Maria Brady of Choreographed Events is always great to work with.  She brought in special linen for the cake and head table that were just exquisite.  Planning this up scaled wedding was a huge undertaking but done with easy by Maria.  You will see by looking at our photo gallery that Tibor of Imley Photography, did an outstanding job capturing the event.

I do not think I have seen the Ritz Carlton Ballroom as grand with the soft lighting effect and fabric draping done by Affairs in the Air, coupled with the striking arrangements that the Fudgie designers did on site.  Two styles of arrangements were used.   Both in tall vases but one with long  white orchids with chandeliered hanging votives and the other of tall curly willow branches with white dendrobium orchids attached and crystals garlands raining from the branches and many hanging votive candles.  The branches stood 5 to 6’ tall of the tables which filled the room with it tall ceiling.

The long head table with its fabulous linen was flanked with two 36” all crystal 5 branch candelabrum topped with white orchids and then lined with dozens of candles between.  The place card table in the pre function area at the Ritz had a vase of tall curly willow branches with crystals and tiny orchids on monofilament. The monofilament rained from its branches.  This impressive piece was in the center of all the place cards that spiraled out from it base.

The sparkle of the crystals in the candlelight made for an absolutely awesome look.

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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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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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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.