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Destination Wedding At Ritz Carlton Sarasota: A Delight For The Eyes

Sarasota Wedding Flowers — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:08:58 +0000

You know you live in an amazing city when people from all over the country choose it as a destination location for their wedding day! And as Sarasota wedding venues go, none is more amazing than the always-dazzling Sarasota Ritz Carlton! A very special couple from Dallas, TX chose the gorgeous Ritz for their once-in-a-lifetime day and we had the honor of beautifying it even further with flowers specially designed for this awesome couple!

The beautiful bride chose a pretty and vibrant pink and white theme for the wedding itself, but then opted for an all white look for the reception with lots of shimmering candlelight. The bride’s bouquet was a hand-tied wonder of David Austin Patience roses. These one-of-a-kind roses feature lots and lots of petals making them resemble open peonies. Smaller ivory spray roses were interspersed throughout the bouquet.

The bridesmaids, in eye-catching pink dresses, carried gorgeous hand-tied bouquets of Pink O’Hara garden roses and fragrant Attaché roses, carefully nested into perfect white hydrangea… stunning!

The ceremony was held in the peaceful and simply beautiful Healing Garden at the Ritz Carlton Sarasota. The couple was flanked by two lovely garden arrangements in pink and white and a pink rose lined aisle.

After the ceremony, the party moved inside to the ballroom where the reception took place. We alternated between elevated and low arrangements on the tables all in white and cream tones to include hydrangea, orchids, lilies and roses for a dream-like look. The elevated pieces included chandeliered votives hanging from curly willow branches. The head table was a feast for the eyes! Two of the dreamy elevated arrangements topped the table with several votives candles flowing down the middle of the table to provide further illumination.

Tibor Imely of Imely Photography captured this beautiful day in pictures and provided the gallery of photos for us to display. Please be sure to browse the gallery below to see all the pictures from this wonderful day!

The couple was pleased with all the selections they made–from the small orchid boutonnieres to the flower trimmed cake to the grand candlelight ballroom–they absolutely loved every aspect of the day and will forever cherish it! And we couldn’t be happier to have another satisfied customer on one of the most special days of their lives.

If you are looking for a florist in Sarasota to work along side you and bring your dream wedding or dream event to pass, Flowers by Fudgie is here to serve you with style, class, and joy. Contact us today!

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Elegant evening in the Ritz-Carlton Healing Garden

Becki Creighton — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:28:15 +0000

This couple planned an elegant wedding using shades of cream and ivory. The ceremony took place at the First Presbyterian Church on Oak Street. The church candelabrum were beautifully decorated with hydrangea and roses. Single hydrangea tied with ivory satin ribbon adorned the ends of the pews. The bride carried a lovely hand tied bouquet of soft pink roses and Marco Polo dendrobium orchids. Eleven attendants dressed in grey-green gowns carried blush porcelana rose and white dendrobium orchids nested in ivory hydrangea. After the ceremony, guests arrived at the Ritz-Carlton Healing Garden for an evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing. Sparkling crystal candelabrum with mounds of ivory hydrangea greeted guests at the entrance to the garden. Guest tables were a mix of centerpiece styles. Some were decorated with mounded, overstuffed arrangements of hydrangea and roses while others had silver and crystal candelabrum in several styles surrounded at the base with teardrop vases of white roses. The evening was just perfect.

Beauty and elegance were evident throughout the entire day and expertly captured by Barbara Banks Photography, and each detail was overseen by Maria Brady of Choreographed Events. Best wishes to the happy couple!

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Ritz Carlton Sarasota-Healing Garden wedding

Becki Creighton — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:50:50 +0000

This beautiful wedding at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton was photographed by Horatio Franco of Studio Four Photography. He did a fabulous job of capturing the day for this lovely couple. The entrance of the bride was down the stairway and under a natural garden arch. She carried a bouquet of Cool Water lavender roses which have a wonderful scent and included a collar of wide deep purple ribbon loops. The bridesmaids carried lime green bouquets to give a “pop” of color against their deep eggplant color gowns. The bouquets included green cymbidium and dendrobium orchids with a collar of aspidistra leaves that had been folded into loops to give the bouquet a more tropical aspect.

Cocktails were also outside in the Healing Garden area with the reception in the grand ballroom. The Ritz’s talented pastry chef used fresh flowers provided by Flowers by Fudgie, in the colors of the wedding using eggplant asters and mini mums!!

A wishing tree was place in the pre function area for guest. A wedding wish tree or wishing tree is a brilliant idea to replace the traditional guest book in a fun way. The basic concept is to decorate a tree in your wedding colors’ and style and then provide wish tree cards for your guests. Your guests then write anything they like on the cards from best wishes, dreams, or helpful advice for the newlyweds and then tie them on the branches of the tree. After, these mementos make a fantastic addition to any wedding album or scrapbook. In this couples case, Flowers by Fudgie use Manzanita branches with fresh green hydrangeas at the base which added to the decor in the cocktail area.

The sweetheart table of 2 was completed by using the bridal bouquet and two of the hand tied bridesmaids bouquet on the ends of the table. By doing so, the couple got a little double duty out by using the bouquets as centerpieces now at the reception.

If you are looking for wedding flowers in Sarasota or the surrounding areas you will want to be sure to contact Flowers by Fudgie, and speak with their bridal consultants. Ask them to send /email a consultation questionnaire and they will provide you a FREE proposal, with pricing, photos, and options, based on the information you provide. It is a great way to start in the planning for your big event.

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Ritz Carlton Sarasota-Healing Garden Wedding and Ballroom Reception

Becki Creighton — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:29:03 +0000

Nicole Kaney, of NK Production was the coordinator for this lovely wedding at the Ritz Carlton, Sarasota. The Healing Garden was the ceremony site at the base of the elegant stairs where palm trees soften the background and sheppard hooks with mini callas, roses and hydrangea lined the aisle.

The warm orange and gold tones looked fabulous in the ballroom at the Ritz, as it ties in with the room’s colors. Natural curly willow branches reached 6’ tall from cylinders vases with a color of Circus, Queen Amazon and Orange Unique rose. Small gold Mokara orchids were tied in to the willow branches to pull color on to them. The tall arrangements help to fill the love room and make a statement upon entering.

The bridal couple was seated at a long feasting table with their bridal party, which was designed with a continual composite style arrangement of flowers, branches, moss, grapes and candles at varying heights.

Another happy couple….and another beautiful Ritz wedding.

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Garden Wedding at Ritz Carlton Sarasota

Becki Creighton — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:08:45 +0000

Nicole Kaney of NK Productions orchestrated this fabulous wedding in the garden at the Ritz Carlton Sarasota. The bride wanted to incorporate the bold fuchsia color of the bougainvillea and orchids. The talented designers and staff at Flowers by Fudgie created a garden arch of natural willow and bougainvillea vines. The aisle was lined with lanterns topped with Ravel roses and bougainvillea as well.

An oval bouquet was designed of mokara and phalanopsis orchids with a few of the Ravel rose tucked in to pull a little deeper hot pink color into the bouquet. Barbara Banks of Barbara Banks Photography captured the day and we thank her for sharing her beautiful photos.

The staff at the Ritz Carlton Sarasota did their usual job of preparing a gorgeous ballroom. The tables were dressed with shimmering gold linens and each table was topped with two tall cylinders of curly willow with a collar of hot pink rose with bougainvillea trailing over the sides as also tied into the branches. Two low arrangements in glass cubes with a mound of hot pink roses, orchids and spray roses were nested between the two tall vases. The tables looked opulent. The feasting table for the wedding party had an over the top look with several tall willow vases and many low arrangements and candles worked between the tall vases trailing down the long “T” shaped table. The place card table also was designed with a tall vase of willow, roses and bougainvillea; but also included prisms and chandeliered votives in the pre-function area at the Ritz. The happy couple was thrilled with the look. Another successful wedding with a great team of vendors!

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Sarasota Destination Wedding Ritz Carlton Style

Becki Creighton — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:00:24 +0000

This destination wedding was planned exclusively through emails and photo consultations between the bride and Flowers by Fudgie’s designers! The wedding was planned for the lawn area at the Ritz Members Beach Club on Lido Key with a candlelight reception in the Grill Room.

The bride chose all white and cream tones for her wedding flowers with the only bit of color being fuchsia orchids to give a pop of color at the ceremony site.

The photos were taken by Tibor Imley of Imely Photography and, as usual, he did a fantastic job capturing the ambiance of the day’s events. The bride chose a simple, hand-tied cluster of roses for herself, bridesmaid, junior bridesmaid and even the moms.

The lattice arch was trimmed with sheer ivory organza, white lilies and Bombay orchids. Two beautiful urns greeted the guests at the back of the aisle and two additional urns stood on two-foot columns, flanking the sides of the arch. The Bombay orchids also brought a touch of color to the chairs at the aisle end of each row.

For the reception, the bride chose a set of three pedestal candle holders with floating candles. Each had a bit of brushed gold, surrounded by white hydrangea, roses and orchids with touches of gold lemon leaves. The floral pieces looked lovely on the linens selected by the Ritz with almost an iridescent look to them.

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An Elegant Traditonal Wedding-St. Barbara’s Church & Ritz Carlton

Becki Creighton — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:15:37 +0000

Our wedding couple chose a traditional wedding in the lovely sanctuary at St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church. Fresh flowers alternated with bows down the aisle and the couple was flanked on either side by two beautiful arrangements of Sahara roses and hydrangea. Tibor Imley, of Imley Photography provided the lovely photos in this blog posting. The couple’s reception was held in the Ritz Carlton Ballroom in Sarasota. The rich deep navy blue linens were topped with tall six foot vases of curly willow with a collar of Sahara roses and small white orchids with attached to the branches and the cake also was decorated with the champagne colored rose. The ballroom looked fabulous.

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Wedding Reception Elevated Centerpieces: Ritz Carlton Sarasota

Becki Creighton — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:45:11 +0000

The ballroom at the Ritz Carlton Sarasota, is a beautiful room with it tall ceiling and lovely chandeliers. The room calls for elevated floral arrangements if you really want to make a statement for any event or wedding reception. For this reception of 220 guests, the couple chose tall cylinder vases with fresh lime green cymbidium orchids submerged and then a lovely arrangement of pink lilies and peonies, green fugi mums and Kermit button poms and calla lilies with trailing green amaranths. The cylinder was placed on a light tray which provided a soft up lighting into the submerged orchid vase. Also surrounding the vase were 3 small cylinders with floating candles and orchids. For that little something extra, a single green fugi mum was tied into the gold sheer chair tie at the back of each gold chiavari chair.

The sweetheart table had one continual arrangement along the table’s edge with several different sized votives and floating candles worked between. Small 2” glass cubes were nested under the green moss and between the hardy flowers. The small cubes filled with water held the fragile flowers such as the hydrangea in this is “layout” design for the couples table of honor.

Ritz Carlton Members Beach Club- Perfect Destination Wedding Site

Becki Creighton — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:58:15 +0000

This destination wedding couple planned their perfect day at the Ritz member Beach Club in Sarasota. Rebecca from Limelight Photography captured their day in the photos you will see in this blog entry.

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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Ritz Carlton Sarasota-Elegant Wedding

Becki Creighton — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:59:18 +0000

The Ritz Carlton Sarasota was the setting for this beautiful wedding this Spring. The wedding was set on the lawn over looking the bay with a fabric and bamboo canopy as the site for the ceremony. The aisle was flanked with single white roses tied with sheer Tiffany blue ribbon, as well as the canopy floral pieces, all in white roses and orchids, with the same sheer ribbons blowing softly in the breeze.

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