(Blushing with head hung in shame...) DON'T HATE US! haha...It's been a while (ok, quite a while) since we last wrote, what can I say? Things have been BUSY! And to be quite frank, that is just the way we like it! In the past few months we have not only created some AMAZING weddings and events, but are now a Preferred Vendor of the Mazzone Group!! Our 2011 Wedding Season is jammed packed with some really awesome weddings that we absolutely cannot wait to get to! (For all you 2012 Brides, get a hold of us!! We are booking fast!)
Let's see what we've missed as time seems to have slipped through our hands...Our Thanksgiving Workshop was a hit! Small, personal and creative, the perfect setting to be Thankful for.
December came quickly and brought with it a gorgeous "Silver & Gold" wedding for Brianna & Mike at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga just 1 week before Christmas. Ornaments and candle light adorned the Hall while two of our custom trees sparkled behind the Bride and Groom, creating a truly intimate and warm setting for the newlyweds and their guests.
December is usually not the best time of year for peonies (oh, we can get them, but you're going to be paying a liiiittle extra...). Our Bride, Brianna, absolutely loves peonies but decided to go without them on her wedding day, so Mike called us a month or so before the wedding with a plan. He wanted to personally buy the (ridiculously priced) peonies as a surprise to his blushing Bride on her wedding day. When I walked into the Gideon Putnam and showed her her bouquet, I've never seen a girl smile so wide. Mission was a success! This truly paved the way to an awesome night (and an awesome marriage).
Congratulations to Brianna and Mike. May your Anthology of life be as beautiful and long lasting as your bouquet. (She said she can't bare to part with it. haha)
We didn't get much time to unwind from the wedding before it was Christmas week! We held another fantastic Holiday Centerpiece Workshop and made some gorgeous centerpieces for our friends, family and clients.
We rang in 2011 with not only one beautiful wedding, but two! Both with such different styles, colors and flare- they were awesome! Our first wedding, Chelsea & Nick, tied the knot at the Museum of Dance in Saratoga. Laden with purple, Chelsea literally drove around (to as far as Massachusetts!) to every HomeGoods store in a 200 mile radius to obtain these awesome purple vases that every store had only 2 of. Gotta love a dedicated bride. She also put full control into our hands. "I trust you" are a designers favorite words, and if we do say so ourselves, we did not disappoint.
The mixture of textures and colors worked so well in every aspect of these flowers and throughout the wedding. The Museum was the perfect setting for Chelsea and Nick's family and friends to begin the New Year and their new life together! Congratulations to an absolutely adorable couple-We love you guys!
Oh, but New Years isn't over yet. Nicole & Andrew blew the roof off it (well, the balloons anyway) at Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia. Decked in reds and whites, the mansion looked beautiful!
A mixture of tall (I'd say 8 feet are pretty tall!) and low and lush arrangements in brandy glasses decked the room with holiday cheer! Congratulations to Nicole and Andrew and THANK YOU for helping us ring in an amazing 2011 (so far!)
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January kept us on our toes at the studio, but easy going enough to give us time to gear up for Valentine's Day, and what a fan-freakin-tastic Valentine's Day we had! You would think with V-day being on a Monday this year (and the fact that we practically TOLD people to order early) that Monday might have been a nice, relaxed, deliver the arrangements already ordered, kind of day. Wrong. We began taking orders at 830am and the phone never stopped ringing, while floods of last-minute shoppers came rushing through the doors in need of "the most amazing Valentine's Day flowers!!" And folks, we delivered. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU to everyone who supports Anthology, and not only during the holidays, but all year long!
This must be becoming a trend for us; a huge, amazing wedding the week after Valentine's Day. This year Allyssa & Peter were our first wedding of 2011 at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga. Tiffany Blue washed the walls while four of our custom trees surrounded their guests during their ceremony dripping with candle light.
As their guests enjoyed the cocktail hour, we, along with the Mazzone Group staff, transformed the ceremony into the reception where every detail came to fruition. It was breathtaking. You know you've done good when the bride runs up to you and exclaims, "OMG. I love it! You guys are amazing!" And as they say 'the rest is history'. We left the happy newlyweds to enjoy their wedding and we were off!
Congratulations again to Allyssa and Peter! Thank you for letting us be a part of your amazing day!
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As February faded, March came in full swing. With Spring just in our grasps, Wedding Season is in full bloom and ready to burst! For the 2011 Wedding Season we have over 45 weddings booked and more booking every week! This has been an exciting last year and a half for us in Schenectady and we could not be more thrilled with our decision to move!
Tell us what you'd like to see in this blog. What interests you, what you want to see more of...TELL US!! I promise we're going to get better at this thing! haha
(A little excited, are we?)
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