Reception: Erin & Tony's Wedding Reception

The bride and the groom....they were married in Florida and had their reception after they returned from their honeymoon.

The bride loves Gerbera Daisies so that was the primary flower.

The bride and her maids.

The head table fully decorated. Her bridesmaid's wore yellow dresses as you can see above and the bride asked that the reception be full of color - dark pink, orange, lime green and yellow. The backdrop was a wall of lights covered with yellow organza draped with dark pink satin. The table was draped in yellow organza and lined with buckets of flowers, white candles, and lots of shells.

The theme of the reception was the "Beach" since they were married on a beach. So I used a lot of sea shells, starfish & sand dollars and of course how can you do a beach theme without sand.
I saw these cute boxes filled with sand and candles on an online site but they were 1) extremely pricey and 2) the wrong size for a round table. So I made a quick trip to Home Depot and with the help of Dad, we built my version of the sand box.

....very,very happy with the way these turned out - tabletop sand boxes filled with sand, candles and shells! Can't wait to use them again.


I wanted to do a bucket of flowers but couldn't find silver metal buckets that I liked. I did however find red ones, unfortunately red wasn't one of the wedding colors. So I had to spray paint them. Love the Hammered Metal paint from Rust-Oleum.

.....and this is what they turned out like.

The three table designs:

The wedding cake, isn't it adorable!

Thanks for allowing me to decorate your reception!
Hope you have a wonderful life together.

Reception: Lindsey & Ben

The happy couple

Lindsey & Ben love ORANGE so that's the color of their reception (and kitchen if you haven't been to their home). The flowers were shades of orange and hot pink. Since they were married on a beach, I tried to incorporate that into the reception with sand & shells.

The reception hall wouldn't allow me to put sand on the tables unless it was in a container. So I used burlap to make a 'sand mound' without the sand.

To go with the beach theme, the guests were given Salt Water Taffy in shades of orange.

The programs were done with pictures from the wedding on the beach in Destin, Florida

program back:

Bridal Shower

I helped decorated my cousin's bridal shower earlier today.

Her primary color is orange accented with pink (fushia), lime green, and 'pool' blue. I used potted orange gerbera's and they became the door prizes for the guests. Above is my present to her - an 11x14 thin canvas wrap from their photo session with me last week.
Below are a few pics of the table decorations (my part of the shower).

Unfortunately when it stops raining I'll have to plant all of those pink and orange flowers.