With weddings for this season well underway (I'll be writing about them soon), as a wedding florist , I have the distinct vantage point of working in the present with the weddings that are at hand and at the same time knowing that weddings that are a year away are…
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I know that it's a little early to be making predictions about an upcoming year. People usually starting making them in December or so, but I thought I'd give you a little glimpse into what I'm seeing in my clients who are getting married next year. 2009 was a year full of…
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When we hear the words "destination wedding", it usually evokes images of sunset weddings on a sandy beach or a romantic wedding in an old in chapel in the Italian countryside. It might surprise many of you planning a wedding in the Toronto Area to know, that Toronto is sought…
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The "WOW" factor of a wedding is that sometimes element that seems illusive. It appears possible only for the weddings with the unlimited budgets that allow for flower arrangements that attempt to reach the tops of the ceilings in a banquet hall and are so full that they seem unattainable…
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It's one of the most commonly asked questions when I meet with a couple. "Will the flowers last?" And it's usually asked along with a recounting of how the flowers of someone they knew wilted before the ceremony. Under normal circumstances, the short answer is they absolutely should. The longer…
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I walked by the magazine aisle this week and I noticed that there was yet another edition of Martha Stewart Weddings and it reminded me all over again of the love/hate sentiment I have with Martha Stewart. You might wonder why the strong feeling considering I have been buying her…
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A new year always brings with it thoughts of starting again or beginning fresh. When it comes to wedding flowers, the discussion almost always begins with the bridal bouquet. While this is not always the case, it can be the design to inspire all the other choices of colours and flowers since it is…
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In my last post, I wrote that one way to celebrate a wedding during the fall or winter season was with rich warm colours. Another classic way to celebrate a winter wedding with flowers is to consider all the elements visible in nature now and take the whiteness of snow and…
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Well, I guess there's no denying it -- winter is imminent. I knew this to be especially true when a friend of mine from California told me that I should watch a sunset. I wrote back saying that at this time of year in Toronto, sunsets and for that matter…
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I've been blogging for all of a month now and I'm already starting to become controversial! Among the long list of questions that I go through when I meet with a client, one of them is what is your favourite and least favourite flower? The response to the latter is…
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