Home
Spring Weddings
Get Creative With Flowers

Spring Weddings

Get Creative With Flowers

Unique floral decor by one of the country's top event designers

Donna O'Brien, owner of Beautiful Blooms in Philadelphia, PA and her team have created amazing floral arrangements for weddings and other special events for over 10 years. Her work has appeared in a myriad of magazines including Brides Philadelphia, Elegant Bride, Brides New Jersey and a myriad of other wedding publications and Web sites. Donna trained under world-famous floral designers Jane Packer, Paula Pryke and Lesly Zamor, founder of Bloom in New York City. We asked Donna to share with you some of her favorite wedding décor elements she has created over the years.

To learn more about Donna and her event design company, Beautiful Blooms, visit her Web site, BeautifulBlooms.com.

Red, Black and Modern

This 21st century arrangement was created by hanging three round balls of rich red carnations strung from metal chains accented with black chandelier crystals in a black metal cage. The arrangement mirrors itself under the plexiglass table and is accented with red votives and plates and black goblets with black and white patterned napkins. The coordinating arrangements are leaping red roses in tall glass cylinder vases filled with red cut glass.

An Autumnal Arrangement

A two-footed glass vase is filled with cranberries and a mix of maple branches, ivy, rosemary, seeded eucalyptus, dahlias and hocus pocus roses. Copper ribbed votives accent the arrangement.

Pretty Under Pink

This beautiful structure works as both a chuppah for the ceremony and a cake display for the reception. Created from pink drapery fabric pulled at the floor and placed in a bed of rose petals, the entire structure was accented with gold wired dendrobium orchid florets. The wedding cake is decorated with the flowers from the coordinating bouquets: Purple lisianthus, ladies mantle, hot lady roses and dahlias.

Also created by Eclatante Event Design.

Overhead

A box covered in metallic papers is filled with an arrangement of yellow calla lilies, purple dendrobiums, yellow roses, orange bandas, orange ranunculus, magnolia leaves and curly willow. The arrangement was accented with shepherds hooks with hanging balls of flowers and turquoise lanterns. We also accented it with two vintage copper tiered containers and peacock feathers.

Also created by Eclatante Event Design.

A Grand Entrance

A large white washed urn filled with flowering cherry blossom, hybrid delphinium, snow on the mountain, viburnum, peonies, roses, alliums, globe thistle, seeded euc, dogwood branches decorate the entranceway to the ceremony.

Fountain Bleu

A lush arrangement of eremurus, hybrid delphinium in deep blue and lavender, peonies, black magic roses, astilbe, camellia leaves, veronicas, autumn hydrangea, electric blue hydrangea decorate a fountain set in the courtyard of the reception location.

Magnificent Mantles

A lush arrangement of spray roses in light pink and ivory, plum foliage, astilbe, Sahara and Candy Bianca roses, hanging amaranthus and black chandelier crystals are draped over a fireplace mantle.

Orange You Glad

A loose lush arrangement sits in a square glass vessel filled with moss. The mixed arrangement consists of succulents, orange long gloriosa lilies, orange and red coxcomb, orange dahlias, orange upright amaranthus and geranium foliage. Votive candles complete the look of this centerpiece.

The Right Angle

A glass vase is filled with hot pink spun wire and hot pink phalaenopsis orchid stems.

Aisle Style

This ceremony aisle is sprinkled with light pink, hot pink and white rose petals.

An Eco-Ring Pillow

A "pillow" is created out of horsetail reed wired with copper ribbon and accented with a single yellow calla lily. A matching boutonniere of horsetail reed and a succulent accented with spun copper wire and ribbon complete this little boy’s wedding day look.

Also created by Eclatante Event Design.

Branching Out

A tall place card arrangement of white flowering pear and light pink cherry blossom branches are the centerpiece for this reception entranceway. The base of the arrangement is accented with orange proteas, orange tulips and orange unique roses in mixed gold vases. The table is accented with gold beaded candle holders.

Also created by Eclatante Event Design.

Boxed In

A shadow box created with autumn hydrangea, sunflowers, bamboo, spider mums, large horsetail reed and mixed yellow and green mini pom pom chrysanthemums decorates the seating card table.

Also created by Eclatante Event Design.

Copper Pot

Cooper boxes wrapped in copper mesh and accented with light pink and silver mercury votive holders are the perfect backdrop to this modern wedding’s seating card table. The arrangement is a mix of pink peonies, pink callas, orange mokara orchids, orange gloriosa lilies and purple delphinium. We accented the rows in between the seating cards with the delphinium heads.

Stairway to Heaven

A light pink hydrangea garland with black chandelier crystals decorates the banister of a staircase.

For more inspiration for your wedding flowers, visit the Brides.com Flower Gallery.

Marie Labbancz

Roger Dong

Sofia Negron

Sandor Welsh

Marie Labbancz

Michael Leslie

Laura Eaton

Mike Kehr

Laura Eaton