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As a florist, designing a wedding is what I love most. One of the sweet brides I have been honored to design for just happens to be an anthropologist. When Alexis hit me with a dinosaur theme, I just knew it would be a very Jurassic Wedding! From ferns to moss, tiny dinosaurs to great big dinosaurs we had a ball putting this one together.
The colors Alexis chose were as bright and sunny as her wedding day. Big, bold, bright yellow roses and blue delphinium would be nestled in deep green ferns and accented with sunflowers.
Then Alexis hit me with the real kicker! To really top of her theme of a Very Jurassic Wedding, she was enlisting the aid of a dinosaur named Norm, on loan for the day from the Field Museum! Well, we figured if Norm was going to be a guest at such an auspicious event, he needed to dress for the occasion! It isn’t every dinosaur that can pull off a rose and sunflower flower crown, but Norm made it look great!

Even in all his fossilized glory, Norm still could not compare to a bride as beautiful as Alexis! Don’t Alexis and Michael make a stunning couple?

Everywhere you looked was that sunny yellow and blue color palette, from the wrist corsages to the barrette in the flower girl’s hair.
Don’t you just love the little dinosaur table numbers? Too cute!

My favorite moment of every wedding I design is when I hand the bride her bouquet.

Alexis, we wish you and Michael many bright sunny years as husband and wife!

I have done a lot of wedding bouquets and every one is special, but when your best friend calls and says she is getting married you just know it is going to be epic.

Then she tells you she is getting married in the desert.

At Lake Havasu Falls, which is an 11-mile hike in.

Avid hikers, Amber and Kyle decided to get married in a private ceremony at Lake Havasu Falls, which is an 11-mile hike through the desert, up and down cliffs in the heat of summer. Ok, weight and durability would be an issue. Amber’s first choice for a wedding bouquet was succulents. There are some pretty realistic one made out of silicon that would work.

Here is the boutonniere I made for Kyle out of the faux succulents.

Amber loved her bouquet.

The problem with succulent wedding bouquets is they weigh a bloody ton!

When you are hiking 11-miles in the desert, every ounce matters. So with weight being an issue, we decided at the last minute to go another direction, silk wildflowers.

Here is her bouquet and gown drying on a rock after the ceremony.

Kyle’s wildflower boutonniere.

The original succulent bouquet found new life as cake decor! That’s fitting.

Every wedding is unique, this one may be a little more than most. As a professional, my role is always to figure out a way to make it work and we did. Thank you, Amber and Kyle, for letting me make your wedding more beautiful, one bloom at a time.

A Very Jurassic Wedding

A Wedding Bouquet for the Desert

The problem with succulent wedding bouquets is they weigh a bloody ton!