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Wedding Reception Elevated Centerpieces: Ritz Carlton Sarasota

Becki Creighton — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:45:11 +0000

The ballroom at the Ritz Carlton Sarasota, is a beautiful room with it tall ceiling and lovely chandeliers. The room calls for elevated floral arrangements if you really want to make a statement for any event or wedding reception. For this reception of 220 guests, the couple chose tall cylinder vases with fresh lime green cymbidium orchids submerged and then a lovely arrangement of pink lilies and peonies, green fugi mums and Kermit button poms and calla lilies with trailing green amaranths. The cylinder was placed on a light tray which provided a soft up lighting into the submerged orchid vase. Also surrounding the vase were 3 small cylinders with floating candles and orchids. For that little something extra, a single green fugi mum was tied into the gold sheer chair tie at the back of each gold chiavari chair.

The sweetheart table had one continual arrangement along the table’s edge with several different sized votives and floating candles worked between. Small 2” glass cubes were nested under the green moss and between the hardy flowers. The small cubes filled with water held the fragile flowers such as the hydrangea in this is “layout” design for the couples table of honor.

Vintage Wedding at the Powell Crosley

Becki Creighton — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:55:25 +0000

The Powell Crosley Museum was the perfect setting for this vintage themed wedding. To help carry out the theme, the bride collected milk glass vases of all sizes and shapes for the dinner table centerpieces. Each of the vases was filled with blush pink Anna roses and white hydrangea and mini champagne spray roses.

The photographer was Gina Leigh and the planner for the day was Anna Pohl of Day Planners. Thanks to Gina for providing the photos for this blog post.

The ceremony was on the logia steps under the natural arch and the back of the aisle was flanked with 2 beautiful arrangements of Anna roses. The bride carried a hand tied bouquet of Anna roses with the pave crystals nested between them. The soft tones of the roses with the candlelight made of a very romantic look.

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Ritz Carlton Sarasota-Elegant Wedding

Becki Creighton — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:59:18 +0000

The Ritz Carlton Sarasota was the setting for this beautiful wedding this Spring. The wedding was set on the lawn over looking the bay with a fabric and bamboo canopy as the site for the ceremony. The aisle was flanked with single white roses tied with sheer Tiffany blue ribbon, as well as the canopy floral pieces, all in white roses and orchids, with the same sheer ribbons blowing softly in the breeze.

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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.