Sarah and Dan October 15, 2011

Sarah came to Lush with a fiery fall colour scheme and a precisie vision of her wedding bouquets.  We ran with that idea and helped tie in her reception at Legends Golf Course.  Amanda Lachapelle captured all of the beautiful images of the day, thanks so much!!

Sarah's bouquet consisted of calla lilies, orange dahlia, red gerbera, orange protea, green bells of ireland, safari sunset leucadendron and red hypericum berries.

The guys opted for simple boutonnieres of calla lilies, hypericum berries all wrapped in chocolate ribbon with a copper wire accent

Sarah's centerpieces were submerged mokara orchids wired onto curly willow branches.  Floating cranberries finished the arrangement.

Sarah's ceremony/reception arrangements (no this picture is NOT taken by Amanda : )

The Sister Biz

If you haven't heard me mention it already (fat chance) my sister is a creative genius.  She has the voice of an angel: check it out, I'm not kidding Valery Gore  AND she takes amazing pictures Kings + Queens.  So it only makes sence that we combine our creativity for a couple of stylized shoots this past year.  I have combined all three into an ode to the Gore girls Enjoy!

This series of pictures was shot in Valery's veggie garden as we wanted a very organic feel to them.  My cousin Kim was our lovely model.  Kim's bouquet was a mix of grey echiveria, brunnia and begonia foliage, yellow craspedia clematis seed heads and asclepias.

The next shoot was our picnic inspired theme.  Val shot my fav new Lush image for our brand seen above.
We shot this series of pictures down on the waterfront in Toronto.  Our good friends Linda and Jordan were our wonderful models.

Jordans boutonniere was a mix of crabapples, elderberry, echiveria blooms and dusty miller foliage.  Linda's bouquet was created using elderberries, piano garden roses, red brain celosia, echiveria blooms, dusty miller and heuchera foliage and finished with tulle in turquise and aqua.

I had to re-post the following images as well as some new additions of a shoot we did in the early spring.  We chose a retro literature theme filled with bold colours.

Jessica's bouquet was filled with poppies, craspedia, hellebores,  ranunculus, kangaroo paw and podophyllum foliage. 
All cakes and cupcakes were provided by The Happy Baker

Victoria and Chris Sept 1, 2011

I always love a challenge and when I first met Victoria and Chris they presented me with one for their wedding flowers:  All local flowers, no exceptions.  Luckily Southern Ontario has quite a diverse availability list of flowers and the Lush cutting garden also provided lot's of help.  Victoria wanted a green, white and orange colour scheme for her Balls Falls wedding and reception which complimented the barn perfectly.

For her bouquets we used gerbera daisies in white and orange, kermit mums, white football mums, green annabelle hydrangea, orange lilies, false indigo foliage and miscanthus grass loops.

The bridal party did a great job decorating the barn with large paper lanterns which made the room pop.  Lush added wild centerpieces in mason jars to compliment the colour scheme.  We echo'd many flowers in the bridal bouquets but added snapdragons (a favorite of the bride), flat white chrysanthemums and victoria salvia.

For the ceremony we incorporated birch poles for height and created a very natural and wild arrangement in a birch container.
A huge thanks to Kathy Demerchant Photography for all the great pics!

Shannon and Jeff September 24, 2011

I am just too excited about this wedding to wait to post it!  Shannon and Jeff are competing on Four Weddings Canada and I was determined to have them win that honeymoon!  I am an avid watcher of all things bridal (as you can tell by the Deanna and Jamie wedding!) so when Shannon told me that she was going to be filmed for Four weddings I was ecstatic! Her ceremony and reception were held at Hernder Winery which provided the perfect backdrop for her very natural floral choices.  Thanks to Kathy Demerchant Photography  for the wonderful pictures.
Shannons wedding was anything but typical.  Shannons ceremony began to the sound of bagpipes which set the perfect tone as her father walked her down the aisle to (tear) Marry Me by Train.  If anyone helped to win this honeymoon for Shannon it was her priest.  He was cracking jokes the entire time and was so personal, I just loved listening to him speak.

Then there were...the flowers!  We decorated the aisle with sheppherds hooks and hanging mason jars which became the centerpieces!  Large ceremony arrangements helped frame the couple and rose petals finished the look.

Centerpieces/aisle markers



Shannon and her girls with bouquets of dahlia, calla lilies, spray roses, garden roses, snowberry, hydrangea and regular roses

 I will leave you with this beautiful picture of the happy couple.  Thanks guys for letting Lush create your wedding blooms.  I cannot wait to watch them in action in January on Slice!!