This real wedding is near and dear to me as it's my youngest sister, Nicolette's wedding. When she let me know that she'd like to include pinwheels in her big day of course I jumped for joy and then I sat her down and seriously asked if she was wanting to include them only to be 'nice' to her big sister or if she actually truly wanted them in her wedding. You see, as the owner of a business that specializes in personalized pinwheels, I never know if my friends/family really want to integrate my products or if they are trying to be kind by doing me and the business a favor. :) But, thankfully in my sister's case, she was getting married on the beach in Amelia Island, Fl and was envisioning a fun rather than a formal wedding. Pinwheels in a beach setting scream fun so we moved ahead with the planning details. She didn't envision her wedding being totally pinwheel centered rather just hints of pinwheels here and there. I designed custom papers to go with her color scheme of yellow, pink, orange and slight green accents. They can be viewed here. These papers were used to create her custom pinwheels. Pinwheels were included on her Save the Date, on wedding signage, in bridal bouquets, as boutonnieres, as beach decor, as cake decor, and also as part of the napkin ring.
My sister asked all three of us sister's to be her bridesmaids. {I'm in the yellow.} We included both large handheld pinwheels and pinwheel picks in our bouquets. We assembled the bouquets in the very early hours of her wedding day. Did I mention that we aren't florists and don't have experience making bouquets yet here we were at 3 am trying to assemble bouquets? I started out making them as I once took a couple hour class on how to assemble flower arrangements so at least I had some experience - or so I thought. Hehe. To say my first attempt looked horrible is a huge understatement. Looking back, I wish I'd snapped a photo. It was the ugliest bouquet I've ever seen. A few months after the fact, it seems rather laughable, but let me tell you in that moment, I almost had a severe panic attack as they were just looking so wrong and we had very little time to correct them. Thankfully my oldest sister, Erin, took over and perfected the bouquet process just a couple short hours before we had to head over to the reception site to decorate the morning of the wedding. Moral of the story: Even though things worked out in the end, do not go the diy route at the last minute. At least create them the day before or even better hire a florist to create the bouquet and have he/she insert the pinwheels for you. :)
Our peony yard pinwheels were placed into tins filled with grass and gerber daisies to line the wedding aisle. The tins were filled to the brim with sand to keep them weighted down.
A close-up of the bridal bouquet.
And a close-up of my bridesmaid bouquet.
It was a pleasure being such an integral part of one of the biggest days of my sister's life!
To view more photos of her big day including her fun manzanita branch centerpieces, fingerprint tree guest book, and Jones Soda Escort Card table, just click here.
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Photos courtesy of Bliss and Whimsy Photography.
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