Featured: The Knot-Hotel Vitale

A great feature this week on The Knot with the wedding of Alastair and James that we designed for last year.  A modern take on The Great Gatsby at the beautiful Hotel Vitale in San Francisco. An elegant palette of green, white and gold with a pop of purple/magenta.

Thank you Liz Caruana Weddings for the beautiful pictures and to Jennifer from Styled Soiree for keeping everything together.

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Rosewood Sandhill Wedding- Modern Green & White

This is one of our favorite weddings this year. We got to work again with the great team of Rebecca Reategui Weddings & Special Events for one of our special client's weddings this past June. The look was to be modern and clean but still have a romantic and soft feel. Gold was added to the palette to warm it up and black was added in the reception area to bring a modern art deco look into the ballroom.

Now we wouldn't be able to share this beauty with you without the amazing talent of Larissa Cleveland Photography. The photos are absolutely beautiful and capture the feel of the night perfectly. They really do show off the florals and the beautiful event decor that Rebecca Reategui pulled together for this wedding.

Here are our favorite shots from Larissa: (more photos on our Facebook page)

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Press: Ceremony Magazine 2013 Issue

We are so excited to be featured in the 2013 issue of Ceremony Magazine San Francisco/Bay Area! We have 2 fabulous weddings in there that are very different from each other. One is soft and classic, the other is bright and whimsical. We also have 2 beautiful table designs we did for Ceremony Magazine that are featured in the new issue, pick up a copy of the new issue when they hit stands in a week or see the digital version here.

 Emily and Scott's flight themed wedding was fun and colorful at the beautiful Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. Joyce from Events of Distinction brought us on the team to design the florals and bring her vision to life. From custom stage panels to "floating" clouds of carnations, everything was custom made. Always keeping it fun and exciting, thanks Joyce!

 Lindsay and Jake's wedding was a Secret Garden meets Royal Wedding kinda soiree. Held at Flood Mansion in San Francisco with a lush Chuppah of garden roses and trailing vines for the ceremony and elegant tall arrangements of dogwood for the long reception tables, this wedding was beautiful. For this wedding we worked with Shannon Leahy Events. Shannon's weddings always turn out tasteful and timeless, thanks Shannon! And we wouldn't be able to share it with you without the amazing photographs from First Comes Love Photo, thank you Alison.

 We had a ball at the City Scene Soiree with the team from Ceremony Magazine. Our table top design is on the right page with the hot pink and orange flowers on the silver linen and coffee table. We used mango callas, gloriosa lilies, coxcomb and other interesting flowers for this "Modern Femininity" table design.

Part of the MDD team goofing off for the camera at the City Scene Soiree event.

Thank you Amy, Jim, Lindsey and Jennifer from Ceremony Magazine!

Trend: Succulents

If you didn't know, well now you know...Succulents are in! 

 

We know some of you might be thinking to yourself "succulents have been trending for awhile", which is true but most of the time it has been for rustic or earthy designs. Now we are seeing and using them more often in almost any type of event from whimsical or gardeny to modern or elegant and even romantic. Succulents are a great accent to modernize and add interesting texture to any arrangement.

Here are some examples of our work where succulents used in different ways. 

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An unexpected twist to a classic garden arrangement.

Great for boutonnieres and bouquets to hold through the entire wedding...even through all the hugs

 A great pop of green with other vibrant colors and fun textures like coxcomb or parrot tulips.

 We know you don't want to think about it but the holidays are upon us and if you are in the mood for something different think about adding succulents into your holiday decor. 

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Real Wedding: Tracy & Jeff

A modern wedding at a classic San Francisco venue.The Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco's terrace level ballroom is as classic as you can get and the couple getting married there were young and fun, with that in mind we designed elegant white and green arrangements with a quirky twist.

For the bridal party we combined classic and modern elegance. Tracy carried a classic round white bridal bouquet of David Austin's, callas, ranunculas, freesia and roses. While her bridesmaids carried a more modern bright green bouquet design with looped flax leaves, dahlias, orchids, parrot tulips and broccoli hydrangea.

Tall elegant white callas in the cocktail area with looped green flax leaves as a collar.

Gorgeous vibrant blue hydrangea with tall white callas curved throughout the arrangement with wire to have a more sculptural look. Placing the arrangement on a tall vase lined with variegated flax leaves gave it that extra pop.

We brought in gold chiavari chairs to keep it clean and elegant to compliment the venue.

Green Kermit Mum pomander balls were hung at every other row down either side of the aisle.

We re-purposed the aisle decor by removing the ribbon and adding to the guest tables to complete the composite centerpiece. Taller vase with hydrangea, lisianthus and stock and the lower arrangement with dahlias, parrot tulips and cymbidium orchids.

Head table had a long and low arrangement in the middle with pomander balls and their bouquets flanking it to add more color to the table.

Special last minute cocktail table arrangements with amazing white dahlias, parrot tulips and brocolli hydrangea. We used vintage inspired vases that we painted white for a fun contrast against the green linens.

You can't see it in the picture but this cake was designed to look like it was made out of huge Lego pieces and the topper had a Lego bride and groom. Fun and unexpected just like the couple!

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Real Weddings 6.30.12

Real Weddings: Erin & Garren

Erin and Garren had a beautiful wedding at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral on June 30th, 2012. The reception that had followed took place at the historic Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, which had stunning architecture and lush rose gardens. The Kohl Mansion was the perfect venue for the reception to reflect the theme of the wedding, which was Victorian, romantic, and elegant. The color palette we chose for the wedding was composed of black magic red, berry red, mango orange, golden yellow, earthy green, and lush peach.

The bride had a lush cascade bouquet of all white flowers including calla lilies, David Austin garden roses, tulips, and stephanotis.

The lavish bridesmaid bouquet was composed of burgundy dahlias, mango calla lilies, cherry brandy roses, and touches of privet for greenery.

We custom designed the bride and groom's initials with moss and greenery, which was then hung on the back of their chairs and upon the carriage that swept them away after their beautiful wedding.

In the end, it turned out to be a stunning Victorian wedding with romantic reds, deep oranges, and lush greens.

Real Wedding: Abby & Efren

Abby and Efren had an equally as beautiful wedding that took place on June 30, 2012 at the stunning Grace Cathedral located in San Fransisco. The reception that followed the wedding was at  the infamous steak house in San Francisco known as Boboquivari's. The theme for this wedding was elegant, romantic, and traditional with colors of white, ivory, blush, and green accents.

The bride's bouquet was an elegant and round arrangement of white calla lilies, blush garden roses, white ranunculas, and touches of camellia greenery.

The groom's boutonniere was placed in a small silver "tussie mussie" holder to have an elegant and traditional look. Inside it we placed a white garden rose, white ranuncula, and a touch of greenery.

 

We hope you enjoyed the photos from both of these stunning weddings, if you have any questions about what we do here at Michael Daigian Design please don't hesitate to get in touch!

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Real Weddings: Burlingame Country Club

This wedding might be familiar to a few of you, we did a post about having a Plan B with an outdoor wedding in May after we worked on this wedding. We now have elegant shots from the wonderful Anna Kuperberg to show off the Modern Classic designs we created for Eloise and Ryans wedding and the nice weather that held up through the ceremony. Thank you to Stacy from Stacy McCain Events for making everything run smoothly and working out a Plan B just in case of rain. Thank goodness we got to go with Plan A but it's best to always be prepared for the worst.

The bride kept her bouquet classic with all white peonies but we added modern twists to the reception with wheat grass, Kermit mums and moss balls. One of our favorite pieces of the wedding was an iron birdcage that we adorned with flowers, moss and greenery to look as if the flowers had grown there naturally, it was enchanting.

Eloise and Ryan's story of how they met re-instills the belief in fate. It all started when Ryan left a note on Eloise's father's car to see if he would be interested to sell it...he didn't get the car but he got the girl. Every couple has a funny or cute story about how they met, incorporate it in the wedding somehow to share the story with your guests and use it to add personal touches throughout the wedding.

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