When a Pastel-Loving Florist Weds… Magic Happens!

Lauren Megerdichian
December 23, 2020
Categories: Real Weddings, Romantic, The Blog, Whimsical

When the bride is a florist herself, you know the blooms are going to be out of this world. The adorable couple tied the knot at the groom’s family farm in Pemberton, Canada in a dreamy summer wedding. Her best girls donned all-white dresses while their organic, pastel bouquets, created by Renata Floral Design and Within The Flowers, provided for the perfect color pop! To watch all the pretty unfold, check out the full gallery – all taken by Teryn Lee Photography!

From Teryn Lee Photography… This intimate wedding held on the groom’s family farm in Pemberton, BC was filled with beautiful florals. The bride, a florist herself from Within The Flowers, chose mixed pastels in her bouquet and centerpieces. With a hand in much of the floral styling and planning herself, she enlisted the help of Renata Floral Design to execute the rest of her floral vision day-of. The ceremony and reception were set against the natural greens of the surrounding fields and mountains of the Pemberton Valley. Her love of flowers was also accented by her Marchesa dress which featured floral appliques over the soft flowing fabric. Invites were sent to guests with dried, pressed flowers in the envelopes and dried flower petals showered the couple as they made their way back down the aisle for their recessional. A small and cozy reception followed at harvest tables adorned with beautiful blooms and twinkle lights above. Guests were served a family style dinner as the sun set behind the mountains.

From The Bride & Groom… Stefan and I met on Stefan’s sister, Laura’s, birthday. She had been going on for months and months to both of us how we would be perfect for one another, neither of us giving it much thought. Little did I know she was going to take it into her own hands taking me to a friends party where she knew he would be. It turns out she was right. We had our first date a couple of days later and I don’t think there has been a day since where we weren’t talking. He is my best friend, the person I want to do everything with and tell everything to. Right from the beginning we just fit. Fast forward two and a bit years, two Golden Retrievers and countless adventures (and hints), Stefan got down on one knee. He had a close friend custom make my rings with gold from his dad and grandmother’s wedding bands. We got married on our third year anniversary on his parents farm. I felt like it would be the perfect day for us to get married and so special that it was already our anniversary. Getting to our day came with some bumps in the road. Having most of my extended family living out of the country made it impossible to have everyone there but ultimately we just wanted to get married and were happy to just have our close friends and family there.

When we realized Covid was going to affect our day we tossed around so many ideas of how we could go about getting married or postponing or just signing the papers. Then we realized that we didn’t actually have to adjust our plans too much and could still go about having our dream wedding, it would just be a smaller guest list. When envisioning our wedding I hoped for two things, a day that was timeless and to include our dogs. I wanted to look back in 5, 10 ,30 years and still love every detail. When choosing each aspect of our day that was always the element I went back to. As for our dogs, Georgia our older dog made it in the photos but Frankie, who’s a year old decided to go swimming in a mud pile 5 minutes beforehand. With the color palette I wanted to ensure the flowers stood out. I kept everything very neutral choosing ivories, white, and muted blushes for the details such as bridesmaids dresses and place settings leaving room to play with color in the florals. Being a florist myself I am always looking at inspiration or creating for my own clients. For our day I dreamt of a very garden style theme which was fitting with having the wedding on my in-laws’ farm, I also grew a number of my own flowers so I drew inspiration from there. Picking flowers in hues of lilac, honey and buttercream complimented by peaches and blush. I included some of my favorites like sweet peas, stock and buttercup garden roses. When it came to my dress I had a very direct vision of what I thought I would wear, a satin ball gown and then through the dress shopping process found that would not be the dress.

I came across a one of a kind style gown by Marchesa at a&bé Bridal in Seattle that was the winner. The gown was so effortless being all tulle and flowed so easily as I moved around, the fact that it had little hand sewn flowers all over it was just simply me. We created so many details ourselves, as many brides do I had years of Pinterest pins to look back on and felt there was no reason I couldn’t create these beautiful, curated details myself and probably to my now husband’s dismay didn’t want to give up control of the vision I had. I found menus and placecards on Etsy that I printed and had the night before my bridesmaids help with hand punching before finishing them off with hand dyed silk ribbons. My husband built a beautiful bar that we used during cocktail hour and we borrowed the tables and benches that our friends built for their wedding last summer. Every detail was put together with so much love and time by our friends and family – every aspect became special. One of the most noteworthy diy’s was that my mom made my veil. She put so much time and effort into it and it will be something I cherish and hold on to, hopefully passing down to my own children. Looking back, my favorite moment from the whole day was our first look, it was something we flopped back and forth on doing and I am so happy we did. It was such a special moment between the two of us where we were able to take the time before our guest arrived and just have that moment. If I could give one piece of advice, especially as a Covid bride I would say focus on your partner. Ultimately the day is about the two of you becoming husband and wife and the future the two of you are going to share together. Everything will come together as it’s supposed to whether you have 200 people, as we were meant to, or 30 as we ended up with.