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I personally love black and white photographs! With the right lighting balance of dark colors against some really light color, they can be timeless and stunning. Shown below are three photos from three different weddings I did all taken by Russ Hurlburt Photograghy This wedding was the very first one I did when I began my business 5 years. The bride was waiting in her

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Fresh or fake? Brides are always asking me for fresh flowers to adorn their hair on wedding day. Naturally, being in the flower business I'd love to sell you flowers, but more importantly, I want you to look your best on your wedding day! Most brides have their hair styled hours before the ceremony even begins. There are very few flowers that will hold up without water for hours on end,

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I first met Leah and Lorraine almost a year and a half ago when they made their initial trip from California to Vermont to begin wedding planning. Leah knew what she wanted from the get go, white, cream, pale pink and peach. She loves garden roses, hydrangea, ranunculus and hanging green amaranthus. Of course things were changed here and there, which is to be expected; ribbons or no ribbons....

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Killington Ski Resort trail signs and maps were the inspiration behind Allison and Rob's wedding last weekend at the Hawk Inn and Mountain Resort. Blue hydrangea were used to decorate some aisle chairs and the arch for the outdoor ceremony. Allison carried a bouquet made with blue hydrangea, yellow and red tipped yellow roses with the stems wrapped in birch bark. This is such a great idea! Escort

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Trying to decide what to do for your wedding favors? There are so many options, but I think food is always a great choice. And to give your guests a taste of something made in Vermont is an especially sweet thing! Vermont maple products of any kind, syrup, maple candy, maple fudge or maple sugar among other items always make great favors. Small bottles of syrup, bulk maple candies or individually

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Last Saturday was picture perfect for Juliann and Kevin's wedding at Stratton Resort. Juliann and I never met each other in person, but did all the planning through many emails. Their colors were blue, green and white and flowers included primarily hydrangea, peonies, ranunculus and garden roses. She was going for the "fluffy" look. Fluffy is definitely in this season! Her bouquet consisted of

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Blue dresses, blue and white flowers, red and white gingham tablecloths complete with a lobtser bake! That was last weekend's wedding which took place at Hawk Inn and Mountain Resort in Plymouth, VT. The bride carried a bouquet of blue hydrangea with white calla lilies. Her 6 attendants each carried a single large calla lily stem and wore various shades of blues dresses. The couple used arch

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Aisle runners were originally used for a couple different reasons. It was once thought the bride should stand on ground were no one else has been,"Holy ground", during her marriage. Another reason was to keep her dress clean. Today, the decision to use aisle runners, or petals to define the aisle, seems to be more a choice of esthetics based on colors or style. There are endless choices for aisle

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Peonies are one of my favorite early summer flowers, so much so that my garden keeps mysteriously sprouting new varieties! Not without a little help from my fantastic local peony farm though! Peonies are a popular choice for brides this time of year. It doesn't take many to make a nice size bouquet or centerpiece. They look gardeny yet sophisticated all at once. They're billowy and fluffy, and

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No bride wants to think about an entire day of rain on her wedding day, but mother nature doesn't always cooperate when we'd like her to! This was the case last Saturday for Jaime and Owen's wedding at Hawk Inn and Resort. Its always a good idea to entertain an alternative plan in case of inclement weather....just in case. The tent ended up playing host to the ceremony, cocktail hour and

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When putting together your list of floral musts, other than your bridal attendants and groomsman, there are some very important people in your life that should not be overlooked! Your parents, grandparents and step-parents have played important roles in your life and should be honored with flowers. Pin-on corsages of lily of the valley and ivory spray roses. Corsages are usually worn by mothers

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The rain threatened all day long, but graciously held off until the reception was in full swing for this Hawk Inn wedding last Saturday. The orange, coral, light yellow and peach color scheme was a bright addition for this overcast day. These colors really stood out against all the fresh bright green. The Hawk has a great lantern lined bridge which guests cross to the ceremony site and reception

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I received some photos of a wedding I did last summer from the couple's wedding photographer Cyndi Freeman. Tanya and Tim wanted me to use only colorful zinnias for all of their bridal party flowers. Tanya's bouquet was made with mostly white zinnia with some colored mixed in, while the attendants carried smaller bouquets of mixed colored zinnia wrapped with yellow gingham ribbon. Their dog was

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Every year, my Irish husband requests the traditional St. Patrick's Day meal of corned beef and cabbage with all the fixings including carrots, potatoes, turnips and beets. This is not my favorite meal but if making it (once a year) makes the hubby happy..we do for the ones we love:) I love all flowers green, ones that are naturally green anyway, not sprayed or dyed please! I particularly love

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Nothing announces the arrival of spring like mud season and sugar houses spewing steam and smoke. As a native Vermonter, growing up in a family comprised entirely of native Vermonters, maple syrup is as much a part of spring as peepers! As a child, my best friend's grandparents owned a dairy farm in East Wallingford, VT, made cheese (the best cheese curds I've ever eaten) and produced maple

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This seems to be the year of hydrangea! I have more bride's wanting to incorporate this beautiful fluffy mop-headed flower in their weddings this year than during any previous year. I can certainly see the appeal with their gorgeous watercolor tones, classic shape and versatility and size, what's not to love! One single flower head fills an

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WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Vermont Country Flowers has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Florists! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among

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I received a really cute thank you card the other day from one of "my couples" and thought I would share with you. I love the various photos they used from their wedding day. What a great way for your guests to relive the day!   Out of habit, whenever I get a nice card in the mail, I automatically turn it over and look at the back. No, no... not to see the price, but to see where it came! I love

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I was just browsing Martha Stewart Weddings online and came across photos of a wedding I did! What a pleasant surprise! Me on Martha:-)Click on the link to view many more photos of their special wedding!  Jill and Adams wedding! The wedding was held in August of 2009 in Springfield, VT with the reception taking place at the Castle Hill Resort in Cavendish. Being a designer herself, Jill had a

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A recap of flowers from the bridal show yesterday! I had a great time meeting tons of new brides.The extremely fragrant all white bouquet below had garden roses, tulips and hyacinth with budded jasmine vine. This photo was taken at the studio before I put ribbon around the stems. Final product is shown at the bottom of the post.This colorful bouquet consisted of orange and hot pink ranunculus,

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I am a couple weeks behind in posting this wedding, but it works out to your benefit as the bride shared some photos from her photographer which are shown at the end of this post. This autumn day on Killington was absolutely gorgeous except for the wind!! It was so incredibly windy that I waited until the last possible minute to set the large glass vases next to the arch. I weighted them down as

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With all the autumn weddings I've been doing lately, I thought I would share one I did last October. Cindy and Tim were married in Ludlow and held their reception at the Echo Lake Inn. Colors were all deep red and orange. The flowers were simple and elegant using only orange and red calla lilies, gold mokara orchids and cymbidium orchids. Bride's bouquet below.It happened to be raining most of

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 Wedding days are sometimes bittersweet for me. After months of emailing and meetings, I tend to get kind of attached to my couples! I am so happy for them when their big day finally arrives, when months of hard work come together to present a beautiful wedding day as planned. It also makes me a little sad to know that other than a thank you, I most likely will never see them again. Chris and

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The bride on this September 25 wedding at the Hawk Inn & Resort, wore a beautiful white satin "40"s inspired" dress. She carried a bouquet made entirely of deep burgundy dahlia with black ostrich drabs and black ribbon wrapped stems.Her attendants all wore black dress and carried bouquets of pure white dahlia with white feathers wrapped in white satin ribbon. I dressed up the flower girl basket

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I probably say this every week, but here goes again... this was my favorite bouquet so far this year! This bouquet was made of gorgeous hot pink nerine lilies, cherry brandy roses, which have pink outside petals with orange on the inside, pink freesia, asclepia, ageratum and orange spray roses was so bright, cheery and happy looking! Nerine lilies are often overlooked as a wedding flower. My

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Here are more photos from the beautiful September 11 wedding held at the Equinox Resort Pond Pavilion. The photo below shows the ceremony site and cocktail area next to the trout pond.Inside the Pavilion, the chandeliers were hung, tables were all set, just waiting for the party to begin!Place card table held a square vase with large manzanita branch wrapped with bronze wire accented with brown

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I had so much fun with this creative wedding that took place at the Pond Pavilion at the Equinox Resort in Manchester, VT. This is one of my all time favorite places for a wedding and Saturday was an absolutely perfect day. The Pond Pavilion sits right on a large trout pond with gorgeous mountain views. I truly enjoyed meeting this wonderful family! I have so many photos I want to share of this

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The bride and groom from this wedding live in Costa Rica so most of the planning was done by the mother of the groom who lives not too far from me. She had a vision and definitely knew what she wanted the end result to be. All of her hard work and attention to detail certainly showed when the day finally arrived. The results were gorgeous and everything she had hoped for. The wedding took place

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This Concord, Massachusetts wedding was special for me as my second cousin and her longtime boyfriend were finally married! The wedding took place on the banks of the Concord River at the historic Old Manse house. It was a family affair with one of the bride's brothers officiating while the other played guitar during the ceremony. Her 2 sisters and new sister in law were attendants wearing

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If you're planning a small wedding (up to 50 people), the Apple Hill Inn in Taftsville, just outside Woodstock, Vermont, is one place you should consider. The setting is beautiful, the Innkeepers gracious, and the Inn itself is gorgeous.The bride this past weekend wanted an elegant bouquet of white calla lilies and white freesia with some greenery. Her bouquet, shown below, was wrapped with ivory

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This colorful wedding took place last Saturday at Hawk Inn and Mountain Resort in Plymouth, Vermont. All of the arrangements and bouquets included mixed colored zinnias with the focus being on yellow. The birch arbor was the perfect backdrop for this ceremony held in a field with a view of  the mountains in the background. Large side arrangements were made in old sap buckets. Close-up of sap

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The Fullerton Inn located in Chester, Vermont was fortunate to have sunny skies as they hosted this wedding ceremony and reception. The bride and groom were very happy as their the ceremony was planned to take place outdoors! I was grateful everything worked out as I delivered this birch trellis the day before and was hoping to be able to go ahead and decorate as planned.  Sunflowers were the

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Nothing is more perfect than wildflowers for an outdoor Vermont wedding on a simply gorgeous summer day! For this wedding, locally grown wildflowers were used for almost everything with the exception of the addition of beautiful white garden roses included in the bride's bouquet shown below.Some of the flowers included were lisianthus, ageratum, tansy, queen anne's lace, buplerum, millet, asters,

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Pink!All the bouquets for this July 24th wedding were made with fragrant pink oriental lilies with dark pink spray roses included in the bridal bouquet.The attendants all wore dark blue dresses which must have looked great with the bright pink!(I'll share more photos when I get them!)Boutonnieres were made with pink freesia while the corsages had pink spray roses.The ceremony was held on the

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The historic Weathersfield Center Church in Weathersfield, Vermont is one of my favorite churches for weddings. I was glad to be able to visit it again this past weekend to set up for the ceremony of Ashley and Chris. This beautiful old church is on top of a hill surrounded by century old maple trees. The setting is gorgeous anytime and especially striking in the fall when all the leaves have

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This wedding was for a bride who really wanted an autumn wedding, but her career as a teacher only allowed time for a summer wedding. So she chose fall colors for a July wedding! I loved the outcome!The reception took place at Echo Lake Inn in Tyson, VT. Circus roses are one of her favorite roses so we definitely incorporated those in her bouquet as well as everything else! Other flowers used

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I had two weddings this past weekend after resting up over the 4th! I did some fun arrangements for one wedding held at a private residence in Brownsville, VT with a gorgeous view of Mount Ascutney. The bride wanted primarily green and orange flowers with just a punch of fuchsia. Her bouquet, shown below, consisted of orange dahlias, two different varieties of orange spray roses, white lisianthus

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Yesterday I had the pure pleasure of providing flowers and other decorations for an absolutely breathtaking wedding! This was my first (to create arrangements for and to witness) Hindu ceremony. The groom's brother built the mandap and together they erected it on the picturesque lawn next to the  babbling brook and pond at the historic Grafton Inn in Grafton Vermont. I covered the top with loads

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For the wedding last weekend, the bride chose classic calla lily bouquets. Her bouquet consisted of 6 long stemmed white calla lilies with some greenery wrapped with braided ribbon, while her attendants carried one long stem calla each with ribbon and and greenery. The bouquet shown in the bottom photo is the tossing bouquet. Who's next?Bridal Bouquet Attendant Bouquets Tossing Bouquet

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 As my friends all know, I'm not normally a lover of anything pink, but I think this wedding changed my mind! The flowers used were pink roses, pink peonies and pink gerbera daisies with green hydrangea.Bridal Bouquet Attendants wore light green dresses and carried simple bouquets made with bright pink gerbera daisies. Attendant Bouquets Centerpieces were made in square glass vases with the same

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 I picked these beauties a couple days ago from my garden and just had to share them! My Mother gave me this plant a few years ago when she decided maintaining a large garden was something she no longer wanted to do. These flowers are about 7"-8" across, just amazing!I took a trip to Frost Hill Farms, yesterday and purchased three more plants! Yes, my husband thinks I'm obsessed. As they have so

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Congratulations to Merrie-Beth and Tim!The flowers for this beautiful Memorial Day weekend wedding at Jackson Gore in Ludlow were all blue and green. Blue and green hydrangea, blue delphinium and green buplurum. The bride wore a gold colored dress and carried a bouquet of blue hydrangea, champagne roses and green buplerum with stems wrapped in gold satin ribbon. The groom wore a boutonniere of

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Hartness House ceremony, Springfield, VT Now that you have made the decision to take the giant leap into marriage, planning for the journey down the aisle can be a daunting one. "First things first" as Emily Post says! Begin by making key decisions and work your way to the finishing touches. Separate your primary decisions from those can wait awhile. Often the secondary decisions will fall into

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I found these two varieties of garden roses at one of my wholesalers and had to share them with you! They had a display set up showing a few new rose varieties that they are offering. I love garden roses! They look like a cross between peonies and roses and most smell like heaven. All by themselves, with a little flowing greenery or berries, or  mixed with other garden flowers, they would be the

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 Spring is my FAVORITE time of year! It's my New Year, time for new beginnings. I used to go for occasional walks in the woods but after our dog Jack came to live with us, this became a daily routine. He has seen to it that we get out every day, rain or shine, 95 degree heat or noreaster, no matter the weather, we're walking somewhere! I've grown to love these daily outtings in the woods with my

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After feasting on mini quiches and bacon wrapped scallops, then twisting it up on the dance floor,  your guests may be in need of some accessories they didn't bring. Bathroom baskets are a great idea and show your guests that you are thinking of them and really care about their comfort! Use two (his and hers) shallow wicker, or wire baskets, decorated with ribbon or lined with material in your

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A great way to welcome out of town guests and show your appreciation is with welcome bags or baskets. These can be as simple or elaborate as budget allows! Some items to think about including are... 1. A list and map of local restaurants, hiking, shopping, or site-seeing locations. 2. Name and phone numbers of a contact person, babysitters, and other wedding guests staying at the same hotel. 3.

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You are planning your wedding and really want to make it personal by including something you've made yourself. Trying to save some money is probably part of your motivation and as a self prescribed do-it-yourselfer, I can completely understand that! I love trying new projects, and have a closet full of unfinished projects to prove it!There are numerous ways you can add your personal touch and cut

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WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced, for the second year in a row, Vermont Country Flowers  has been selected to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award™ for Flowers & Decor! The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys

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Centerpieces with flowers submerged in water, topped with floating candles, have been very popular this year! Not only are they are extremely versatile, they are fairly economical as well. Vases of any size or shape can be used. The most common are cylinder vase (which are available in infinite sizes) in groupings of 3 different heights. Square vases are nice for larger flowers or incorporating

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Overexposed I happened to come across this photography blog, called  Overexposed as I was perusing some other great sites. I love this shot, and I really like that each attendant is wearing a different dress and each carrying a different bouquet, yet everything looks fantastic together! It's a great twist! There are some other very different, artistic photos on this site. Dare to be different!

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Thank you Anne and Bill, owners of Mountain Meadows Lodge, for generously hosting the Killington Bridal Show!  The weather didn't cooperate, but the brides, and a few grooms to be, came out just the same.   There were a number of different vendors for everyone to get acquainted with. Ruxana from Echo Lake Inn in Tyson, Lynn from Jackson Gore , Carrie from Lasso'd Moon Designs with her fabulous

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I will be participating in the Killington Bridal Show this coming Sunday, September 27, at Mountain Meadows Lodge.  If you are planning a wedding, Bridal Shows can be a great resource! There will be many different vendors to meet as well as numerous give aways and door prizes. And...if you've never been to Mountain Meadows Lodge, I highly recommend you try and make it Sunday! Located on

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Sara and Clint's wedding took place in a field in Chester.The flowers were mostly yellow and white daisies with sunflowers, perfect with the sunny yellow bridesmaid dresses and outdoor setting. (The groom made the trellis himself just for this day!)  Love the horse drawn carriage! I was able to snap a couple photos while they were on their way to the Inn to pick up the bride and her attendants.An

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I am so excited to begin this blog! First of all....congratulations to all newly engaged couples!  This is such an exciting time in your lives. Cherish it. This is also the beginning of a lot of planning and decision making! The perfect opportunity to use your creative side!  Colors? Flowers? Trends? I hope I can offer you some great ideas and tips.  I have had the privilege of designing

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