Mrs. Petunia, Ft. Lauderdale
Age and Occupation: 31, College Professor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Engineering Student/Part-time Barista
Engagement Date: December 8, 2006
Wedding Date: March 2, 2008
Venue: Riverside Hotel
Blogging Since: August 6, 2007
About Me: Our original idea of running off to get married quickly turned into an event with 100+ guests once other people got involved and I, too, got swept away in the lovely madness that is wedding planning. Mr. Petunia and I are obsessed with all things World of Warcraft, Monopoly, and Nintendo, so we’re planning on including some fun “game-y” details into our wedding.
Stop And Smell The Roses
April 7th, 2008 @ 3:55 pm by Mrs. Petunia
And the ranunculus. And the peonies. Thought I would interrupt my chronological wedding recap posts to bring you some of the loveliest details from our wedding: the flowers. They’ll make appearances in future posts, but they deserve top billing once before. After all, I just about died and went to heaven when I saw my bouquet.
All the girls’ flowers were variations on my bouquet, in decreasing sizes. Also, theirs were wrapped in green ribbon, rather than ivory and pink. They each had their initials, too:
A lonely picture of our flower arch, way after the fact. Hopefully, you’ll see better shots of it when I post about the ceremony:
A centerpiece:
And be still my heart — my favorite piece, the sweetheart table wreath and arrangement:
Remember this, my trial centerpiece? Bah, a thing of the past. Guess that’s why you get a sample done: talk it over, smooth things out, say “no way,” get what you really want. I know I did.
21 Responses to “Stop And Smell The Roses”
gorgeous! absolutely stunning, really… and i LOVE the wreath!!
What do you mean about the girls’ flowers being “in decreasing sizes”? The colors are absolutely beautiful!
Wow I loveeee your flowers! Would you mind sharing how much you spent on flowers? It looks like you spent a fortune! I’m visiting florists this week! Thanks in advance!
I love your arrangements, they’re so beautiful! And they DO look pricey. Did you manage to get a good deal?
I demand more pictures! 
Mrs Petunia can you tell me where you got the initials for the bouquets? I was thinking of doing that for my BMs however the cost that I found them for was $20 an inital. Can you give me some direction? Thanks!
Your arch is to die for. Seriously. Amazingly gorgeous!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous!
What a nice breath of flowery sunshine on a cold and rainy afternoon (here in VA, anyway)!
@Mags: Sorry I wasn’t clear on that! I meant that my MOH had a smaller version of my bouquet, and then the BM had a smaller version of the MOH’s bouquet, and finally Mr. Petunia’s Best Woman had a petite version.
@Jenny: Argh, I hate that pretty things come with a price tag sometimes (or talent, if you have it and can arrange flowers beautifully yourself). I think our final florist bill was around $2500 with delivery, etc.; the centerpieces were around $75 each and the bouquets started at $150 and decreased in price as they decreased in size. The wreath was about $150, and the most expensive piece was the arch, which with rental cost about $700 if I remember right. There were some other smaller arrangements around, too…
@GreenTeaGuinness: You can get the initials here for $12.99 each: http://www.bouquetjewels.com/mongrams_ccart.htm
Thanks everyone!
Your florist really did a 180 for you guys! The flowers looked truly amazing and fit so well into your wedding! I can seriously look at your pics over and over. Which I am gonna do. Stalker.
What is the name of that “drippy” greenery in the last photo? I’ve been trying to figure that out for weeks, but even my dear Master Gardener mom doesn’t quite know what I mean by “drippy”… You’d de-fizzle my wedding flower frazzles if you gals could tell me. Thanks!
your flowers are GORGEOUS. totally magazine worthy arrangements.
I love the pops of green!
much better girl! we also use runuculas, and a lot of green in our feb 29 wedding. it’s such a nice combination.
@MissBlair: You know I don’t know the name, but I will try to ask my florist!
This is a silly question, but did you use your maiden or your married initals on your bouquet? I can never quite figure out the etiquitte on that one…
Your wedding pictures are pretty much spectacular. Just beautiful detail after beautiful detail. Wow.
@ErinMarieMack: You know? I think you’re not supposed to use your married inititals before the wedding, but I figured I’d be carrying the bouquet around mostly after the ceremony, so I gave myself the okay! =)
