Flowers By Fudgie | Your Sarasota Florist » St. Barbara’s Greek Church http://florist-sarasota.com Sarasota Weddings & Events Showcase Mon, 07 May 2012 16:48:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 St Barbara’s and the Polo Grill Wedding http://florist-sarasota.com/2011/08/10/st-barbaras-and-the-polo-grill/ http://florist-sarasota.com/2011/08/10/st-barbaras-and-the-polo-grill/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:22:36 +0000 Sarasota Wedding Flowers http://florist-sarasota.com/?p=1131 Wedding-st-barbaras-church Greek Orthodox Church The  sanctuary at St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church is bright and impressive. The religious icons are  in rich, vibrant hues creating a beautiful sanctuary. Adding decorations could be daunting but the aisle decor chosen blended seamlessly. Large sheer ivory bows with a touch of greenery alternated with clusters of Circus roses and greenery with ivory ribbon streamers down the length of the aisle. Just the right touch. Maria Brady of Choreographed Events over saw the day of events for the couple, seeing to all the final details and getting our beautiful bride down the aisle. Wedding aisle

The bride was traditional and romantic in her ivory lace dress complimented perfectly with a bouquet of ivory roses and fragrant, pearl studded stephanotis. Attendants in yellow chiffon carried hand tied bouquets of Circus roses, a lovely deep yellow rose with a reddish-orange edge. The groom wore a boutonniere of 3 stephanotis blooms as he awaited his bride at the altar. Al Gordon Photography captured every moment in beautiful detail. circus-rose-bridesmaids-bouquet

polo-grill-weddings reception Guests traveled to the Polo Grill in Lakewood Ranch for a fabulous dinner. Brushed gold candle holders with floating candles washed the room in warm candlelight. Wreath rings of green hydrangea and circus roses decorated some of the tables while others had 3 tear drop vases of hydrangea and roses clustered at the base of the candle holders. Pastry by Design created a scrumptious cake and the couple’s flair for a bit of whimsy was evident in the Mickey and Minnie Mouse cake topper. Here’s wishing Angela and Chris all the best as they begin their lives together! circus-roses-on-cake
]]> http://florist-sarasota.com/2011/08/10/st-barbaras-and-the-polo-grill/feed/ 0 An Elegant Traditonal Wedding-St. Barbara’s Church & Ritz Carlton http://florist-sarasota.com/2010/10/07/an-elegant-traditonal-wedding-st-barbaras-church-ritz-carlton/ http://florist-sarasota.com/2010/10/07/an-elegant-traditonal-wedding-st-barbaras-church-ritz-carlton/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:15:37 +0000 Becki Creighton http://florist-sarasota.com/?p=455 'sSahara Roses for pews at St Barbara 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.   Ritz Carlton Sarasota- guest-tables-with-branches cake-with-sahara-roses 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.
]]> http://florist-sarasota.com/2010/10/07/an-elegant-traditonal-wedding-st-barbaras-church-ritz-carlton/feed/ 0 Crystals and Candlelight http://florist-sarasota.com/2010/01/30/crystals-and-candlelight/ http://florist-sarasota.com/2010/01/30/crystals-and-candlelight/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:55:50 +0000 Becki Creighton http://florist-sarasota.com/?p=321 aisle-candelabrum-st-barbara You just cannot go wrong with candlelight for a wedding….it is so romantic to see a candle lit aisle, as was done for this wonderful couple at Saint Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church, Sarasota.  Every other pew end was adorned with white roses tucked into ivy cascading down the single candelabrum. 

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.

centerpiece-with-branches-and-crystals 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.

ritz-carlton-with-fabric-draping-and-uplighting-and-flowers 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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