Lush Favorites, Installment #2

Kelly and Peter, V. Sattui Winery, October 14, 2007

all photos by Richard Wood

One of our favorite weddings from the 2007 season, was the wedding of Kelly and Peter.

Kelly worked in the events industry, and had recently moved to California from Hawaii. When I had my first meeting with Kelly, she told me that she had first heard of Lush when she was working at a hotel in Hawaii. Part of her job was to help Brides with their planning process for weddings at her property. She said that numerous brides had brought her a photo from a magazine ad. The same image from this magazine crossed her desk over and over. Guess what? It was an ad we used to have in a wedding magazine--with this photo. She had held on to a copy of that ad and had been keeping it in her "wedding file" for years! When she moved back to the mainland, and started planning her northern California wedding, she just knew she had to contact the florist from that ad--LUSH! 

Kelly had a clear idea of color palette: crisp greens, bright oranges, soft creams, crisp white and touches of chocolate. She had a few clippings (other than the magazine page with our ad, ha ha) which she trustingly handed over and declared--"Do your thing!" 

I loved her bouquet of green cymbidium orchids, white dendrobium orchids, tuberrose, kangaroo paw, and chocolate cosmos.

The two ring bearers carried adorable ring pillows of bright green Kermit mums, with a chocolate ribbon accent.

The focal piece of the ceremony (aside from the Bride of course!) was the stunning "arch" we created using the existing V. Sattui architecture. We covered the woodwork in the shape of an arch with gorgeous, colorful seasonal branches of sugar maple and liquid amber. We infused this with clusters of flowers in the palettes of green, orange, and some creams. When the light hit the arch, it absolutely lit up--almost vibrating with color and texture. 

The Bridesmaids, who looked gorgeous in their dresses of dark espresso and a green sash, carried captivating bouquets of bright green and orange. 

Stay tuned for the rest of the story!