designer Donna Sue Roberts, First Dance Floral – Southern Md.
Image by photographer Anne Robert
Designer Lauren Walloch of Garden Gate Florals – Central Florida
Image by KT Crabb
Designer Shelley Bagdasian of B Floral Event Design – Chevy Chase, Maryland
Image by Audra Wrisely
Designer Maria Limon of Maria Limon Atelier – Mexico City, Mexico
Designer Alicia Jayne Florals – Southern Maryland
Image by Birds of a Feather Photography
Designer Faye Zierer Krause of Flora Organica Designs – California
Image by Muir Adams
Designer Carmel Vandale of Mt. Lebanon Floral – Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Image by Veronica Varos
Designer Mary Coombs and Dawn Clark from A Garden Party – Elmer, New Jersey
Image by Amy Rae Photography
Designer Jennifer Ederer of Modern Day Floral – Grand Rapids, MI
Designer Christy Hulsey of Colonial House of Flowers – Statesboro, Georgia
Image by Haley Sheffield Photography
Designer Ellen Snyder of Ellen Snyder Design – Vermont
Image by Paige Hiller Photography
Designer Angie Strange of Posh Floral – Dallas, TX
Image by Nine Photography
Designers Peggy and Hunter Sherwood of Sherwood Events – Lexington, Kentucky
Image by Willie Wilson Photography
Designer Dawn Kelly of Soiree Floral – Nantucket, Massachusettes
Image by Zofia & Co
Designer Janet Martineau of Floral Verde – Cincinnati, Ohio
Designer Jeanette Kleitz of True Florette – Orangeburg, New York
Image by Todd France Photography
Designer Amy Dunlap of Amy Lynn Originals – Winston-Salem NC
Image by Anna Routh Photography
Designer Corinne Sebesta Sisti of Sebesta Design LLC – Narbeth, Pennsylvania
Image by Tyler Boye Photography
Designer Isha Foss of Isha Foss Events – Virginia Beach, Virginia
Image by Sarah Street Photography
Designer Holly Rutt of Sweet Pea Floral – Michigan
Designer Stacy Ercan from Stacy K Florals – Rochester, NY
Image taken by Tom Mike Photography
Designer Heather Potter of Cottage Flowers – Malvern, Pennsylvania
Image by Sweet Water Portraits
Designer Janna Avery of Callista Designs – Linville, NC
Image by Kickstand Studio
Designer Anna Stouffer of Urban Petals – Greenville, South Carolina
Image taken by Catskill Mountain Photography
Designer Katie Pollard of Color My World Flowers – Nashville, Tennessee
Image taken by Alex Bee Photo
Designer Amanda Frankewicz of Alluring Blooms – Wisconsin
Designer Sherry Donnelly from Gertie Mae’s Floral Studio – Atlanta, Georgia
Image by Haley Sheffield
Designer Susan Kelly of Three Sisters Custom Flowers and Events – California
Image by Ginny Silver of Retrospect Images
Designer Karen Lipkin from Blossoms and Branches – Chicago, Illinois
Designer Sue Prutting of White Magnolia Designs – Maryland
Image by the Jo(e)s Photos
Designer Nicole Boshard of The Petal Pusher – California
Image by Sara at OneLove Photography
Stylist Mary Bartolucci of Island Style Weddings– St. John United States Virgin Islands
Image by Sage Hammond Photography
Designer Laura Williams of Loda Floral Design – Virginia
Designer Daevid Reed of Daevids Flowers and Decor – Norfolk, Virginia
Image taken by Hayne Photographers
Designer Lesley Frascogna of Tulip Curated Florals – Jackson, Mississippi
Image by Rylee Hitchner
Designer Jessica Jones of Blooms’n Blossoms – Georgetown, KY
Image by Natasha Moses Photography
Designer Lisa Ruf of Goodness Gracious Florals – Maryland
Image taken by Amy Flashenberg
Designer Eatherley Schultz 0f Floressence Flowers – Brevard, North Carolina
Image taken by Nick Breedlove Photography
Designer Trish Van De Merkt – Chicago, Illinois
Designer Cynthia Manchester of Oleander Florals and Events – New Jersey
Image by Shari DeAngelo Photography
Designer Courtenay Lambert of Courtenay Lambert Florals – Cincinnati, Ohio
Image by Braun Photography
Designer Laurie Garza of Fleurie – Reedley, California
Image taken by Robert Kurtz
Designers Carol and Peggy of Celebration Florals – Corvallis, Oregon
Image taken by Chris Becerra Photography
Eric Fredricks of Bee’s Wedding and Event Floral Design – New Orleans, Louisiana
Image taken by Greer G. Photography
Designer Lisa Almeida of Blossoms of Hawaii – Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
Image taken by Aubrey Hord Photography
Designer Ellen Seagraves – Bethesda, Maryland
Image taken by Lucy Merkley
Designer Katie McConnell of Wild Bunch Studio – Chatham, Massachusetts
Image taken by Click Imagery
Designer Melissa Stewart of Primrose Floral and Event Design – Lexington, Massachusetts
Image by Molly Anne Photography
Designer Kim Kalmbach of Bloomers Floral Design – Sacramento, California
Image taken by Lyndsay Undseth Photography
Designer Meredith Young of Au Courant – Jackson, Mississippi
Designer Alexandra Jusino of Exquisite Designs – Chicago, Illinois
Image by Greenhouse Loft.
Designer Olga Beletskaya of the Flower Bazar – Moscow, Russia
Image taken by Yaroslav & Jenny Fine Art Photography
Designer Sharon Duke of Isn’t She Lovely Florals – Florida
Image taken by Hunter Ryan Photography
Designer Andrea Fitzpatrick of Corona Del Mar Florist – Dana Point, California
Designer Susanne Hatwood of The Blue Carrot – Portscatho, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Image taken by Hayley Savage Photography
Designer Victoria Clausen of Victoria Clausen Floral Events – Reisterstown, Maryland
Image taken by Renee Michele Photography
Designer Robyn Rissman of Bare Root Flora – Colorado
Image taken by Sarah Box Photography
I hope you enjoyed this post, it was most certainly a very impressive line up of bridal bouquets. I am certain 2014 holds many exciting adventures for the Chapel Designers. I look forward to the many things we will accomplish together, our inspiration and growth will have no limits!!!
Holy Holly!!! You are incredible. This post blows me away! Absolutely amazed. So thankful to you for taking the time and effort to do this. What an amazing energy it must have taken! Honestly I can’t believe I get to be amongst you and the talent you have attracted in all the Chapel Designers! Someone pinch me, I am soooo giddy!!!!
Wow! Thank you so much for writing this post, everyday I am so thankful to be a part of this group and I can’t wait to see what lies ahead for all of us in 2014! xo!
Such a splendid post! Thank you for taking the time and energy to showcase the work of so many talented Chapel Designers! You are the best!
Thank you, Holly! These bouquets are gorgeous! I am humbled and honored to be included among such a talented group of designers. This post is a beautiful way to close 2013 and usher in the New Year, which I believe, is going to be amazing! Thanks again for all that you do!
Thank you Holly, quite a send off for 2014.
Breathtaking!! Thank you for putting so much care into this, you are incredible!
Such an impressive collection, I can’t pick a favorite!!
LOVE my flower family!!!Thank you for bringing us all together…this showcase took a lot of your time and energy and I greatly appreciate all you do for us Holly!! Can’t wait to see everyone in NYC!! xoxo
Absolutely beautiful! Its acts like this that keep us striving to be better, learning more and growing everyday. Thank you, Holly!
Thank you so much for including me in this gorgeous post! I am so incredibly excited to meet you in SB and become a part of this amazing group. All of these are just stunning! Thank you for the hard work to do this!
STUNNING! I am so honored to be affiliated with such talented designers. Thank you so much for this post Holly!
These are incredible, such talent, such art! Very excited to become a part of this wonderful group! Congrats all on a fabulous 2013!
what beauty captured in one blog post! This is amazing and I am proud to be amongst these designers! Happy 2014!!
Breathtaking, in so many ways! You can both see and feel the love & talent from within each of these bouquets. Simply breathtaking!
There are some truly beautiful and stunning designs in this showcase! Isn’t nature amazing? And, although you’d think that by using most of the same flowers over and over again that one would create the same “look,” it NEVER happens. Thank you, Holly. What a gift to us all.
What an amazing collection of bouquets! A huge thank you to Holly for creating this 2013 bouquet blog. We are excited for what 2014 with hold for Chapel Designers…..we love our flower friends from around the world.
WOWZA!! Incredibly beautiful bouquets, every single one! Thank you so much for the post and the awesome inspiration!
I am honored to be in such fine company. I am ready to take the challenge of being the best I can be! Thank you for this gathering of lovely examples of what can be accomplished with love, passion and hard work.
All of the bouquets are amazing! When I saw the bouquet from Stacy with the bronze fern…sigh… my heart skipped a beat. Just lovely!
This brings tears to my eyes! I am so excited to learn from this incredible talent pool….Thank you Holly! Your energy is abundant, and your students love you!
Wow !!!! Holly from the countless hours it took you to put this together it is a work of art from so many wonderful designers from around the world. You are a blessing to this group for having a vision and making it real. May you have many more in the new year. Great work by all the designers from a wife of a designer that loves seeing all the talent from this group.
I’m so thrilled to be a part of such an amazing group of artists! Thank you Holly!
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Beautiful work Chappel Designers!!! Congrats to all and Thanks Holly for joining such talented floral designers!
Wow….I’m blown away by the talent pool! So many gorgeous bouquets….one right after the other. Holly, thank you for pulling this post together…I know it was a lot of work, and it’s so much fun for all of us to read. 🙂
Incredible Holly! Thank you. Thank you! This is the PERFECT send off into the New Year. You are The Best!
Thank you so much for taking the time to do all the things you do for chapel designers and our industry. With your heart and contagious inspiration things will surely continue to change!!!! : -) love you happy new year.
So very inspiring! No cookie cutter designs here.
SOOOOOOO MUCH gorgeousness, inspiration and talent! Thank you for putting this together, Holly!
That’s it…… INSPIRED!
GORGEOUS WORK! Kudos to all these amazing designers!
These are truly beautiful choices! Happy new year to these talented designers!
Proud to be included in this post!!!!
Love the one from Callistah designs!!! I have seen her work at the Lodge in Linville.
Thank you Holly, for putting together this amazing post! So thrilled to be included. What an amazing group of talented designers! I loved looking at each and every bouquet.
Love all the eye candy!
Saved as a favorite, I love your blog!