Kelsey and Anthony

Kelsey and Anthony’s wedding at Liljebeck farms was my biggest event of 2025! With a guest count of over 200 and lots of floral forward decor it was one for the books.

Purple is one of those colors in flowers that can get kind of tricky! Depending on the specific variety of flower and color, purple can lean cool, warm, pink, red, or blue. Plus there are so many different options for purple in flower types.

We went with a mix of primarily lavender, white, and pops of the vibrant deep classic purple you see with lisianthus and larkspur.

Vendors

Photographer: Joanna Monger Photography, some photos on this blog provided by The Copper Dahlia

Planning and Coordination: Little Blue Bird Events

Venue: Liljebeck Farms

Florals: The Copper Dahlia Sourced from Northwest Wholesale, Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, Mayesh Seattle, and The Copper Dahlia

Hair and Makeup: Colored by Halle

Dress: For The Luv

Suit: Indochino Weddings

Rings: Greenlake Jewelry

Officiating: Stacie Kennedy Ballweg

Sushi: Nakagawa Japanese Resturant

Catering: Twist Catering

Dessert/Ice Cream: Aha Sugar

Bartending: Party On The Rocks

Photobooth: Luxe Booth NW

Audio Guestbook: After The Tone

Kelsey’s bridal bouquet was a cascade of lavender Arya roses, white escimo roses, purple lisianthus, white spray roses, white mini pom dahlias from my own cutting garden, and a beautiful two tone purple and white ranunculus. For some of the draping elements, I used seeded eucalyptus and jasmine vines. I’ve been perfecting the cascade form in a handtied without any holders and am so happy with how this turned out and the shape in general!

I also used some of the extra detail lace from alterations on Kelsey’s dress to custom embellish the ribbon wrap.

For Anthony’s boutonniere, a single escimo rose with purple lisianthus was accented with seeded eucalyptus.

Groomsmen also had a single white rose, and bridesmaids carried handtieds with purple lisianthus, white roses, larkspur tendrils, and the two tone ranunculus.

Those two tone ranunculus were gorgeous!

Kelsey and Anthony had lots of family personal flowers with corsages and boutonnieres for moms, dads, grandparents, family in photos, and cutie wrist corsages for the flower girls and other special helpers with tasks. We even made a corsage for their officiant, Stacie, which I think is really snazzy and adds a little something extra to ceremony photos. These were all in neutrals, white rose boutonnieres to match the groomsmen, and corsages with white spray roses, white alstromeria, Italian ruscus, and seeded eucalyptus.

In the entry hallway on the welcome mirror, was a combo ground arrangement and clipped swag. In addition to the white and lavender roses, were a mini carnation, larkspur, white campanula, lavender mums, white and two tone ranunculus, and lots of trailing Italian ruscus.

Down the aisle of the ceremony space was a mix of candles and metal frames from Liljebeck’s lending room (such a great feature in a venue!). A few sprigs of Italian ruscus on each added a little extra. On the pedestals at the altar were 3 altarpieces in mixed purple tones and white.

Over in the reception space, we split the table count with a mix of greenery and candle tables, with centerpieces. I love using a mix of different sizes of arrangements or greenery accents on half of the table count, as it helps provide visual variety when you look across the room. It also helps keep costs down overall as you can either save with a smaller per table amount with the greenery, or you can use the funds to upgrade the floral pieces on the other tables.

In a low utility bowl, the centerpieces featured Arya roses, white alstromeria, mini carnations, heather, lisianthus, larkspur tendrils, and seeded eucalyptus and Italian ruscus greens.

Look at this ceremony to reception flip! Two altarpieces were moved to the bar area, while the others moved over to the sweetheart table. For those choosing to use a sweetheart table vs a head table or seating at tables with guests, it’s always a good idea to see what you can repurpose from the ceremony space to add visual interest. While it seems like this space will only be used for eating and that you’ll be mingling with guests the rest of the reception, you’ll find that there are a lot of key reception elements where this space will be featured. This is usually speeches and dances!

For dessert, Kelsey and Anthony had ice cream from Aha Sugar! I was so excited to decorate this cart with a fun floral install. The winding garland style piece included many of the flowers already featured, and also a specialty variegated green/purple hydrangea from my own cutting garden. And how cool are the firework spider mums!? The lavender mums served as the perfect little ice cream scoop on the cart cones.

Over at the photobooth, I made a floral crown as an extra prop. Anthony promised me a photo of him in the flower crown and he delivered!

Kelsey and Anthony had one heck of a party! When I came back later in the evening for strike it was still roaring and you could tell folks were having a great time. As we went through the planning process one thing that kept coming up when I spoke to Kelsey and Anthony was that they wanted to accommodate their guests in every way possible and were always considering the guest experience in their decisions. I love this approach, and you can really tell where they were coming from in the details of the day.

Congrats you two!