Posted by admin on Jun 21, 2010 in
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wedding I loved working with Kristen & Britton on their wedding at Lanikuhonua on June 5. Her colors were so beautiful & easy to work with. I designed a beautiful wood arbor draped with fuchsia fabric & loaded with a full floral topper which we later reused on their sweetheart table. On the back & sides of the arbor, I draped long strands of crystals & hanging white orchids. We tied beautiful fuchsia wired ribbon on each ceremony chair cushion. After the ceremony, the guests were greeted with cocktails from the Catering Connection. Laura Lewis from Parasol Events coordinated the event wonderfully & the talented photography team from Visionari captured the event & magical evening. I designed a lounge area with our sofas, benches, tables, silk pillows, pretty linens & dramatic crystal chandeliers hanging over the event area. The florals on each table were stunning with loads of crystals dripping onto the table. I love the idea Kristen had for their reception sign in table. Each guest wrote a personal note on the back of a colorful Vintage Hawaiian postcard!
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Posted by admin on Jun 14, 2010 in
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wedding My lovely bride Nakita sent me this great photo of her posing on a deserted North Shore Beach. I designed her bouquet with white roses, cymbidium orchids & long strands of lilly grass. Her halo haku was designed with champagne baby tea roses & fragrant tuberoses. The traditional bridal lei had strands of pikake draped around her neck & looked stunning with Nakita’s dress.
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Rose Marie & John were such a wonderful couple to work with. I designed their wedding at the beautiful Bayer Estate in Aina Haina on May 27, 2010. Her colors of tiffany blue & crisp white blended so well with the green cymbidium & white Phaley orchids. We designed long tables with tiffany blue runners, white square plates & sea glass bottles on each table. Each table was named after a Hawaiian Island & Rose Marie brought little luggage tags with each guest name for the napkin place card. Crystal Chandeliers & long strands of white orchids were hanging in the beachside trees.
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Photographer Chrissy Lambert sent me these photos from our wedding together at the Moana Surfrider Hotel on Waikiki Beach. I love designing with Tropical sunset orange & yellow orchids. I added wispy creme feathers to the bridal bouquet for a fun whimsical touch. The centerpiece had a very organic & tropical feel in a natural bamboo vase. The flower girls carried cute white ribboned buckets of loose orchids & rose petals.
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This probably has to be one of my most requested designs for a centerpiece. I grouped 3 pieces of natural bamboo together to form one vase. Each opening has its own floral atop. Sunset colors are the most popular with tones of pinks being a close second. Bamboo is a very sustainable product & eco friendly too.
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It was a very low tide this Sunday AM when the Fab photographer Dave Miyamoto & I took off to shoot one of my latest table designs.We had fun frolicking over the rocks with Mr. Teddy Bayer from the Bayer Estate. He was so regal in his hot pink bow collar. I love this fuchsia crinkle & green dupioni silk linen combo. The bamboo containers of pink mokara orchids complimented it so well. Our new fuchsia covered ottomans, benches & all linen are available for rental.
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Posted by admin on Apr 4, 2009 in
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orchids Ok I just thought I should post this again. I am getting so many inquiries about this bouquet that I designed for an editorial shoot for Pacific Weddings Magazine. I had a request last week to create this design in shades of pink for an upcoming wedding. For this design I used Wild Catt Orchids from Volcano, Hawaii & gold/orange cattaleya orchids from Oahu. You can read about this bouquet in the winter/spring 2009 issue of Pacific Wedding Magazine.
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