13 Monday Mar 2017
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With the impending snow storm about to hit Long Island, I am feeling inspired by the snow to do one last blog on winter wedding and the snow. How the romantic look and feel of a winter wedding can impact your flowers, decor, dress and even with the cold snow is creates the warmest of feelings at your wedding.
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29 Tuesday Nov 2016
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Bella Flowers recently created a beautiful wedding as Bailey Arboretum in Lattingtown, NY. The flowers were magnificent, using all natural greenery, local dahlias, rose and more to create this cohesive feel for the local arboretum.
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13 Friday May 2016
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Blue is a traditional wedding color, and for good reason. It’s almost universally flattering—there’s a reason jeans are blue!—and it’s popular with both men and women. Blue also teams well with other colors, which helps in creating a color scheme for your wedding. Blue looks great with yellow, pink, mint, peach or coral, lavender…the choices of shade are endless. The only problem with choosing blue for your wedding flowers is that there aren’t many truly blue flowers out there. The most popular blue flowers for weddings are, of course, hydrangeas. But what if you don’t like hydrangeas, or you don’t think they suit the overall style of your day, but you still want to incorporate blue flowers in your wedding? You’re not out of luck. Hyacinths are beautiful and fragrant, and little grape hyacinths or muscari are an adorable addition to spring arrangements and bouquets. Irises are another springtime blue flower, while delphinium can be used to create striking tall arrangements for altars and escort card tables. There are other blue flowers such as tweedia, nigella and scabiosa that your florist can use to great effect. Finally, blue thistles and blue-gray succulents can be beautiful additions to any arrangement.
This is pretty much the ultimate in blue bridal bouquets; it was inspired by Texas bluebonnets. It was created with belladonna delphinium, muscari, scabiosa, veronica, thistle and hyacinth.
Image via SMS Photography
Hyacinths are beautiful and highly fragrant spring bulbs that come in a range of blue shades (along with white, pink, purple and yellow.) Grape hyacinths, or muscari, also come in a range of blue shades, but aren’t hyacinths as such. Both, however, are charming additions to wedding bouquets and arrangements, although the more aromatic hyacinths may not be appropriate for wedding centerpieces.
Deep blue hyacinth together with muscari, freesia, gypsophilia, hydrangea, stock and lisianthus makes a stunning bridal bouquet:
Image via Flowers by Janie
An exquisitely fragrant bouquet of blue hyacinths and white freesia:
Image via Brides in Bloom
A closeup view of a hyacinth, Vanda orchid, and off-white ranunculus bouquet:
Image via Together Weddings and Events
The small flowers known as grape hyacinths, or muscari, are also spring bulbs but are otherwise not related to the hyacinths above. They’re called “grape” because they’re most common in a purple-blue color, but muscari are also available in pale blue, white and pink.
Here light blue muscari are teamed with anemones, freesia and tulips:
Image via Green & Gorgeous
Unlike the “other” hyacinths, muscari aren’t fragrant and are an excellent choice for a blue-themed reception centerpiece.
Image via Melani Lust Photography
Another beautiful blue bridal bouquet of muscari, forget-me-nots, and delphinium:
Image via Yasu + Junko Photography
Tweedia is a small, star-shaped light blue flower. Here it’s mixed with ivory roses in a traditional bouquet:
Image via Jen Fariello Photography
This bridal bouquet mixes tweedlia, hydrangea, Dusty Miller, Vendela roses, bunny grass, tuberoses and Leucadendron:
Image via Floral Verde LLC
A boutonniere with tweedia, Dusty Miller, and stephanotis:
Image via Azul Photography
Blue thistles have become a popular way to bring both the color and textural interest into wedding flowers. This bridesmaid’s bouquet of slate blue thistles mixed with nude or pale peach roses and wheat makes an extremely attractive fall statement.
Image via Caroline Tran Photography
Blue thistle mixed with other dried and fresh florals makes a striking rustic boutonniere:
Image via Fuller Photography
The bride’s bouquet from the same wedding has a natural, rustic feel, combining blue thistle with muscari, white roses, stock and greenery.
Image via Fuller Photography
A bridal bouquet of darker blue tones comprised of thistle, dried lavender, seedpods and pink roses:
Image via With Every Bloom
Blue thistles also look fabulous mixed with dark or bright blooms, such as in this bridal bouquet of blue eryngium thistle, Merlot ranunculus, cranberry orchids, cream roses, blue privet berries, seeded eucalyptus, and burgundy & green foliage:
Image via Gabrielle Touchette Photography
Blue thistle looks amazing in this bright rustic bouquet of purple-blue veronica, hot pink stock, pink roses, cream tulips, and lime green bupleurum greenery:
Image via Jennifer Poynter Flowers
And thistles also look amazing in this vibrant bouquet of peonies, garden roses, ranunculus, astilbes and dahlias with messy greenery:
Image via J. Renee Studios
Come back next week for the rest of our post on blue flowers—we may decide to sneak some hydrangea in there after all. Otherwise we still have tall delphinium, bright irises, succulents, and berries to cover… If you’re already inspired, give us a call at 631.271.7050 and make an appointment to discuss the most beautiful day of your life. Or come back net week to read the rest of our post on blue wedding flowers.
27 Wednesday Apr 2016
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Summer is coming, and that means gardens bursting with beautiful flowers. With the popularity of rustic and boho wedding styles, bold and bright bouquets and arrangements that look like they were just gathered in from the garden have become very popular. However, just as it is in makeup, it takes a lot of effort to look as if there was no effort at all. (Which is why you need a great florist like Bella Flowers!) The results, however, are worth it. Bright garden flowers, lots of assorted greenery, and an organic, rather than rigidly symmetrical shape are the hallmarks of this style. Fruits, berries, interesting containers, and long, trailing ribbon ties are frequent accompaniments.
Brightly colored dinner plate-sized dahlias are one of the stars of the summer garden, and a couple of them, mixed with spray roses, make a bold and spectacular bridal bouquet when mixed with spray roses and other small garden flowers.
Image via Colin Cowie Celebrations
Smaller dahlias are just as striking in a mix of complimentary colors.
Image via Figlewicz Photography
Other brightly colored summer flowers include poppies, delphinium, and, of course, the ever-popular wedding classics: peonies and roses.
Gorgeously bright orange poppies tied with fashionably trailing ribbons:
Image via Sweet Root Village Photography
If you have your heart set on blue flowers, tall, showy delphiniums are for you.
Image via Colin Cowie Celebrations
Blowsy, ruffled peonies are a classic garden flower, as well as a beloved wedding classic. The mixture of different trailing ribbons and the loosely gathered arrangement creates the informal style.
Image via Studio EMP
More bright, beautiful peonies, with a casually irregular collar of leaves and fern fronds:
Image via Shelly Sarver Designs
More beautiful informal bouquets:
Image via Irene Yap Photography
Image via He! Capture
Image via Kimberly Sta-Maria Photography
Image via Shannon Rosan Photography
Image via Nectarine Photography
This bold and bright style isn’t just for bouquets, it works wonderfully in centerpieces and other container arrangements.
Image via Kimberly Sta-Maria Photography
Image via He! Capture
Image via Marianne Wilson Photography
Image via Nectarine Photography
This arrangement consists of white and other pale flowers, but the liberal use of greenery makes it appear nearly as bright as some of the more tropically hued arrangements.
Image via Averyhouse Read
Gathering flowers from the garden is easy. Creating arrangements and bouquets as beautiful as these is a job for a great floral designer such as Bella Flowers. Give us a call at 631.271.7050 and make an appointment to discuss the most beautiful day of your life.
14 Monday Mar 2016
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We still have spring fever here at Bella Flowers’ blog. This week, we’re featuring peonies, often called the quintessential wedding flower. Peonies are a spring flower, blooming in gardens in June. But brides are lucky these days that peonies are now available year-round, although they can be very expensive in “off” months. But peonies make such a statement you often only need a few in a bouquet or arrangement. Peonies come in shades of white, cream, pink, coral, deep red, burgundy and even yellow, which make them one of the most versatile wedding flowers. Peonies are as beautiful in delicately colored spring bouquets as they are in richly colored fall arrangements, which makes them perfect as wedding flowers. Peonies also traditionally represent good fortune and a happy marriage. And the ruffled petals of the peony are a wonderful foil for a beautiful wedding dress.
Bella Flowers frequently uses peonies for their wedding clients. Here white and blush peonies are combined with Dusty Miller, silver brunia, Café au lait dahlias, white spray roses and white ranunculus.
Photo by InfocusNYC
At the same wedding, table arrangements mixed white and blush peonies with white stock, Dusty Miller, silver brunia, and peachy pink Ilse spray roses.
Photo by InfocusNYC
Some brides love color, some brides want an all white bouquet. This bride described her Bella peony bouquet as looking like “the softest white clouds.)
Photo by Cadence Kennedy
This is another nearly all-white bouquet by Bella Flowers, where white peonies were mixed with other pale-toned blooms.
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Or, you can mix colored peonies with other flowers, such as in this bouquet by Bella:
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Peonies aren’t all the same, either. Here giant yellow tree peonies make a showstopper of a bouquet.
Photo by Corbin Gurkin
As peonies are spring flowers, they look particularly appropriate combined with other spring blooms. Here white and blush peonies, scented lilacs and stock to are combined to create a remarkably beautiful, and beautifully scented, bouquet.
Btklyn View Photography
Although peonies are spring flowers, they look amazing in fall wedding arrangements.
Photo by Jenny Jimenez
If you love peonies, or aren’t yet sure what you want for your wedding, call Bella Flowers and let us help designing your dream wedding.
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22 Monday Feb 2016
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Spring is in the air—OK, it’s not really, but it’s been warm lately. It is however a great time to feature a gorgeous spring wedding with vintage style, held at the de Seversky Mansion. Now, it may seem as if we’re featuring a lot of weddings at the de Seversky Mansion, and it’s true, there have been more than a few blog posts featuring the mansion recently. But why not? The de Seversky Mansion is one of the NY metropolitan area’s premier wedding venues, and it’s easy to see why when you look at the historic mansion, the opulent grounds…yes, yes, you get it. And, not to mention, the de Seversky has the good taste to feature Bella Flowers as a preferred vendor.
One of the mansion’s most stunning features is its white marble entry hall complete with sweeping grand staircase. It’s the perfect place introduce your guests to the style of your wedding, such as with this vintage style urn arrangement.
The vintage feel is created with a cottage style arrangement of white, peach and blush peonies, fragrant white stock, dusty miller, spray roses, silver brunia, and the quintessential spring flower, cherry blossoms, cascading from the top. Sweet but also elegant: perfect for a modern (but vintage-style!) wedding.
The bride’s bouquet continues the soft vintage feel, with the same white and blush peonies, dusty miller and silver brunia, but with the addition of Café au lait dahlias and white spray roses and ranunculus.
The vintage-style bouquet beautifully sets off the bride’s delicate lace dress with sparkling details.
The groom’s boutonniere was made of silver brunia and a white spray rosebud with a touch of dusty miller. The maid of honor’s bouquet, however, incorporated more color than we’ve seen yet with Juliet garden roses and orange ranunculus, in addition to the same white peonies and white spray roses.
To continue the vintage theme, the reception table arrangements were placed in softly shining silver Revere bowls. Again, white and blush peonies were mixed with white stock, Dusty Miller, and silver brunia, with the addition of adorable peachy pink Ilse spray roses.
So if you’re planning a wedding at the mansion, or any other of the area’s amazing venues, give Bella Flowers a call at (631) 271-7050 to set up your appointment and be impressed with what we can do for you. And keep checking this space for more real weddings with floral design by Bella.
09 Tuesday Feb 2016
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All weddings are romantic—unless there’s a shotgun involved!—but some are just a bit more romantic. Is it the couple, the details, or is it the site? I think in most cases it’s the combination of all of them, but mostly it has to do with the obvious love and joy of the couple on their wedding day. And some gorgeous flowers don’t hurt either.
This late summer wedding at the de Seversky Mansion had it all: a sumptous mansion site, sparkly dresses on everyone from the bride to the flower girl, and romantic, cottage garden-style bouquets and arrangements in delicate shades of ivory, blush and peach.
The bride’s bouquet was a beautiful arrangement of Dusty Miller, Juliet garden roses, ranunculus, feathery astilbe, dahlias, spray roses, stock, veronica…a veritable cottage garden in a bouquet. The attendants carried similar bouquets of orange spray roses, Juliet garden roses, ivory hydrangea, and white astilbe.
The outdoor ceremony was accented with white hydrangea and ivory ribbons along the aisle, and the ceremony site was decorated with white flowers delicately draped over a white arch.
The large staircase arrangement and the centerpieces were also gorgeous garden arrangements of orange spray roses, white hydrangea, campanula roses, orange hypericum, thistle, green mini hydrangea, and flat eucalyptus.
If you’ve been inspired by this wedding, or if you like it but are thinking of a different style for your wedding, contact Bella Flowers at (631) 271-7050 to set up your appointment and be impressed with what we can do for you. And keep checking this space for more real weddings with floral design by Bella. We’ve got some other beautiful weddings on deck.
28 Monday Dec 2015
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Happy New Year, everyone! New Year’s Eve is a time for swanky parties with flirty cocktail dresses, yummy appetizers, and fun mixed drinks. If you’re planning a wedding, and this is your idea of a good time, maybe a cocktail wedding reception is right for you. At best, cocktail receptions can have all the good stuff of a wedding while skipping the less exciting parts—let’s face it, the best food at every party is nearly always the hors d’oeuvres anyway. What’s not to love about tiny burgers or tiny pies?
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Basically, you’re removing the slower parts, like the sit-down dinner and the often endless speeches or video montages, and keeping the dancing and the mingling. Throwing a cocktail reception can be a bit tricky, you have to make it very plain that a full meal won’t be served or you’re going to have unhappy, hungry guests. But you can still feed your guests with a combination of served appetizers and food stations. Without the food stations, you could end up with your servers being pounced upon by a gang of hungry guests as soon as they enter the room. And make sure there is sufficient seating, as your great-aunt isn’t going to want to perch at a high cocktail table for three hours, and your best friend in her fabulous but vertiginous heels will want to sit after a bit.
The big trick, however, is keeping your reception looking like a wedding and not like just any party. Talk to your floral designer, who will have ideas on how to do just that. The right flowers make all the difference. For one thing, if you’re not getting married off-site, you and your intended will need a place for the ceremony. This California couple opted for a gorgeous arch draped with lavender dahlias and greenery.
Photography: Marissa Maharaj
Another California couple also went for an amazing ceremony arch, this one decorated with kale, artichokes and hanging amaranthus.
Nirav Patel Photography
Nirav Patel Photography
After the ceremony, you can move on to the party! Tall tables for chatting and eating are important.
Amber Gress Photography
But sufficient seating is still key—people will want to sit, and you will have some guests who need to sit.
Melissa Biador Photography
And then, have fun! Choose a signature cocktail, or appetizers that have meaning for you. Here champagne is poured over pink cotton candy for an elegant and amusing drink.
Societe Perrier
As for food: just enjoy yourself! The sheer breadth of modern catering offerings is enough to confuse anyone. Stick with what you like and what has meaning to your and your intended. Caterers can serve mini french fries with ketchup, party pies, mini tacos, macaroni & cheese, baked potatoes, meatballs…OK, now I’m really hungry.
Photographer: Marissa Maharaj
Oh Happy Day
Martha Stewart Weddings
Bella Flowers can help you turn an idea into the swanky cocktail wedding of your dreams. Let us work with you to make your most inspired ideas into reality. Call (631) 271-7050 today to set up your appointment. And we’ll see you in the new year.
Athena Pelton Photography
02 Monday Nov 2015
Autumn is at its peak here on Long Island, and it’s impossible not to be drawn to the gorgeous colors of fall glowing right outside our windows. But when planning your wedding, autumn doesn’t have to mean pumpkins, sunflowers and sheaves of wheat—although all three can have their place. Fall easily lends itself to some remarkably sophisticated colors and combinations for your wedding flowers. From a fashionable palette of neutral and nude shades, to reds and oranges, mixed berry shades, deep and dusty greens, cranberry and blue, even blacks and moody dark purples, fall can be one of the most inspiring times of year.
Tamiz Photography, Mandy Grace Designs
Fall doesn’t have to mean bright colors; pale and neutral shades, sometimes mixed with greens or deep tones, can make a beautiful autumn statement:
Allegras Studio
Pinterest/Deer Pearl Flowers
While autumn usually makes us think of changing leaves, deep, verdant greens along with dusty grays have a surprisingly fall feel:
Photo Credit: Stewart Tabori
Paula O’Hara Photography, Bella Botanica
Photography: Kate Ignatowski, Photosynthesis
Shades of peach, orange, and brown are more traditional for fall, but that doesn’t mean they still can’t feel fresh:
Tory Williams Photography, Floral Design Sarah Bedford
Tory Williams Photography, Floral Design Sarah Bedford
Tory Williams Photography, Floral Design Sarah Bedford
Verbina Ksenia Photography
Jules Bianchi Photographers
For the groom, a mix of cranberry and blue is attractively masculine for the season:
Tory Williams Photography, Floral Design Sarah Bedford
It wouldn’t feel like autumn without the beautiful taste of berry, aubergine, and wine:
Jen Dillender Photography, Verbena Floral Design
Photo Credit: Jose Villa
The Little Branch
And finally, the early evenings and the hastening end of the year can imbue in us a desire for the deep, moody tones of purple and black:
Flowers by Foret Design Studio, Photo by Jose Villa
Flowers by Bash & Bloom, Photo by My Beloved Photography
Amanda Marie Photography
Are you planning a fall wedding? Call Bella Flowers, and we can work with you to make your most inspired dreams into reality.
13 Monday Oct 2014
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“Flowers are love’s truest language, and have the greatest talent in converting an ordinary place into a magical palace” – Author Unknown
Monochromatic weddings can be beautiful, elegant, and whimsical. One way to create this theme is to carry a monochromatic bouquet in the color of your bridesmaid’s dresses. Your bridesmaids can even wear different shades of the same color to create more interest in your monochromatic theme.
You don’t need a million colors to have a gorgeous palette–you really only need one. Your bouquets could be bright or pale, but either way the result can be stunning. A monochromatic bouquet makes a bold statement. Choosing flowers in the same hue makes any bouquet a sophisticated blend of textures and style. Monochromatic bouquets are ideal for both formal and informal weddings both indoor and outdoors.
Want to use a monochromatic theme bouquet at your wedding? Here are some great reasons why you should:
These are just a few gorgeous arrangements that will leave your guests in awe and asking “who is your florist”. Any of these will look unpretentious but luxurious as well. Monochromatic bouquets are a great option not just for a wedding, but also for any celebration.
Are you tempted to go with a monochromatic bouquet for your upcoming nuptials? I am sure you are — there are so many hues and tints available in all colors of flowers and greenery — the options are endless.
Orange roses, spray roses and Dahlias are gorgeous in this monochromatic bouquet
White Peonis with beaded stem detailing
This monochromatic yellow bouquet is created with yellow ranunculus and is collared off with scented geranium
Monochromatic statement bridal bouquet with deep red roses and black-feathers
This lovely purple bouquet is filled with lots of tints and shades of purple, as well as various textures and different flower shapes
Traditional monochromatic bouquet of pink peonies
Wildflowers monochromatic bouquet makes this a romantic and whimsical bouquet
Bold and bright, different coral blooms with texture
Deep and rich dark pink baby breaths makes for a stunning and whimsical monochromatic bouquet
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