Summer Weddings for Two Sisters

What a busy summer for the Dannels family! Catie and Calli both got married, one in July and one in August. I was lucky enough to be the florist for both and enjoyed seeing their different visions come to life.

Catie and her bridesmaids- Photos by Steele House Photography

Calli and her bridesmaids- Photos by Grassroots Studio

Can you see the difference in styles? Catie wanted lilies and roses in white and burgundy with blue accents, and a beautiful cascading bouquet. Calli’s colors were rust and orange with dried elements and her bouquet had a free-flowing, organic feel.

Some of the flowers I used in Catie’s bouquet were white lily, burgundy spray rose, alstromeria, Polar Star rose, astrantia and blue thistle. Calli’s bouquet had Coffee Break rose, Sahara spray rose, white scabiosa, chocolate cosmos, pampas and bunnytail grass.

And finally, I love the tiny details a photographer captures. These are the moments of your wedding you want to remember.

Ashton and Dustin at Cider Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas

The notes from my first consult with Ashton about her wedding flowers still make me smile. Dusty blush, bronze, berries, grasses, vermilion, rust, textural. She was definitely speaking to my heart as a florist with all the artistic elements she pictured for her wedding. It was a joy to work with her and her ideas! (all photos by Clay and Maggie Swanson, @clay_and_maggie)

The wedding was August 22, 2020 and the colors Ashton and Dustin chose for their wedding were rust/vermilion, navy and mixed greenery. I used magnolia leaves, olive branch, agonis, ruscus and eucalyptus to get the color and texture we were looking for.

Here are some of the detail pieces: The hexagon backdrop (made by her dad) with mixed flowers, agonis, kangaroo paw and lots of Italian Ruscus, a lantern with rust mums and viburnum berries, and the cake with Toffee roses and eucalyptus.

This is one of my favorite pictures! Something about ring bearers and flower girls! Her sweet flower crown was made with Brown Sugar spray roses on a plumosus crown.

Just another picture of the bouquet and the bridesmaids so we can gush over the color of those dresses!

When I get the opportunity to do wedding flowers for a family I know it somehow makes my job easier. My connection to Ashton was many things- church, 4H, family friends, and her grandmother and I are Master Gardeners together in Lyon County. I feel like I have some helpful insight, and even more important, I like picturing what they will think when they see the flowers for the first time. I am thinking of all those connections when I’m designing.

Ashton’s bouquet was a mix of all the things I’ve already mentioned and a few blessings from my garden like millet, ninebark and Russian sage. It was a lovely day at a lovely venue with a lovely couple. I wish them many happy days and happy memories in their new life together!