Thank you Ann Arbor!! You Helped Pea Be #3 Yipeeeee

So glad to announce that because of your support and votes Sweet Pea Floral Design was named #3 Florist for Ann Arbor for 2011! While this largely reflects our ability to rally our facebook fans it also will lead to new opportunities and more exposure in the community.

Growing this business into a career that can support my family through med school (for Justin) would be the ultimate realization of all my work and day dreams.  This puts us so much closer to the goal!  Thanks a million ~Holly

Congratulations Jessica and Austin Dobbs!!

Decadent Delight Cake YUMMY!

Congratulations Jessica and Austin, It was a joy to design your flowers especially these darling blue bouquets that you dreamed up!!

I loved meeting and reconnecting with some industry vendors while setting up for the wedding and reception.  Sudeep of Sudeep Photography (credit for photos above) and especially....

Bryant Stuckey the Chef and Owner of Decadent Delight Cakes and Pastries  in Ann Arbor.  Bryant's cakes are  so light and fluffy that you can eat the whole piece without getting sick from over sweetness (Just how I like it!!)

Jessi and Charley's Cobblestone Farms Wedding

Boutonniere featured craspedia, scabiosa pods, mini green leucadendron and sword fern backing

Corsages were composed of white ranunculus as was a small comb for Jessi's hair

 

Jessi was simply stunning in her flowy Grecian gown her bouquet featured peony, dahlia, ranunculus, scabiosa pods, craspedia, geranium leaf and babies breath.

The aisle was lined with mason jars on shepherds hooks filled with David Austin Patience roses, craspedia, ranunculus, and geranium leaf.  So bright and cheery!

This arrangement was designed in a vintage milk glass vase from Treasure Mart and filled with white peony, dahlia, David Austin roses, yellow ranunculus, craspedia, scabiosa pods adn geranium leaf.  It was designed for the Katherine's Catering buffet table.

I admit this is one of my favorite weddings of all time, the bright cheery colors were so happy to work with and the whimsical elegant outdoorsy style of the day is right up my alley.  So glad I got to be a part of this Ann Arbor wedding!~Pea

Congratulations Sejica and Phil Choy

Sejica and Phil were married at the Michigan League Vandenburg room.  This low longer arrangement was designed for the mantle piece to be re-used on the sweetheart table.  Their reception was in the ballroom and featured the these coral peonies with red ranunculus and local viburnum in blue mason jars.  Sejica and Phil tinted the mason jars themselves instead of trying to find matching vintage ones, very crafty:)  Loved this color pallet soft pink antique hydrangea, david austin patience roses smells great (achoo sadly I'm allergic to peony and was wheezing away all weekend) it was worth it.~pea

Courtenay and Craig's UMMA Wedding

 

Somehow these lovely photos slipped through my fingers last November when Courtenay and Craig were married at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.  My favorite bit of these bouquets is the maidenhair fern so wispy and  wonderful.  And of course the white anemone which appear to be staring back at you :) I loved designing the pomander chair/aisle decor composed of mini green hydrangea, blue hybrid delphinium, dark purple dendrobium orchids and buplerum foliage.

Royal Wedding Florist Shane Connolly (here's a shock he is a man)

I really liked Kate Middleton's bouquet which was simple small and understated including Myrtle planted from Queen Victoria's bouquet in 1840 and still going strong.  The bouquet also had hyacinth, lily of the valley and sweet william (how appropriate and cutsie). 


Designed by Shane Connolly the official florist to HRM and a man.  What is up with the Paul Mitchells and Shane Connollys snatching all the lime light in lady dominated industries? (sorry for the mini rant)


Lovely bouquet all the same, she placed it on the grave of a WWI soldier rather than tossing it, classy lady.

Now Available.. Secret Garden Silver Pedestal Vases Ornate and Elegant

 

So thrilled to add 25 of these 10" diameter Silver urn vases to our rental inventory! This design is a demo for an October wedding at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor.  The centerpiece includes ivy, seeded eucalyptus, sweet peas, dahlia, roses, lisianthus, dendrobium orchids, ranunculus, and succulents.  It looks so petite in these photos but in real life it is Mammoth I guess I should have included a place setting for scale (next time) ~Pea