August 2024 Another dreary midwest Spring day leads me to reminisce about summer weddings past. Courtney and Will celebrated their special day at Carmon’s in Champaign on a beautiful August day filled with sunshine with an abundance of white flowers to contrast rich emerald greens. We designed Courtney’s bridal bouquet with lush blooms of white lisianthus and playa blanca roses …
Mica and Jake’s black and white summer wedding featuring delicate babies breath was the picture of timeless elegance and soft romance combined. Mica and her maids each held traditional style, all white bouquets filled with lush blooms of playa blanca roses, ranunculus, carnations and spray roses surrounded with soft babies breath that perfectly complemented the bride’s sleek, open back dress …
July 2024 It’s true as wedding florists, we see an abundance of all-white weddings. Yet, despite the amount we do every year, no two are alike. We design each wedding unique to the individual couples when it comes to style, flower choice, and overall atmosphere they want to portray. Delaney and Parker’s all white wedding was one of pure elegance …
May 2024 This time of year in the Midwest, when you say white, we think cold and snow. Baylee and Dylan’s wedding was far from the frigid season we are currently in but instead their creamy white and neutral wedding paired with sage greens brought warmth and romance to an already beautiful late spring day. Baylee’s large, textural bouquet was …
In 2024, J.Blu Design was invited to flower not one, but two pop-up wedding events at Company 421, a local, intimate event space in Mahomet, Illinois. This business was started when Hillary, of Hillary Rae Events, realized a need for a local venue space that could accommodate intimate weddings and smaller events. With simplicity in mind, she created the perfect …
August 2024 It’s 2025 and we are back on the blog! During these frigid, midwest winter days, I dream about the previous summers weddings, full of bright colors and warm tones. Looking back at Kellie and Connor’s late summer wedding at Haven on the Farm almost makes me think I can feel the warm sun on my face with a …
July 2024 As winter draws close and we near the end of our season, I can’t help but dream about the warm days of summer past. Nothing portrayed summer more than Emily and Jake’s elegant day featuring the warm color palette of peaches, oranges, and buttery yellows full of summer favorite blooms of local zinnias, cosmos, lisianthus, and dahlia at …
May 2024 Another beautiful summer day brings us back to the prairie landscape of The Hesed House Venue in Heyworth, Illinois. Madison and Gavin chose a classic, romantic white and fern greenery color palette with neutral native grasses for textural accents to compliment the picturesque scenery. For Madison, we designed a slightly cascading bridal bouquet of all white blooms featuring …
September 2023 Lauren and Trevor described their wedding style as whimsical, simple and natural. I’d add ethereal, airy and garden inspired. One of my favorite things about Lauren’s bouquet is how it looked different from every angle. We designed the bouquets with focals of purple scabiosa, blue-centered anemone, white ranunculus and cosmos with fillers of blue thistle, tweedia, wax flower, …
September 2023 Suzanne and Nick’s florals focused on white and blush blooms to compliment the couples navy and olive green color palette, perfect for their September wedding as Illinois transitioned from summer to fall. For Suzanne, we designed a large and lush bouquet filled with white playa blanca roses, ranunculus, lisianthus, stock, and spray roses with just the slightest touch …
September 2023 Meredith and Hunter’s September wedding boasted earthy natural colors, dried grasses and neutral florals that were a perfect transition from summer to fall. Meredith’s boho bridal bouquet was filled with lush blooms of playa blanca and quicksand roses, caramel colored carnations, and brownie lisianthus with a focus of textural nigella pods, bleached ruscus, dried pennycress, and foraged grasses …
September 2023 Ashton had a very clear vision for her and Corey’s wedding day. When it came to flowers, she wanted sunflowers front and center. For Ashton, we designed a large bouquet featuring the bright yellow blooms and softening their large faces by adding playa blanca roses, stock, feverfew and craspedia with accents of trailing ruscus and eucalyptus greenery to …