It's a busy weekend at Billie's Bouquet! I had four weddings, made four weddings, thats right, but oops, I actually only had three! Read on for the juicy and (sad) details.... 
The girls working hard, in the 32 degree heat-that's hot for Squamish! Looking lovely ladies! Look at all those boutonnieres and corsages and try not to look at what the counter looks like when we make them! Its so fun cleaning up after 12 hours on your feet....
Okay my first BIG screw up, and hopefully last of this sort anyway. Thankfully, it didn't affect anybody negatively except me and my poor amazing staff Cheryl and Lynne who stayed late and made beautiful bouquets for the bride Cheryl, only for me to discover that her wedding date is September 25th-not TODAY! So needless to say, these pretty blue and white flower bouquets were the dry run, (along with 75 white roses worth of petals, bouttonieres and corsages and a very specific toss bouquet) for the real wedding. I guess this is the biggest mistake yet, and I feel pretty bummed about it.On the other hand, I had so much fun making flowers for the other 3 weddings we had today:
Evelyn: Squamish Railway Museum Roundhouse: beachy theme, bouquets of succulents, roses, orchids, rolled calathea leaves, lipstick plant greens, shells and beachglass-Thanks Evelyn for the funky, creative freedom!
Evelyn: Squamish Railway Museum Roundhouse: beachy theme, bouquets of succulents, roses, orchids, rolled calathea leaves, lipstick plant greens, shells and beachglass-Thanks Evelyn for the funky, creative freedom!
Sue and Heath:Furry Creek: lime green, orange and white. Love this palette, fresh, citrusy and summery. Hope you are all having an amazing feast as we speak. Tight, compact, designed florals, with orchids, roses, GORGEOUS orange pom pom dahlias..... lovely.
Jesse: Garibaldi Springs Golf Resort: classic, beautiful, romantic. My camera battery was dead by then, but her flowers were entirely purple and white dendronbium orchids , thanks Mandy and Cheryl for making such gorgeous bouquets and Lynne for helping me be so organised. Hope the Gelato remotely made up for all your hard work.
This is a picture of the orange tiger lilies that just wouldn't open. Its so funny, we had fresh orchids dying right, left and centre and we were doing every trick in the book to keep them alive, meanwhile we use ripe bananas, with full of ethylene gas in the 35 degree sun to speed up the death process to force the lilies to open! The things we do for our brides.
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