Modern Luxury Wedding Fair

invitation from Modern Luxury

I don't usually post about commercial events & products, but I have found these Modern Luxury wedding fairs to be very interesting. Also of value is the free subscription to the on-line version of San Francisco Brides magazine, which saves it from being lost forever in the huge stack of magazines and stuff to read at the end of my dining room table :-) Students, check this out (and let me know if you are going 2/21).

pink & green column centerpiece

Yesterday's project was a large column design with pink cockscomb and hydrangea. This versatile arrangement has many uses for all types of events, such as a centerpiece, buffet, entry design, or almost anywhere.

While I've filled the top here, it could be much more open, or have flowers hanging down instead of "growing" up.

Tall Centerpiece with Dragon Fan

Tall centerpiece with dragon fan by Kim

The colors in this tall centerpiece arrangement were inspired by the dragon print fan. To finish this, I would probably wrap the shaft with a dark ribbon, and decorate the base with a second fan, lilies, and moss.

Start Trek Bouquet

For my final project in the CCSF wedding design class, I tried to imagine what the bouquet would look like at a Star Trek wedding. Imagine the bride wearing the regulation red velor mini-dress "uniform" from the original 1966 series. Part of the reason I wanted to do it was that it wasn't just a compelling vision of the future, it was a 1960's view of the future, around the same time similar design ideas were also appearing in the NY World's Fair and the original Tomorrow-land (Disneyland). In keeping with the theme, I used lots of bright solid colors and unusual materials.

Modern Fall Wedding - CCSF

This selection of arrangements was a group project for my Advanced Floral Design class. The theme was "Modern Fall Wedding at the SF W Hotel," inspired by some arrangements featured in the April 2010 issue of Flowers& magazine. Everyone in the group helped create these, but each person was primarily responsible for the following: Kim Munson (Bride's bouquet and overall design); Yun Kyung Park (cake display);  Federico Lupercio (Mother-of-the-Bride corsage & Groom's boutonniere);  Tamar Farajin (centerpiece collage & project storyboard);Carolina Herrera (altarpiece & project presentation).

Although we presented this at 11am, we thought of this as an early evening in downtown SF, with fall colors accented by warm candlelight.