Beautiful Bouquet by Petalena

Things have been busy this week, but my inspiration is building up and I will have a new board up in the next day or two. We've been trying to narrow down our own color palette.

In the meantime, I just wanted to share this beautiful bouquet I found.

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The bouquet is made with primarily white snowberries, roses, wheat and hellebores. I love hellebores, and I never thought about putting them into a wedding bouquet. I love the soft, romantic mauve accents, too.

It was made by Petalena, an amazing Boston florist. I just discovered their website and blog. If you're looking for wedding flower inspiration with a wild, natural beauty, you should definitely check them out. If you're in Boston and can actually order your flowers from them, even better!

They also made a matching boutonniere with snowberry and hellebore.

Wedding Succulents

Okay, I can admit it. I may be a little obsessed with succulents. I’ve always thought they were interesting and attractive landscaping accents, with their firm plump leaves and tricky “I look like a flower, but I’m not quite!” appearance.

When I found this bouquet by Ink and Peat, I was enamored.

The echeveria succulents, combined with unripe blackberries, hypericum berries, and scabiosa pods are such an amazingly earthy balance to the delicate roses and ethereal tufts of feathers and smokebush. I think it’s lovely, and it’s the bouquet I featured in our own wedding inspiration board.

Since then, I’ve started to notice that I’ve actually developed quite a collection of wedding related pictures of succulents. Yesterday I saw some pictures by Stephanie Williams that just about made my head explode. I had to send her a little note of admiration, and she’s given me the thumbs up to share some of her work.

Her gorgeous picture of a raindrop covered succulent was enough to inspire this unorthodox inspiration board. Rather than showcasing a specific color palette, I’m showcasing my love of these strange and versatile plants as wedding flowers and décor.

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Stephanie Williams also took the photos of the boutonnieres with the pearl pins.

The bouquet with orchids on the left, the centerpieces with lavender roses and succulents, and the succulent nest placecards are all from Martha Stewart.