Archive for the ‘Botanica Floral Designs’ Category
Featured Real Wedding: Rita & Hayden Markstein
Another Featured Real Wedding from the Winter/Spring 2012 issue of Real Weddings Magazine loaded to the Real Weddings Magazine Web site…presenting Featured Real Wedding Couple Rita & Hayden Markstein.

Congratulations to Featured Real Wedding couple Rita & Hayden Markstein who were married on February 12, 2011 at Sutter Club.
Click here to read their story, see their slideshow of photos from The Studio, meet their wedding dream team and more!
Blog post by Real Weddings Magazine’s Editor/Publisher Wendy Sipple.
Photos courtesy of The Studio.
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Real Weddings Eye Candy: Gorgeous Bouquets
Here at Real Weddings Magazine, we are so fortunate to work with some very talented wedding professionals. And no where was their talent on such display than at our cover model photo shoot this past March.
We always like to use local resources for our shoots, and with that in mind, we asked five of our Real Weddings Partner floral designers to design some bouquets for the shoot…and boy were their bouquets gorgeous!
So without further ado, let’s start your Monday morning off with a little floral eye candy!
Above flowers designed by:
Flourish
916-212-5179, flourishdesigns.com
Above flowers designed by:
Camino Flower Shop
530-644-5730, caminoflowershop.net
Above flowers designed by:
Botanica Floral Designs
916-673-8650, botanicafloraldesigns.com
Above flowers designed by:
Heavenly Flowers & Events
916-941-1171, heavenlyevents.net
Above flowers designed by:
Natural Flair Custom Floral Designs
530-677-0878, naturalflair.net
Thank you Flourish, Camino Flower Shop, Botanica Floral Designs, Heavenly Flowers and Events and Natural Flair Custom Floral Designs for sharing these bouquets with Real Weddings for our shoot!
Blog Post by Editor/Publisher Wendy Sipple.
Cover photos by Jacqueline Photography, © Real Weddings Magazine. For additional cover model shoot photos and details, please see blog post announcing our new cover model winner.
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Real Weddings Eye Candy: Lavish & Fabulous’s Heavy Metal
Welcome back to our blog series on Lavish & Fabulous!
This uber-cool event, presented by Fearon May Events and Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa in association with Real Weddings Magazine, is designed to showcase some of the best wedding professionals in the area through themed vignette rooms with sumptuous table top designs and decor, all to inspire the lavish and fabulous in you! And, the event certainly lived up to its name…we’ve got the pictures to prove it!
This week, in our fourth of seven series, we present Heavy Metal!
Vignette: Heavy Metal
Creative Designer: Fearon May Events
Place Setting: Tableaux Event Rentals
Drapery: Studio B Event Designs
Lighting and Cake Display: Extreme Production Entertainment
Linens: Mimi & Co.
Invitation and Place Cards: Stephanie J Designs
Florist: Botanica Floral Designs
Metal Products: O’Hara Metal Products
Catering: Lounge on 20
Cake: Village Cake Shoppe
Designer Gown: Miosa Couture
Hair and Make-up: Salon Cabochon
Get Flipped!: San Francisco Photo Booth
Photographed by: XSiGHT Photography & Video
Inspired by what you see Real Weddings brides? Mark your calendars for the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event happening on November 10, 2011. Stay tuned for more details to come!
Photo courtesy of XSiGHT Photography & Video.
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Real Weddings: Blogs We Love…Botanica Floral Designs
What is it they say…February showers bring March flowers? I know it’s something like that.
Let’s transition from a soggy winter into an early, colorful and welcome spring with a bit of pretty from one of my favorite local wedding blogs…Sacramento florist Botanica Floral Designs.
Owned and operated by Audrey Gardemeyer, Botanica’s blog regularly features not only fabulous floral designs, but also inspiring pictorials, event planning ideas and more. I especially like the color charts that open some of the entries, making for an easy palette guide for brides in need of a little hue help. Well done!
Check them out at botanicafloraldesigns.com/blog.
Blog Post by Always a Bridesmaid Columnist Darren Elms.
Photo courtesy of Botanica Floral Designs.
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Real Weddings Eye Candy: Lavish & Fabulous’s A Walk Down the Aisle
Let’s start your Sunday with a little eye candy!
This past November, we were excited to participate in the 2010 Lavish & Fabulous event at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa!
This uber-cool event, presented by Fearon May Events and Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa in association with Real Weddings Magazine, is designed to showcase some of the best wedding professionals in the area through themed vignette rooms with sumptuous table top designs and decor, all to inspire the lavish and fabulous in you! And, the event certainly lived up to its name…we’ve got the pictures to prove it!
So without further ad0, we present the first of seven in our Real Weddings Eye Candy Blog series highlighting Lavish & Fabulous!
Vignette: A Walk Down the Aisle

Participating Vendors:
Creative Designer: Fearon May Events
Furniture: Tableaux Event Rentals
Lighting: Extreme Productions Entertainment
Ceremony Arch: Fearon May Events
Floral: Botanica Floral Designs
Champagne: Moet
Harpist: Peggy Brown, Harps Ltd.
Photographed by: Shoop’s Photography
Chiavari Chairs: Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa
Inspired by what you see Real Weddings brides? Mark your calendars for the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event happening on November 10, 2011. Stay tuned for more details to come!
Photos courtesy of Shoop’s Photography/Lavish & Fabulous.















































