Grand Plaza Hotel Wedding - Flowers by For Better For Less Weddding Flowers

Our weddings at the Grand Plaza are always well orchestrated by the Hotel's Wedding Co-ordinators.

This week we had the pleasure of working with Elizabeth and Diana.

These were our first weddings of 2010 at the Hotel and we were delighted to see the new walkway from the pool down to the Beach. This makes it so much easier for the Bridal Party - no more steps to negotiate in wedding gowns and no more worries about the ring bearer and flower girls making the stairs.

One of the great things about the Grand is the staff and we were pleased to see all the same faces in the Banquet operation - a sure sign you will have great food service.

Our DJ for both weddings was Josh Lorenzo from Expert Disc Jockeys .

Our photographer on the 13th was from out of town and on the 17th we saw our old friends

Laura Chapin and her Husband.

We were blessed with good weather, still unseasonably cool but sunny and nice with great sunsets.

Our photos showase the new walkway - you can see how well it works. Our reception photos are from the Imperial Ballroom on the ground floor. Many Brides prefer the spectacular views from the Presidential Ballroom, but the Imperial offers a great outdoor setting for cocktails and no need for elevators.

Our wedding on the 17th was on North Beach and we were surprised by the new Palm Trees (the bad winter had hurt no almost killed the existing palms which form the backdrop to many weddings).

These had just been put in so we needed to arrange the sand around them into a nice circle and then add our flowers to them. We spent some time making a large heart in the sand for our Bride and Groom to stand in and I think the photos show how effective this is.

All in all we were delighted to be back at the Grand and look forward to working with them for the rest of the year.

Hilton Clearwater Beach Wedding Flowers by For Better For Less Wedding Flowers

This weekend have two weddings at the Hilton on Clearwater Beach our favorite venue on beautiful Clearwater Beach. Many thanks to Joanie Adams of the Resort for recommending us to her Brides. Our weather was still a little cold and blustery but both weddings took place in the sun and on the beach, however the reception on Thursday evening moved inside. Saturday Morning was a little less windy so the luncheon was on the deck.
On Thursday we had the pleasure of working with DJ, Frank Lebano , our photographer for the evening was the incomparable Stephen Rudd . On Saturday we worked with Stephen again and our DJ was Rob Volmar from Grant Hemond. Here are some photos.

Lange Farm Wedding - Flowers by For Better For Less Wedding Flowers

Our wedding this afternoon was at Lange Farm - our favorite wedding venue not on the water.

The weather for Erin and Dylan was beautiful - without question the nicest day so far in 2010.

We love going to Lange Farm - its so romantic, peaceful and beautiful  - today's Minister said he had never been to Lange Farm before but he was so impressed he was going to refer his Brides. Our Wedding Coordinator from Lange Farm was Lesa Summerall - she is an outstanding planner and our Brides just love working with her. Our DJ, Craig Hemond is another of Grant Hemond's talented associates, a full sit down dinner and reception was provided by Catering by the Family.

You will see from our photographs that Erin made a wonderful, beautiful Bride, her happiness on this her special day shines through all her photos. Her Bridesmaids wore black dresses so we were happy we had some really colorful bouquets - the Groomsmen had black shirts so the colorful boutonnieres also worked well.

Erin and her Parents were truly wonderful to work with in planning her flowers and we can't thank them enough for allowing us to be part of their wondeful celebration of love.