Winter Wonderland Wedding

Winter Wonderland Wedding

This past December we were pleased to work with Sara Muchnick of Engaging Affairs on Julie and Geoff’s gorgeous winter wonderland wedding! Everything from the linens to the flowers to the weather (!!) coordinated perfectly with the theme. It might have been a snowy day outside, but it was a perfect compliment to the decor inside!

Carnations were the flower of the night!  While carnations are often thought of as a cheap flower, used in this style – packed tightly together in long runners down the length of their rectangular tables – the carnations give only a feeling of luxe, modern, and in this case, wintery,  texture.  Accents of silver branches in white vases added to the wintery feel of the event.  The tables alternated between the carnation runners and the branch arrangements, which were also used for the ceremony decor.  For the placecard table, an orb of white carnations on a dramatic black hourglass vase added to the color theme of black and white.  And the black and white fondant cake rested on a snowy bed of packed white carnations. For the bride, a simple bouquet of white ranunculus and white roses helped round out the clean, modern feeling of the decor.  The bridesmaids carried black centered white anemone to round out the color scheme.

Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals
Photo by Ever After Visuals

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Venue: International Country Club

Photography: Ever After Visuals

Planning and Coordination: Engaging Affairs

Flowers: Petal’s Edge Floral Design

Cake: Michael Abromavage

Linens and Rentals – DC Rentals

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The season for sparkle begins. ✨ From Thanksgiving dinners to New Year’s soirées, November is when party plans come to life — and our design calendar shifts from bouquets to ballrooms.

Our installation at the Watergate Hotel mixed metallics and white roses in sculptural form - proof that holiday design can be both organic and glamorous. Because at its core, festivity is about transformation: turning a space into a feeling, a table into a gathering, and light into warmth.

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The season for sparkle begins. ✨ From Thanksgiving dinners to New Year’s soirées, November is when party plans come to life — and our design calendar shifts from bouquets to ballrooms. Our installation at the Watergate Hotel mixed metallics and white roses in sculptural form - proof that holiday design can be both organic and glamorous. Because at its core, festivity is about transformation: turning a space into a feeling, a table into a gathering, and light into warmth.

Let’s talk about the “just a few extra blooms” request. Spoiler: there’s no such thing as extra in the world of flowers. Every stem you see, from delicate sweet peas and perfect ranunculus to lush roses, was bought with intention because flowers are literally our business. 🌸

The blooms for a single flat lay? Retail price any where from $20 to $75 and up. And. Up. Why the mark up? Because selling flowers is how we make our living. It pays the team, the rent, the cooler, transportation costs, and more. (It’s not just petals and poetry over here). Multiply that by 50 - 70 weddings a season and you’re looking at over $3k in gift blooms. That doesn’t include the myriad of other free blooms we get asked for: cake flowers, passing tray flowers, sample arrangements and more. That’s not generosity. That’s payroll.

Here’s how we handle it: We offer all our couples the option to include flat lay florals. If yes, we build it into the proposal so everyone wins. The couple gets their dreamy detail shots, the photographer gets beautiful product to work with, and we stay in business. Fairness (and beauty) for all.

No shade to photographers and other wedding vendors here. But boundaries are healthy. Everyone’s work deserves compensation. Be kind. Ask questions. Respect the craft. Love the results.

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Let’s talk about the “just a few extra blooms” request. Spoiler: there’s no such thing as extra in the world of flowers. Every stem you see, from delicate sweet peas and perfect ranunculus to lush roses, was bought with intention because flowers are literally our business. 🌸 The blooms for a single flat lay? Retail price any where from $20 to $75 and up. And. Up. Why the mark up? Because selling flowers is how we make our living. It pays the team, the rent, the cooler, transportation costs, and more. (It’s not just petals and poetry over here). Multiply that by 50 - 70 weddings a season and you’re looking at over $3k in gift blooms. That doesn’t include the myriad of other free blooms we get asked for: cake flowers, passing tray flowers, sample arrangements and more. That’s not generosity. That’s payroll. Here’s how we handle it: We offer all our couples the option to include flat lay florals. If yes, we build it into the proposal so everyone wins. The couple gets their dreamy detail shots, the photographer gets beautiful product to work with, and we stay in business. Fairness (and beauty) for all. No shade to photographers and other wedding vendors here. But boundaries are healthy. Everyone’s work deserves compensation. Be kind. Ask questions. Respect the craft. Love the results.
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