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Beautiful Bridal Shower in York, Maine

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:56:46 +0000

I love the tradition of bridal showers as it brings together a bride’s closest women in her life in a spirit of love, friendship, family and shared experiences. And really aren’t some of the best times you’ve had been when it’s just you and your favorite girls!? When Sam from Gus & Ruby Letterpress asked me to create the flowers for her dearest friend and business partner Whitney’s bridal shower I was of course honored and excited! The luncheon party was at the chic, modern and super cool Blue Sky on York Beach, Maine. The color palate was a soft and pretty pale pink and peach which came to life in the flowers: peonies, garden roses, stock, astilbe and the sweetest wild roses that I found overflowing on the side of the road! I had been collecting some old white china and glass ware with gold accents which were the perfect vases to create vignettes on each table. The vintage vibe of the flower design along with gold mercury glass votive holders worked wonderfully against the modern, funky atmosphere of Blue Sky. Sam included fantastic details including adorable pink spun sugar nests with egg shaped cookies from Cookie Creatives by Jennifer at each seat. Each one was in a clear box accented with the perfect peach toned velvet ribbon. Special thanks to Emilie Sommer for the photos…fantastic photos as always! Stay tuned for coverage of Whitney’s beautiful summer wedding!

Beautiful Days’ Bouquet on the Cover of Seacoast Bride!

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:52:55 +0000

Brides in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are so fortunate to have Seacoast Bride magazine as a resource for creating and planning stylish weddings. And how fortunate is Beautiful Days to have one of our gorgeous bridal bouquets featured on the 2011 cover!? When Whitney from Gus & Ruby Letterpress asked me to create the flowers for her summer celebration I of course didn’t hesitate! The colors, vibe, details, location – everything! that she planned were perfect! I was truly honored to be a part of her and AK’s wedding day! More fantastic photos from Emilie Sommer coming soon. In the meantime if you haven’t picked up your issue yet you can get a sneak peek here.

Beautiful Days featured on fantastic blogs!

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:23:53 +0000

Creating gorgeous floral designs and unique and thoughtful event design is a work of love! I am truly honored when our work is recognized as lovely and inspiring by others. Some of Beautiful Days’ work has been recently highlighted in two great blogs so distract yourself for a few minutes and check them out!

The lovely Kittery, Maine seaside inspiration shoot is on the fabulous Grey Likes Weddings. Dreamy, vintage seaside story with Sara O’Brien of Griffin-vites and Brea McDonald.

And bridal shower perfection with pink and white flowers and gold accents on The Sweetest Occasion! Loved collaborating with Sam at Gus & Ruby Letterpress to help create the fantastic florals for her best friend (and business partner) Whitney’s celebration at Blue Sky in York, Maine. Captured perfectly (as always!) by Emilie Sommer.

Stefanie & Tom, Laudholm Farm

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:01:27 +0000

Stefanie and Tom are an absolutely lovely couple who live five minutes away from me. This was unique as so many of my clients are from out of town and I rarely get to spend as much face time with my clients as I did with Stef and Tom. We worked very closely for over a year planning and designing a gorgeous affair.

Stefanie wanted a magical midsummers night dream feel which we created with lush flowers, a canopy of birch trees lit with golden twinkle lights and lots of candles. It helped that the celebration site was at Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine which is one of the best venues in the southern Maine seacoast. The ceremony was in the wonderful barn with Stefanie arriving in style in an antique Bently. Cocktails followed on the lawn off the main house with Jeff Clayton of PanNeubean Steel creating a fun island vibe on the steel drum. At dusk guests walked to the tented reception in the field overlooking the gorgeous view of meadows and the far away ocean. A fantastic three course dinner was served by Kitchen Chicks Catering, which included a sorbet course whimsically served in half a lemon peel. The early evening was gorgeous and Stef and Tom snuck away for a few minutes for some stunning photos in the fields. The whole day was captured beautifully by the wonderful and incredibly talented Emilie Sommer and her husband J.

Stef and Tom embraced every moment of their celebration and smiled all night long ….from the teary ceremony, to dancing under the dreamy birch canopy and sharing cheers and alot of love with all their family and friends and finally finishing off the night with a festive sparkler farewell.

Photos courtesy of Emilie Sommer. You can see more of Emilie’s photos of Stef and Tom’s party highlighted on The Knot’s Real Weddings.

Stefanie arriving for the ceremony - fantastic shot with the reflection of her maids in the window!

The barn ready for the ceremony.

Stefanie's dramatic entrance.

A perfect setting.

So sweet!

The reception tent with birch trees and golden twinkle lights.

Glass ornament favors displayed on grapevine trellises.

Sherbert rose pomanders and candles in mason jars hang off a beautiful old oak tree.

Lush, romantic centerpieces.

Decadent and elegant cake from Beach Pea Bakery in Kittery.

Enjoying a wonderful toast by Stef's dad.

First dance..Stef's dress and veil were stunning!

A festive end to a dreamy day!