The Duquesne Club was the gorgeous backdrop for a stunning wedding reception this weekend. Amy came to us with a specific theme and color palatte and the resulting designs were spectacular.

The Duquesne Club is a beautiful venue with a keen eye for detail and service. We had a great time decorating the fountain (dripping with crystals!) and setting the reception room with the amazing centerpieces. They were huge and just PACKED with a maganificent array of premium hydrangeas and fat, lush lavender roses.

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"Empty Nest" was the theme. Flowers, blooming plants, branches and nests were the key ingredients. Mix with friends, tasty treats, and delicious drinks, and you have a memorable fete.

Mosaic made our linens design a reality. Flawless and just gorgeous.

The celebration was stunning!

This weekend was tremendous. What a gorgeous wedding at the Frick! After many months of planning the wedding date finally arrived. The process was a fun collaboration with the Bride and her event planner, Sheila Weiner of Event Group (a valuable resource and true expert!).

The tented reception on the grounds of The Frick Art and Historical Center was spectacular. The majestic tent provided by Party Savvy proved the perfect backdrop for our custom-designed layout.

As part of our event design services, we provided Stephanie and Ryan with a beautiful floor layout...Fabulous 40-foot long banquets accented with stunning, tall, natural arrangements of bright green belles of Ireland, large cubes of lush white hydrangea, cubes overflowing with white peruvian lilies, and gorgeous celadon cattail balls. Modern, clean and oh-so-chic! To provide variation, we interspersed rounds between the banquets and topped them with elaborate sheer-shaded crystal chandeliers perched atop lavish mounds of white hydrangea.

Table Attire provided the linens. They executed our linens vision perfectly! The linens design worked with a layering of various shades of grey: pale grey silk shantung with white runners for the banquets and charcoal pintuck with a cap-top of pale grey shantung for the rounds. The clean and sophisticated palette really let the centerpieces and lighting take center stage.

All these design details were flawlessly lit by Wade and his crew at Three Rivers Entertainment and Production. The lighting scheme changed throughout the event, ending in a deep, saturated purple (the Bride's favorite color).

An incredible event and a fantastic experience!

This weekend we had the pleasure of seeing many months of planning come to fruition at Westmoreland Country Club. Sandy and Travis knew what they wanted for their wedding celebration. The perfect setting for the ceremony was key!

For this ceremony, we needed to create a slightly non-traditional mandap in order to address a few key design criteria: maintain clear sight lines, create a "space within a space" to keep the ceremony from getting lost in the large-scale room, and maintain as many of the traditional ceremonial elements as possible. All this AND we would need to make sure our design could be broken down and removed from the space in 15-20 minutes at most. The room needed to be "flipped" from a ceremony to reception space all during the cocktail hour. Yes, 60 minutes total flip time for a 250 guest reception!

Our solution: a mandap of massive scale that actually enveloped and defined the ENTIRE space, rather than simply highlighting a small portion of space on the stage. We pulled the front pillars of the mandap out in front of and to the sides of the stage. The exact placement was determined on-site during set-up. We actually sat in each chair in the front rows and adjusted the pillar placement to ensure the stage could be clearly seen from each and every chair!

The resulting design was dramatic, colorful, and the Clients were thrilled. Guests really appreciated the attention to detail and our unique solution for keeping all lines of sight unobstructed.

The team at Westmoreland Country Club was fantastic. The transformation from ceremony to reception was nothing short of stunning.

On July 10 we celebrated the opening of our new retail showroom. We'll be offering fresh cut flowers by the stem, gift bouquet delivery, our favorite picks for entertaining accessories, and gorgeous gifts for the home.

It was an amazing turnout! Friends of Allison McGeary sipped incredible floral-infusion drinks created by Spencer at Firehouse Lounge: lavender-infused mojitos, dreamy orange blossoms, and fresh modern takes on the sidecar (think ginger, peach-apricot, and lingenberry). While everyone listened to great music by DJ Steve, they devoured delicious eats from Coca Cafe: mushroom-parmesan tartlets, roasted vegetable strudel, brie and fig jam crostini, fresh fruit skewers, etc. All the stylish party rentals we could wish for we found at All Occassions Party Rental. Floral, of course, by us! Everything was perfectly highlighted with gorgeous lighting by Andy Shick.

The retail showroom will officially open on August 1, 2008. Be sure to check out the other great shops on Butler Street when you stop by: Pavement, Sugar Boutique, Divertido, Artemis, O'Bannon Oriental Carpets, Julep, T's Upholstery Studio, and many others. If you want to make an afternoon of it, be sure to grab a bite at: Coca Cafe, Piccolo Forno, or Dozen Bake Shop.

It's been a very busy season for us with floral. I recently sat down to review the photos in our archives and thought I'd post some of the photos from the past couple of months...

Clark and I recently teamed up on an incredible event in Belize. Melissa and Josh came to us with a great base: host a wedding in Belize, hold the reception at the incredible Azul Resort and Rojo Lounge, and make it beautiful. They wanted a foraml, elegant reception that had a sophistocated, but relaxed feel.

We designed the entire event (floral, linens, decor, etc) here in Pittsburgh, then coordinated all details with their wonderful Belize coordinator, Iraida, and Azul Resort owner, Vivian. We loved working with them!

We worked with a few local vendors to help us out with some of the details. Anne Lehman did a beautiful job on the placecards and table numbers. She took Melissa's base and my wacky ideas and make it all work. Thank you, Anne! Michelle at Table Attire worked tirelessly to find the perfect fabric for the custom table linens. The final selection was perfect. We delivered custom linens that were flawlessly fabricated and beautifully presented. Great job, Michelle.

Clark and I flew down a few days before the wedding to check out the site and start on-site coordiantaion and scheduling with everyone there. And we, of course, wanted to scout some great spots for shooting.

The photography was a blast. Great light, great setting, great couple. Melissa and Josh made our job FUN. They are wonderful and we wish them all the best.

Great crowd, great venue, great event. Our introduction to the extended group was fantastic. We had a ton of fun getting to know everyone and got some great shots along the way, too...

What a busy weekend! Clark, Beverly, Donna and I teamed up to provide floral, event design, and photography services for Maria and Matt's wedding Friday night.

What a great event! The James Gallery was the perfect setting for a spectacular celebration. The standing ceremony was beautiful and absolutely fitting for the occasion. The cocktail reception that followed was one of the best we've seen. Friends and family gathered to celebrate the marriage and to share their joy for Maria and Matt.

Vanessa from Studio-E provided a custom-tailored music list for the evening's tunes (an awesome vibe with tunes from artists such as Outkast, Israel Kamakawiwo Ole', Michael Buble, and others).
La Creme served up delicious eats, tapas-style. The highlight of the evening was the cupcake-cutting with delicious treats from Vanilla Pastry Studio, accompanied by La Creme's delicous s'mores (silver tray service only, of course). All this in a beautifully designed event space (if I do say so, myself). We provided our modern cube furniture for a laid-back lounge setting and highlighted spectacular white birch branch arrangements with great lighting from ADS Lighting. Great work, Andy!

Thanks to Maria and Matt for an incredibly fun, interactive planning process. The event was amazing and we are so happy to have worked with you on it!

Clark and I worked together designing a beautiful wedding for Shiv and Dahlia. Both the ceremony and brunch reception were held at the SV Temple in Penn Hills. Our thanks go out to the Client, the temple and the contractor...Despite major construction at the temple, we were able to pull off a gorgeous event.

We were honored to be invited to attend the ceremony. A traditional ceremony is truly an incredible experience and we were thrilled to share in the event. The love and light-heartedness shared by the couple was fun to see during what turned into a rice-pouring event!

With beautiful traditional Indian wedding floral decorations from a company from New York, great lighting by our favorite lighting tech, Andy, and beautiful linens, china, and other decor elements, the spaces were completely transformed.

A few pics below show the reception...

Allison and I teamed up to shoot Megan and Paul's wedding and reception. To quote Dane Cook, we had a blasty. It was a two day event. On Friday, the wedding party met in the lobby of the Omni William Penn and walked as a group to the Allegheny County Courthouse. The ceremony was held on the grand stairs. Megan and Paul made the choice to face the large window at the top of the stairs. Great Light! I highly recommend it for anyone getting married there. Lunch followed at the Grand Concourse. The reception the next day was held at the Edgewood Club. What a perfect time of year for this really cool venue. A great group and fun crowd. Megan and Paul were so gracious and charming. Throughout the night I couldn't help but realize the overwhelming joy of family and friends coming together and celebrating. Great food by Grecco's and an unusually cool and quiet DJ...I have to find out who he is. Here are a few pics. Check back in less than a week for an album preview.

Clark