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Friday, June 8

Trend: Succulents & Air Plants

Succulents and Air Plants are some of the most interesting plants currently being seen in floral design. Succulents are part of the Cacti family and they are exceptionally tough plants designed to retain water and they do very well in harsh weather conditions. Air plants, also know as epiphytes, are plants that can adsorb their nutrients through their leaves straight from thin air. These unique plants are just a tough as succulents, and they can stand weather conditions from 35-120 degrees!

We have been using succulents and air plants for a while here at Michael Daigian Design, and we have even created a "living wall" in our warehouse, check it out!


Here are a few more ways that we incorporate succulents into our work...




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Wednesday, June 6

Trending: Ombre

Ombre refers to a gradual change in shade from light to dark, or from one color to another. It is not only the latest hair fashion for women right now, it also a new wedding design trend. We are noticing that more and more weddings are incorporating an ombre color scheme into their cakes, floral arrangements, bridesmaids dresses, and table decor. The wide range of vibrant colors allows for an exciting and unique wedding that will grab most everyone's attention.

Here's an Ombre Inspiration Board for your next wedding!



 

 If this theme interests you, please contact us so we can make it become reality!

Phone: (415) 821-7710
Fax: (415) 821-3227
Email: information@michaeldaigian.com

* Please note that not all of these images are from Michael Daigian Design, however, we do use them for design inspiration.*

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Monday, June 4

Real Weddings: 6.2.12

Dominique & Filip


This past weekend we designed elaborate floral arrangements for Dominique and Filip's wedding at the Piedmont Community Church and the reception which took place at The Claremont Hotel & Spa in Berkley.

The keywords that we kept in mind for this wedding were romantic, lush, and soft accompanied by a color palette of soft blues, deep violets, and lush lavenders.

The bride's bouquet was lush, round, and romantic full of white freesia, blue scabiosa, sweet peas, lilacs, hydrangeas, cymbidiums, and white roses.
The bridesmaids' bouquets were designed on a smaller scale with vibrant shades of purple. The bouquet had purple hydrangeas, lavender freesia, dark blue delphinium, lisianthus, and violet stock.

The escort card table display was composed of a variety of purple shaded carnations and scabiosas. 


The elegant and tall table centerpiece was full of lush hydrangeas, roses, stock, and delphinium.






The wedding cake by Katrina Rozelle was decorated with hydrangeas and white roses.


Christa & Brett

On the same day, Christa & Brett were getting married at the Presidio Log Cabin here in San Francisco! Their wedding was set to have a rustic, vintage, and natural theme along with whites, ivory, blush, and hints of green and grey. 

The bride's bouquet was complete with peonies, roses, veronica, anemones, astilbe, dusty miller, and wax flower. We wrapped it in burlap and lace to give a rustic and vintage feel.

The bridesmaid's bouquets were designed a bit smaller than the brides, however, they still had the same beautiful flowers and natural burlap handle.


The groom's boutonniere was a white anenome accented with astilbe and wrapped in burlap. The groomsmen had a similar version that was accented with greenery.

The flower girl's pomander ball was finished with white carnations and a burlap and lace tie. 

Friday, June 1

Memorial Day Weekend Madness

"On past Memorial Day weekends majority of our business consisted of people buying flowers to show respect to the fallen soldiers, but in addition to that now we have so many people celebrating and filling the long weekend with weddings and events"

- Michael Daigian


Memorial Day Weekend was a busy one for us here at Michael Daigian Design, we provided elaborate and beautiful florals for three back to back weddings in San Francisco and for the Stanford Senior Formal.


Here's a just a glimpse!

Real Wedding: Lindsay & Jake

Lindsey and Jake's wedding took place in the historic James Leary Flood Mansion in San Francisco. The keywords the bride wanted us to keep in mind when designing the custom florals were lush, elegant, romantic, unique, and secret garden. The desired color scheme for the stunning wedding was white and green.




 Lindsay's elegant bouquet was complete with white garden roses, white ranunculus, white peonies, green succulents, and lily of the valley.



We created a custom 8ft tall chuppah that was covered in lush greenery and white garden flowers creating a romantic look. It was almost as if you were stepping into your own secret garden.





We created five tall centerpieces in glass pilsner vases filled with white blossomed dog wood, lush green ivy, and jasmine. It gave a dramatic and elegant effect to the Flood Mansion dining room. 

The simple, yet elegant, white cake was finished with garden roses, ranunculus, lily of the valley, and green succulents. Cake by Living Room Events.


Real Wedding: Marisol & John

Marisol and John's wedding took place at the Saint Ignatius Church and the reception was at The Fairmont Nob Hill in San Francisco. The wedding was set to have a romantic and classic ballroom feel filled with white, red, gold, and navy blue accents.

 In the Bridal Bouquet we used white peonies, white ranunculus, white sweet peas, paper whites, and white lilacs. 






The Bridesmaid Bouquets were filled with red peonies, red ranunculus, and red piano roses. It was a unique and modern alternative to a classic red rose bouquet.



The escort card table arrangement was full of white delphinium, white stocks, white hydrangea, white blossom branches, and white snap dragons.






We made two large alter arrangements that had white delphiniums, white stock, hydrangea, snap dragons, white blossom branches, and white peonies.

The aisle decor bouquets were composed of elegant white hydrangeas and greens.
The wedding cake was finished with red ranunculus and red piano roses. Cake by Taste of Denmark.




Stanford Senior Formal  



The Stanford Senior Formal took place on May 26, 2012 at the SF Winery on Treasure Island. They wanted to create a sense of wonder in the design complete with vibrant purples, yellows, oranges, greens, and fuchsias. 
We designed a tall arrangement that we placed on each end of the bar full with wild grasses, allium, and other fun flowers into a tall cylinder vase.
We designed a free standing tall arangement where it looked as though the flowers were climbing up the metal frame. 




The designed whimsical wine barrel arrangements that were placed in low cylinder vases.



The illuminated floral arrangements were a hit at the Stanford Senior Formal and gave off the feel of wonder that was originally desired.  

Real Wedding: Rachel & Noah --- coming soon


 * If you are interested in what we do here, please don't hesitate to reach us! * 

Tuesday, May 29

Trending: Cupcake vs. Cake



There seems to be a sweet battle going on in the wedding world these days; it’s a competition between cupcake versus cake. The question we beg is, are these mini, delicate, and dainty cupcakes taking over the large, traditional, and tiered wedding cake?

Cupcakes seem to be the perfect fit for weddings because it is an easy way to allow each guest to pick and choose their own unique flavor and design. However, no one said you need to do one or the other. Why not do both! Maybe cupcakes for the guests and cake for bride and groom? 


The more the merrier!


Here is an example of the best of both worlds; featuring  Kara's Cupcakes with a small cake on the top tier to have that traditional moment of cutting the cake for your parents and fun cupcakes in almost any flavor imaginable for all your guests to enjoy.


We helped to design this cupcake tier to compliment the "woodland" theme of the wedding...




Here are a few unique tiered cakes that Michael Daigian Design has had the pleasure of adorning with fresh flowers...

Amber from Sweet On Cake
Hydrangeas & Burgundy Dahlias
Cherry Brandy Roses & Circus Roses 
Vanda Orchids, Cymbidium Orchids, & Roses
Roses, Dahlias, & Hydrangeas

Beth Ann from Studio Cake
Guests were provided with cakes of their own!

To enhance this petite cutting cake we designed an elegant birch tier to add some height...


Cutting Cake by Carneros Inn
Birch Tier by Michael Daigian Design


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