Showing posts with label Bride. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bride. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

The Colors of Love

Rainbow Rose LGBTQ Wedding - Stein Your Florist Co.
Rainbow Rose
Wow, we haven’t posted since October, so sorry for the long absence! Well we’re back and it’s Wedding Wednesday. This this week we’re all colorful!

Here at Steins we believe that love does not know gender, love simply is and we are proud to support the LGBTQ community. This week’s wedding was a beautiful expression of love between two women who are proud and excited to share their lives together as a married couple. The colors of the rainbow reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community and our beautiful couple chose to use rainbow roses throughout their big day in celebration of their love.

Everything for this wedding was designed in beautiful rainbow roses. Rainbow roses are created by cross cutting the stems of a white rose and placing each section into a different colored dye solution. The rose drinks the dye and transforms into the amazing colors that make us this unique bloom.
Rainbow Rose LGBTQ Wedding - Stein Your Florist Co.
Rainbow Rose Wedding Bouquet

This cascading bouquet was designed with more than three dozen rainbow roses with touches of eucalyptus and peacock feathers.

The rainbow theme was carried throughout the day with a pair of matching altar containers for the ceremony and centerpieces for the reception.
Rainbow Rose LGBTQ Wedding - Stein Your Florist Co.

Rainbow Rose LGBTQ Wedding - Stein Your Florist Co.

Congratulations to the happy couple!


If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Perfectly Pink Prom

It’s Wedding Wednesday again and we’re dedicating another wedding week to a fabulous prom bouquet. As we mentioned last week, prom flowers are getting more and more elaborate and we could easily see them in the hands of brides and bridesmaids.
Perfectly Pink Prom or Wedding Clutch Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.

This week’s prom clutch bouquet is a lovely gathering of gerbera daisies, carnations, hybrid lilies, roses, lisianthus and a touch of baby’s breath. It is perfectly pink; a beautiful match for pink prom gowns or a wonderful pop of color against classic black or trendy slate gray.

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert prom or wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Courthouse Wedding

We missed you!! Sorry we neglected the last few Wedding Wednesdays… We’re back!

This week’s bridal bouquet is from a simple and sweet springtime courthouse wedding. Lavender roses, ivory spray roses, white carnations, and cream hypericum berries are accented by touches of limonium, baby’s breath, baby blue eucalyptus and a few sparkly pebble gray crystals.
Lavender and white roses bridal clutch bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Purple & Green Wedding Delight

It’s Wedding Wednesday!! This week’s featured wedding was a true joy to design; between the wonderful couple and the opulent flowers they selected, we couldn’t have asked for more!
Purple & Green Wedding Delight by Stein Your Florist Co. Bride & Bridesmaids
The bride’s bouquet was designed in beautiful bright green bells of Ireland, plum calla lilies, purple lisianthus, purple stock, white spray roses, purple mokara orchids, plumosa and seeded eucalyptus.
Purple & Green Wedding Delight by Stein Your Florist Co. Bridal Bouquet
 
The bridesmaids bouquets were designed as miniature versions of the bride’s bouquet, sans the roses. The purple flora was the perfect pop of color against the girls’ verdant dresses.
Purple & Green Wedding Delight by Stein Your Florist Co. Bridesmaid Bouquet

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.
Purple & Green Wedding Delight by Stein Your Florist Co., Brad & Shauna Sasaki

Thank you to Jordan Brian Photography for the wonderful photos!

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Botanical Bouquet

It’s Wedding Wednesday!! This week’s bridal bouquet has a beautiful blend of botanicals and is designed in lovely soft hues.

Bridal bouquet of succulents, roses and peonies by Stein Your Florist Co.


We gathered fragrant white peonies, peach and ivory roses, cream hypericum berries, dusty blue gray succulent plants and seeded eucalyptus and a few fuzzy bits of pussy willow into a shabby chic clutch bouquet.

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Darling Daisy Bridal Bouquet

Here comes Wedding Wednesday!

Daisies symbolize innocence, purity, loyal love, beauty, patience and simplicity, making this week’s bouquet speak beautifully for many lucky couples. This sweet and simple bridal clutch is designed in all white daisies with an accent of baby’s breath and fern and is tied with flowing white ribbons. The poodle of honor is adorably sporting the bride’s something blue.

Darling daisy bridal bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co. in Philadelphia, PA.
Daisies are an inexpensive flower, perfect for the budget conscious bride, whether for her own bouquet or the bridal party.

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Peach & Coral Rose Bridal Bouquet


It’s Wedding Wednesday!! Sorry we missed you last week. We hope everyone had a joyous holiday!

This week’s bouquet is a lovely clutch bouquet of coral and peach roses with accents of lemon leaf and variegated pittosporum; the flowers are surrounded by a nest of copper wires. Simple and elegant, this bouquet would be a lovely compliment for an oceany beach themed wedding or a nice pop of color against creamy neutral bridesmaids dresses.
Coral and peach rose bridal bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Blue Orchid Bridal Bouquet

It’s another beautiful blue bouquet for this week’s Wedding Wednesday!

Blue orchid and white rose bridal cascade by Stein Your Florist Co.
Blue orchid and white rose bridal
cascade by Stein Your Florist Co.
This bridal cascade was created with blue dendrobium orchids from Thailand and white roses with accents of baby’s breath and foliage. The bride requested to have loops of white ribbon incorporated with long streamers hanging to add another textural element to her traditional bouquet.

While the colors of this bouquet seem a bit wintry, the blue orchids give it a slight tropical feel. These orchids are naturally fuchsia and white; they have been dyed blue with special floral dye that the flower absorbs through the stem, turning the fuchsia portions of the bloom deep blue and the white portions turquoise. They have long been popular here at the shop for proms, weddings and as an everyday floral delight.


If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.
Blue orchid and white rose bridal cascade by Stein Your Florist Co.
A close-up of our blue orchid and white rose bridal cascade by Stein Your Florist Co.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Here Comes the Autumn Bride

Autumn Wedding Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.
Circus, leonidas and yellow roses are gathered in a
clutch bouquet with red hypericum berries, plum
dahlias, variegated pittosporum, and preserved oak
leaves and are surrounded by a nest of shiny copper
wire. A beautiful autumn palette of seasonal blooms.
Now that it is officially autumn and the days are getting shorter, everything is flavored with a perfumy pumpkin spice, the landscape is emblazon with warm hues of red, orange, gold and bronze, there are more hayrides and corn mazes than a person can possibly take in in one season, and the air has that refreshing crispness that makes us all want to snuggle the one we love just a little bit closer. It seems like the perfect time to plan an autumn themed wedding!

Planning a great party or special event can be a daunting task. The stress seems almost doubled when planning your dream wedding. From choosing a date, a venue, who to invite, designing a theme, picking a color scheme… many couples find themselves overwhelmed before they’ve even begun! Every wedding is as unique as the couple themselves. We at Stein Your Florist Co. have been in business more than 128 years, and with an average of 10-12 weddings, both big and small, a month… well you do the math, it’s a lot of weddings!

Autumn bridal cascade by Stein Your Florist Co.
A traditional bridal cascade of orange
Asiatic lilies, red roses, solidego, caramel daisies,
and red hypericum berries with assorted foliages in
warm fall hues.
We can’t stress enough to our couples the importance of maintaining a theme throughout their wedding. You don’t want your guests moving from your ceremony decked in pretty pinks into a dark and gothic reception… at least not without a costume change, a narrator and perhaps some movie magic. If your theme isn’t cohesive your guests may end up feeling like they’re crashing the wedding next door!

We recommend choosing a theme early and carrying it through every aspect of your big day. If you stay on track this will help alleviate some of the stress that comes with the vast array of choices you’ll be faced with when planning your wedding. If you’ve decided on warm autumn hues, then there’s no reason to even look at all those baby pink table linens and all those cool blue blooms you saw at your friend’s wedding can take a hike!

Autumn Color Palette by Stein Your Florist Co.
Autumn Color Palette:
Yellow, Gold, Caramel, Orange, Rust, Apple Red,
Chocolate Brown  and Olive Green.

One of our favorite autumn color palettes includes a sunny yellow, a warm gold, caramel, orange, rust, deep apple red, and chocolate brown with an accent of olive green, our homage to the last bits of verdant foliage that hangs on through autumn until it’s covered by winter’s snowfall.



"Autumn Boughs" invitation by Paperless Post
"Autumn Boughs" invitation by
Paperless Post
Introduce your theme and color scheme to your guests early. This means the initial save the date card and the following invitation should give your guests a taste of what’s to come and leave them wanting more. The good people of Paperless Post offer beautiful, customizable online and paper stationary to reflect your individual aesthetic. You can even upload your own pictures to make your invitations truly unique. Their lovely “Autumn Boughs” design suits our theme and color palette perfectly. The wispy branches still laden with fall’s changing leaves across the top is complimented by the pile of fallen foliage at the bottom of the invitation, while the gentle ivory background keeps it wedding elegant. (Follow up your event with matching thank you cards to say thanks and bring back memories of the awesome time everyone had!)




Autumn Centerpiece by Stein Your Florist Co.
This rustic autumn centerpiece captures all the
colors of our fall palette:  red and orange roses,
rust dahlias, caramel daisies, yellow solidego,
golden ranunculus, orange alstroemeria and
Asiatic lilies, brown lotus pods, branches, and
millet with accents of olive green seeded eucalyptus.
Now that the stage has been set it’s time to put on the show! The best way to put on this production with a cohesive look is with flowers and botanicals… though we may be a bit biased ;) Though your venue may change throughout your wedding day your decorations should be the glue that binds your theme together. That means the ceremony, the cocktail hour, the reception, every aspect of your wedding should be decorated in the same color scheme and flower varieties (though flower variety isn’t as important as keeping to your color scheme, so using less expensive blooms in your centerpieces compared to the bridal bouquets is a valid substitution).

Of course the bridesmaids’ dresses and the groomsmen’s ties are important too, as are the table linens… their color will serve as the background of your wedding and give your blooms something to pop against. We love the look of olive green as a background color and as a floral accent; in the floral business green is somewhat of a neutral for us. It’s Mother Nature’s color and is perfect for displaying her autumn bounty, plus your guys and girls will look great in it, but you can’t go wrong with any autumn hue.

Autumn Wedding Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.
This bouquet takes a walk on the wild side with accents
of leopard print ribbon. A gathering of sunflowers, thistle, black
ornamental peppers, bronze chrysanthemums, orange calla
lilies, solidego, seeded eucalyptus and touches of wispy
plumosa are surrounded by a collar of chocolate
curled ti leaves.
We also recommend choosing flowers that are in season. While off-season blooms could be specially grown just for your big day, they are going to be expensive and the quality will not be as good as flowers that are in season. Some of our favorite autumn flowers are:  Asiatic lilies, celosia (aka coxcomb), dahlias, gerbera daisies, alstroemeria, calla lilies, chrysanthemums, leucadendron, roses, yarrow, solidego, hypericum berries, sunflowers, carnations and ranunculus. You’ll see many of these flowers represented in the bouquets pictured throughout this post. In the right hues, your bouquets will capture the warmth and beauty of the fall season and your big day will be unforgettable.


Have fun planning your autumn parties and weddings and enjoy all the season has to offer!

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.


Autumn Rose Clutch Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.
One of the largest clutch bouquets we've made in recent memory... This
bouquet has more than four dozen fall toned roses!

Take your autumn theme to the next level by decorating your venue with fresh apples or pumpkins.



Autumn Wedding Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.
An autumn clutch bouquet of circus, leonidas, red, ivory and champagne
roses with red hypericum berries, solidego and seeded eucalyptus.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Beautiful in Blue Bridal Bouquet

It’s Wedding Wednesday again!! This week’s bouquet has a definite WOW impact and these bold blue roses are for a bride equally as bold.

Our bouquet of blue roses stands alone, without any accent flowers, and just a simple collar of variegated pittosporum to make the blue really pop, not that it needs much help. Blue roses have been a favorite of our customers for as many years as we’ve carried them, with good reason, blue is statistically the favorite color of more people than any other color!

This bouquet is beautiful year-round, is especially lovely for an icy blue wedding theme and definitely covers the “something blue” in your wedding collection.

Blue is all around us, it’s nature’s color for ocean and sky and some of us wear it almost daily from our casual denim to our blue business suits. This bouquet left our bride feeling anything but blue on her big day!


Beautiful in Blue Bridal Bouquet - Stein Your Florist Co.
If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

A Single Rose

This week’s Wedding Wednesday bouquet is super simple, but still romantic and sweet.

Known as “the bridal flower,” the white rose is said to symbolize the new and pure bond of two people. The white rose signifies a bride's worth, innocence and loyalty to her husband whether the rose is part of a bouquet or standing alone. And, of course all roses, no matter the color, symbolize love.


We’ve accented our single rose with some long blades of lily grass and a generous cluster of seeded eucalyptus with a champagne bow. This bouquet is also perfect for the budget conscious bride, a single rose isn’t just elegant, but affordable too!

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.
Single White Rose Wedding Bouquet - Stein Your Florist Co.
Single White Rose Wedding Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Blue Hydrangea on Wedding Wednesday


Happy Wedding Wednesday!! This is starting to become our favorite day of the week...
 
This week's Wedding Wednesday bouquet is simple and dramatic at the same time. The only flower is this bouquet is blue hydrangea, which would certainly covers your something blue.

Silvered blue hydrangea bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.
Dramatic Bridal Bouquet of Blue Hydrangea by Stein Your Florist Co.
Six stems of blue hydrangea are gathered tightly and are surrounded by a nest of silver wires with more delicate silver wires forming a cage over the top of the blooms. The stems are wrapped in a pewter satin with two long streamers of ribbon cascading down the front with long strands of silver wire adorned with dainty metal leaves and clear crystals for drama.

This bouquet isn't for every bride, but if it's for you we promise that it won't be one that your guests will soon forget!

If you're in the Philadelphia, PA or Burlington, NJ area and would like to meet with one of Stein Your Florist Co.'s expert wedding consultants call us at 800-887-4013.

Blue Hydrangea - Stein Your Florist Co.
Blue Hydrangea
 

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Perfectly Pink on Wedding Wednesday

It's wedding Wednesday again and this week's bridal bouquet is another simple one. 

Soft and romantic these pink roses are perfect for the blushing bride to carry down the aisle. Wispy pieces of plumosa foliage surround the roses creating a feathery collar of greens.

Happy Wedding Wednesday!!

Pink Rose Bridal Bouquet - Stein Your Florist Co.
Pink Rose Bridal Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

A Tropical Wedding Wednesday

It’s Wedding Wednesday!! This week’s bouquet takes us to a tropical paradise! It’s certainly not for the traditional bride, but if you’re into contemporary design, exotic flair and brilliant color then this is the bouquet for you!

Bamboo Brilliance Exotic Bridal Bouquet by Stein Your Florist Co.

Spirals of lucky bamboo trumpet from the center of the bouquet and are surrounded by birds of paradise, ginger, craspedia balls, solidego and statice. The bouquet is finished with a collar of rolled ti leaves and the gathered stems are wrapped tightly with a bit of raffia.

The brides and grooms that we meet are as diverse as the flowers they choose! Congratulations to the happy couple!

If you’re in the Philadelphia region give us a call to schedule your wedding consultation at 800-887-4013.


Flowers make the moment… Let us make a moment for you, at Stein Your Florist Co.
Birds of Paradise - Stein Your Florist Co.
Birds of Paradise

Craspedia Balls - Stein Your Florist Co.
Craspedia Balls

Ginger Flower
Ginger

Spiral Lucky Bamboo - Stein Your Florist Co.
Spiral Lucky Bamboo

Solidego - Stein Your Florist Co.
Solidego

Statice - Stein Your Florist Co.
Statice

Ti Leaves - Stein Your Florist Co.
Ti Leaves

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Wedding Wednesday

A bridal cascade of purple and lavender blooms by Stein Your Florist Co.
A bridal cascade of purple and lavender
blooms by Stein Your Florist Co.
Here comes the bride!! 

Being in the floral business since 1887 we have seen more happy couples than we can count! From traditional to contemporary and everything in between we have designed custom bouquets for a myriad of wedding styles and themes.

Today is, what we like to call, Wedding Wednesday and our bouquet of the week is this bridal cascade of purple and lavender blooms. The bouquet features lavender roses with accents of purple larkspur, lavender lisianthus, purple statice, novi belgi asters, and white Queen Anne’s lace.


Congratulations to the happy couple!
Lavender Roses - Stein Your Florist Co.
Lavender Roses

Purple Larkspur - Stein Your Florist Co.
Purple Larkspur

Lisianthus - Stein Your Florist Co.
Lisianthus

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

A Petal for Every Wedding Season

So you’ve chosen the date, the venue and the dresses; you know what colors you like, the wedding theme, and the tone you want to set… and now for the flowers. With thousands of varieties and colors available, choosing the proper blooms can seem like a daunting task. Luckily, your local florist is an expert in this arena. At Stein Your Florist Co. we have been assisting brides in these careful decisions for 125 years and our first bit of advice is always the same, choose what you love. Sometimes this is easily accomplished, many popular blooms are available year round, while others are a bit more season specific. It is never impossible to procure out of season flowers, they may be specially grown just for you; however, seasonal flora is typically less expensive and of better quality.

Florists import flowers from around the world, acquiring much of their inventory from South America, California, Hawaii, Holland, Asia, and Africa granting a bevy of beautiful blooms in all seasons. Among the most popular are roses, many varieties of lilies, alstroemeria, bouvardia, carnations, chrysanthemums, freesia, gardenias, snapdragon, stock, gerbera daisies, liatris, iris, lisianthus, stephanotis (a wedding classic), veronica, many varieties of orchids, and tropicals, such as ginger, birds of paradise and protea. These seasonless standbys combined or standing alone create stunning bouquets, centerpieces and venue décor for your wedding day. Consider your colors and theme and have fun designing your dream wedding.

If incorporating the season’s blooms is something you’d like or if the everyday flora just isn’t your scene, then consider the time of year and spice up your wedding bouquets with the finest flowers of the fields. Winter lays claim to stunning amaryllis, asters, daffodils, Dutch, French and Parrot tulips, hyacinths, poinsettias, ranunculus and sweet pea. Much of this flora may sound Springy (especially tulips, hyacinths and daffodils) since we associate them with Easter, but as soon as Spring hits it is simply too warm for these delicate blossoms, but they create a perfect combination for March weddings on the cusp of Spring. Following the vernal equinox we are offered beautiful anemone varieties, lily of the valley, peonies, Queen Anne’s lace, and scabiosa. These flowers offer a wonderfully rich garden feel to your Spring wedding.
Summer brings cockscomb, cornflower, dahlias, and zinnias. Summer blooms are often very bright and fun, they lend a carefree hippie vibe to your otherwise formal wedding. Finally, Fall flora brings us a palette of rusts, reds, oranges, and terra cottas mirroring the trees’ metamorphosis. Summer’s tuberose remains and anemones of a different variety return, with camellia and cosmos. Autumn weddings have a welcoming affect, greeting your guests with a blanket of warm colors and boasting a bountiful harvest.

Your bouquet is your star accessory and one of the first things your guests will notice as you enter your ceremony, it will be in most of your photos and even get its own close up shot. Take time to consider your bouquet and work with your florist to create the perfect combination of blooms. No matter what you chose, the stunning beauty of flowers is always in season.
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Think you may have you read this somewhere before… It’s possible. We had the honor of originally writing this post as a guest blog spot for our friends at I Just Said "Yes."