Wedding Flowers

Wedding Season has arrived!

2009-05-19T15:49:00.000-07:00

We want to congratulate Miguel and Marlen on their upcoming wedding this weekend at the Presidio Chapel. Their lovely reception will be held at the De La Guerra Plaza. It will be beautifully decorated with orchids and black bacarras. Congratulations Miguel and Marlen!!!

Bridal Show

2009-03-10T23:13:00.001-07:00

The wedding season is here. The Fess Parker Double Tree had a successful bridal show on March 1st., where all the brides and grooms were able to make it a one stop shopping spree. Flora Boutique displayed designs in lavender and purples. Here is a peek of our display, my son Henry had a chance to show off his miniature tuxedo :-) ! It was a pleasure meeting all the new brides and we look forward to helping make your special day memorable.

Valentine's Day Flowers!

2009-02-07T11:10:00.001-08:00

Spray rose heart with a contemporary style. It was last year's favorite!

Valentine's Day Flowers!

2009-02-07T10:38:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day is February 14th. Next Saturday. Flora Boutique has been quite busy with weddings and the Holidays were great with creative center pieces. We are now getting ready for the biggest Holiday of the year for every florist, Valentine's Day. If you have a loved one and want to express love on this day, you cannot go wrong with flowers. We will be offering premium Equadorian roses, as well as premium and mixed floral arrangements including tullips, lilies, gerberas and more. Life is great, love is great...say it with flowers!

We would also like to extend an invitation to the next Bridal Show at the Fess Parker Double Tree. It is always great fun and a place to find all of your wedding professionals. Flora Boutique is a preferred recommended florist for the Double Tree and we will be there. It will be March 1st. 2009 Attached is a picture from the Fess Parker Double Tree booklet. This bridal show is just stunning.

On another note, my little baby Henry is now 16 weeks old! He's the best thing that has ever happened to me, keeps me quite busy and so I have less time to blog. He's wonderful and he's daddy is very proud.

Great Wedding Season

2008-10-05T11:57:00.000-07:00

We are now slowing down a bit from the busy wedding season. It's been so much fun, we have enjoyed putting our brides' dream wedding ideas into a reality with unique floral designs. The textures and colors reflected everyones' personality and dream wedding. We now get a little break to plan for the holiday events and next year weddings. This works quite well as I'm expecting a baby boy on October 29th! I can't wait, it's my first baby.

I want to share a couple of pictures from one of our recent weddings a couple of weeks ago at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, I love this location. Kelly looked absolutely gorgeous. Her bridesmaids carried a natural and yet elegant bouquet that included fresh lavender.

What's new for Santa Barbara Weddings

2008-08-31T09:12:00.000-07:00

Flora Boutique has been quite busy the last few weeks with summer weddings. We have been having a great time doing what we love doing best. We are now getting ready for fall and winter weddings as well as winter parties. Reds, oranges and browns are always in style for fall weddings. It will also be in style to use purples, browns and accents of apple green for the stylish and modern brides. Purple lisianthus are a great flower to use for that look, and the good news is that they are not costly flowers.

We'd like to congratulate the brides we had the pleasure to help with their flowers in the past couple of weeks; Alexandra, with a lily and rose bouquet, celebrated her wedding at the Stella Mare's Event Center also decorated with lilies. That's what I call, simple, and elegant. A great place for quality versus quantity. Sarah, our bridal bouquet winner from the SB bridal show, had a white elegant bouquet that included roses, calla lilies and hydrangea. Katie had a ceremony at the beach under a Chuppah that we provided, lightly decorated with pink flowers. A nice complement to her bridesmaids that were wearing tiffany blue color dresses. Katie carried a bouquet that included stephanotis, calla lilies, roses and gardenias. Katie and her party then went on to celebrate at the Fess Parker Double Tree. Jayne, also celebrated her wedding at the Fess Parker Double Tree Resort. She had an intimate reception where Flora Boutique had the pleasure to decorate with lilies and one of my favorite pieces, a fun Martini piece for the bar. Jennifer, held her wedding at the Plaza at the Double Tree as well. We provided an arch decorated with red flowers. Jennifer used mostly reds for her wedding and reception. She held a stunning bouquet including black bacara roses and classy red roses. She had red petals for the side of the aisle that just made her shine as she walked down the aisle. Last weekend we had the pleasure to be a part of Nicole and Bryan's wedding. They had one of the most beautiful views in town. We set up a Chuppah for their ceremony at the top of the SBCC hill looking out to the mountains, the ocean and the harbor. Great job choosing such a beautiful spot Nicole and Bryan! Nicole held a cascading orchid bouquet with stephanotis. They used black bacaras and burgundy calla lilies to decorate their chuppah. They celebrated their wedding at the Santa Barbara Cabrillo Arts Center, another great spot for a great view.

Congratulations to Alexandra, Sarah, Katie, Jayne, Jennifer and Nicole. You all made beautiful brides and congratulations to all the lucky guys!!

Bridal bouquet

2008-07-27T12:46:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I want to share Adriana's bouquet from last weekend. It was elegant and just beautiful, including ivory roses, gardenias and stephanotis. Love it!

Alice Park and Fess Parker Double Tree Resort

2008-07-19T11:49:00.000-07:00

Jade had a colorful and elegant wedding at Alice Park last weekend. We decorated the trees with hanging arrangements in bright orange and bright pink roses. The colors accented the tiffany blue dresses the bridesmaids were wearing. It was a perfect combianation. Congratulations Jade! you looked beautiful.

Adriana and Anthony are having their wedding at the Lady of Mount Carmel in Montecito today. I love the rustic colors Adriana choses for her flowers, they complement the church so nicely. Adriana will be holding a wrapped bouquet with champagne roses, gardenias and stephanotis -stunning. They will celebrate their wedding at the Fess Parker Double Tree Resort. Congratulations to Adriana and Anthony!

Rockwood Women's Club

2008-06-23T16:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend was quite warm, but we managed to survive the heat. We had a wonderful time decorating Regan's wedding at the Rockwood Women's club. It's a beatiful property with an elegant English style inside. Regan had calla lilies, gladiolas, hydrangeas, freesia and beautiful large china mums. Everything was decorated in whites and green. Simple and quite elegant. Regan and Christopher looked stunning. Congratulations to them both!

Santa Barbara Film Festival

2008-06-08T21:50:00.000-07:00

With pre-sale tickets coming up for the 2009 Santa Barbara Film Festival, I thought it would be a great opportunity to show the pictures of Flora Boutique's stage arrangements for 2008's Film Festival back in February.

Of course Angelina Jolie and Clint Eastwood helped the arrangements look even more elegant! We can't wait to see who will be honored at next year's festival - maybe Brad Pitt will have his chance to stand next to one of Flora Boutique's beautiful creations...

Santa Barbara Beach Wedding

2008-06-08T21:23:00.000-07:00

Claudia and Ignacio's Catholic wedding on the beach was a terrific display of traditional ceremony and Santa Barbara beach style combined. Flora Boutique made a couple of large topiary arrangements with different shades of pinks and whites (hydrangeas and roses) to contrast the lovely Tiffany Blue dresses of the bridesmaids. These 4 feet tall arrangements were placed on top of metal stands to frame the priest's display. The entire beach area was silent and captivated during the ceremony. Claudia's bouquet was all white roses with tropical accents surrounding. We feel honored to have been a part of this elegant beach event. Congratulations to Claudia and Ignacio!

Congratulations on your wedding Kristine and Craig!

2008-05-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

Kristine and Craig had an elegant beach wedding at the Fess Parker Double Tree Resort this weekend. Flora Boutique is happy to have been a part of it. Kristine made a beautiful bride holding an elegant bridal bouquet made of all white peonies. Craig, her handsome groom had a bright, colorful orange boutonniere that complemented the beach theme of their wedding. Congratulations again to Kristine and Craig!!

Spring flowers

2008-05-12T16:09:00.000-07:00

Hydrangeas are now in season. They are beautiful round flowers that can be incorporated in any event or a deluxe bouquet. They are usually available in white, green, blue, pink, and purple. They are bit pricy, but they are so large that you do not need too many to make a stunning impression. Peonies are also now in season. They are one of my favorite flowers. They almost look like a large rose, but their texture is a bit stronger and shinier. These beautiful flowers are good for spring bouquets, and for Spring weddings.

Mother's Day Flowers

2008-05-07T11:01:00.000-07:00

Thinking about a gift for your mom this Mother's Day? We all want to be different, but moms love flowers, women love flowers. The new tech companies are trying to portray flower bouquets as old fashioned, they are in fact a classic, they will never go out of style and they show love and affection in a very special way, and again, the women in your life love flowers. You cannot go wrong with flowers this Mother's Day!

Santa Barbara Cinco de Mayo

2008-05-07T10:01:00.001-07:00

The Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber had a great Cinco de Mayo mixer at ReMax Santa Barbara. Many small business and large businesses got together to celebrate with beautiful flower decorations provided by Flora Boutique, Mexican food provide by El Zarape and fantastic youth Mariachi. We love this beautiful and supportive community.

Yellow and pink roses!!

2008-04-30T18:10:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

Last weekend was a busy weekend. Chiristina Larovere and Peter Dugre got married at the Courthouse and then had a beautiful reception that we nicely decorated with pink and yellow roses. Christina loves daisies and they made a nice unique touch to her wedding. Congratulations to Chirstina and Peter now in their honeymoon...

Entrepeneur of the year!

2008-04-18T16:08:00.000-07:00

We are proud to mention that the Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce recognized Flora Boutique as the entrepeneur of the year of 2007. They held a beautiful reception on March 28th at the Fess Parker Double Tree Resort where small and large business were awarded as well. And ofcourse, we did the flowers! it was beautiful.
Thanks again to the Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber for their amazing award.

Mother's Day

2008-04-18T15:58:00.000-07:00

Mother's day is only three weeks away.. and you cannot go wrong with flowers. We are proud to serve all the Santa Barbara County, including Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito, Santa Barbara and Goleta. We also deliver Nation Wide through our wire service partner FTD.

Don't Forget Mother's Day!

Beautiful Chuppah!

2008-04-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

April 12, 2008 Karla had a beutiful Chuppah on the beach of Santa Barbara. Flora Boutique decorated the bamboo Chuppah with white chiffon, yellow and green roses. It was absolutely stunning. Congratulations on your wedding Karla!

After talking to several brides, we realize that it is hard to find a Chuppah in town. We are one of the only Santa Barbara Florists that can offer a full service pick-up and delivery, set-up and decoration of your Chuppah.

What's new for Spring Weddings..

2008-04-09T10:58:00.000-07:00

First of all, we'd like to congratulate Brenda Mueck on her wedding this weekend. Flora Boutique was happy to be a part of her special day on April 6, 2008.

For this Spring, we have been getting many inquiries about Chuppahs, and we do have them available. Outdoor weddings are fabulous in Santa Barbara. The white and green combination is coming back. Hydrangeas, cymbidium orchids and contemporary accents are among the favorites for this season.

Jacqueline Duran
Owner/Designer