I had fun making this board, the flowers were all from a wedding last spring. We love this pink and green look  for this time of year. These pictures simply speak of Spring and all of its treasures. We at Holly Heider Chapple Flowers love this time of year. This wedding featured, Peonies,tulips,green Viburnum,green mums,Ranunculus, and of course Roses

This years garden show was blessed with wonderful weather.  I was so happy to be out in the sun with all three of my girls. Here are some pictures from our big weekend.

We worked extremely hard at the show, but I was a little disappointed in Grace’s productivity level

These are some of the awesome designs we offered at the show.

This is the Burke family and they found me at the flower and garden show many years ago. They are so supportive of my business and honestly make me so glad I do what I do. Years ago when we met at the show, she took my business card and put it right in her husbands wallet. She told him if he was ever to buy her flowers I was the place to go to. I have heard this story many times, but this weekend I actually got to see the very worn out card. Mr. Burke pulled the card out for me to see.
I have been blessed enough to share in birthdays, anniversaries, and all through that I watch their children grow.

These are some of the bouquets we made in our flower shop on the streets of Leesburg.

This beautiful, young lady holding Grace is one of my June brides.  Ayana will marry at the Thomas Birkby house.  I love this girl and who wouldn’t , check out her smile.

Here are some of my boys relaxing on the street.

Here is my husband in the Holly Heider Chapple Flower van. Notice he is not driving on the street.

Next comes clean up and then we give the town back to traffic.

This is the Cymbidium Orchid.  She is available in many different colors. For unique and contemporary designs we will use the whole stem. Here is a great example of the full stem in use and of the yellow color.

Here is the white Cymbidium used in a bouquet.  In bouquet work the individual blossoms are removed from the stem.  We tape a wire stem on to the Orchid blossom so that it can be used in bouquets or smaller centerpieces.  This allows us to spread this very expensive flower out and  use it in different types of designs.

Here we have used the individual blossoms in a centerpiece. In this design we put the orchid blossom in a water tube and inserted the tube in to the design. It is always amazing to me how a designer can make the very same flower look different.  These are of course all Holly Heider Chapple Flowers LTd. designs.

These photographs just came in last night and they feature one of my absolute favorite blossoms
Peonies.  This is one of our weddings from last year. When my husband and I first married, we bought a home that was loaded with peonies. 22 years later we are still enjoying the properties bounty. The incredible blossoms in our gardens are one of the main reasons I started arranging professionally.  The Peonies simply inspired me to design.
So we can thank the Peonies and this property for the many years of success at Holly Heider Chapple Flowers Ltd.

  This week has gone by so fast it is hard for me to believe all that I have done. One of the highlights of the week was the annual award luncheon for the Loudoun County Visitors Association.  I am so fortunate to be a part of this incredible organization.  LCVA allows me to put my pride for Loudoun in to action. This annual luncheon is a gathering of some of the finest people I know, not to mention new friends I meet every time I participate.  The award for best event of the year went to the Upperville Colt and Horse show, if I remember correctly this is a 155 year old horse show and the oldest in the country and yes part of Upperville is in Loudoun.  The very dear to me Leesburg Flower and Garden Show got promotion campaign of the year.  The very highest award went to Cate Wyatt for her work with Journey Through Hollowed Ground.  She was given the Judy Patterson award for her lasting impact on tourism in Loudoun.

We all wear red, it is the color of tourism. Top left corner, I am with my new friends Mr. Felix Bighem and his wife. He is the Sales and Leasing Advisor for BMW of Sterling.  They were truly lovely people. The flowers of course were done by me Holly Heider Chapple Flowers LTd. the bottom left picture is of me with my dear friend Margaret Hubert of Tarara Winery, The amazing Heather Akres won a award for commitment to service in our industry. The middle picture shows some real superstars my friends David Weinschel of Celebrations Catering, Kate Zurschmeide of Great Country Farms, Jennifer Ritter of the LCVA, and Andrea Falzarano of Good Taste Tours . The picture at the bottom is Jason from Market Salamander winning for front line employee of the year.   It was a awesome day and I was so proud to be a part of all the fun.

So I just love these pictures from last night. I have to tell you the whole evening was just amazing.  The event industry is one really fun and talented crowd. I felt like I had been to the Oscars this was such a huge deal.  The awards were so much fun but for me its always the decor and seeing my industry in action.  The theme of the evening was the pink ball, so pink was everywhere, a portion of the evenings proceeds went to the Susan G. Komen for the cure foundation.
We entered in to the big awards tent by way of a huge popcorn buffet of course the bags were pink.

Up close is Pamela Barefoot of A Trendy Wedding and right behind her is the Posh Planner, Lisa Schulz.

Here are my wonderful friends Amy and Srinu Regeti receiving their award for Social Photoghaper of the year.

Next we are absolutely wowed with a choir like none other.

The choir lead us from the awards tent in to the Party Rentals warehouse. They are located in Laurel, MD. They hosted the whole event and used much of their rental material as decor, the warehouse was a fun location to have a event. Check out the walk we took in to dinner. You will see linens hanging from the ceilings, bins of pillows in a rainbow of colors and chair cushions in a  collage of colors.

Next we walked through a lounge area into where dinner would be served.

Check out the table decor.  No flowers but way clever.

Next came the food which was just incredible. The catering was provided by Well Dunn.

Here is Lisa Shulz and Stephanie Ascari from Cleverly Candid Photography sample the food that was so Well Dunn.

Now, what night would be any fun without dancing check out Lisa the Posh Planner on the dance floor whooping it up with Terry Perry.

We also had some very unexpected guests at this party thanks to Cast of  Thousands like

Look at all of the warming trays being lit up with votives. I so loved the Chocolate tent and its very bright chandeliers.

Here I am with the awarding winning Amy Regeti.

I also love this picture of  The Regeti’s with Doreen Tisone publisher of Engaged Magazine and my new friend event planner Alex Pare of Cherry Blossom Event Co.

We then top off the night with of course Fireworks.

I just learned how to make my very own inspiration board. I may have to play with this little craft all night long.  Actually this was a really beautiful wedding and guess what, the bride was named Sarah,  the wedding cord  was named Sara and the photographer was named Sarah. Try keeping that straight in your mind while you are creating beautiful flowers.  The smartest thing I could do was work really hard to keep Sarah happy. With that kind of plan how could I go wrong.

I hope you will visit the Stables in Bluemont. There is no other wedding site in Loudoun County with a view this amazing.

Holly Heider Chapple Flowers Ltd.


The Stables at Foggybottom also known as Bluemont Vineyard

Sara Bauleke, Belle Notte Event Planning

Sarah Hodzic Photography

Holly Heider Chapple Flowers Ltd. has just received photos from yet another perfect wedding. These pictures are from a wedding last July. The photographer is Marc Kent Photography. I loved this wedding it was on the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain at the Strong Mansion. Nikole the bride and her mother were really wonderful to work with. They had a absolute vision and they knew I could deliver. The flowers were perfect, the venue extraordinary and these photos are pretty awesome as well. I hope to have more photos soon that show this whole event.  The colors of the day were sage green, cream and chocolate brown.
The bridal bouquet was created of cream and green roses, green cymbidium orchids, white stock, white phlox, white mini callas, green hydrangea from my garden,berzilia,  brown fiddle head fern and green coxcomb.

The girls bouquets were of cream hydrangea, the brown fiddle head fern and green accents we also used a special fern from Australia.

This is a fun shot of the wedding party.

This shot shows a more serious side as well as the beautiful views at Strong Mansion.

I  just love these photo’s also, I would never think black and white could do my flowers justice but it looks like Marc pulled it off.

I just received these images from Kristen Gardener Photography and I had to share them with you. This was one of my favorite weddings last year and I am so happy to have these pictures. I think Kristen did a wonderful job with the photos and I am so thankful to have these to show you.My bride was Katie and I just loved her and her mother. We had so much fun creating these designs.  Here is a picture of her bridal bouquet the colors of the day were cream and natural green with brown accents.

The brides bouquet was designed with a base of  white hydrangea, white roses, white freesia,and  white stephanotis. A pearl pin was inserted into the stephanotis bloom.

 This is a shot of the happy bride and groom the wedding was held at the River Creek Country Club in Leesburg VA.

Here is a picture of the maids bouquets up close, they were simple and elegant. Each bouquet was created of white roses and green ivy and bound with white satin ribbon.

The ceremony was held in front of the fireplace, We planted large ivy pots in my  brown iron stands. We also marked the family reserved seating with ribbon and ivy.

The centerpieces were created in two heights this was the low centerpiece. I used a wonderful four legged urn with a mass of cream hydrangea, white roses,white spray roses, green ivy and brown birch branches.

  The elevated centerpiece started with a ivy topiary and then we created a fresh flower arrangement around the potted plant. This was a great centerpieces and allowed the family to have something living after the wedding.

We at Holly Heider Chapple Flowers loved this wedding.  This was so very classic and elegant.

Last night was truly amazing. I met so many wonderful people my head is just buzzing with all of the possibilities.   We at  Holly Heider Chapple Flowers would like to thank Maria Cooke From Ritzybee for bringing us along to get Hitched.  Maria helped to put together a panel of wedding professionals for a little Q and A.   Anne Chertoff the editor of Brides.Com came from New York to host the event and interview our panel.  Many thanks to the girls at Hitched for allowing us to bombard their beautiful salon and to Design Cuisine for their inspiration and hard work. I hope you enjoy these pictures, they show just how beautiful the night was. We could not have asked for a better turn out there was not one seat left in the house. Thanks to everyone the night was a complete success.

Holly Chapple, baby Grace and Maria Cooke of Ritzybee and yes my flowers.

Design Cuisine

Anne Chertoff and the panel of  wedding vendors.  Yes, that’s me to the right. I really do get out of the flower cooler.

One of our beautiful floral designs surrounded by the unbelievable gowns at Hitched.

This table top was inspired by Bill from Design Cuisine. I could actually see the wheels turning in his head when I went for our concept development meeting. He is truly a amazing artist. It was such a pleasure to be given this blank canvas for my florals.  We created these arrangements in rectangular glass vases lined with red Ti leaves.  Each piece contained a mass of deep purple and wine mini callas,plum and wine colored ranunculus, hot lady roses, sweetness roses,black baccara roses, fiddle head ferns, silver brunia, deep purple orchids and red foliages. I have to say these were very sexy.

This table was truly divine, I loved every inch from the beautiful linens to the green glass. We can thank Kelly from Design for dreaming up this table. She loves it so much she is using it in June for her very own wedding.