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Mrs. Plumeria, San Francisco Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, High School Teacher Engagement Date: December 30, 2005 Wedding Date: May 12, 2007 Venue: Hotel Ballroom About Me: I love all things artsy and unique, and it has become a passion of mine to incorporate these attributes into my wedding (and become DIY royalty in the process). Other than dreaming up projects for the wedding, my latest hobbies include working on my computer, playing with my cute pet bunny, or shopping at Target/Barnes and Noble with my fiance.
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Surprisingly, No Plumerias

September 11th, 2007 @ 11:28 am by Mrs. Plumeria

… but I loved my flowers nevertheless! They were exactly what I wanted. I had never seen a sample or anything, so they really took my breath away that day!

All photos in post by GB Photographers, Copyright 2007. Please do not take/repost without credit.My own bouquet: creamy tulips, light green, cream and faintest blush roses, white callas with green throats, green hypernicum berries (not really visible in this photo), and beargrass. The stems were wrapped with thick cream satin ribbons, and then accented with twisted gold ribbons on top.

Mr. Plumeria’s boutonniere: a single white/green calla, beargrass loops, green hypericum berries and a bit of pale gold ribbon.

The bridesmaids’ bouquets were very similar to mine, except instead of the cream tulips, they had little yellow blossoms of freesia. Their beargrass loops went around the entire bouquet in a sort of collar, while my own bouquet had the beargrass throughout. My maid of honor’s bouqet had the double cream/gold ribbons that matched my bouquet, and the rest of the girls’ bouquets were tied with pale gold ribbon only. (The groomsmen’s boutonnieres were also yellow freesia.)

My maid of honor’s bouquet, below.

The flowergirl’s pomander was made entirely of small cream and light green rosebuds. Word of warning: these babies are heavy, due to the water in the core! Luckily, it wasn’t too heavy for her to carry, but I can imagine it being so for a younger little one.

A small arrangement behind the unity candle. We reused this one as the centerpiece for our sweetheart table, later on at the reception. For the ceremony, we also had two large arrangements at the front of the church.

And our centerpieces at the reception. I have to admit I didn’t really get a good look at them that day because there was so much going on — but I know they were beautiful and the guests who got to take them home were overjoyed! :) I think they were mostly the same flowers as in the bouquets plus some white ornamental lilies, in a heavy, square glass vase.

As to the vendor: I wrote earlier about how my mother-in-law handles much of the floral ordering for Albertson’s/SaveMart’s/Lucky supermarkets in the Northern California region. Thus, we were privileged to work directly with the wholesale floral designer that supplies all of the flowers for the supermarkets for a phenomenal price! The retail stores do have wedding floral catalogs if you go and inquire, so if you are interested in flower options beyond the normal florist, be sure to check out these lesser-known sources… you never know what you could discover!!

10 Responses to “Surprisingly, No Plumerias”

1.
Louise says:

Beautiful!!!! Love the flowers!

2.
Tea says:

thanks for sharing! i loved your flowers

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1154lillonlocation says:

beautiful flowers!…may i ask, what are the standing placards that are at each place setting?

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aoedorothee says:

yes, i’m curious about the place cards also. especially the large rectangular hole/slot on the top? was it for a purpose?

5.
s. says:

hi mrs. p!
I’m wondering if you could share with us how mr. p. popped the question! I don’t recall you posting about that! He seems like a rather thoughtful guy, I’m curious to see what he came up with!
Please do share!

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Mrs. Plumeria says:

Hmm, I guess I never blogged about the place cards!! They were little standup-pockets, actually, that contained our magnet favors. The “rectangular hole” looking thing is the top of the favor sticking out. We wrapped each magnet in a plastic sleeve and attached a ribbon loop to the back and then inserted them into the pockets. I’ll write a post about them soon, since you asked. :)

And as to the proposal… did I really never write about it?! Hahaha! I guess I’ll have to put that on my to-do list as well!

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twinkie says:

hi there, my colors are baby blue too and i love the yellow flowers that give a great color with baby blue….. ive been looking for bridesmaid dresses with baby blue and sometimes with blue you have to be very careful… i love the bridesmaid dresses… do you know where you got those from????

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Mrs. Plumeria says:

Hi twinkie,

The dresses were custom made with charmeuse fabric from a local fabric stores. I know exactly waht you mean when you say you have to be very careful with the blue — this is what made me go the custom route in the first place! I wanted a specific greenish shade of blue, almost teal. I know Ann Taylor had a similar color come out in their past Spring collection — I would’ve gotten those if they had been available earlier!

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Gina says:

Hi–can you tell me the name of the very pale blush roses? I’m trying to find the name everywhere. Thanks!

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Mrs. Plumeria says:

Hi Gina,

I’m not sure if they have a specific name — I just asked for cream roses, actually. Most florists should be able to give you what you want even without a specific name; just tell them what color/shade you would like.


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Mrs. Plumeria Mrs. Plumeria, San Francisco Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, High School Teacher Engagement Date: December 30, 2005 Wedding Date: May 12, 2007 Venue: Hotel Ballroom About Me: I love all things artsy and unique, and it has become a passion of mine to incorporate these attributes into my wedding (and become DIY royalty in the process). Other than dreaming up projects for the wedding, my latest hobbies include working on my computer, playing with my cute pet bunny, or shopping at Target/Barnes and Noble with my fiance.