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A’s favorite historic hotel in Chicago, The Palmer House, was the backdrop to this elegant wedding last year. The bride wanted to use ivory roses exclusively throughout the wedding, with gold accents to compliment the gilding throughout the Empire Room. A. and P. sprayed fiddle head ferns gold to add a bit of flair, wrapped gold wire around cylinder vases for sparkle, and used gold curly willow for accents on the tall pieces.

Grooms bout with gold fiddle head fern. Photo courtesy of Vrai Photography

Additionally, the bride wanted to incorporate brooches into her bouquet a first for Pockets Filled With Posies but certainly not last!

Photo Courtesy of Vrai Photography

For the 2 very special flower girls, we created “wands” just like fairy princesses using roses, hydrangea and hypericum berries.

Flower Girl wand

Father of the Bride’s bout

Groomsmen bout

Cluster of ivory floating candles wrapped in wispy gold wire for sparkle

Tall vases filled with gold curly willow, topped with roses, hydrangea, hypericum berries and eucalyptus leaves with small curly willow branches. Photo courtesy of Vrai Photography

Tall centerpiece with gold curly willow base

tall centerpiece close up

Sneak Peak view of the wedding celebration and main table. Photo courtesy of Vrai Photography

Special thanks to Vrai Photography for some of the photo’s!

Last summer, Pockets Filled With Posies created small cocktail table centerpieces for the then 19th Illinois State Senate candidate Mike Hastings. This January, we were thrilled to help him after his Inauguration ceremony by creating centerpieces for his celebratory dinner at the Illinois Governor’s Mansion as well as sitting on the Inauguration Committee formed to plan this historic (Mike is the youngest elected Illinois State Sentator in history) occasion.

The Governor’s Mansion (added to the National Register of Historic Places back in 1976) was built in 1855 and is filled with parlors, sitting rooms, and libraries. It is decorated much like it would look in the 19th century, complete with gold gilded accents, beautiful china, grand winding staircases, and sparkling crystal chandeliers.

Mike was on a strict budget and A. also had to worry about transporting centerpieces day-off down to Springfield in the cold January weather. A. decided to get “the most bang for her buck” by using the same flower “en masse” to create a full, seamless look. She borrowed muted metal urns from her incredibly creative friend and colleague Kristen Janes of Kio Kreations and created domed centerpieces to keep with the historic feel of the Mansion yet give it a modern and new edge (that the youngest IL State Senator brings to the state capitol). A. added gold wire accents (candles weren’t allowed in the historic venue) to compliment the gold in the room and add sparkle and interest.

Congratulations Senator Hastings, make us proud!