Loren and David

Loren and her family were one of the kindest and sweetest families that I have personally ever met, so it was an absolute honor to be able to be part of Loren and David's wedding October 24, 2009 at the Jungle Island.


Loren and David had such a beautiful wedding with so many unique elements that it would literally take days (and perhaps this whole blog!) to describe them all in detail. So let's first begin with the personal flowers. Loren wore a beautiful wedding dress with detailed lace, so it only seemed perfect for her to carry down the aisle a beautiful bouquet of soft blush roses and white roses hand tied with matching ribbon and details with pearls. David wore a coordinating boutonniere that include a single white rose with wire grass detailing. The bride's maids carried down the aisle a unique shade of pink calla lilies, and the groomsmen wore coordinating boutonnieres.


The ceremony was completely one of a kind. The entire ballroom was draped in white fabric and soft pink lighting. Down the aisle, we carefully placed an assortment of cylinder glass vases filled with waters and matching submerged flowers topped with brightly lit candles, that illuminate the aisle in that warm romantic glow that so many of us dream about. Arches also decorated the aisle, covered in assorted fichus greens and clusters of matching flowers in shades of soft pink and white. Up lights were also placed to highlight the arches. Now for the chupah: OMG WOW! Our design team took our classic 8x8 round dome chupah covered in greens and put it on steroids. The chupah legs where first covered in greens, and then completely covered in white and soft pink roses and hydrangeas and further accented with white curly willow branches to give the chupah a free form and natural feel. The top consisted of a canopy of white willow branches also decorated and further enhanced with matching white and pink flowers.

The ballroom, again: OMG WOW! The tables alternated between three different floral centerpieces. The first design was three tall cylinder vases grouped together with a single orchid droplet placed inside all three, and then topped with a full round arrangement of white and soft blush flowers. Around the base, we will place an assortment of brightly candles. For the second design, we took our clarinet stands, filled them with water a coordinating orchid, and topped those with a matching full arrangement of white and soft pink flowers. Also around the base we placed an assortment of brightly lit candles. The final (and certainly not least!) design was Petal Productions HP stands in gold. These stands included our almost 6 foot tall stands with several large ball like clusters placed on each arm of the stand, with the largest arrangement sitting at the very top. Further decorating the stand, we draped strands of crystals, and brightly lit hanging candles. Around the base, we created a matching base arrangement, and also placed clusters of brightly lit candles.

My favorite part of Loren and David's wedding was their beloved candy bar. For the candy bar, I personally made sure that all the candies were in shades of white and soft pink. I even was able to order them customized MnM's with their names and wedding date printed on them!

There are so many more details, but in the meantime here's a sneak into their wedding thanks to Ruben from Senderey Video Productions (www.sendereyvideo.com): http://vimeo.com/7260607

H.I.H Princess Thi-Nga Foundation Reception

"Upon arrival at The Setai, South Beach, guests were introduced to Princess Thi-Nga and the Princess Thi-Nga Foundation's Board members, enjoyed a private cocktail reception in the lavish setting of The Setai's Grill Restaurant, enhanced by spectacular exotic floral arrangements by Petal Productions with orchids especially flown in from Asia, while sampling the delightful Hors d’Oeuvres, a fusion of “East meets West” creations by Executive Chef Jonathan Wright of The Setai. The guests were led to The Setai Library for a private viewing of the exhibition with H.I.H. Princess Thi-Nga of Vietnam, under heavy security"
-Official Press Release by the Princess Thi-Nga Foundation

Please check out her website for not only photos of the exclusive event, but also for photos of the arrangements that we happily created for this unique occasion

http://princessthingafoundation.org/EVENTS/setai/index.htm

Andrew and Yaimet

On October 11, 2009, our personal and very dear friends Andrew and Yaimet tied the knot at the Diplomat Hotel. Petal Productions was honored to attend the wedding, as well as aid Andrew and Yaimet in creating their wedding decor.

For the ceremony, Petal Productions created our unique PJ ceremony tent which was softly created with flowing white fabric and a large floral arrangement. We set the structure outside facing the ocean, and you couldn't have asked for better weather in October. Yaimet carried down the aisle a beautiful bouquet of snow white calla lilies, while Andrew wore a matching boutonniere.

For the table centerpieces, Andrew and Yaimet kept it very elegant and simple, with three tall cylinder glass vases filled with water with a long and full stem of white cymbidium orchids with pink throats, topped with a brightly lit floating candle. Private Stock (http://www.privatestockband.com/) kept everyone on their feet through out the evening with great music, and as you can see from the wedding video recap

thanks to Ruben from Senderey Video Productions http://www.sendereyvideo.com/) the wedding celebration was a success. Here's the link for all to see: http://vimeo.com/7051778

Again, the biggest and warmest of congratulations to Andrew and Yaimet, and we cannot wait to celebrate so many more memories together! We love you!

Katie and Brian

After almost a wonderful year of planning with Petal Productions staff, Katie and Brian were married on October 11, 2009 at the Boca Raton Resort (http://www.bocaresort.com/). Katie wore a beautiful dress, and carried down the aisle a bouquet of soft baby pink roses with a touch of stephanotis studded with pearls, while Brian wore a boutonniere of matching stephanotis. The girls in the bridal party carried down a beautiful bouquet of purple vanda orchids looped with touches of wire grass and wrapped with coordinating ribbon.

For the ceremony, Katie and Brian said their "I do's" underneath Petal Productions classic 8x8 round dome shaped chupah that was covered in assorted greens, and further covered with beautiful lush hot pink and purple flowers. These flowers included hot pink roses, hot pink hydrangeas, lavender stock, and magenta toned phalenopsis orchids that cascading gently from the top of the chupah. The inside section of the chupah top was draped with an off-white fabric, and amber up lights where placed to illuminate the back wall of white fabric, as well of the chupah. Down the aisle, we coordinated the the aisle with single tier stands completely covered and connect with white organza, and matching nosegays that were created with the same floral and color theme as the chupah.

For the ballroom, Petal Productions decorated the table with a stunning centerpiece that included the tables alternating between our tall clarinet vases draped with four strands of crystals, and lower floral arrangements. For the clarinet vases, we placed on top each vase stunning free formed arrangement of hot pink and lavender flowers. Around the base of each table centerpiece we will placed an assortment of smaller cylinder vases filled with water, hot pink and purple rose petals, and brightly lit floating candles. The lower floral arrangements were designed inside a low glass vase with matching flowers in the same floral and color theme as the rest of the wedding reception dinner. For Katie and Brian's sweet heart table, we create a matching and coordinating table arrangement that cascaded onto the front of the table. Other items that we included for their wedding consisted of special up lighting that illuminate the ballroom, as well as draping the back wall to their hired band and illuminate that back wall of fabric with matching lights.

Thank you to Creative Focus (http://www.creativefocusinc.com/) for the beautiful and wonderful pictures!

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Holly and Noah

Holly and Noah were married August 8, 2009 at the Mayfair Hotel in Miami, FL (http://mayfairhotelandspa-px.trvlclick.com/index.cfm). Although they decided to get married in the heart of summer, Mother Nature was very gracious to them, and they couldn't have asked for better weather.

Holly and Noah were very lucky to have their ceremony outside. Petal Productions created a beautiful bamboo squared arch, decorated with cascading white fabric and snowy white phalenopsis orchids. Down the aisle we place a long white runner, with white rose petals sprinkled only on the side of the aisle. Along the sides of the aisle we placed our tall cylinder glass vases filled with water and a submerged floating stems of a white phalenopsis orchid studded with crystals.

For Holly's bridal bouquet, Petal Productions create a stunning bouquet of white hydrangeas, white roses and beautiful large blooms of white phalenopsis orchids, hand tied in a round design with a slight cascade of orchids. The bouquet was wrapped with matching white ribbon. Noah wore a coordinating boutonniere that included a smaller bloom of a white phalenopsis bloom. The rest of the girls in the bridal party carried down a bouquet of soft green hydrangeas and soft pink roses

The reception was a party to remember, and so was the decor. For each table centerpiece, Petal Productions placed our large two tone acrylic box , and filled the top half with no more than 1 inch of water with brightly lit floating candles. We then placed our iron wrought trees (painted black), with a base arrangement of white hydrangeas, and further enhanced the branches with black manzanita branches, hanging strands of crystals, cascading stems of white phalenopsis orchids, and brightly lit hanging candles. We also placed special LED lights underneath each table centerpieces that illuminated the tables from within.


Thank you to Limelight Photography (http://www.stepintothelimelight.com/) for the beautiful pictures from Holly and Noah's big day!!


Check out their wedding ceremony exit as Holly and Noah walked together for the first time as man and wife! http://vimeo.com/6027631

Melissa and Zvi

Melissa and Zvi were married on a day that mother nature did not want to cooperate. Despite rain showers that unfortunately lasted for the majority of the later afternoon, the wedding was absolutely beautiful. They decided to host their wedding at the Hillcrest Country Club (http://www.hillcrestgcc.com/index.php) and celebrated with 200 of their closest friends and family members.

Melissa wore a stunning white dress of white satin and lace and styled her hair with her signature style: a crystal beaded headband. For her bouquet, we hand tied a bouquet of very perfumed white peonies and studded some of them with crystals. The bouquet was tied with a matching white satin ribbon and pinned off with crystals. The bride's maids and junior bride's maids carried a bouquet of hot pink roses wrapped in white ribbon and criss-crossed ballet style with hot pink ribbon. For Zvi's boutonniere, we took an un-open peonie bloom and styled it to match Melissa's bridal bouquet.

Badeken ceremony was a simple one, were we placed a large bridal chair for Melissa with other chairs flanked for friends and family members on either side. We created a back drop of white fabric that was decorated with hanging balls of hot pink carnations and strands of crystals

The chupah was not Melissa's first choice, because she had wanted the ceremony outdoors. Although the morning promised beautiful weather, mother nature had a different plan. As we were putting the finishing touches on to the chupah outside, the clouds got dark and it didn't stop raining until well into the evening. We had no other option then to move the chupah indoors. However, the design had to change to fit indoors. We took our 8x8 flat top square shaped chupah and created a truly gorgeous wall of front flowers that included hot pink peonies, hot pink roses, hot pink and white hydrangeas, and strands of cascading ivy. Inside the chupah we hung hot pink orchid droplets and hanging crystals designed at assortment lengths. Down the aisle we had out acrylic boxes draped in crystals and topped with an explosion of hot pink dendrobium orchids. A runner and petals was all that was needed to finish Plan B.

Once the ceremony was over, we rushed to change over the room. Although it wasn't planned to leave the chupah in the ballroom, we decided that it made a lovely presentation for the cake, and made a last minute decision to leave the chupah standing over the cake. The table were moved into place in record timing. Each table alternated between our wrought iron trees painted in white with clusters of hot pink flowers, crystals, and hanging candles and two different designs that involved glass vases. The first glass vase look include a tall vase topped with a hot pink ball of carnations and surrounded by two medium height vases and two smaller height vases decorated with hot pink hydrangeas and hot pink roses tied in tight bouquets and placed at sharp and modern angles. The other glass centerpiece included an assortment of clear glass vases designed with matching hot pink and white flowers. All three looks incorporate tons of brightly lit candles to illuminate the tables in a soft romantic glow.

Although the weather didn't allow Melissa and Zvi to celebrate outdoors and many elements were added last minute to negotiate with mother nature's poor attitude that day, the wedding itself was absolutely lovely!

A special thanks to Ruben Senderey at Senderey Video Productions (www.sendereyvideo.com) for their special recap video montage. Please click on this link: http://vimeo.com/5522166 to preview!

The Philosophe's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Philosophe celebrated their golden 50th wedding anniversary on the eve of their son Patrick's and future daughter in law Jassi's wedding day (Which we will be posting pictures and more from the event soon!!)

They decided to celebrate with close friends and family members at the Aqualina Hotel (http://www.acqualinaresort.com/) on their outside lawn area where the Aqualina provided a tent. Petal Productions draped the entire tent with gold fabric, and we also hung one of a kind chandeliers to really create a ballroom atmosphere inside the tent.

Each table was designed with gold in mind. We filled up round glass vases with flakes of gold and topped the vases with bright yellow cymbidium orchids intertwine and looped with dark purple leather leaf. Around each round glass vase we had three smaller and thinner rectangle vases filled with looped mango calla lilies, and an assortment of brightly lit candles that ranged from floating to gold votive candles.

Thank you to Andrew Duany (http://www.andrewduany.com/) for the pictures. We are looking forward to seeing many more very soon from Patrick's and Jassi's wedding!!

Marissa and Daniel

Marissa and Daniel were married on June 23, 2009 at the gorgeous Loews Hotel in South Beach, FL (http://www.loewshotel.com/). With over 500 invited guests and a lot of help from their wedding planner Stephanie Esquenazi, the Loews was a perfect place to help define and create that perfect dream into reality.

The first part of their wedding consisted of the Badeken ceremony. For Marissa’s Badeken ceremony, we placed a riser and covered it in white fabric and created a hedge of white flowers. On top of the

stage, we placed a modern single seated couch for Marrisa with additional seating of regular ballroom chairs. The wall behind the stage was a wall of white fabric dripping with strands of crystals. Hot pink up lights were placed behind to illuminate the area.

The second element to Marissa and Daniel’s wedding was the Chupah and everyone that walked in gasped in complete awe. Each chupah leg consisted of a wrought iron structure designed to resemble a tree. Each chupah leg was then completely covered orchids and a base arrangement of white hydrangeas. To keep with Chupah traditions, we placed a cascading organza fabric and suspended the fabric in the center of the chupah. Behind the chupah we placed a free standing wall of white fabric and hung orchid blooms to enhance the wall. Special up lights were placed on the chupah and along the back wall, as well as some intelligent lighting that also include a custom gobo of Marissa and Daniel’s monogram. Down the aisle an extra long and custom white carpet runner with white rose petals on the side and custom white boxes were placed and completely filled with white hydrangeas and white dendrobium orchids. Every 6 feet, we placed a tall cylinder glass vase with a brightly lit candle to illuminate the aisle. And the last but very not least detail of this Chupah area consisted of the entrance wall of white fabric that was decorated with white dendrobium orchid leis, and opened and closed as Marissa, Daniel, and their wedding party began to walk down the aisle.

No wedding ceremony would be complete without the bridal bouquet and other personal flowers. Each girl, carried a bouquet of white roses and hot pink mokara orchids wrapped in white ribbon with hot pink ribbon as an accent and wrapped around in the ballet slipper design. Marissa’s bridal bouquet was a large, clean and elegant bouquet of white roses, white hydrangeas and white mini calla lilies wrapped in white ribbon and studded with pearls.

The place card table consisted of two rectangle table with a round table placed between the two. The two rectangle tables were embellished with hot pink roses topped with a custom glass table top where the place card envelopes were placed. The center table was decorated with a spiral stand also covered in hot flowers that included hot pink roses, hot pink peonies, hot pink vanda orchids, hot pink hydrangeas, and hot pink phalenopsis orchids (phew!).

The Loews pulled back the air walls that divided the grand ballroom into the three sections needed for the wedding. As the air walls were pulled back, the chupah was broken down and each leg was placed as an individual tree on both sides of the dance floor and either side of the band stage. The tables were pulled out of the third section of the ballroom were they had been hidden and placed in their designated area for the reception dinner. Hence, this is where the third and final element to Marissa and Daniel’s dream wedding comes to play. Each table centerpiece was designed to match the entire theme of the wedding. The tables alternated between our wrought iron tree-like structures completely covered in wire grass and decorated with either dendrobium orchids or white phalenopsis orchids. Each "tree" sat on a bed of white hydrangeas and cylinder glass vases filled with an assortment of pillar candles. Once the tables were in their place, we placed a special wireless LED light that illuminated the tables from within. For Marissa and Daniel’s sweet heart table, we placed a cascading arrangement of only white phalenopsis orchids and brightly lit candles. A special LED light was also placed underneath their table.

Placed along the center of the dance floor we placed a mechitzah that was designed for Marissa and Daniel with an extremely modern concept. The mechitzah was divided into four parts and each section was built identically the same. The top and bottom parts of the structure were completely covered in white hydrangeas and white dendrobium orchids. Connecting the top and bottom were white cymbidium orchid blooms strung with very thin silver wiring to give the impression that the orchid blooms where floating in midair. Intelligent lighting changed throughout the evening with the music that was played by their band, and custom gobo’s were placed around the ballroom. Towards the end of the evening, as the guest left to go home after a wild night of dancing, a custom gobo read “Thank you for joining us, Marissa and Daniel”

Placed along the center of the dance floor we placed a mechitzah that was designed for Marissa and Daniel with an extremely modern concept. The mechitzah was divided into four parts and each section was built identically the same. The top and bottom parts of the structure were completely covered in white hydrangeas and white dendrobium orchids. Connecting the top and bottom were white cymbidium orchid blooms strung with very thin silver wiring to give the impression that the orchid blooms where floating in midair. Intelligent lighting changed throughout the evening with the music that was played by their band, and custom gobo’s were placed around the ballroom. Towards the end of the evening, as the guest left to go home after a wild night of dancing, a custom gobo read “Thank you for joining us, Marissa and Daniel”

Marissa’s dream wedding culminated in one spectacular evening of fine wine, amazing cuisine, addictive music and incomparable floral décor. A large and very special mazel-tov to not only the bride and groom but their parents and family as well!

A tremendesly large thank you to Andrew Duany (http://www.andrewduany.com/) for the amazing pictures!

Please also enjoy the pictures taken by our very own Julie while we were in the process of being creative :)

Elena and Andrew

When I personally think of the color combination of hot pink, orange and green I honestly cannot help but smile. So when Elena and Andrew decided and agreed on this color theme, everyone here at Petal Productions couldn't wait to create this beautiful wedding for them. Elena and Andrew were married on May 24, 2009 at the beautiful and lush Jungle Island in Miami, Florida (http://www.jungleisland.com/). And, as you can tell, they had that vibrant hot pink, bright orange, and lime green color theme. And I don't think Andrew honestly minded the hot pink, as long as the University of Miami colors (orange and green) were in the mix!

For Elena bridal bouquet, we create a large round bouquet of hot pink and bright orange roses studded with crystals and added small floral lime green buttons into the bouquet to bring all the colors together. We wrapped with bouquet with fabric designed to match Elena's dress so it couldn't clash together. Andrews boutonniere was designed slightly different from all the others, and for his boutonniere we took an bright orange rose with a lime green floral button and studded the button with matching crystals to match Elena's bouquet. The other girls and boys had similar bouquet and boutonnieres, but no crystals. That was reserved for the bride and groom only!

Elena and Andrew had planned for an outdoor ceremony, but unfortunately, mother nature did not agree. So we created a beautiful indoor ceremony with one of Petal Productions favorite chupahs. We took our four tall and square shaped acrylic chupah legs and create a stunning white fabric top with a rim of hot pink hydrangeas. Hanging inside from the chupah top, we hung bright orange and hot fuchsia orchid droplets and hanging strands of crystals. The back wall of fabric placed behind the chupah was also draped with not only white fabric, but assortment of crystals. Hot pink LED lights was all that was needed for this chupah. Along the side of the aisle, we covered out white acrylic pedestals with soft and cascading white organza, and on top of each pedestal we place three white cylinder vases with a ball or soft peach, hot orange and lime green roses. A white satin fabric runner and rose petals added the finishing touch for a beautiful ceremony. But no ceremony would be truly complete without a grand entrance, and that's exactly what we created. We draped the back entrance wall with matching white fabric, and covered our iron gates with the same fabric. The iron gates strategically opened and closed as Andrew, Elena and their bridal party entered the room and walked down the aisle. And Elena grand entrance was a perfect one (as you can clearly see from the picture of the two little boys with the banner)

The ballroom at Jungle Island is extremely neutral to any color combination, and this ballroom looked amazing. Petal Productions draped with entire ceiling with soft white fabric. Each table centerpiece include our clear coned shaped vase with a full round arrangement of peach tone, orange tone, hot pink tone, and lime green toned roses with touches of lime green buttons. Inside each vase, we submerged a fuchsia toned orchids and draped the vases with crystals. Around the base of each vase, we kept it simple and placed an assortment of pillar candles and clusters of votive candles. And to create an extra special touch, underneath each table, we placed a battery operated LED light that glowed in that hot fluorescent pink that Elena really adored.

Elena and Andrew, again a great big Mazel-Tov and we hope to celebrate a bar/bat-mitzvah in the next 13 (or 14) years from now!

A great big thank you to Plamen from Domino Arts Media Group (http://www.domino-art.com/dsocial/) for the amazing pictures!

"I wanted to thank you again for everything - My wedding day was so special and so much of it had to do with the beautiful decor provided by Petal Productions! I have gotten so many compliments on your work and have made sure to send future brides your way (In fact, I think my Maid of Honor, Veronica, already met with you last week)! I loved everything Petal Productions did and thank you again for making my wedding day dreams and visions a reality!-Elena"