Brocade Designs is a Nashville florist specializing in weddings and events
We are gearing up for a beautiful Valentine’s Day and our new menu is ready!
We are an independent floral shop and proud members of Independent We Stand and the 3/50 project and we are offering a 10% discount on all pre-booked Valentine’s Day orders! To see some of last year’s valentine’s pretties, click here:
More info on this very special holiday to come! Feel free to email us at hello (at) brocadenashville (dot) com for a copy of the Valentine’s Day Menu in your mailbox!
Yesterday, we blogged about our lovely rustic elegant table and now today we’ll talk about our other two tablescapes: the whimsical modern vintage table and an elegant white and eggplant table. All of our beautiful pro photos provided by Justin Wright Photography
Table 2: Modern Vintage
We’ve seen lots of vintage-inspired tablescapes in 2011 and many more to come in 2012, where we mix a fun array of vintage bottles and props. I wanted to mix vintage with modern and inject a large dose of fun, and thus our colorful, whimsical modern vintage table was born! Bold color with a spring sentiment was the focus on my vision, mainly because one of my favorite blooms– the icelandic poppy– was available and I was bound and determined to use these gorgeous blossoms.
Design Details: The goal: loads of vivid color in an explosion all over the table. Hanging lanterns in an array of colors created a visual focal point over the table, graciously provided by Nashville Audio Visual. A rich green pintuck linen as the base for our color show (from Graceful Tables) was the perfect complement to the vivid shade of cerise napkins I selected for each place setting. To contrast modern and vintage, I selected a squared china set from Classic Party Rentals with a modern, hammer finished silverware. Add in the array of fun bottles in different shapes and sizes, the custom paper goods we created in the same vivid tones, and the button accents and voila— whimsical vintage modern was born:
A taste of spring with icelandic poppies, tulips, daffodils, craspedia and muscari blue
We made the cute button table number and designed menu card holders made of wire and button
The light caught beautifully in our bottles. The cerise napkins from Graceful Tables added a delicious pop of pink, and I think they suited the menu cards we designed beautifully.
I made a coordinating bouquet with a button detail on the handle
Here’s my i-phone pic of the bouquet face:
The Elegant Table:
We love an elegant wedding, and this tablescape was inspired by a desire to create a look that was elegant and timeless with refined elements. Purple has been a hot color for 2011 and 2012, so I knew I wanted accents of purple with completely white florals. I envisioned a chandelier over this table, and Nashville Audio Visual kindly obliged– along with a purple LED backlight to add depth. Our table was situated by this gorgeous window, and thanks to a beautiful, sunny day we got the most amazing light.
Design Details: Pops of color in eggplant came in through the napkins, votives, and menu card. I started with a white linen– a white Charpei from Graceful tables, and then paired the sumptuous eggplant napkins that rested on white china rimmed in silver from Classic Party Rentals. Gray naturally pairs with this color combo well, and the metallic silver rim I thought added a nice pop. We added brooches from our collection to each menu card for impact, and I designed the menu card to reflect elegance and refinement. Silver Chiavari chairs with white pads from Classic added to the impact, and then crystal and wire accents in the florals gave depth and dimension.
Our centerpiece was constructed of white hydrangea, white dove standard roses, white garden roses, white cymbidium orchids and white french tulips, with hanging crystals and staggered heights of candles.
The menu cards were simple and classic with a crest
I love the drama of this shot. We did some low dishes with blossoms of cymbidiums accented with wire all around the table, purple votives, and a table number card in a pewter frame with eggplant font on the table number.
And a few crazy i-phone pics I took of the bouquet coordinated with this tablescape: cymbidium orchids, garden roses, and brunia formed the base of the bouquet
We had such an amazing time at the Inspired Bride show, it was a delight meeting so many wonderful brides and we hope that you all had a fantastic time!
Vendor Recap:
RENTALS: Classic Party Rentals
LINENS: Graceful Tables
CALLIGRAPHY on the RUSTIC ELEGANT TABLE: menus and place cards by Elizabeth Hardin, HardInk Calligraphy
PAPER GOODS: on the whimsical vintage table and elegant table: Brocade Designs
LIGHTING: Nashville Audio Visual
FLORAL EVENT DESIGN: Brocade Design Arts
VENUE: Houston Station
PHOTOGRAPHY: Justin Wright
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This past weekend, we had such fun designing some original tablescapes for the Inspired Bride show hosted by Studio Wed Nashville at Houston Station. A selection of Nashville’s best wedding vendors were on site for a truly innovative and wonderful bridal show– and Justin Wright graciously provided images of our work! We created three different tablescapes: a rustic, refined table, a whimsical vintage table, and an elegant white + eggplant table. We’ll recap the Rustic Elegant table today and come back tomorrow for the other two tablescapes.
Table I: Rustic Elegant Table
Rustic Elegance is one of our favorite things to do, and we’ve seen lots of brides in 2012 going for the same feeling. When I was crafting designs for the show, I wanted to bring some fresh twists to styles that we already love doing and know that our brides love– so thus this table design was born!
Design Details: We wanted to take some really beautiful refined touches in the choice of plateware and custom menus– gold rimmed plates from Classic Party Rentals, and some beautiful hand-calligraphy menu and place cards from Elizabeth of Hardink Calligraphy-- paired with some of our vintage napkins and a beautiful burlap-covered cloth from Graceful Tables– with a rustic take on flowers with grapewood accented with pink and red arrangements of moss, roses, peonies, heather, privet berry and tulips. The table was finished with lighting we designed by Nashville Audio Visual: a gobo pattern backlighting the tablescapes with an amber gel, and our own hanging lanterns:
I love long tables, partially because I love a floral design that runs down the length of a table– I coordinated the natural fruitwood chairs to the linen and the tablescape design for contrast; the lighting I felt created a perfect backdrop for the table
Shades of pink and red paired perfectly with accents of moss and succulents for color contrast
Each place setting was accented with a vintage napkin and beautiful hand-calligraphied menu cards and place cards. I love this shot as well because it really shows off the texture of the linen: its burlap in color, but with a rich texture from the embroidered floral pattern running throughout the linen. These were a custom designed linen product from Graceful Tables. They’ll make any linen custom (on top of their already beautiful in-stock selection) so you never, ever have to feel limited in your choices (which makes a girl like me giddy).
I love Elizabeth’s calligraphy. Stay tuned for a feature on her phenomenal talent next week!
We made a bouquet to coordinate with the look of the table in the same shades, with roses, peonies, privet berry and heather:
More to come tomorrow!
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This past December, I had the pleasure of designing a holiday party held at the Hutton Hotel. I simply couldn’t wait until next holiday season to share some of the delicious images– captured beautifully by Donald Yeager Photography– that tells the story of this festive party.
This is my third year designing this end-of-season soiree, and every year the challenge is to come up with a fresh design that will wow the organizers and attendees. I wanted a design that reflected elegance while being a lot of fun. To evoke that feeling, we designed an event around holiday reds, shades of turquoise, and vivid white.
The cocktail tables evoked a fun, candy striped feeling with the linens, and were complemented by a small arrangement of red roses in a candy cane vase with a bit of turquoise sparkle:
Within the ballroom, the linens had a base of a snowy white, with chair covers in white with a turquoise bow and red napkins:
We tied the chair bows at a slight angle and placed the favor– a small tin of personalized m+m’s — at each place setting
We created a mix of three centerpieces for the room: low cylinders wrapped in candy-cane fabric and accented with a bow, filled with red roses and fun, vivid, turquoise wire swirls:
For our medium height centerpiece, a footed vase was filled with white hydrangea and red ilex berries, finished with ornament accents in turquoise:
And the tallest set was a duo of red rose balls, suspended on clear vases with wire accents wound within:
We worked with Nashville Event Lighting to create the perfect setting with lighting: alternating uplights and a gobo dance floor pattern of candy cane swirls that rotated throughout the evening:
But my favorite aspect of the decor was the candy buffet we designed for the event:
We used a mix of red and aqua candies as well as mini-red velvet cupcakes topped with turquoise icing , old fashioned sugar cookies, and classic holiday treats like peppermint:
The end result: delicious fun!
Vendors: Event Design, Styling, and Florals: Brocade Designs; Photography: Donald Yeager Photography ; Venue: The Hutton Hotel; Linens: Graceful Tables; Lighting: Nashville Event Lighting; Entertainment: Cosmo Creations
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I am just so incredibly thrilled about the Inspired Bride event, hosted by Studio Wed at Houston Station, this Sunday from 2-5 pm. If you’ve not yet had a chance to register, you simply must scoot on over to the Registration Page– and let me tell you why. First off, I’ll be there (and clearly you will want to see me…kidding
and will be showcasing three lovely tablescape concepts with coordinating bouquets. I am not going to share too much, but I will confess that I have some gorgeousness cooking up in my design kitchen, and I can’t wait for you to see them. Secondly, you’ll get to see so many other fabulous wedding vendors– from photographers to planners and food goodies galore. This isn’t your typical bridal show, ladies– it’s chock full of great ideas and fun giveaways, including some EPIC swag bags you can read more about here So be sure that you run over and register so that you can experience this great Bridal event!
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