Melissa & Tyeson's Royal Wedding

Imagine a dream wedding starring a gorgeous bride and a handsome groom. Now imagine an unbelievable venue with more gorgeous photo opportunities than you can count. Let's make the venue the famous Royal Palms Resort. Now envision a reception site with lots of shimmering crystals and the soft glow of candlelight with candles everywhere. Let's go ahead and add a hint of fuchsia for accent color, against an otherwise all ivory event. Can you hear the mariachi's as they play their acoustic instruments and lead the guests from the post ceremony cocktail hour to the ceremony site?

All this really happened and Ever After Florals was very excited to be a part of this special day! We worked with the bride to provide her with an exquisite all ivory bouquet made up of hydrangea, peonies, garden roses, and soft accents of sweet peas. Her bridesmaids also carried all ivory flowers including garden roses and spray roses with sweet pea accents. When we designed the centerpieces we added a bit of color and made the flowers a nice mix of ivory and fuchsia. Set upon 30" tall pilsner vases and strung with crystal garlands, this wedding reception's flowers were definitely dramatic and memorable. This is one we will never forget. Congratulations Melissa & Tyeson, your wedding was absolutely stunning. Special thanks to A Day to Cherish event coordinators for all their attention to details and to LaTricia Soucy with Marriott Photography for her beautiful photos.

Fresh From the Kitchen LLC

I was recently invited to a special tasting with Fresh From the Kitchen and a few fabulous brides to be & their fiances. It was a wonderful evening for all of us to try some of the wonderful food selections that Fresh From the Kitchen has to offer. Everything that I tasted was absolutely delicious and so perfect! If you are still in need of a caterer for your wedding, rehearsal dinner or even for an after party, I highly recommend Fresh From the Kitchen for your next event. They provide the highest quality ingredients, a wide variety of delicious food selections, and the best customer service EVER! Call today 602-694-2878 or visit their website at http://www.freshfromthekitchenllc.com/

Just Peachy!

Gorgeous couple Erin & Chris were married March 20th at St. Francis Xavier church and celebrated with a gorgeous reception at the Pointe Tapatio Cliffs resort. Her flowers complimented her peach and celery color palette. Her bouquet was made up of peach roses, champagne spray roses, rice flower, white ranunculus, white sweet peas, and white peonies, wrapped in ivory satin ribbon with pearls down the handle. For her bridesmaids we used all peach carnations, peach ranunculus, peach spray roses, peach peonies, and champagne spray roses ribbon wrapped in celery satin ribbon with pearls down handle.

This peach & celery looks absolutely DELICIOUS!

Bejeweled, Bedazzled, Be Broached

Check out this super unique bouquet made up entirely of a variety of 30-40 flower broaches/pins.

Perfect for the bride who wants something outside of the box, the jewelry box that is!

Filler UP!

For this wedding, we used tons of fillers vs. expensive flowers to make up the bridesmaid bouquets. Heather, wax, misty, hypericum, and snowberry made excellent accents to all the flower arrangments. Full of texture & color, but not full on price. The Bride was very happy with the outcome and and we wish her a happily....Ever After!

Bride featured in Redbook

Rudy Archuleta/Redbook

Finespun Photography

I was super excited to read about one of my brides, Christine Bettes-Cartell, in Redbook. She has a wonderful story about how she went about getting her dream wedding gown. Good things really do come to those who wait....

Click below for the full story: D: My Dream Wedding Dress -- For Half Price! (4 of 27) http://www.redbookmag.com/health-wellness/advice/get-everything-you-want?click=main_sr

A Wedding at The Intercontinental Montelucia

Photo Collage above: Darby Elizabeth Photography

What a beautiful venue, a beautiful bride, and beautiful decor! Ever After Florals was proud to be a part of this super romantic affair. The bride chose a color palette of soft gold, ivory, and watermelon. Her Bridesmaids were in bright colored watermelon dresses and carried a mix of pale yellow cabbage roses, ivory & variegated pink garden roses, pale yellow stocks and ivory hydrangeas. Their stems were wrapped in buttercream gold satin ribbon. The brides bouquet was a bit softer, also wrapped in buttercream gold and polished off with an heirloom broach that was her grandmothers.

The ceremony was very simple and elegant. The view was amazing so we did not want to distract the guests from that. However, we did compliment the small lawn with a few ivory, pale yellow, and watermelon colored rose petals. It was very dramatic and super gorgeous!

We brought the romantic look into the ceremony as well, using a variety of roses, hydrangeas, stocks and a few watermelon colored peonies to brighten up the room. Each centerpiece sat upon golden vine patterned table linens, and were surrounded by tall candle holders with ivory floating candles that illuminated the room. The bride also requested personalized vases for each of her bridesmaids, so that they could place their bouquets into them at the reception. This not only looked great, but it served as the centerpieces of the head table.

This look can be accomplished for any wedding. Ever After provided gorgeous decor, but the Intercontinental Montelucia was so beautiful that it was hard to compete.

Super Fun & Easy Do-It-Yourself workshop

Ever After Florals is offering a Do-It-Yourself workshop on Saturday July 11th from 11am-3pm. Class will be held in Phoenix, and location depends on class size. This fun class will show you how to make a bridal/bridesmaid bouquet, a boutonniere, a corsage, and will give you tons of centerpiece ideas and other helpful hints to make your event perfect. Whether you are a bride that would like to design her own flowers or perhaps looking for something fun & different to do this summer, this class is for YOU!

Cost is $100 per person and all materials are provided. Bring a friend and pay only $150 ($75 each). You will learn so much and also get to take your finished products home to enjoy.

Hurry! Class size is limited and filling up quick.

Call 480-234-3935 or email Jen Colvin at jen@everafterflorals.com TODAY!

Alicia and Nick March 15th at Villa Sienna

Hot pink/purple flowers made this cake bright and colorful.

Matched bouquets to dresses perfectly with Hot pink roses, seafoam statice, and greenery. Simple yet totally loud!

Hot pink/purple accent boutonnieres for the groomsmen.
Bride wanted all ivory, hot pink and purple flowers to compliment her wedding colors. We also added crystals for some bling in the flowers and down the handle of her bouquet.
Happy Bride!

Sara & Michael on March 14th

What a beautiful day, what a beautiful church, what a beautiful bride and what beautiful daisies! Sara chose a wonderful color combination for a spring wedding. She went with white, turquoise, and pink. We incorporated simple white daisies as well as a few shades of pink Gerbera daisies and accented everything with a perfectly matched shade of turquoise ribbon. It was pretty and happy and serene and I can not wait to get professional photos to include on my website. More brides should give the daisy a try. They are perfect for weddings, come in various colors, they are long lasting, and they won't throw you off your flower budget. Sara & Michael, with the help of friends and family, made their own centerpieces as well. They used silk daisies and incorporated some turquoise with white polka dot ribbon around the galvanized steel bucket container. This was an absolutely perfect wedding!