Everything starts with the arrival of the bridal bouquet.  Laura married this past weekend at Lansdowne Resort. The first thing we do when we arrive at the resort is deliver the bridal bouquet. We then move on to decorate the ceremony and reception areas.  
This was an incredibly fun weekend for me; our family was also staying at Lansdowne. This allowed me to get a inside look at all that is going on in a huge resort like Lansdowne. Our family wanted one more special time together before big brother Alex leaves for college. Sports and school activities also officially start this weekend. So on Friday night, I tucked Laura's bouquet in the cooler and headed to the resort. On Saturday morning I went home to check on all of the flowers and later that day Jessie and Albert met me at the resort. I wish I could do this every time I have a Lansdowne wedding.

We created two large arrangements for the ceremony. We also added a mountain of petals down the aisle. 

We dressed the unity candle with greens and filler flowers.

We headed over to the clubhouse to set up the reception.  This piece was designed for the place card table.  The bride gave us small dragonfly's that she wanted placed on the branches of the piece.

The reception was a mix of high and low centerpieces.  Our bride should be commended for all of her hard work. She chose the upgraded linens, chairs and napkins all by herself.  Actually, her wonderful mother helped. The end result was amazing.

The elevated centerpieces were created with white Hydrangea, dark blue Delphinium, purple Larkspur, purple Carnations, blue Thistle, white Lily, and lavender Roses.

The low centerpieces were full of the white Hydrangea, lavender Roses, purple Stock, blue Thistle, blue Delphinium and the purple Carnations.

We had miniature arrangements for the cocktail hour that Designer Debbie created. She floated small delphinium blossoms into the base of the vase with green leaves. These were so pretty. 

To bring an event this beautiful together takes a fully devoted team. I love working at Lansdowne Resort because of the attention to detail. Before each wedding or event there is a huge team meeting with Lansdowne's event planner, head captain and wait staff. This ensures that all of the client's wishes for the night are fufilled.

 

This is Millie. She is one of the Head Captain's at the Resort.  I am afraid I don't have a picture of Lansdowne's superstar catering manager Lindsey. Lindsey is absolutely a dream to have on your team. She is like having your own personal wedding coordinator on site.

The wedding cake was created by Lansdowne's pastry chef. The bride loved butterflies and dragonflys. The cake was a piece of art.

Here is my bride and her maids. There were seven maids total.

The bridal bouquet was created of purple-blue Hydrangea, white Roses, white mini callas with a purple center and a white Cymbidium Orchids.

 

Here were two maids that had no trouble posing for the florist.

Here is the amazing Joylyn Hannahs: photographer extraordinaire. I know photographers hate to have their picture taken, but I love to show them in action.

Since we were staying at the resort, we watched the wedding from our room.  With seven children this was a much safer view.

I will post about the rest of our weekend at Lansdowne in the next post.

Holly