]She selected a simple hand tied bouquet of all hand open white roses and her bridesmaids carried all red.  Bamboo vases of all white flowers to include stock, lilies, roses and alstromeria, flanked each side of the couple.  The oblong dinner tables  for the reception in the Grill where topped with 2 small bowls of white lilies, red rose and delphinium and the cake created by the pastry chef of the Ritz was topped simply with 3 hand open red roses. 

Thanks to Limelight Photography who handled the photos and provided the photos in the gallery.

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 The bride carried a hand tied garden mixed bouquet of roses, lisianthus, orchids, delphinium all nested into a soft blue hydrangea.  The bridesmaids carried the blue hydrangea with small white spray roses.

The beach theme was carried inside by using centerpieces made in the large conk shells that include the blue orchids and roses and wisps of bear grass.

Thanks again to Limelight  Photography for the lovely photos.

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Rev Georgeanne Butler preformed the ceremony, which included a “sand ceremony” element.   Two large bamboo vases of areca palms and river cane with Bombay orchids flanked the couple and the aisle was decorated with sheppard hooks with glass cones of hydrangea and pink spray roses that were then reused on some of the table settings at the reception.  

The bride carried a bouquet of soft pink hydrangea with pink ranunculus and the brides with hot pink ranunculus.  White dendrobium orchids where used in the brides hair as well on the jacket of the groom.

The Sunset Terrace at the Ritz Member Beach Club over looking the beautiful Gulf of Mexico was the reception site and where the couple and their family and friends celebrated their marriage.

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This couple from New York chose the white sands of Sarasota Ritz Beach for their destination wedding.  It was a perfect October day for the Fudgie’s team to design a chuppah made of curly willow, grapevine and decorated with hot pink roses, Italian ruscus and bougainvillea.  The bride liked the natural look of vines, so it was carried into every aspect of the ceremony and the reception.  Small tips of curly willow were added to all the men’s boutonnieres and the hand-tied clusters that the mothers carried.

Black lanterns lined the back of the carpeted aisle and were decorated with fresh roses and tips of curly willow.  A small grapevine wreath was decorated with Ravel hot pink roses and bougainvillea and was attached to each chair lining the aisle to carry the theme through the seating area.

The cocktail hour was held on the Ritz’s beautiful Sunset Terrace at the beach.  Then, the 60 guests were transported to one of the ballrooms at the Ritz hotel downtown. There, the elegant room was back-lit with hot pink up-lighting on the walls.  Affairs in the Air handled the placement of the gels that gave the room a soft wash of pink and Brett from Made in the Shade placed several ficus trees and ferns around the perimeter of the room.   Each guest table held two tall cylinders at 26″ and 20”.  Each one contained curly willow with hot pink roses and spray roses and a swag of bougainvillea tucked into the branches.  The base of the tall cylinders were flanked with two glass cubes with curly willow nested inside and mounded with more roses.  A dozen small cube-like votive candles completed the centerpieces and added to the ambiance of the room.  

The bride’s bouquet of hot pink roses, ranunculus, nerine lilies and miniature green hydrangea became the centerpiece for the couple’s sweetheart table, along with four additional small cube arrangements of roses and votives.  The place-card table had a beach theme with the cards nested into trays of small shells and flanked with many candles, shells and cymbidium orchids. 

We were delighted to hear from the bridal couple on the day after the wedding!  They told us their special day was everything they dreamed of and that the flowers and decorations were a big hit  with all  of their guests.  The Flowers by Fudgie team does it again!

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