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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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Powel Crosley featured with bold colored wedding flowers

Sarasota Wedding Flowers — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:45:11 +0000

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.

Cocktails were held following the ceremony under the gazebo and a delicious dinner served by Jaime of Simply Gourmet Catering was inside the Great Room on long feasting style tables. The tables were decorated with centerpieces of natural Manzanita branches with hanging votives, lime green orchids and the base of the arrangements included vibrant hot pink Ravel roses, orange Asiatic lilies, lime green buttons and trailing seeded eucalyptus and placed on teal table runners. For additional candle light, the bride designed transparent wraps for cylinders vases that were of the colors of the wedding which served as table numbers and also votives with an 8 hour oil light inside.

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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Wedding at Incarnation Catholic Church with Reception at Field Club

Becki Creighton — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:05:45 +0000

Our wedding couple chose their church, Incarnation Catholic Church in Sarasota, for their ceremony. The flower décor was all in white and cream tones with lovely flower arrangements on columns that framed the couple on either side of the altar and also included a simple flower on the end of every other pew.

Photographer, Tibor Imely, of Imely Photography has shared his wonderful photos of both the ceremony and the reception which was held at the Field Club, a beautiful private club on Sarasota Bay.

The bride chose to use both tall and low centerpieces on the tables in shades of purple and lavender. Tall cylinders of curly willow with a collar of hydrangea and rose and trailing seeded eucalyptus graced half of the tables while the other half were designed in low glass cubes. A romantic candlelit room was very important to the couple, so we set the tables with lots of votives around cylinders filled with water and orchids topped by a floating candle.

The buffet table in the main dining room was also graced with a lovely urn filled with tall curly willow and a lush arrangement of hydrangea, roses and hanging amaranths. It was a joy to work with this mom and bride becuse they loved flowers and greenery and felt it was important to do it just right!

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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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Crystals and Candlelight

Becki Creighton — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:55:50 +0000

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.

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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Sarasota Ca D’Zan and Ringling Museum Courtyard- Wedding

Flowers By Fudgie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:37:43 +0000

This couple chose chartreuse and coral as thecolor scheme for their destination wedding at the Ringling Museum.

They were joined together in marriage on the Terrace of the Ca Da’ Zan. The couple stood in front of the amazing colorful stained glass windows of the museum where an iron arch, covered in roses, orchids and dripping with green amaranthus framed the couple. This placement of chairs kept the sunlight at the guests’ backs and the glare from the water out of their eyes. Two black tripods were used to flank the back of the aisle that was lined with rose petals. Green dendrobium orchids were attached to every other chair end down the aisle.

Nicole Kaney, of NK Productions, was the wedding coordinator who effortlessly executed the event, with Mattison’s catering, led by Anna Pohl. Tibor Imely was the photographer who captured all their wedding memories.

The nearly 100 guests were then transferred by trolley to the Ringling Museum Courtyard for the reception. The dinner tables had vibrant coral Marlsye roses cascading down the stem of the 36” tall bronze candelabrum with 5 votive candles on top of each one. This beautiful display worked well with the coral linens that had been chosen. The whimsical cake from Beautiful Cakes by Ron, was beautifully framed by the arch that was transferred over from the ceremony site.

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