A Wedding Coordinator's Wedding! May 23,2009

Basket of Gold was honored to provide the flowers and decor for a wedding of a very special friend and work associate. Joni Francyk has owned a very popular wedding coordination company, A Unique Beginning, in Park City for 15 years. http://www.uniquebeginning.com/ We have been working together since her very first wedding. Joni found the love of her life, Paul Phillipp in her very own neighborhood.... Both widowed, both with bookend shiatsu dogs! It was great working with Joni on her decor because she is such a pro. She knew what she wanted but also gave us creative license ... she had two main requests: A spring tea effect using a soft color palette of shrimp, soft yellow and spring green and she wanted Lily of the Valley... good thing she chose the end of May because this delicate flower is only in season for a very short window. We went to work in our adorable cottage studio creating gorgeous arrangements for Joni. It is the BEST creating flowers for someone you know and love! We chose our square vases for centerpieces and wanted them to do double duty as aisle decor. Here are our centerpieces all lined up in the studio and ready to go.
We ordered gerbera daisies, abundant garden roses, delicate spray roses, tulips, monte casino, stock and buplurum for her displays. We were thrilled to be able to get the colors 'right on'!

Here is our Basket of Gold mascot! Little Seth Walton, Emily's 4 week old baby, and my grandson was a perfect gentleman, happy hanging out with mom and grandma as they did their work!

Joni and Paul chose Park City's St. Mary's Catholic Church for their wedding and reception. They are both members of that church and this was especially fitting because they had their first date there at the St. Paddy's Day Party!

As envisioned, the centerpieces worked beautifully on our to deliniate the wedding aisle!

It was rewarding to be an invited wedding guest and actually sit down for the wedding and enjoy the fruits of our labor! Joni and Paul invited their beloved grandchildren to stand up for them as they made their vows. Their granddaughter Emily even sang for them. It was so touching to see two families joined with such happiness and compatibility. Here is Joni with her grandaughters right before they walked down the aisle.

Joni wanted a variety of floral designs for her 'girls'. A hanging pomander and a traditional bouquet for her bridesmaids with a delicate headwreath and 'fairy wand' for her darling flower girl filled the bill. We created gerbera corsages replacing a fabric rose that came with the bridesmaid gowns. We were quite happy with Joni's bouquet. She got her Lily of the Valley. She and her attendants wore Austrian Crystal jewelry and Joni asked for crystals in her bouquet as well. As I sat in the church and watched Joni and Paul make their vows, the crystal in Joni's bouquet and jewelry picked up the light from the stained glass windows and sent colorful prisms dancing off of this happy bride in a brilliant spiritual aura! Her bouquet also included soft yellow roses and fringed white tulips and was surrounded with a collar of Lily of the Valley leaves.
Here I am with Joni. What a happy day!

After the ceremony Joni and Paul filed out of the church while bubbles and well wishes welcomed them to their new life as husband and wife!

As soon as the ceremony was finished our staff moved quickly to move the arrangements over to the Parish Hall for the reception. We love to have as many flowers as possible used in the ceremony and at the reception. Joni chose soft yellow linens with sheer celedon green toppers. Our flowers looked fabulous on them. We surrounded the square vase with our cube votives to complete the look.

All in all, this was a beautiful day for Basket of Gold and we wish Mr. and Mrs. Phillipp a lifetime of dancing together!

Note: All photos (except studio shot) are courtesy of Cynthia Woerner of http://www.cwphotographer.com/ Cynthia, Joni and I have worked for many many years together. Her work ethic, friendly demeanor and wonderful eye are highly recommended!