For the Love of Pink

Megan and Steve 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 2013

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Ceremony: Saint Luke’s, Glenside
Venue: Knowlton Mansion
Stationery, Floral Décor and Coordination: La Petite Fleur
Lighting: Synergetic Sound and Lighting
Entertainment: Silver Sound DJ
Photography: Main Line Wedding Photography
Transportation: Secrets Limousine
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Brimming with personality and charm, Megan and Steve came to La Petite Fleur for a coordinated, professional approach to infusing their wedding at Knowlton Mansion with sweet, all that is pretty in pink. 

Naturally, we were tickled pink to collaborate with the couple from day one through the day they became one— assisting with contract negotiations, creating and executing a flower and décor plan, and designing their save-the-dates and table cards.  LPF also had the pleasure of teaming with the bride and groom on coordination to ensure every last detail of their day was implemented with perfection.

Our design story begins with Megan and Steve’s custom save-the-date, which was created to coordinate with their invitation— using their engagement photo and shades of pink color palette. LPF’s think pink approach to the couple’s event was applied to not only the stationery, but to the flowers and décor, too! 

Megan walked down the aisle carrying a round, tailored presentation of blush pink garden roses with ivory satinfinished stems with crystal buttons, while her bridesmaids carried striking, variegated bouquets of pink ranunculus and hot pink attaché roses with gold satin-finished stems.  To coordinate, Steve wore a garden rose boutonnière with black satin finished-stems, and the groomsmen sported hot pink rose boutonnières.

Following their ceremony, the Mr. and Mrs. invited guests to celebrate with them at the regal Knowlton Mansion in Philadelphia.  Upon arrival, guests were greeted in the foyer by a trio of gold vases, in varying heights, with full, single-variety arrangements of white hydrangea, and Esperance and Baroness roses.

As well-wishers moved through the Mansion, they were met by an escort card display that boasted a dramatic presentation of blooming cherry blossom branches— accented with hanging votives— and cocktail tables adorned with eclectic collections of bud vases filled with individual varieties of pink blooms, including ranunculus and boronia.   

LPF had the mansion aglow with warm pink lighting illuminating the pillars and flooding the dance floor, courtesy of our colleagues at Synergetic Sound and Light.  Then, to punctuate the prettiness, we created three sophisticated, yet sweet, table-scape designs.  The first of which featured a rounded arrangement of Princess roses, as well as Esperance and Baroness roses in light, hot and rich shades of pink— in a muted gold cube. To complement this stunning composition, LPF added a gold turned candlestick, topped with a floating candle.

The second table-scape featured a footed-compote with a mounded arrangement of garden blooms, including white hydrangea, boronia, pink ranunculus, and pink Hot Lady roses and, for a hint of yellow, buplerum.

The final design in the table-scape trio was an updated take on a traditional composition of pink Hot Lady roses, dendrobium orchids, bright pink hydrangea and specialty grasses atop a pilsner vase.

To complete each table’s look, LPF custom-designed table cards, which featured pictures of Megan and Steve at  the age specific to the table’s number, matted against metallic stock.

For a final pop of pink, LPF finished the tiers of the couple’s cake with roses.

Pink Charming

Michelle and Michael

Cairnwood Mansion, Bryn Athyn
September 2012

Bridal Fashions: The Wedding Shop of Wayne

Ceremony and Reception: Cairnwood Mansion

Caterer: Feastivities

Invitation and Stationery Accessories: La Petite Fleur, weddings and events

Flowers and Décor: La Petite Fleur, weddings & events

Couple's Photographer: Robert Wood

Detailed Photography: Lori Gail for La Petite Fleur

Entertainment: EBE

Michelle and Mike’s September sunset celebration at Cairnwood Mansion in Bryn Athyn had guests swooning from the start. Think pink… and not just any shade… lipstick pink. La Petite Fleur finessed the playful palette to establish a baroque, yet contemporary, styling for this charming couple’s alfresco affair.

This style-story starts with LPF collaborating with the couple to create a stationery suite that resonated with refined flair. The sweet save-the-date hinted at the forthcoming invitation wardrobe, custom-designed and assembled LPF.

With couture paper stock and expert typography, LPF created a piece that included a black metallic pocket, within which the palette was artfully represented with a black and white damask-backed invitation card and tiered soft-white inserts printed with the event’s signature pink and soft black text. in mixed fonts. Closed with a custom monogrammed seal-- the unique invitation exuded personality-- reflecting the fun, classy feel guests could expect the day-of.

Charming white garden chairs, adorned with black and white polka dot ribbon-tailed pomanders (in a kissable shade of pink), beckoned guests to have a seat before the mansion’s majestic double doors, which proudly displayed “M” and “M” magenta flower wreaths. The doors, serving as the backdrop to the nuptials, were flanked by pedestal urns filled with grand arrangements of soaring stems, including pink and fuchsia roses, hydrangea and stock.

The bridesmaids carried bouquets of pink blooms, including dahlias and phlox— with black satin-wrapped stems.  The flower girl excitedly carried a sweet pomander of lipstick pink blooms— with a black and white polka dot grosgrain ribbon.

Michelle carried an elegant, rounded bouquet of lipstick pink and white blooms, including attaché roses, peonies, lisianthus and ranunculus— finished with white a satin-wrapped stem. The groomsmen wore pink kalanchoe boutonnieres, while the ring bearer wore a petite version of Michael’s tailored ranunculus boutonniere finished with a black satin stem.
 

Following the ceremony, guests were invited to enjoy cocktails on the Mansion’s terrace amidst tables topped with sleek black glass blooms filled with more rich pink blooms. Cocktails extended into the garden where Sheppard’s hooks cradled white lanterns which framed the reflecting pond. Hot pink gerbera daisy blossoms and pillar candles in submerged glass cylinders.

As part of the event’s stationery suite, LPF custom-designed and printed a bridal party sign-- presented in a “blinged” black  frame, as well as patterned table numbers displayed in white easel frames.  And as for the escort cards, mini wine bottle labels were customized with each guest’s name and seating assignment.  The “escort bottles” were displayed atop an apple-lined glass-top table, accented with rounded arrangements of rich red apples and fuchsia blooms in black ceramic vases.  

 
For the reception on the Mansion’s tented terrace, LPF created three centerpiece designs. The first featured a trio of black ceramic candlesticks: two topped with pillar candles in glass cylinders wrapped with pink satin; the third, an arrangement of pink roses and white hydrangea.  
 

The second tablescape featured an over-sized pink flower cluster beneath a glass cloche— finished with votives. The third tablescape design included a trio of ribbon-wrapped glass cylinders (of varying heights) each filled with a different variety of pink blooms, including roses and phlox.
 

As the sky grew dark, Michelle and Michael, along with their friends and family, enjoyed dancing and celebrating in the glow of  the dining tables’ twinkling, beribboned votive candles.

Contemporary Elegance

Jeri and Sean

October 2011

Normandy Farm

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Save the Dates, Flowers & Decor by La Petite Fleur

Photos 1,2,3,6,9,10 by Tyler Boye Photography

Jeri and Sean's wedding celebration was all about family, and the merging of eastern and western traditions.  We worked with the couple to infuse their event with modern details in their color palette of violet, fuchsia and sage. 

For their Save the Date, we designed an origami-inspired card, complete with intricate folds, and ornate patterned paper. Details for guests were printed throughout the panels of the uniquely shaped card.

Jeri and Sean's wedding celebration was held at the lovely Normandy Farm. Guests gathered in the silo garden courtyard for the outdoor ceremony, where two magnificent arrangements accented the iron arbor. Bamboo, massimoto asters and dendrobium orchids overflowed from ceramic urns atop ornate pedestals. The bride carried a bouquet of cymbidium orchids and looped grasses, while her bridesmaids carried bouquets in a similar style, but with tulips, orchids and roses.

After the 'I-Do's', guests proceeded to cocktails where they were greeted by a trio of modern arrangements -- complete with towering pink gladiolas, orchids, bamboo and wire accents in tall black ceramic vessels. Inside the ballroom, two different style centerpieces adorned tables, both in Ikebana design. The first, featured a fuchsia flower ball, atop a moss platform accented with rocks and looped grasses. The second was a tall arrangement of crossed bamboo, hanging votives, purple calla lilies, green hydrangea, violet blooms and sword fern.

A Tasteful Event

Nationalities Service Center – Global Tastes

November 2011

WHYY – Hamilton Center Commons

Flowers and Decor by La Petite Fleur

La Petite Fleur is proud to have cultivated a new relationship with the Nationalities Service Center (NSC) through the organization’s annual Global Tastes event, which honors Philadelphia’s diverse communities through cuisine.

It was a pleasure collaborating with the fundraiser’s production sponsor Dunleavy and Associates to create a garden-inspired flower and décor plan for last week’s event.  In fact, the concept was an outgrowth of NSC’s new South Philly Community Garden and overall mission to provide immigrants and refugees the opportunity to establish roots and for growth.

LPF designed two centerpiece styles: a unique vegetable topiary comprised of greens punctuated by variegated Lady apples and deep magenta radishes for the low-top tables and, an earthy, yet elegant, arrangement of warm, muted-orange roses in a twig-wrapped glass cylinder filled with cranberries for the high-top tables.  The showpiece, however, was the soaring sign-in arrangement, that boasted tiers of brightly-colored vegetables and blooms, which was finished with garden tool accents and red sunflowers.

Many thanks to both the NSC and Dunleavy for inviting La Petite Fleur to participate.  And congratulations to the Nationalities Service Center on its 90^th anniversary and on a scrumptious-showing at this year’s soiree! 

Scarlett Sparkle

Jess and David

September 2011

Meadowlands Country Club

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Flowers, Decor and Accessories by La Petite Fleur
Detailed Photography by Lori Gail for La Petite Fleur

A note from the blissful bride:

"Thank you to you and all the staff at La Petite Fleur!!

We were thrilled to see the results on the wedding day! It was all beautiful and well done. Thank you for working with us and making our designs within our budget.  I especially loved the tall centerpieces and my bouquet."

The Romance of Sleek and Antique

Tanya & Matt

Colonial Dames, Philadelphia

June 2011

Event Styling, Flowers, Decor and Paper Accessories by La Petite Fleur

Photography by Rui Barros Photography

Tanya and Matt’s regal affair at historic Colonial Dames in Philadelphia made design history!

Drawing from the couple’s affinity for art deco design and the venue’s inspired architecture, LPF designed a look for their wedding that married art deco and colonial elements to create a romantically sleek, yet antique, style.   As such, the floral designs for both the ceremony and the reception boasted blooms with strong lines in a bold— albeit vintage— white, rich green and peach palette.

Colonial Dames’ lush courtyard hosted the ceremony, which featured an impressive willow arbor adorned with romantic, garden-style blooms and foliage in shades of green, white and pale peach.  Tanya walked down a rose-petaled aisle past garden chairs adorned with swiss dotted tulle ribbon-hung couture paper cones brimming with white hydrangea and guinea feathers. 

With stems wrapped in satin and lace, Tanya’s bouquet was the epitome of romance.  It exuded a vintage feel with antique white roses; white orchids, hydrangea and ranunculus; guinea fowl feathers; and simple greens. The bridesmaids carried feminine bunches of white and cream blooms, including roses and ranunculus, Star of Bethlehem, as well as trachellium and petite peach roses.

Perpetuating the sleek antique look were the men’s boutonnières. Matt’s unique, coordinating design used green and white orchid blossoms and ranunculus, as well as touches of guinea fowl feathers. 

The affair’s unique style even appeared in the entryway of Colonial Dames with a stunning arrangement of white calla lilies and oversized, rich green palms in a tall silver trumpet vase.  To welcome well-wishers, white rosewood wreaths were hung on the venue’s handsome French doors with wide, dark green satin.

Romance filled the famed venue as amber up-lighting—creatively installed by our friends at Synergetic Sound and Lighting—filled the reception. The perimeter of the celebration featured sweeping potted palms. Centerpieces varied between two styles and alternated between a trio of stemmed glass candle holders— some filled with swirled grass, crystals and a floating candle, while others were filled with white hydrangea— atop organic monsterra leaf chargers; and a silver revere bowl filled with white and green hydrangea that were accented with peach blooms, delicate orchids and Queen Anne’s lace, looped grasses, a regal collar of folded leaves and white ostrich feathers.  The presentation on both sets of tables was finished with candles and a custom-designed, hand-assembled art deco number table cards matted against dark green stock.

A custom logo featuring the couple’s initials in art deco lettering and their vintage color palette adorned the escort cards, Mr. & Mrs. signs, and the famed favors: delicate, lace candy cones that were filled with candy. And not just any candy… the “Blumenthal mix,” which is comprised of candies Matt’s family originally created… Sno-caps, Goobers and Raisinets.