Yaay for Us!!

Very Exciting News... We just got nominated for 2008/2009 Pick from The Knot best of Weddings! This is a coast-to-coast guide to the country's top florist, venues, photographers, cakes, and everything in between. An independent survey of the Knot is conducted annually by a third party research firm. A very special thanks to our wonderful Brides who have nominated us!

Easter Floral Care!

Check out our segment that was featured on Good Morning Texas Yesterday!! Don't forget to stop by for a centerpiece or a Easter Lily!!
Happy Easter!!

Color of the Month-Turquoise

So, I know it's been awhile since my last post. So sorry... where does time go?

Color is once again the topic of the day, for a variety of reasons. Specifically, Spring has sprung...and is springing up some intense color palettes.

Turquoise and it's variations happens to be one of these bright colors. So many brides come to me wanting Turquoise in their wedding. The challenge becomes integrating this color into a palette, when there is nothing in the fresh floral world that really comes close to this true shade. So, we use props and other elements to pull the color through.

The top photo is an idea for an earthy chic wedding. These glass chunks, highlight the color. Succulents almost have a bluish hue, which works well with the rocks.

In these photos we are using the vase to add in our color accents. By pairing a contrasting hot pink, with our blues, we are adding something unexpected.

With this design, we wrapped the vase in a perfect Purple/Turquoise ribbon. This added in our color, paired with a more soothing green and white combination.

Here's a thought, when there is no time or budget for flowers. Just color the water!! This is a darker Blue, but certainly doable for a Turquoise look.

When working with Turquoise or any other random colors that might be difficult. Just know there are many ways to pull in different color accents. The key is to keep it simple and don't try and over do it.

Lowery Wedding Part 3

This is the final, long-awaited installment for the finished wedding! We have our wintery, white Ceremony, complimented by brilliantly intense, eye-popping color with the Reception. It was fun to work with such an extreme palette. It made for a really unique environment. Yaay! I'll start with the ceremony....




The newly draped room, is now completely full of orchid covered Birch Branches, and a massive iron structure, over flowing in Hawaiian Dendrobium Stems. Extra up-lighting, and floating candles give the room ambiance and glow.

A two dimensional Rose sphere complements the Place Card Table.

This gorgeous swagging marks the entrance to the ceremony. Opposite this room is an open foyer that leads to the reception area.

Hanging Crystals and exotic Orchid plants are displayed on Manzanita Branches.

You can never go wrong with too many candles!

Silver Beaded Chargers, Grey Bengaline Napkins, and Menus, add detail to the table top.

Vibrant Shades of Raspberry, paired with earthy silver hues make these collection centerpieces really pop in the room. The pin-spot lighting really helped the Fuchsia Rose Spheres glow!

Lowery Wedding Part 2

Friday night we started the initial set-up. The ceremony room was to be draped around 10:00am. We were all surprised by how much smaller the room was. We knew it would be tiny, but it was even smaller than remembered. Also, the room had been filled with leftover wine glasses, tables, other odds and ends. This poor room had basically been used for temporary storage, which inhibited the draping process and took longer than expected.

The Silver Chiavari Chairs for the reception had arrived! They had to be stored in this room also, which made space a precious commodity.

Originally, the ceiling was going to be completely draped. However, the logistics of the room were such that draping the entire ceiling would take away too much head space. So sad, because it would have looked beautiful. However, the fantastic guys from Quest Drape made some innovative changes and transformed the ceiling into a billowing mass of sheer fluff:)

The finished Ceremony Room!

This lovely pic denotes the extremely skinny hallways to and from the ballroom. These led from the load-in area, through the kitchens and up to the ballrooms. We had to take these tight spaces into consideration when planning the execution of this event. Our motto..."Take more people, and get there way early"!!

Summer Floral Design Classes

One of the most fun parts of my job is being able to teach our annual summer floral design classes. It's very rewarding to see the participants grasp concepts and delight in the experience of working with fresh florals on their own. That being said, remember these dates on your calender. Come join us, it's so much fun!

July 15th, 4:00-5:30
Basic Floral Mechanics
Design a Dozen Roses

July 22nd, 4:00-5:30
Learn Principles and Elements of Floral Design.
Design a Modern Arrangement.

July 29th, 4:00-5:30
Color Techniques
Design a Classic Bouquet

August 5th, 4:00-5:30
Proper Care of Flowers
Make a Corsage

August 12th, 4:00-5:30
Floral Identification
Design and Hand Tied Bouquet

August 19th, 4:00-5:30
History of Ikebana (Japanese Floral Design)
Design an Ikebana arrangement

One Class: $125
Four Classes: $475
Six Classes: $700

**Bring a Friend and Receive a 10% discount.***

Call Andrea at 214-525-1202 to book your spot.

Lowery Wedding Part 1

This wedding by far has been one of my all time favorites, that we have accomplished here at Dr.Delphinium. Not just because of the spectacular venue, amazing designs, and complete over-the-topness, but this was really and truly one of my nicest brides as well. A lovely person with fantastic taste.

I wanted to really document well with photos, just to give a taste of the amount of work that goes into an event of this scale.

Tuesday of every week begins the intense preparation. To start us off, the glass that had been pulled weeks ago for all of the centerpieces, was staged to re-create our soon to be centerpieces.

All of these vases represent one centerpiece!!

This is the completed Centerpiece, put together so that we have a prototype to duplicate.

Julie, Lizzie, and Kim are working hard on the Altar Structure. This 8' tall metal frame will be the base supporting white branches and a mass of showy White Dendrobium Orchids, creating an inspired Wintry Look. All the branches are placed beforehand, to cut back on time once we are on-site.

This design was designated for the Sign in Table, sort of a two-layered Sphere of Roses and Dahlias.

The Peonies that we had originally ordered were unavailable in the specific shade that we needed, so the bride graciously allowed us to substitute with Ranunculus. This is a gorgeous bloom that really looks like a mini Peony. Of course, as with everything...there is always another challenge to face...particularly the Ranunculus coming in really right and immature. Solution? Place in the sun for a few hours, to let the sunlight naturally open the blooms.



All of the Hot Pink Roses have arrived. Thank goodness:)

Another minor drama involved all of our Phalaenopsis Orchids. Valentines Day had really dried the market dry of this particular color. Fortunately, I was able to pull what we had in stock already, which amounted to half of what we needed. We were then able to pull in a dark Fuchsia Purple Dendrobium, which in all actuality added a rich hue to the overall palette.

Here's our ever-growing stack of stuff to be packed. We planned to take all of the hardgoods on Friday night, that way we could take over our first load early on Saturday morning.