Wed-cap: Flower Power and Sweet Treats

In addition to our photographers whom we loved, we also had a really great florist and baker. We hired Hilary from Fleurtations to make our bouquets, boutonnieres, ceremony arrangement and flowers for the cake (my mother-in-law took care of the reception flowers...more on that later).

When I met with her last fall, I showed her a few inspiration photos and told her that my three favorite flowers are roses, peonies and hydrangeas. I wanted an all white bouquet for myself and for the bridesmaids I wanted bouquets with various shades of light and dark pink. The bridesmaid's bouquets were a mix of roses and peonies and for the jr. bridesmaid she used just three pink roses which turned out to be the perfect size for the girls. For the ceremony, I wanted one large, all white arrangement using hydrangeas as the primary flower.

I must say that Hilary did an AMAZING job! When the bouquets arrived I literally jumped up and down and clapped my hands with excitement. They were EXACTLY what I wanted. I was so happy that Hilary really listened to my ideas and not only met but exceeded my expectations. I loved the bouquets! I also thought the ceremony arrangement was really beautiful and has really added to the ceremony photos.

*my bouquet- roses and peonies*

*It was the perfect size for my small frame*

*The Bridesmaid bouquets*

*The jr. bridesmaid bouquets in comparison to the bridesmaid bouquets*

*The ceremony arrangement*

For the cake we hired Shawna from Sweet Creations Cakes. I loved working with Shawna, she was always incredibly responsive to my emails and when we had our tasting with her last fall we immediately liked her. Her flavors were delicious and she helped us come up with the perfect design. We went with 3 square shaped tiers with a different flavor for each tier. The bottom was vanilla with strawberry filling, the middle was chocolate with raspberry filling (I didn't get to taste the middle layer so I'm assuming it was actually chocolate) and the top was carrot cake (we ate the top tier after the honeymoon). She used buttercream icing with a black fondant ribbon around the bottom of each layer.

Hilary provided the flowers and Shawna placed the flowers on the cake. I really wanted a simple flower cake topper with a few flowers on each layer. I was so excited when I saw the cake after the ceremony, once again it was exactly what I had wanted. I thought it looked beautiful and tasted wonderful.