Sophisticated. Elegant. Warm. These are some words that come to mind when thinking of Andrea and Alex’s fall Women in the Arts wedding. Warm oranges and bright reds contrasted beautifully with bright pops of blue. Using peach garden roses, stock, and gerbera daisies, orange spray roses and freesia, coral roses, and white dahlia, Andrea’s bouquet conveyed a simple but textured fall feel. The groom wore a peach rose, complementing the bride’s bouquet. The bridesmaids’ bouquets amped up the color, with roses, freesia, stock, spray roses, gerbera and dahlia in bright shades of orange, peach and red wrapped in dark blue satin ribbon.
Ceremony and reception for the fall Women in the Arts both took place at the museum, with the ceremony in the great hall followed by a resetting of the space so that the reception could occupy the same space. A simple chuppah featured sprays at the front corners in orange, peach and red tones – roses, orchids, dahlia, gerbera, berries and stock – accented with draping ivy and seeded eucalyptus foliage. Greens and herbs filled the pots at the base of the structure. The chuppah was flanked by two dramatic, tall arrangements, with two matching designs at the entrance to the aisle.
Curly willow branches, gladiola, stock, orchids, Chinese lanterns, crocosmia and snapdragons in peach, orange, and red sprayed from an elegant, hand-blown glass vase that was centered the escort card table. The reception featured three separate centerpiece designs. The tall ceremony arrangements, which flanked the chuppah and aisle, were repurposed on the tables. They were joined by two additional designs: For one design a collection of candles in varying heights and styles was seated in red rose petals. For the final design, a classic, glass footed bowl held orange dahlias, gerbera, and spray roses, peach stock, red orchids and hypericum berries and a mix of red and orange roses.
Ceremony & Reception: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Caterer: Well Dunn Catering
Photography: Mark Bettinger, Rodney Bailey & Associates
Florist: Petal’s Edge Floral Design
Wedding Coordinator: Geomyra Lewis Events
