La Petite Fleur Blog

Kelsey and her mom were two of the cutest ladies I’ve gotten to work with.  They had great attitudes and fabulous taste.  We chose deep red Roses, ruffled green Roses, bright green Cymbidium Orchids and sparkly red berries for the bouquets and personal flowers.  For the centerpieces we used a trio of cylinder vases, the tallest holding a spray of green Dendrobium Orchids with a base of cranberries, the middle stout vase held a variety of sizes of silver and sparkly silver ornaments topped with a single, large green Cymbidium, and the shortest vase was filled with the red and green roses, greens, and sparkly berries. The ceremony was beautiful with the pews decked out with large bows, streamers, and swags of ribbon, a generous sprinkling of red rose petals for the entrance of the church, and altar arrangements mimicking the centerpieces.

 The reception was at the lavish Saint Paul Hotel https://www.saintpaulhotel.com/weddings_and_events/  where every last detail was attended to.  The food and the ambiance was exquisite and we enjoyed every moment of this wedding.  The head table was decked out with green Dendrobium orchid topped champagne glasses, large, very open red roses in shallow bowls, and sprinkling of red rose petals. 

I hope you had fun (you and your 40 guests) in the Camen Islands! Thanks for letting us crash your party and please,  keep in touch.

A note from the mom:

You did an outstanding job on the bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, and arrangements. They were all lovely and made the reception site so festive and warm.  Also a special thanks for making our church sanctuary look so cozy and inviting. Because of your foresight in making an extra corsage and an extra boutonniere all was perfect.  As you know, a homeless man stole one boutonniere and I lost a corsage somewhere between picking it up out of the basket and locating our placecard helper. 

Please feel free to use Kelsey and me as references.  We both wish you the very best in 2008 and hope you are able to create flower arrangements as your sole job. 

I hope our paths cross again.

Warm regards,

Sherry

Nurse Kelly works at the Ramsey County Jail and has for a very long time.  She’s a sweet lady that doesn’t put up with any gruff, and we all love her very much.  Kelly has had a rough year.  She was on the 35 Bridge when it collapsed.  Thank God she’s okay.  Last week she was in two car accidents and broke her hip; in three different, horrible incidents.  Poor Kelly!  A couple of nice gals, Susan and Deb (see Deb and Mark 4/21/06)  that I also work with asked me to send her a bouquet- this is what I came up with. Pink roses, white spray roses, pink lilies, Christmas greens, silver ornaments, Seeded Eucalyptus, white, sparkly, curly sticks, and a white feather collar on the neck of the vase.  Kelly told me it was the prettiest bouquet she had ever gotten- what a great compliment! She better get well soon and get back to us- we all miss her so!

Ryan and I work together at the jail.  He was lucky enough to be stuck in a room no larger than the inmates cells with me for two days straight, with me talking about flowers and weddings non-stop.  I had magazines galore that I was looking through and periodically I would make him look at something I found interesting or that I thought he may find cool when someday, down the road, he might get engaged.  Something must have stuck with him because two days later, when we had tome to work again, he said, “Carra, I bought a ring!”  He and his beautiful fiance Susan got engaged and were planning an ‘09 gala but when Ryan learned that he was going to be deployed and that you could make more money, they decided to get secretly married with the Justice of the Peace in the Ramsey County Courthouse and then have the bid to-do after he safely returns home.  A wedding is a wedding in my book, and a bride needs a bouquet. I made this bouquet and some flowers for her gorgeous hair as a gift to the happy couple as well as a thank you to Ryan for Serving our Country.  Pink ruffle Roses, creamy Stock, looped “Shrek ears” (Bells of Ireland), pearl accents, and a handle treatment of Champagne colored satin ribbon with a sweet bow to compliment the Bride’s Champagne colored dress.  Congratulations and best wishes to the newly married couple. I can’t wait till the Big-One!       

Michele and I planned her wedding flowers on a warm, summer day sitting on my front porch sipping a glass of wine….oh that’s sounds so good right about now! The fabulous photography husband/wife duo, Deanna and Ben Safeky from www.benjaminportraits.com were kind enough to refer this lovely bride to me. She envisioned a winter wonderland and with special touches throughout her decorating, I think we gave her just that!     

A note from the bride:

I ADORED my flowers; you truly did the most AMAZING job ever!!  You gave me exactly what I was envisioning in my head!! Working with you was a wonderful experience.  I really appreciated the way that you sat down and talked with me and got to know my personality a little bit so that you could put those extra added touches into your work!  I was so sad when the flowers finally were dead; I hung onto them as long as possible!  They made me smile every time I looked at them! They were SO beautiful!!  I thought you were very calming too, as you got to know that I am a little worry wart! 

-Michele

A revire from the bride as posted on Wedding Wire www.weddingwire.com: 

I was so enthused with the flowers and decor that La Petite Fleur provided for me on my special day. From the beginning I felt that they asked many questions and inquired about me as a person, my ideas and thoughts and suggested many options based upon their findings. The final outcome was more than I ever dreamed it could be. La Petite Fleur really exceeded my expectations and I am so glad that I put my trust in them. I could not have been happier.

Amber and Dan are a darn cute couple.  Their wedding theme was ‘Tis the Season to be Married’ and carried it out by giving ornaments as favors in beautifully adorned little gift boxes, and Cabernet and silver hues everywhere.  I carried the theme into the flowers by adding mini pine cones, small silver ornaments, Christmas greens, silver wire, Hypericum berries, and Seeded Eucalyptus to all their decorations.  The Monday after their wedding Amber called to tell me that she was sad.  She was sad because she loved her bouquet and wanted to carry it around more.  So her wonderful husband got her bouquet for her (that still looked beautiful they said) and made her walk around their living room with him four times.  See- I told you they were too cute!

*First four photo. are taken by their photographer, Julie Erickson of Julie E! Photography http://www.julieerickson.com/wedding.html. …The rest are by me.

A review from the bride as posted on Wedding Wire www.weddingwire.com: 

Carra was extremely creative and very easy to work with. She had great ideas that yielded amazing results–my flowers turned out better than I could have imagined! Her enthusiasm for her work is contagious. I also appreciated the extra effort she put into her work, like providing me with an extra corsage and boutonniere (which came in handy since I forgot to include someone in my count!). I’ve already recommended her to several people and will not hesitate to do so again.