This Wedding Will Instantly Inspire You to Add a Touch of Whimsy to Your Wedding Flowers

Lauren Megerdichian
August 22, 2020
Categories: Real Weddings, Romantic, The Blog

When your sister is an insanely talented floral designer, Juniper & Jasmine – you know your blooms are going to be better than your wildest dreams. Today’s stunning bride wanted to ditch the done-before green and white wedding palette and go with something a little more whimsy. With the help of ELM Events, they incorporated deep moody hues with soft sage and shades of blue to create what might just be our new favorite Fall wedding color scheme. Check out the full gallery for more inspiration – all taken by The Happy Bloom!

From The Happy Bloom… When your sister is a florist in Charleston, you know your wedding day florals are going to be heavenly. Elizabeth and James were married last Fall and treated their guests to the party of their lives. Royal hues adorned their reception and a champagne wall welcomed their guests to cocktail hour. Enough from us. We’ll let Elizabeth fill you in on all of the details!

What was your vision for your wedding day? What made you choose certain colors or decor?

From the Bride… Whimsical was the word we kept going back to – from picking out my dress to the florals and decor to just the overall feel of the day. While we wanted our day to be timeless, we also added a touch of whimsy to most elements to allow our personalities to shine through. With Caroline as my sister, I spend a lot of time around weddings so the majority of our color/decor ideas were driven by floral inspiration. I knew I didn’t want your basic white + green palette and wanted to embrace color very early on. I ended up finding a random photo of an arrangement on Instagram that I was really drawn too. It had a such an awesome mix of deep moody hues while also incorporating some softer colors like sage green, shades of blue, and violet in a way I hadn’t really seen before. I shared it with Caroline and from there we were able to guide our decisions on everything else – we were always thinking “ok, but will this work with the flowers I want?” before making the final call on all other design elements.

A few of my favorite whimsical/color design details:

– The mismatched boutonnieres – I pointed out about 1000 “favorite” flowers leading up to the wedding day when helping Caroline with other weddings, so she just rolled with it and gave the guys options! Word on the street is they were fighting over their favorites in the man cave haha.

– The table scape on the farm tables. This was all Caroline too! She selected the black taper candles and silk table runner and then had the idea to add vintage books in. I loved how it turned out and am so happy we got to hide a few Harry Potter books in there!

– Our champagne bookshelf that we had handmade by Piece of Work – rather than choosing a rental we had the owner Les create a one of a kind piece with mix-matched shelves for us using material salvaged from a historic home on New Street which we’ll be able to use in our home! (and will obvi house our Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc. Etc. Collections haha)

– Our rose and gold cakes were so much fun to design with Ashley Bakery!

– All the velvet – from the furniture to the linens to the bridesmaids dresses, I loved the different shades and texture we were able to incorporated here.

What is the moment you remember most about your wedding day?

Oh gosh, there are a few. Does being followed all over Charleston by church bells qualify haha? For me, I think just looking back on the day and knowing I got to spend such special moments with the people who mean the most to me. Getting ready with my girls during the day. Those final few seconds of chaos getting dressed with my mom and sister. The car ride to the church with my dad and the last few moments before we walked into the church where we were both trying so hard to play it cool. Waiting in the bridal suite in the church with my sister and soon to be sister in law. Messing up my vows, haha. Driving around Charleston with James for photos and getting a few minutes by ourselves before we joined the reception. Then spending the entire night on the dance floor with our family and friends. It was all truly a dream! But if I had to pick one moment, it would probably be walking into the reception. The band cranked up a Led Zeppelin song for James as we were weaving our way through the crowd and when we got to the dance floor I finally got to see the amazing floral centerpiece my sister and her team created hanging above us. It was such high energy from everyone as we were being announced as Mr. And Mrs. Combined with James and I’s excitement, which created such a special moment!

What’s next for you and your husband?

We have a crazy few months ahead of us! James graduates from his masters program at Clemson on December 19th and we head to Southeast Asia for our honeymoon just a few days later! Once we return in mid-January we will be settling down here in Charleston. We have been long distance for the entirety of our relationship so knowing that is coming to an end in just a few short weeks is such a relief. We’ve been joking that 2019 was the year of the wedding, 2020 is year of the dog. So official what’s next: 1) Finally settle into a home together here in Charleston and then 2) rescue the most perfect pup sometime in the spring to start our little family!