Hello, I’m Liz Ash and I’m a wedding florist; I love creating with flowers. I love growing flowers. I love arranging flowers. I love smelling flowers. I love setting up for weddings and stepping back and analyzing my work when the set-up is complete. I honestly enjoy consulting with brides and love the challenge of understanding their vision and then creating that vision with an artistic eye. I so enjoy thinking about ideas that brides bring me and coming up with creative ways to build on their ideas. I love the solitude of my workshop and find pleasure in my own company. 
Although traditional, calla lillies always look modern and sophisticated. Thats why I love it when brides who want to go for a modern look choose a calla bridal boquet. Natalie choose the Fine Arts Center for her reception, a perfect place for a contempory feel.
Thank you Natalie for sharing these beautiful pictures of your wedding day. I love this picture of your bridal bouquet personalized with your grandmother’s rosary Shove Chapel. I always welcome brides to personalize their flowers with a momento or special trinket.
The Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs is a dramatic and expressive location for a wedding reception and I think purple callas were the perfect flower for this contemporary setting,. They make a strong statement with a natural simplicity.
Keep checking in for more pictures of my spring 2010 brides. I know they will give you some good ideas. Liz
Here’s to the men that often get overlooked in the wedding planning.
I loved Meagan’s inspiration and color choices for her wedding at the beautiful Ceilo at Castle Pines. However, the flowers proved to be a real challenge. How do you create flowers for a bride who wants Tiffany blue and brown when flowers don’t naturally come in that color?
The answer is air brush just like professional makeup artists use! I air brushed a few roses in each bouquet with a Tiffany blue color wash and added small loops of Tiffany blue satin ribbon to the interior of the bouquets to get just the right color into these bouquets.
The next issue came when I added a few green leaves and they were just too yellow to compliment the cool subtle colors of the bouquet. So, back to the air brush!
This time I used a very light dusting of a sage green to match the green tones in the eucalyptus. Yes, now I have exactly what the bride envisioned.
Then I added a few twigs of curly willow for movement and to get touches of brown into the floral design.
Ceilo at Castle Pines is a beautiful site with water falls, a wedding gazebo, a beautiful bridal dressing room, and seating for 400. And it is all snuggled into a Colorado forest near Castle Rock. It’s an amazing site, with beautiful amenities.
I hope you have enjoyed these pictures, and thank you Will and Dallas of Jade Creek Photography for sharing these pictures with me. These pictures are truly quite remarkable. They are accurate to the color, the composition is artistic, and the photographers Will and Dallas Bloodworth have managed to find a lively gesture in my floral design. I’m so impressed with their excellent work.
Keep checking back for more ideas and pictures. I’ll be sure to share all my best ideas with you. Liz
