Jill and Jeff inspired us from the very first - so full of clear incredible vision!!!
Their
attention to detail was like nothing we've encountered - short of the aid of a wedding planner extraordinaire!
Click on any photo to get an intimate look!
The look was natural, organic, lush, casually elegant and FUN!
Our tendrilly Birch Canopy was the perfect fit - laden with white Fall blooms.
Love this Black and white shot by the ever-outstanding Kristin Spencer...
Lush wreaths welcomed guests on the front doors of the Glen Manor House - a jewel of a venue in Portsmouth RI - styled after a French chateaux.
Quell the fall chill with a soft pashmina - each with a personal sentiment.
Gorgeous
letterpress detailing everywhere. The talented couple made them, and many of the other personal touches themselves! You go guys!
Our lounge designs were made in small ruddy stumps! Love the
chocolate cosmos and fiddlehead fern...
Mantles with rambling displays of hydrangea, roses and
leveled candlelight.
There was a creative surprise at every turn - always the key to making an event memorable.
Vintage snapshots on twine with the Sakonnet River beyond - a great touch.
They thought through each and every detail....
Escort Cards were set around our French Wyre Urn filled with kiwi vine and hanging candlelight.
Notice the really unique
wooden escort cards. Very special indeed.
Step inside, pick a postcard off the vintage rack and "mail" it in the antique brass mailbox!
Their printed materials labeled every last detail with
flair and style!
Ahhh time for a feast and the dining room is dressed to the nines.
Against a sumptuous mossy green backdrop of pintuck irridescent taffeta - our
custom gilded stands were laden with the bounty of
fall in New England.
Low designs were set atop a bed of moss with
chocolate ribbon detail.
Wooden table numbers!!!
Time for
sweets - each one carefully selected to match the chocolate, green and ivory palette of course!!!
Love is Sweet....
How about this pair for the cake top????
They thought of everything!
A photo booth complete with costume accessories made for some really fun shots - such a great memento of this special night.
The Manor House aglow - with the party in full swing just inside.
Actually Jill and Jeff - Thank YOU! We loved working together and helping to bring your dreams to magical reality! You're the best!
Cake by Mark Soliday -
Confectionery Designs
Another group of budding florists joined us here at Stoneblossom for another round of "Beginning to Bloom" through RI School of Design Continuing Ed - and a creative and talented bunch they were!
The homework challenge was to go foraging - and then select a container to fit the pickins OR pick a container that inspires and then off to the backyard, vacant lot or woods! Fruit vegetables or other natural ingredients could be added but purchasing flowers was off limits!
Difficult to see in the photo of this antique basket below, but wonderful bottles and other containers created a collage within.
Fall display in chocolate, black and ecru...
This fun large display was created on a platter atop a table frame. Sumac and pomegranates added the important pop of focal color.
We all loved this winner above in the most creative category. Just fabulous! Click on it to better appreciate the ingredients.
Check out the unique hand-painted fish by the designer in this one. It was arranged in a driftwood-lined glass container with sand at the base. A mini seaside painting with tiny slatted beach fence detail finished this unique piece.
A study in succulents with kale...
This elegant winner was voted most saleable. Again - enlarge to take in all of the wonderful components beautifully used.
This was the overall fave! The huge (and heavy) hollow stump was found at a screeching halt along a roadside - then rolled down the hill! It's just chock full of luscious ingredients, not the least of which was the skate fish egg casing draping in the foreground.
Porcelina berries pick up the blue/green here in a magical way.
John Orton and Dennis Delsignore are the class instructors. Here's part of the creative gang during the critique by John.
Here are our winners for the homework challenge.
Beginning to Bloom is the introductory course in the Floral Artistry Institute. It's taught by Stoneblossom staff through RISD CE. It's a series of 6 classes ending with a certificate of completion.
