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Bouquet Is Finished! Bout too!

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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    And I'm in love with it!

    I can't say enough about Kimberly Aurora's work.  It's just beautiful.

    Here it is..a modified version of a bouquet called "hope and joy" and the bout.

    This is what I'll carry down the aisle and what my sweetie will wear on his lapel on our wedding day!

    I'm so excited I can't stop smiling even at this late hour.  My forever bouquet will arrive soon :)

    She just finished it yesterday!

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    and T's cute little bout!

    Bouquet Is Finished!  Bout too! :  wedding Il 430xN.130317141.jpg

     
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    kirabee       Venice, CA

    Um.. beautiful! When you get it, can you let us know if it's heavy? That's the only thing I think of when I see all these flower-alternative bouquets.. Anyway, I love it, and I'm glad that you do as well!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    It shouldn't be heavy.  She said it wasn't.  It's seashells, vintage ribbon, rose quartz, and some pearls. 

    I absolutely love it!  It's so perfect for our destination wedding!

     
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    Tonya2010    September 11, 2010  

    I have heard you talk about your bouquet on other posts and I was unsure if I would like it...but I do!! That is really pretty!!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Thanks...I've loved this designers' work for quite some time.  I wanted something very different for our wedding.  Something very me!

     
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    Tonya2010    September 11, 2010  

    It is very different that is for sure. Glad that you got exactly what you wanted! =)

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Different but elegant.  And a forever bouquet!  It is exactly what I envisioned!

    Groomsmen are having smaller shell bouts too.  Bridesmaids will either have flower bouquets with shell picks in bouquet or a different shell bouquet I found too!

    No, I am not gonna toss this bouquet, but will have a small garden rose tossing bouquet!

     
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    Tonya2010    September 11, 2010  

    I love that you will be able to keep it forever! I am having a traditional flower bouquet and I have seen a few ways to preserve...hope it works! I am not tossing a bouquet and if I was my florist was going to do a small toss-away bouquet.

    I really like the boutineer too! She did a wonderful job. It doesn't look easy!

    I just noticed that we got engaged the same day!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Dec 5 was a wonderful day huh?  I do love the bout she made!  I'll bet your florist would do a free toss away bouquet too!  Most of them do.  Give it a shot! 

    She's got a really good eye and I know it was a tedious job creating the bouquet.  I'm just so happy :)

     
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    VirginiaMarie    January 2011   Austin, TX

    Wow!  I love how unique this is.  Gorgeous!  great find, Bell...

     
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    jordynrose    October 16, 2010   Las Vegas, NV/Chandler, AZ

    Wow!  These look gorgeous!  Perfect for an elegant summer wedding.

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Thanks ya'll!  I've got to go to sleep and curb my enthusiasm.  Gonna be hard tonight!

     
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    star    October 11, 2009   New York, NY!

    Wow, I love it, Bellenga! You have a reason to be excited and awake! I, on the other hand...well, I have a reason to be awake...one cup of coffee too many.

    Anyways, gorgeous!!

     
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    Toffee    January 15, 2011   Hayden, Id

    That's beautiful. I love the colors, too.

     
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    RecessionistaBride    January 28, 2012  

    How beautiful! I especially love the little pearl clusters... this is by far the most unique bouquet I've ever seen! What a gorgeous keepsake bellenga! Yay!! :)

     
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    Querida       Sugar Land, TX

    They are beautiful!!!!

     
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    jennifer_espos    June 18, 2010   NYC

    Ah, that's so beautiful!  I love love love them both!

     
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    The immigrant bride    June 25, 2010   Santa Barbara, CA/Los Angeles, CA

    It's really beautiful. I had a hard time imagining it from your earlier post. It's perfect!

     
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    lioness    April 2, 2011   Atlanta

    They're perfect!

     
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    hermitcrab    June 2010   NYC

    these are gorgeous and so unique!

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    So pretty! I LOVE those colors and the seashells are super unique. That's something you can keep on your mantle afterwards or disassemble and put the shells in something you can display =]

     
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    Ella1978    June 19, 2010   Cleveland, Ohio

    That is absolutely beautiful, and totally unique.. I love it!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Thanks everybody!..there are going to be a few unique elements in our wedding too btw!  At heart, I'm a girl who loves garden roses to no end, and had a hard decision choosing which way to go.  Would it be a gorgeous garden rose bouquet or would it be something elegant, traditional looking but really different and a forever bouquet?

    I ended up choosing it b/c of its everlasting beauty and "wow" factor. 

    I do absolutely love love love it!

     
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    verosara    March 27, 2010   LA, California

    It's unique but very pretty!  I really like how she incorporated all the ribbon, very nice!

     
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    jackie-o    October 31, 2010   Seattle, WA

    SICK - - flat out SICK - - - that is the most awesome bouquet I have ever seen!! Like some of the gals have said...I have seen some posts on other threads about your bouquet and I couldn't even picture what it was, lol - - - this is something to be proud of!!!  CONGRATS - another step closer, heeheehee  Wink

     
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    pmerr    August 14, 2010   Rochester, NY

    Those look great!

     
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    TheRen    May 2011  

    It's absolutely beautiful!

     
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    teaadntoast    04/23/2010   New York, NY

    That's gorgeous!  Seeing how lovely yours is makes me fel so much better about deciding to go with a forever bouquet.

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Ya'll are making me blush..thanks!  I sure hope this is one trend (a forever bouquet) that keeps on keepin' on!  I think they're great <3

     
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    sewing    July 2010   SF Bay Area / Oahu

    gorgeous bouquet and matching bout! and how nice that it will last forever! :) will you display it at home somewhere afterwards?

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Not sure where, but it will have a special spot.  Along with his bout!  The groomsmen will have canarium shell bouts too.  The bridesmaids will either have green and pink hydrangea bouquets w/shell picks in them or a smaller different type of shell bouquet too!

    Now we'll have real flowers at the wedding of course, some larger arrangments and some really cool moss pomanders w/organza ribbons and seashells I'm designing and a friendor here is going to create from my sketches.  

     
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    jingle96    May 28, 2010   DW in ARUBA/livin' in VA

    I love it Bell!!  You know I'm all about the seashells!! 

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    We are def seashell belles!!!

     
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    thatelisagirl    April 2, 2011   Perth, Western Australia

    Wow they are gorgeous. I always admire brides who think outside the square. I'm too focused on flowers and never think beyond them!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Thanks so much!  I just love it.  They're shipped..that means it is on its way to meeeeee!!!!!  Woo hoo!

     
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    Lindsay12.31.2010    December 31, 2010   Missouri

    So beautiful! It looks stunning. The idea of keeping my bouquet is the reason we are doing high end silk peony and hydrangea bouquets.

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Sounds so pretty Lindsey!  I love both those kinds of flowers :)

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    The postman just delivered it in a big cushioned box!  Woo hoo!

    I opened it and it's more beautiful than in the pictures.  Ribbons have such a lovely smell to them too.  No seashell-ey smell at all.  Perfect perfect perfect!

    T's bout is just gorgeous also!  This is one etsy vendor I love!  The bouquet is about a half pound at most, but very very elegant.

    My little boy saw it and said "Wow mom...that is made of shells?  It's so beautiful.  You'll carry this?  How on earth did she make that?"

    He loves it too! 

    I have wrapped it back up and bout bouquet and bout are in the shipping box and won't be unwrapped again until the wedding!

    It's feeling so real now! 

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    Those are so gorgeous!!! I love how it's unexpected and has that WOW factor!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    It is..but I gotta say, from about 25 feet away you'll think it's a regular pretty bouquet..when you get closer it's like BAM!  You see it's something very different.

    I do like that!  Thanks HisBarista :)

     

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