{"id":63,"date":"2017-06-12T00:20:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T00:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/?p=63"},"modified":"2025-04-21T08:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:35:33","slug":"traditional-southern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/traditional-southern\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Southern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-text-color\" style=\"color:#3c423c\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Emily was a bride-to-be who had a very specific vision for her traditional, southern-inspired church wedding which was to be held in a quaint colonial church built-in 1734. She wanted her flowers to look as if they had been foraged the morning of the wedding from a romantic white garden. Emily&#8217;s dream bouquet included French garden and cluster roses, Queen Anne&#8217;s lace, and herbaceous materials typically found in Virginia gardens. They had to be loose and carefree yet exude a subtle elegance that matched the 18th-century surroundings. As we sat with her over a cup of coffee, we created sketches.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/traditional-southern\/council-wedding-flowers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-72 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Council-wedding-flowers-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Council-wedding-flowers-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Council-wedding-flowers-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Council-wedding-flowers-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Council-wedding-flowers-1200x921.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a> Those sketches were transformed into the bouquets and church flowers shown here. On the day of her July wedding, Emily exclaimed, &#8220;Rob and Joseph you totally got my vision!&#8221; We helped her dream become a reality.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/traditional-southern\/13724975_10157124008050123_3543524665860637692_o\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77  alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/13724975_10157124008050123_3543524665860637692_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/13724975_10157124008050123_3543524665860637692_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/13724975_10157124008050123_3543524665860637692_o-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.riverwooddesignsblog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/13724975_10157124008050123_3543524665860637692_o-300x300.jpg 300w, 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