"in her shoe's wedding"

 

A few pics of a wedding for some dear friends. It was held at Tsunami - a sushi place in Baton Rouge that has this awesome outside deck on the 6th floor overlooking the Mississippi river. It was their second  marriage, so very intimate and low key. They each have 2 kids that were a huge part of the ceremony. The coolest thing is that a week earlier the bride under went a bone marrow transplant to save her little sister. Her sister was recently diagnosed with leukemia after she gave birth to her first child. She has been in the hospital since the baby was born. The couple changed around their wedding plans so the bride could do the transplant surgery. She borrowed her sisters shoes for her "something borrowed", kinda gave a whole new meaning to walking in someone else's shoes. Such great people - well deserving of a great wedding.

I loved the bouquet - created of field dahlias, cymbidium orchids, ranunculus, scented geranium, fern curls and a few stems of star of  Bethlehem.

I used lots of candles and ti leaves and grass. Kinda organic and natural. 

Lucy in the sky with Diamonds.....a Seattle wedding in the fall.

You may wonder how the soup can comes into play but to understand that you would have to know Lucy Pardey....now Lucy Campbell. Seen below in all of her wedding glory. She defines the word "fun" and has a way of being constantly happy and excited.

I met Lucy my junior year of high school in our theatre class. She was famous even back then. The only daughter of a professional poker player, she grew up in Vegas as the youngest of 3 very dynamic musician brothers. Lucy lit up a room, every room and made friends no matter where she was.

She moved to Alaska later on where she met her future husband, Jeremy, a deep sea diver and adventurist. After being stranded on a mountain in Alaska and being rescued by the Red Cross, he promptly went to the jewelry store & bought "the" ring. This was 2 days before my own wedding where Lucy played the part of maid of honor. Jeremy quickly flew to Florida with a plan of proposing. We decided to have the cake designer insert her real ring into the cake for the classic single girls ribbon pull. She had no clue what was going on until she heard his voice over the microphone. It was awesome!

They wed in a rustic barn overlooking a lake in a small town on a gorgeous property outside of Seattle, Washington in the fall.

I used a variation of sunflowers, herbs, lavendar and dahlias for the flowers.

The brothers; Ryan, Rod and Danny Vegas all showed up to see Lucy get married.

Ryan became a minister online so he could officiate the ceremony, Rod played "Lucy in the Sky in Diamonds" on guitar as she walked down the aisle and Danny played his signature song about Lucy at the

reception.

The rustic interior ceremony was created after some Seattle rain cancelled the outdoor plan. Rod sung her signature song as she carefully walked down the stairs in a gorgeous dress with a small train as we all cried.

Ranuculus-The Flower

Ranuculus - One of my favorite flowers. They resemble delicate pieces of paper bound together. Great flower to add for texture, anything but another rose! They come in most colors.

Pictures courtesy of Design Sponge.

Wild Flowers (Minus the satin ribbon)

Brooklyn floral designer Saipua created these phenomenal unstructured wedding flowers. I love the texture and mix of colors. Here’s to leaving satin tied bouquets on the shelf for a moment.