Wedding photos from Perfect Petals - perfectpetalsweddings

Soft spring bouquets


Bride's bouquet


Rich ribbon tails for the bride


Ready to head down the aisle

Todd Rafolovich photo

Groom's boutonniere

Todd Rafolovich photo

Nestldown arbor early spring before it blooms

Todd Rafolovich photo

Stanford Church with balustrade arrangements


Stanford Church arrangement close up


Stanford Church balustrade


Pew bows with flowers, moved to reception


Just married!


Natural light from the Stanford Church windows


Garden (David Austin) roses


Jen's Cakes with pedestal


Chair with pew bow added from church


Icing on the Cake with added all white flowers


Cake top detail


Soccer fun in flowers


Sunflower bouquet


Sunflower cake


Tall arrangement on my metal stand


Heart Wreaths for the doors of Nestldown


Elegant orchid cascade for the cake


Birch table numbers


Same hearts turned inside for dinner


Bouquets in dark pink


Fairmont San Francisco

Bride with deep raspberry and fuchsia flowers against black dresses.

Sign In Table with framed charts


Cocktail tables, flower balls


Head table, Chivari chairs and Elizabeth linens


Head table centerpeice


Head table with Bridesmaids bouquets added


Tall vases with wire and orchids


Fairmont Crown Room


Bride and Groom


Bride's bouquet
Calla lilies and green berries

Bride and Groom


Bridal Party


Groom withhis brothers


Nestldown Bride


Dahlias


Pink Gerberas


Pink Lisianthus


Nestldown Bride


Bride's Heirloom tie for Bouquet


Nestldown chairs


Nestldown ceremony


Nestldown centerpeice


Table name with photo


Sweet peas from ceremony chairs on cocktail tables


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Jen's wedding 076.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 013.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 006.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 003.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 004.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 009.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 019.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 020.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 018.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 048.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 049.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 050.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 156.jpg 2008-08-09

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Jen's wedding 092.jpg 2008-08-09

Bride's Bouquet
Stanford bride with soft colors and no foliages

Bridal Party
Simple calla lily bouquets

Bride's bouquet
Katherine's bouquet, small roses, lots of soft color

Boutonniere
Groom's champagne roses

Head table
Bride's bouquet in vase at her place

Cake
Just roses

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7-2007 086.JPG 2007-08-04

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Jodies wedding 010.jpg 2002-08-07

Bridal Party
Bright bouquets with green hydrangea and orange roses

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Jodies wedding 005.jpg 2002-08-07

Centerpieces
Bi color tulips in 3 vases, wrapped in wide ribbon

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Jodies wedding 021.jpg 2002-08-07

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Jodies wedding 052.jpg 2002-08-07

Chairs
Sweet peas in wood pail, moved to cocktail tables after ceremony

Chairs
Chair pails line the aisle

Ceremony
Outdoor arbor "chapel"

Couple
Flower Girls and couple near pond

Flower Girls
Mini Flower Girls with pomanders

Bridesmaids
Cocoa dresses, pale yellow and blue with curly willow twigs over.

Cake
Square and round tiers, light flowers and twigs

Guests
Guests signing in on photo

Low centerpiece
short lantern vase

Bride's bouquet
all cymbidium bouquet

Small vases
cocktail tables near pond

Low centerpiece
square clear vase with ti leaf and bright colors

Low centerpiece
square vase, bright dark colors

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Nestldown open structure.jpg 2007-09-23

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Nestldown open structure 2.jpg 2007-09-23

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Unity table.jpg 2007-09-23

Ceremony - chuppah
Harvest garlands on chuppah

Ceremony - chuppah
White pumpkins and harvest theme

Centerpieces
Soft fall colors in white pumpkin

Centerpieces
Pumpkins and soft fall colors on warm linens

Bride's bouquet
Pale yellow roses, lily of the valley

Flower Girl
Flower Girl with headpiece and basket

Cakes
Cake decor with raspberries

Head Tables
table setting with vase awaiting bride's bouquet

Placecards
Tent cards with bright floral

Chairs
Chair pails

Ceremony
Very rustic ceremony flowers to add color to early spring bare arbor

Head tables
Bride and Groom's sweethear table, center vase waiting for her bouquet.

Centerpieces
Table settings 3 vases on runner

Wedding party
Bridal party at arbor

Bride's bouquet
Bride with white lilies, roses and callal lilies

Ceremony- chuppah
Rustic chuppah

Bridal party
Bride and Bridesmaids with jewel tones and teal dresses

Bridal Party
Bright bouquets in jewel tones

Low centerpiece
Bright florals in square vase

Cake
Simple clean lines for cake touches of bright color

Low Centerpiece
Square vase lined with ti leaf

Bridal Party
Gold dresses, rustic textured bouquets

Bridal Party
Rustic bouquets with bright colors and green

Ring Bearer
Ring Bearer's pillow made of green flowers.

Flower Girl
Tiny flower girl and pomander

Decor
Rustic cocktail table arrangements from the church pews

Ceremony flowers


Tall Centerpeices on Rust stands


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Nestldown Friends of Honor.jpg 2007-09-23

Ceremony
Unity Candle table and candle set under arbor

Chairs
Pails of Sweet peas moved to cocktail tables after ceremony

Low centerpieces
Pink mixed low compote arrangement

Low centerpieces
Bright orange and lime centerpieces named for favorite locales, linen true color

Low centerpieces
Clear square vases of various sizes, each different wedding color

Low centerpieces
Three squares of different flowers

Bride's bouquet
Textured bouquet, with pearl details. White hydrangea, freesia, calla lilies.

Hair Flowers
Bride's hair flower - gardenia

Cake
Square cake and silver cake base, Inital G top

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Single color bouquets.jpg 2007-09-23

Bridesmaids
Black dresses with single type flower, different bouquets

Bridesmaids
Each different, clean lines

Cakes
Square off-set tiers

Low Centerpiece
Square vase with colorful mixed flowers

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Bride's bouquet white and blue.jpg 2007-09-23

Tables in Square
Blue hydrangea and blue iris centerpieces

Tables in Square
Focal "fountain" with floral in center

Cake
Cascade of cake flowers

Tables
Cocktail table vases

Bride's bouquet
Bride's bouquet handle detail

Bride's bouquet
Bride and bouquet, ivory and color

Head Tables
Bride's bouquet displayed with votives

Ceremony
Arbor ceremony flowers to be moved to buffet tables

Bride and Groom
Orchid aisle

Bride and Groom
Sky Deck Mandarin Oriental, SF

Fairmont Crown Room


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Crowne Plaza bride 011.jpg 2001-12-12

Cakes
Square tiers with chocolate bows

Centerpieces
Pink and lavender, Four Seasons

Bride and Groom
Lavender bouquet

Ceremony
Mountain Winery deck

Ceremony
Rose petal cones, inscribed with tossing instructions for guests

Head table
Bride's bouquet in vase

Centerpieces
Lavender in silver compote

Bride's bouquet
White orchids with yellow callas

Bride's bouquet
Orchids and callas, champagne tie

Centerpieces
Blue linens with overlay, soft floral

Centerpieces
Silver elevated dish, dark and light pink

Tables
History House outdoor patio tables

Chairs
Chair decor with program and fan

Low centerpieces
Bright blue and lavender theme

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Nestldown table seating 002.jpg 2007-09-23

Cakes
Polka Dot cake

Bride's bouquet
Tropical

Bridal Party
Orange and tropical

Flower Girls
Bright pomander

Tables
Cocktail tables

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PICT0004.JPG 2002-07-22

Ceremony
French wedding canopy

Chairs
Tin buckets with red spray roses, moved to cocktail tables after ceremony

Sign In table
Bright floral and photo

Ceremony
Tin buckets with ribbon and orange roses

Centerpieces
Warm rust linens with bright floral, textures

Placecards
Placecard boards for outdoor display and wind control

Cakes
Cake with bright touches

Bridal Party
Herbs and green foliages bouquets

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Green boutonniere.jpg 2007-09-23

Low centerpeices
Stargazers and bright florals

Bride's bouquet
Ivory and peach roses with calla lilies, textures

Bridal Party
Soft colors with Maid of Honor's red, champagne and twigs

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Prahm wedding 020.jpg 2002-12-11

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Nestldown horse nibble.jpg 2007-09-23

Fall Bride's bouquet


Marcus Coy cake


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Nestldown bridesmaids.jpg 2007-09-23

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Nestldown Renaissance Bride 001.jpg 2007-09-23

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Nestldown wedding.jpg 2007-09-23

Invitation and fotrune bouquet


Fire pit with blue hydrangeas


Cabin porch with white lanterns


Cabin with tables
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Wedding platform


Cake table with coffee set up


Cake detail


Bride's bouquet


Enter - the Flower Fairy


Sweet smells


Bride with blue and white bouquet


Bride


Flower Fairies!


Bride and proud Dad


Flower Fairies take a break


A kiss for luck


Enough of this posing now


Flower Fairy - rose petal job done.


Bride and her proud Dad


Happy is the word of the day


Who gives this bride?


Ceremony


Lake setting


Husband and wife








Happy Couple





Cake cutting


Even Flower Fairies get a bite


Ladies that caught tiny fortune bouquets


The florist with the bride and her siblings











Smells good





Flower Fairy's abandoned shoes


Got rings?





Departing


Picnic hamper in hand


Off to an adventure





A perfect step


Ready to go


On their way


They sail away


A wave from Mom


And they lived happily everafter

Details were arranged by phone, email and fax to buy flowers and transport them to tiny Benson Lake in Washington for a small lakeside wedding.  It was glorious!  I loved being able to create the bouquets and centerpieces, set up the decor and cake, coordinate the timeline and be the official photographer for Andrea and Aaron.  They are a sweet, delightful couple, unruffled by any decision and they made my job easy. 

The addition of two tiny Flower Fairies made the whole day delightful, magical and unscripted.  The best part was seeing the couple off, picnic basket in hand, on a small boat.  They sailed away into the evening light.

Recently, two brides at Stanford shared their ceremony decor to save costs to both of them.  Although they didn't know each another, the church wedding coordinator Mary Gallagher put them in contact. Together they chose white/cream flowers on the altar and pews, and the second bride added a soft blue swag drape for her ceremony.  Each bride took half the flowers to her reception after the second ceremony.  A little coordinating on my part, verifying the exact split of costs and dividing the deliveries, but well worth the effort! 

Rain did not dampen the wedding of Chrissy and Rob in San Francisco!  Her favorite bright dark pink colors were a vivid, fun and whimsical accent against the backdrop of the classic Fairmont Hotel. From white flower balls resting on raspberry linens at cocktails to tall vases of fuchsia orchids on the Crown Room perimeter tables, everything was Chrissy's delightful style. A candy bar of Chrissy and Rob's favorite sweets was ready for guests to fill personalized bags as a take home favor.  The guests were delighted with these treats and lingered late into the night.

It is not often that I meet a bride for the first time on her wedding day, but that is exactly when  I met Jessica at Nestldown.  As a busy, but detailed bride, Jessica and I spoke by phone from New York to coordinate colors, style and textures of all the flowers from her bouquet to the corsages and centerpieces. She emailed web links to her dresses, and we exchanged photos and comments.  On her wedding day, she was a gorgeous bride and loved her flowers. She warmly thanked me for my efforts to make every detail perfect.  A happy collaboration over distance, but made easy with cell phones and computers!

One of our staff members, Jen, got married on Saturday and the whole Perfect Petals staff wanted to make it her dream wedding.  Her family back yard had been landscaped and transformed into a garden setting.  She was delighted to have the chairs "growing out of the lawn" with greens and flowers as she had described to me.  It was a fun new look that we enjoyed designing for her. Another creative twist at Perfect Petals!