June 23, 2007

Our floral choices for this last full weekend in June were all about callas.

The ceremony took place on the second floor of the Hilton Monona Terrace in a room of beautiful golds and creams. The trick of burgundy carpet and heavy velvet drapes was dealt with by simply tying back the curtains with a thick tan and champagne sash (seen in the "after" picture below) and by lining the aisle with petals spanning a creamy white, through beige and finishing with pinky lavender at the base of two glass "potted" ferns.
Three colors of callas formed the bridal bouquet -- white, plum and a wonderful bicolor. Those same plum callas and rosettes of burgundy and green galax formed the maid of honor's bouquet.All men wore white callas -- the groom had a bicolor -- in a silver brace that was pinned directly to their lapel.
After the ceremony, everyone moved upstairs to the Hilton's Capitol Club -- an intensely intimate space that is rarely outdone because of the views of the lake on one side and the capitol to the other. The cake stood tall on a table just within the entry. Decorated with icing to match the detail on the bridal gown, callas, galax, and ornamental grasses completed the picture.