1. Budget Range The first thing you should be able to come to your florist with is a budget! This will let them know the scope of the floral project and allow you both to sit down with a realistic vision in place. Many florists have minimums too, so make sure that your budget aligns with theirs! 2. Style Most brides have an idea of what they want their flowers to look like on their wedding day, and most florists have a particular way that they like to arrange flowers. Take so

A New Year's Day Wedding is the perfect way for us to start of the New Year!  We loved being part of Chelsea and Pretlow's wedding at Balliceaux. Throughout all the bouquets, headpiece, and boutonnieres we used baby's breath, cream and white roses, spray roses, seeded eucalyptus, silver brunia, and foliage sprayed silver. Thank you to James from 88 Love Stories for taking these great pictures of our arrangements! Thank you to Chelsea and Pretlow for having us be a part of you

We loved being part of Peter & Tayloe's wedding.  They were married at St. Stephen's Church and had their beautiful reception at the Country Club of Virginia. Thank you to Norman Allen of Photography by Norm for sharing his pictures with us. Tayloe's bouquet was full of orchids, ranunculus, freesia, spray roses, and astilbe. Don't you love her centerpieces!  We used ferns, safflower, bupleurum, seeded eucalyptus, and bittersweet. And finally we did the cake top in traditional

Thank you to Cory & Ashleigh for including Petals & Twigs in your big day! We had so much fun working with you and especially creating a floating monogram for the pool at Celebrations at the Reservoir. Thank you to Anne-Sophie Marchal Photography for the beautiful pictures. Flowers included Hydrangeas and Roses.

Thank you to Holly & Forrest for having Petals & Twigs be part of your big day!  We loved adding romantic arrangements to your already beautiful day. And thank you to Enigma Photography for sharing these beautiful pictures! The wedding arch was full of  white hydrangea, peach david austin roses, poets laurel, seeded eucalyptus, magnolia, and white roses. Holly's romantic bouquet was arranged with peach david austin roses, white dahlias, white and pink spray roses, sword fern,

Another wedding in the books for Petals & Twigs!  We have loved all the weddings we have been involved in this year. Thank you to Becca and Tom for including us in your wedding! And thank you to Erin Forehand Photography for taking such beautiful pictures of the flowers! Becca's awesome bouquet was full of succulents, seeded eucalyptus, peach spray rose, peach roses, white veronica, white spray roses, white dahlia, salidago, white rununculus, pods, and queen anne's lace. Her

As long as we can remember it has been tradition for brides to carry a beautiful bouquet down the aisle... but why? Sure, they are pretty and they sometimes tie the rest of the decor into the ceremony... but how did it start? According to the Huffington Post, it was because brides were pretty stinky. "Back in the 15th Century, most people got married in the month of June because they took their yearly baths in May and didn't smell too bad a mere month later, the time it took

Have you ever been so excited to bring in beautiful flowers from your garden only to have no clue which vase you should use? My video on picking a container for your arrangement will hopefully help you make the right decision and you can show off your flowers and flower arranging skills! If you would like to view more of my how-to videos visit my YouTube page here. Hope you are having a great week! - Sarah

I have many brides that love sunflowers for their weddings, and what is not to love? They are beautiful, bright, and big! Sunflowers can be used in bouquets, wedding ceremony decor, or they are perfect for table arrangements at the reception like the one pictured below from a Petals & Twigs wedding. They go great with burlap and mason jars and start to give us the sense that fall is right around the corner. Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend. - Sarah

Thank you to David Clark Photography for sharing these great pictures with us of the Castelamare & Penner Wedding!  The bride's choice of a sweet romantic bouquet, bridesmaids' bouquets, and boutonniere looked perfect for her big day!