GVL Floral

Thomsen / Johnson wedding

2010-08-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

More than 200 Bird of Paradise were used to creat a very tropical look for the wedding and reception of Melissa Thomsen and Trevor Johnson on July 31.

2010-08-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

Ciji Donakowski and Nick Mackini were wed last Saturday, August 14, at St Anthony with a beautiful reception following at Thousand Oaks Golf Club, The banquet room looked fabulous with white linens and white chair coverings. Our centerpieces complimented that clean look with tall towering vases filled with white and green hydrangeas and stems of trailing white orchids.

Pay Pointe Inn

2010-07-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

Amanda Coffman and Ben Holbert chose the Bay Pointe inn on Gun Lake for the setting of their July 24 ceremony and reception. The skies looked a bit threatening through the morning, but then cleared off for everyone to enjoy the beauty of this facility. Ceremony facing the lake and a breezy pavilion for dinner and dancing. An outdoor wedding doesn't get much better than this. Amanda chose white pomanders to hang from the arbor and antique blue mason Jars with all white flowers for the centerpieces. A very crisp and clean vintage look. Congratulations Amanda and Ben, you where a pleasure!

2010-07-26T07:19:00.000-07:00

Stetson Chapel on the campus of Kalamazoo College and the Henderson Castle made an absolutely beautiful setting for Saturday's wedding between Kathryn Biddison and Scott McVittie. Elegant, Classic, Timeless

2010-05-10T16:30:00.000-07:00

A gloomy day last Saturday, but a beautiful wedding for Staci and mark. Ceremony at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Grandville and reception at GVSU Eberhard Center.

Unique's Bridal

2010-04-16T16:05:00.000-07:00

I met with bridal salon owner, Sonia, of Unique's Bridal today. What a beautiful store. Gorgeous wedding gowns, bridesmaids dresses, prom and mother of the bride dresses. Loved it. Jewelry, too. Wishing Sonia much success in her great location, right across from Woodland Mall on 28th St. Check it out.

Amy's Orchids

2010-04-09T11:52:00.001-07:00

This past January, my husband and I took a 2 week trip to Thailand and Laos. One of goals for this trip was to visit Amy's Orchids. Amy's is a major orchid farm, located just south of Bangkok. They ship orchids all over the world to the wholesale flower markets and I request their orchids from Van's Wholesaler, here in Grand Rapids. It was totally amazing, miles and miles of orchid plants, for as far as we could see, every variety and color. I as overwhelmed. The manager took us for a tour of the closest farm as well as the packing plant. It was a very memorable experience.

2010-04-02T08:06:00.000-07:00

Thank you, neighbors, for letting me trim your forsythia bushes. They will make a nice addition to my monocromatic yellow fresh centerpieces i will be designing next week

8 West Wedding Party

2010-03-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

We had a fabulous time at the 8 West Wedding Party at Notos this past Wednesday. What a great crowd and beautiful venue. Hosted by Terri DeBoer and Rachel Ruiz of TV 8, live band, great food, florals to view, lots of cool prizes and all free! Check it out on TV8 West. Thank you Notos for being such great hosts.

Web site gallery

2010-03-25T03:18:00.000-07:00

So, this is my very first posting on my very first blog. And the first thing I need to do is apologize for the gallery of pictures on my site, because there are none! sorry. I just moved my site to a new host and my photos were wiped out and the new upload doesn't work. Frustration. I'll get it cleared up today. To all of the wonderful brides and mothers of the bride that I talked to last night at the 8West Wedding Party at Notos. Thank you for coming. I hope you had a wonderful evening. I thought it was fabulous. Please contact me if you would like to discuss your wedding floral plans.

Gail