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"

David and Ilana's B'nai Mitzvah

David and Ilana celebrated their three day B'nai Mitzvah at the Diplomat Hotel (http://www.diplomatresort.com/). Stephanie Esquenazi was there every step of the way to make sure that these young adults had the perfect experience.

The first day really celebrated David. The color theme for his luncheon were bright shades of yellow, blue and green. Each table included a very funky and swirled pattern table linen in those shades of colors. For the floral arrangements, Petal Productions around 6 assorted height cylinder vases and filled them with green colored water. Each vase was further accented with a monochromatic arrangement of either blue and white hydrangeas, yellow mini calla lilies, lime green roses, vibrant yellow roses, and yellow french tulips.

The second day celebrated both David and Ilana. And the themed that they choose couldn't have been better or more creative. Their theme was "Life is Good" and we had a blast with it! We made an assortment of different posters and signs with a variety of "Life is Good" quotes and images. We placed these signs around the cocktail hour and used the signs as large and custom backdrop behind the bar area. The entire ballroom was draped with crushed satin orange fabric with an intelligent lighting package that projected an assortment of lights and designs. We also created custom acrylic round bar with a custom piece that was glued onto either sides of the bar. The bar was divided by the custom back drop and where as one side was for the adults, the other was themed for David, Ilana and their friends to create snow cones and other yummy kid friendly drinks. We also placed in their designated area a cool and funky lounge set that really coordinated perfectly with their mutual color theme. This lounge area was placed on top of a riser and include matching yellow, orange and brown pillows. A custom gobo was project through out the evening with a custom monogram of David and Ilana's name and "Life is Good" themed characters.

For the adult table floral arrangements, we placed long rectangle tables with white linens and placed large pieces of drift wood, and decorate them with green hydrangeas, yellow and orange penne orchids, yellow and orange cymbidium orchids, red pin cushions, yellow and mango calla lilies, orange circus roses, and yellow roses. We created matching and smaller pieces of drift wood for David and Ilana's young adult table, that consisted of high and low cocktail tables and dressed with chocolate and orange linens.

The last and final day of the weekend celebration was all about Ilana. For the table centerpieces, Ilana choose a cake centerpiece, each sitting on top of a custom cake box covered in green floral buttons. Each cake was decorated differently but kept with the hot pink, yellow, orange and green color theme.

A great special thank you to the talented Andrew Duany (http://www.andrewduany.com/) for the wonderful pictures!!

Staci and Alan

Martina Comey from M&L Occasions (http://www.mandloccasions.com/) and Petal Productions came together to create an extremely beautiful and fairy tale wedding for Staci and Alan at the Aventura Turnberry Fairmont Hotel (http://www.fairmont.com/Turnberryisle). Despite the weather threatening throughout the day, Staci and Alan had nothing to worry about with Martina, the Petal Production team and Annette Winkler (lead coordinator and head of catering at the Turnberry Fairmont).

Staci was one of those brides that could have gotten married in jeans and cotton shirt and still look gorgeous. After months of looking for a make up artist, Staci found the perfect person for her, and really looked like the picture perfect bride. Staci looked stunning in her beautiful wedding dress. The beading and design fit her perfectly! For her bridal bouquet, we created a round bouquet of ivory roses, white peonies, and touches of stephanotis studded with pearls. Alan wore a boutonniere of stephanotis that was designed to match Staci's bridal bouquet.

Staci and Alan said their "I do's" underneath one of my favorite chupahs. This chupah was placed on top of a covered stage and consisted of the curly willow design mixed with thick pieces of ghost wood that was placed for the chupah top. To further enhance the chupah, we added thick white floral clusters in the same floral theme as the rest of the wedding, and we also placed amber up lights that really just illuminated the chupah. Down the aisle, we placed a white runner with white petals, and we placed our unique white acrylic boxes that were filled with white hydrangeas, white dendrobium orchids and white peonies. Each box had an explosion of curly willow branches that pulled the entire look for the ceremony together.

The ballroom was absolutely spectacular. There is something so clean and elegant about all white weddings, it's hard not to fall in love with all white wedding designs. Staci choose her floral arrangements with our clarinet vase dripping with strands of crystals and a free formed white floral arrangement of white flowers. These flowers included white hydrangeas, white cymbidium orchids, white peonies, white tulips and so many more stunning white flowers. Around the base we kept things a little bit more modern, and placed an assortment of glass vases with a monochromatic arrangement of white flowers designed at slight angles. Of course no table would be complete without brightly lit candles! The table linens where the white pleated organza provided by Nuage Designs.

Because the ballroom at Turnberry Fairmont is so beautiful, all that was needed was a white wall of fabric behind the band (just to block the kitchen doors) and amber up lights! Staci and Alan did decide on having pieces of lounge furniture placed around the dance floor, which was great for their guest to sit on as they had their first dance as man and wife.

A BIG thank you to Ruben from Senderey Video Productions (http://www.sendereyvideo.com/) for a sneak peak at their wedding video highlights! Click on this link: http://vimeo.com/4739342 to watch!