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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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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At the base of the stairs the bride walked through a rose covered arch.  The aisle was flanked with Sweet Unique pink rose petals and at the back of the aisle the guests were met with two large arrangements of hydrangea and pink rose with trailing green amaranths.

 The bride carried a bouquet of soft pink hydrangea topped with light pink ranunculus and on the handle a small photo of the bride’s grandmother who was there in spirit right in the palm of her hand. Audrey Snow Photography got a perfect photo of the bouquet along with many other excellent photos that the couple will cherish.

 Dinner tables had a composite look using 3 glass cubes topped with hot pink, blue and soft pink hydrangea with a little seeded eucalyptus to trial over the sides and then floating candles that were also in glass cubes.  Another beautiful party under a  starry night on Sarasota Bay.

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The buffet reception in the ballroom had guest tables in varying sizes.  The larger tables had a set of three arrangements for a composite look while the smaller tables had single glass cubes.  They all had smaller flower arrangements to pull the mixed pastel colors inside.  Tall 26-inch glass cubes supported the large buffet centerpieces that added color to the scrumptious feast presented on serpentine tables.

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Again, we worked with wonderful wedding professionals such as Nicole Kaney from NK Productions and Barbara Banks Photography whose pictures you will see displayed.

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The wedding was for 140 guests in the Healing Garden with cocktails on the lawn and the reception moved into the Ballroom with back lit walls and up lighting under each of the floral arrangements.  Each arrangement included a submerged orchid in the stem of the 26″ vase and topped with tropical flowers, roses and cascading amaranths and around the base there were 3 smaller cylinders with gold Vanda orchids floating under the ivory lit candles.  The color scheme looked beautiful in the room.