The Powel Crosley Museum is a spectacular wedding venue on Sarasota Bay.[Our bridal couple chose the Crosley and the fabulous Tibor Imley of Imley Photography to capture there day.  The couple used a bold palette of color to include orange, hot pink, lime green, and teal.  Peacock feathers were also included in all the bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres to add interest and texture.  A graduate of Ringling School of Art, the bride had a wonderful eye for color and style. 

The terrace, at the Crosley was the ceremony site where the center arch was draped with off white fabric by Affairs in the Air for a backdrop.  The back of the aisle was flanked by trailing greenery at the base of 2 large lanterns at the entrance.   The grand stairway made for a wonderful entrance for the bride, and was treated with trailing pathos plants to soften the look of the concrete wall, that were provided through Made in the Shade Plant Rentals.

It was wonderful to be able to work with a bride who knew exactly what she wanted and had a vision where the designers at Flowers by Fudgie were able to pull it all together.

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The bride carried a bouquet of all freesia and her bridesmaids carried bouquets of all white tulips.  The back of the logia was the setting for the ceremony and the reception was catered by Michaels on East.  The tables were elegantly set with either low bowls of tulips with lily grass or tall pilsner vases of all white stock. Brett from Made in the Shade provided the plant rental which always brings warmth and hominess to the Museum. 

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This featured couple used Limelight Photography for their all white wedding.  The bride chose a clean look using all white roses for her bridal bouquet that was hand tied with an initial on the handle  and the bridesmaids carried a garden mix of all white and cream tone flowers.  The front arch on the logia was draped with fabric by Affairs in the Air and green plants from Made in the Shade added a little softness to either side of the fountain as the background for the ceremony. 

Tall vases of curly willow branches with white dendrobium orchids sprays graced the tables.  This was a natural look that gave some elevation on the guest tables.  Also on the place card table a vase of manzanita branches with sprays of crystals tied in nicely with the guest table arrangements.

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Phil Mancini, owner of Michael’s on East joined the team as Maitre d’ along with Brett Osborn of Made in the Shade, who provided the rental of the green plants. Three  other great vendors for the evening were Tammy Gamso of Finishing Touches, who did the bride’s makeup, Carl from Ole Heidelberg Bakery who provided a scrumptious cake and Wayne Delair of Delair Entertainment, who provided fabulous music for the evening.

The reception was in the same ballroom where Fudgie’s designers created elevated arrangements of Leonides, Circus and Wow roses, trailing ivy with several votive candles at the base of each one for a rich, romantic setting. This fun, loving couple continued partying on with all their family and friends all weekend. Pre-wedding fun started Friday night at Marina Jacks and ended Sunday at the Hyatt Sarasota with a grand brunch. See the photos below to get in on this great wedding weekend!

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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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