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Beautiful Bouquets: It’s Peony Season!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Academy Florist

It’s been quite a while since we’ve blogged, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! With spring comes one of our favourite flowers, peonies, and we’ve had plenty of opportunity this spring to play with these beautiful blooms. And what better than when our clients send us amazing photos of their bouquets?

This beauty of a bouquet features coral, pink, and white peonies, pink ranunculus, and Queen Anne’s Lace all tied up with lace. Lovely, isn’t she?
Thank you so much to the inspiring Simply Rosie Photography for these beautiful photos!

Keep your eye out for more amazing peony bouquets from the Academy Florist team, because we’ve got some absolute beauties coming right up!

Looking for more inspiration? Check us out on Facebook and Pinterest!

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Testimonial: Jeremy Hiebert

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Academy Florist

We’ve worked with our friend, Jeremy Hiebert on so many weddings in the past and we’ve always been so impressed by his work and his artistic vision! Thanks, Jeremy, for your kind words!

“As an artist and a professional I appreciate the creativity and expertise continually demonstrated by Academy Florists. Its always a pleasure to be able to refer them to my clients because of their own artistry and professionalism. I know without a doubt that the floral arrangements they produce will be beautiful, original, and reflect the personality and style of each couple, and that the customer will be treated with the highest level of care and consideration.”

To see more of Jeremy’s past work, be sure to visit his website and blog.

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Dreaming of Summer…

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Academy Florist

Who isn’t dreaming of summer these days?

The above photo is a sneak peek of a fresh, whimsical bridal bouquet we put together for a recent photoshoot with It’s Love, for an upcoming issue of the magazine. We can’t wait to show off more!

This week, we’ll be busy in the design studio cooking up some beautiful blooms for a vintage romantic wedding this weekend, and a large company gala with Events by Emma. All the while, we’ll be longing for warm summer evenings, bright colour combinations, and blossoms growing in our own backyards.

Looking for more inspiration? Check us out on Facebook and Pinterest!

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High or Low Budget: Part 2

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Academy Florist

Yesterday we showed you the details behind the high budget portion of this preppy wedding style, and today we’re going to show you the low budget side!

Great budget tip: If you’ve selected to use long tables at your reception, they need filling up with centrepieces of some sort. Rather than adding in more floral arrangements, choose one spotlight arrangement and add in other things like candles or fruit!

A cost-effective and simple centrepiece or addition to a table is a simple cylinder vase, coloured rose petals, and a floating candle on top!

Gold-dipped jars were a cute and simple DIY.

For our high budget table, we created a gold floral monogram. I think this moss version is equally as cute!

The total budget for this table comes in at $170. Want all the pricing details? Check it out here!

We teamed up with some amazing local vendors to see this take place, and couldn’t have been happier with the result. We have to say a special thank you to:

Soiree Event Planning
Jeremy Hiebert Photography
Planned Perfectly
In So Many Words
Pineridge Hollow

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High or Low Budget: Featured in It’s Love Magazine

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Academy Florist

We are excited to show off a beautiful spring/summer photo shoot we recently took part in, and it’s featured in the new April issue of It’s Love magazine.
The initial concept was preppy, full of colour, and to incorporate fruits, inspired by this image:

The other underlying element to the shoot was that we wanted to create two looks, both at a high budget and a low budget. A lot of brides come to us with amazing inspiration pictures they’ve found on pinterest or cut out from magazines, and when we tell them how much it would cost, jaws drop. We want to take the guess work out of some of the details and help you out.

So without further ado, here is Part 1: High Budget

A floral monogram is SUCH a cute addition to any wedding. How about one made of gold flowers?

The sweet chevron detailing on the stationery by In So Many Words was such a cute detail.

Fruit is a great way to add lots of colour and volume to a table centre without adding a ton of bucks to your budget. When we did this shoot all we could get our hands on were oranges and canteloupes, but if you like another colour or fruit variety, keep in mind when they are available!

Want to get this look? The entire budget for this table was $580. Get the individual prices here.

We teamed up with some amazing local vendors to see this take place, and couldn’t have been happier with the result. We have to say a special thank you to:

Soiree Event Planning
Jeremy Hiebert Photography
Planned Perfectly
In So Many Words
Pineridge Hollow

Check out the blog tomorrow for Part 2: Low Budget!

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Favourite Flower Friday: Garden Roses

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Academy Florist

Every bride is buzzing about garden roses this year, and since we love them so much, we certainly don’t mind! Garden roses are basically a larger, more petalled rose that often have a stronger (delicious!) scent. They are perfect for 2013 wedding flowers trends – romantic, lush, vintage or rustic looks.

There are many different varieties, colours, and growers. One name that everybody seems to know is David Austin.

Here are some of our favourite shades of David Austin roses – is one of them perfect for you?

Looking for more inspiration? Check us out on Facebook and Pinterest!

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Our Inspiration

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Academy Florist

We put together a LOT of bouquets and floral arrangements throughout the year, for everything from weddings (our favourites!) to our everyday work. The wide variety of arrangements we put together means that we have the chance to take inspiration and ideas from lots of places, but do you ever wonder what some of those places are?

Pinterest, for one. We love Pinterest for its accessibility to major eye candy and for the way it allows us to interact with our brides! We love it when brides come into their consultations with their smart phone or iPad and whip out their Pinterest board – it makes it so easy for us to get to know each bride’s personal style and vision for her wedding.

Want to see what we’re up to on Pinterest? Check out our boards!

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Winter Wedding Inspiration

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Academy Florist

I know that we should be talking about spring right now. I wish that it looked more like spring outside! But a few weeks ago, we put together some pretty flowers for a winter photo shoot and we just wanted to share them with you.

Brown Paper Bag Photography put together this inspirational shoot for a little fun. We were so glad to be a part of it!

Janine at Brown Paper Bag asked us to create a bouquet that was a bit more casual feeling, with unique textures and shading. Our dear Heather whipped up this little beauty, with deep red garden roses, peach spray roses, unique touches of waxflower, leucadendron, eucalyptus, and pretty little feathers. Faux birch bark was wrapped around the mostly exposed stems.

Thank you to Brown Paper Bag Photography for asking us to be a part of this shoot! Be sure to check out our feature on It’s Love for more photos next week!

Looking for more inspiration? Check us out on Facebook and Pinterest!

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A Big Thank You from the Team at Academy Florist

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Academy Florist

2013 started off for us with a bang! We had a wonderful time at the Wonderful Wedding Show in January. We met many fabulous brides (and a few of their grooms too!) at the show and we are looking forward to a busy wedding season this year!

2013 Dates are quickly filling up – if you are planning a 2013 wedding, contact us soon for a free wedding consultation. We were inspired by a lot of the brides that we met at the Wedding Show and we look forward to sharing some of these ideas with you!

So… from the team at Academy Florist, thank you for a wonderful time! We had lots of fun and hopefully, you did too!

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Real Wedding Wednesday – Danusia and Calvin

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Academy Florist

Danusia and Calvin were great to work with. They had a very specific idea of what they wanted, and that was soft green. I was very excited because green is my favourite colour and is woefully under-used when it comes to weddings. I was really happy with the end result and so were the couple!

We started with Danusia’s bouquet, working in soft green flowers in several different textures for some visual interest, and also added in touches of white. Flowers used were several varieties of roses, mini hydrangea, mini calla lilies, and dendrobium orchids.

For the bridesmaids we chose to go with a fully green version of Danusia’s bouquet which looked beautiful against their deep blue dresses. And I just have to say – I love seeing more bridesmaids in floor-length dresses!

For the guys we went simple – soft green rose boutonnieres for the men and for Calvin, a soft green rose accented with a white dendrobium orchid to tie in with Danusia’s bouquet.

The couple also had a unique idea for the centrepieces – they liked the look of submerged flowers and wanted to incorporate both white and soft green. We toyed for a while with using green calla lilies, but in the end decided to use soft green mini hydrangea paired with white mini callas inside a tall cylinder vase for a unique, modern look.

Thank you so much Danusia and Calvin for choosing to work with us, and many blessings in your marriage! Photos courtesy of the wonderful Dustin Leader Photography.