Colorful Summer Vibe at Fairmont Washington DC Wedding

Colorful Summer for Fairmont Washington DC Wedding

Color was very popular for weddings when Petal’s Edge started 16 years ago. During the last several years, however, people have been far more attracted to classic whites and greens, lots of foliage, and at most a touch of pale, blush tones. It’s not unusual for couples to shy away from color. It’s a bold choice! When doubt creeps in, they trade their vision for something more classic that could exist in any season. This was not the case for Stephanie and Evan. Not only did they want a colorful summer wedding, they wanted touches of glitz to accompany the rich jewel tones for their summer wedding. So how did we glam up the Fairmont Hotel last summer?

Floral Palette

The week of Stephanie and Evan’s wedding, our studio was filled with the most amazingly saturated hues. Buckets of anemone, peonies, phalaenopsis orchids, hydrangea, roses, lisianthus and stock in a profusion of fuchsias and purples took over ever inch of space. A perfect floral palette for a colorful summer wedding in DC! Stephanie’s elegant cascade bouquet was a particular show stopper.

Photo by Ashley Griot

Photo by Ashley Griot

Bridesmaid bouquet by Alexandria florist Petal's Edge

Photo by Ashley Griot

Fairmont Washington DC Wedding Ceremony

For the wedding ceremony, guests arrived to be greeted with a classic and elegant scheme. Pedestals at the entrance to the aisle and Colonnade featured rich jewel-toned garden flowers in elegant gold bowls. At the end of the aisle, we place two large floral arrangements on pedestals.

Photo by Ashley Griot

Ceremony altar arrangements at Fairmont Washington DC wedding

Photo by Ashley Griot

Fairmont Washington DC wedding aisle flowers

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Elevated arrangement in purples and fuchsias for Fairmont Washington DC wedding

Photo by Ashley Griot

Vibrant Centerpieces

After the ceremony, guests moved into cocktails, allowing us to transform the room. For this summer wedding, we knew the centerpieces had to feel luxe and impressive! For the head table, we designed the most beautiful and colorful arrangements in our tall gold mercury glass vases. The rest of the tables were broken up into two styles of centerpieces. On half of the tables, an elegant gold glittered manzanita branch was draped in strands of crystals. The base featured a lush design of hydrangea, roses and orchids in rich purples and fuchsia. On the remaining tables, rich purple hydrangea, fuchsia stock, purple lisianthus and more provided a summery but classic touch.

Head table flowers at Fairmont Washington DC wedding

Photo by Ashley Griot

Crystal draped gold manzanita branch with colorful summer Fairmont Washington DC wedding

Photo by Ashley Griot

Photo by Ashley Griot

Photo by Ashley Griot

Venue: Fairmont Hotel

Photography: Ashley Griot

Florist: Petal’s Edge Floral Design

Oh how we love a room shot…

Don’t get us wrong! Give us all the delicious little flower close-ups. We want to see every ruffly petal and perfect place setting.

But then BACK UP!

Because this is the moment we’ve been thinking about all along. How do those centerpieces fill the room? Where does your eye go first? Do the tall pieces actually feel tall beneath a 20-foot ceiling?

Does the whole thing have rhythm?

Seeing all of those individual pieces finally come together into one beautiful room never, ever gets old.

Twenty-plus years in and we still get a little giddy about it.

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Oh how we love a room shot.

Don’t get us wrong, give us all the delicious little flower close-ups. We want to see every ruffly petal and perfect place setting.

But then BACK UP.

Because this is the moment we’ve been thinking about all along. How do those centerpieces fill the room? Where does your eye go first? Do the tall pieces actually feel tall beneath a 20-foot ceiling? Does the whole thing have rhythm?

Seeing all of those individual pieces finally come together into one beautiful room never, ever gets old.

Twenty-plus years in and we still get a little giddy about it.

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Oh how we love a room shot!

Don’t get us wrong, give us all the delicious little flower close-ups. We want to see every ruffly petal and perfect place setting.

But then BACK UP!

Because this is the moment we’ve been thinking about all along. How do those centerpieces fill the room? Where does your eye go first? Do the tall pieces actually feel tall beneath a 20-foot ceiling? Does the whole thing have rhythm?

Seeing all of those individual pieces finally come together into one beautiful room never, ever gets old.

Twenty-plus years in and we still get a little giddy about it.

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Consider this your weekly pep talk. 💐

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Some venues need flowers that make a statement. Ritz-Carlton Georgetown is all about atmosphere.⁣
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The exposed brick, warm lighting, and intimate scale already bring so much character to the space, so we leaned into layered candlelight, soft movement, and garden inspired flowers that felt romantic without overpowering the architecture.⁣
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One of our favorite DC venues for couples who want their wedding to feel elegant, warm, and completely immersive.⁣
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September, we’ve missed you!

September weddings get to have it both way: Summer flowers are still hanging around. Dahlias are at their absolute BEST. And little hints of fall start making their way into our buckets.

This is the month we start getting excited about foliage again. Berries, branches, grasses, pods, vines - all those slightly weird botanical things that make an arrangement more interesting!

Hello again, September!!

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