I am very blessed to have been given the opportunity to do Melissa and Dan's wedding flowers. I know both of them from my sister-in-law, Colleen, who is married to Dan's twin brother, Peder. And may I add: they are identical twins. ^_^ The only thing that separates Peder from Dan is Peder's goatee. Hehehe... ^_^ Both Melissa and Dan were so gracious and such a pleasure to work with! After flying out to Arizona a month prior, I know that this Minneapolis wedding would be a little bit more challenging because it's a bigger scale. I definitely needed a bigger workspace and refrigeration. So after asking Jessica Leopold of Koehler and Dramms (the floral distributor I went to for the flowers), she suggested contacting Fairie Flowers Weddings & Events. Boy, did I hit a jackpot! Not only I got to rent the space and refrigeration for a reasonable price, the most important thing was...I found myself a mentor! Susan Rowell, owner and principal designer of Fairie Flowers Weddings & Events, is the kindest soul I have ever met in this industry! She gave me so many valuable advises and introduced me to a few fellow independent floral designers! Thank you so much, Susan! Your mentorship and friendship truly means a lot to me! I am definitely looking forward to our long lasting relationship! ^_^
Okay, back to talking about the wedding! ^_^ Melissa absolutely adores flowers! She was not picky about the flowers, in fact, she wanted each of the bridesmaids to have their own, unique bouquets with different flowers! What a fun project this was! ^_^
For the reception, they wanted full, short arrangements. For place card table, guest book table and bathrooms, they pretty much let me do whatever I want (YIPPEE!! ^_^). We kept the cake table simple, just petal spread. Color scheme for the reception is Ivory, White and Peach. We used very minimal greeneries in general (only Hypericum Berries here and there).
So you were probably wondering how in the heck did I manage to do all of these work outside of my comfort zone? Well, I got a lot of help from Dan and Melissa's families! They came in "shifts" to help me clean up the flower stems and some helped me arrange. Totally loving this family affair! ^_^ I had a lot of fun and I think they did, too! ^_^ Everything went smoothly and on schedule!
In a nutshell: It was amazing! I will never forget this experience! Words really cannot describe all the good things that I've received throughout this event - it's simply a great blessing. I had so much fun and as I've said earlier, the big bonus from this experience is the new friends I've made along the way.
Here are the list of the wonderful folks I had the honor to work with for Melissa and Dan's wedding:
Reception Site:
Wildside Caterers
317 on Rice Park
175 West Kellog Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55102
Contact:
Kelly Schroeder @ (651) 726-8823
Photographer:
Onsite Minnesota Photography
Contact:
David Drufke and Kristen Nash @ (612) 695-4184
For fellow floral designers who are planning to do events in the Twin Cities area, I went to Koehler and Dramm to get the fresh flowers.
My main contact there is Jessica Leopold @ (612) 362-3148.
For Twin Cities area brides looking for an awesome florist, I highly recommend these great floral designers to you; All of them have great personalities and inspiring creativity:
Susan Rowell, CPFD
Fairie Flowers Weddings & Events
Studio (651) 645-3900
Cell (952) 250-9470
Bonnie Morack
Ruby Reds Floral & Garden, LLC
Phone (651) 276-7337
Donna Murphy
Celebrations Floral Design Studio, LLC
Studio (218) 678-3900
Cell (612) 868-0652
For more pictures from this wedding, please visit Papertini's Online Album.
Thank you so much, Melissa and Dan!
Many Happy Wishes for you always!! ^_^