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Sophisticated and Sun-Drenched Destination Wedding, Sarasota Ritz Carlton Style

Becki Creighton — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:05:58 +0000

The lawn at the Ritz-Carlton Members Beach Club was the setting for this tropical themed ceremony. The bride and groom chose bright, vibrant colors to enhance the sophisticated, sun-drenched beach feel of this location. The bride selected a lovely cascade style bouquet of ivory Asiatic lilies, white mini calla lilies and white dendrobium orchids. Her attendants wore knee length J Crew dresses in soft coral which were perfectly complimented by bouquets of tangerine Asiatic lilies, coral Marlyse roses and hot pink and yellow gerbera daisies designed by the Debbie Bock, manager and head of design production at Flowers by Fudgie.. After exchanging vows under a bamboo canopy flanked by lush baskets of tropical foliage, birds of paradise, tangerine Asiatic lilies and hot pink dendrobium orchids, the couple accompanied their guests to the Sunset Terrace for cocktails. Dinner was served in the Grill Room where tables were decorated with arrangements of hot pink, yellow and orange colored flowers in glass cubes – just the “pop” of color needed to continue the tropical theme inside. Glass cylinder vases with a touch of seashells and orange orchids florets topped with floating candles completed the look.

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Sweet couple marry on Lido Beach

Becki Creighton — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:16:57 +0000

The Beach at Lido was the setting for this couple, with a reception across the street at the Holiday Inn Lido where Sonia Newton helped plan a picture perfect event.

A bamboo arch with tropical flowers and 2 lovely matching arrangements flanked the back of the aisle. These florals where transferred to the reception following the ceremony.

Evelyn England and Debra Lindsey from Sage Art and Video captured photos for the couple.

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Siesta Key Wedding: Beautiful Tropical Theme

Becki Creighton — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:06:30 +0000

This destination wedding took place on the beach at the beautiful Gulf and Bay Condos on Siesta Key. The couple also had their reception in the clubhouse, which was catered by Nellie’s Deli, and Al Gordon Photography took photos. The bride wanted the beach theme to be carried out with shells and palm fronds and lots of color.

She decided to keep the bridal bouquet and the bridesmaids in more subtle colors of green and white using cymbidium orchids for her bouquet and the bridesmaids carried nautilus shells filled with orchids. This is a great idea as we provide a stand for the bouquet so they can easily be displayed on the head table at the reception. We always like to suggest ways of getting double duty out of ceremony or personal flowers that can be reused at the reception.

The beach ceremony included a bamboo canopy for the bride and groom and officiates. The canopy was decorated with sheer fabric to soften the look and bold tropical flowers on the upper corners. The aisle was lined with rose petals and the back of the aisle we used 2 bamboo floor vases with birds of paradise and red ginger and other tropical flowers. The chairs also included a palm frond.

The reception tables had monstera leaf chargers and the napkins with trimmed with small green dendrobium orchids. The centerpieces included a grouping of glass cubes some with tropical flowers others with shells and floating candles. The place card table was trimmed with a conk shell filled with lilies and orchids and alstromeria. Using 6’ palm trees also helped to carried out our tropical theme. The palms with up lighting were provided by Brett at Made in the Shade plant rental. The trees were used in the corners of the room and at the entry. Contact Flowers by Fudgie, your premiere florist – Sarasota, Bradenton, LongBoat Key, and Venice.

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