January 2012
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Another beautiful photo shoot...
Pam Cooley asked us to provide a floral bouquet for a bridal photo shoot she had today. The bouquet turned out really pretty, but wait until you see these amazing photos!! Check out a few of them here.
We heart styling photo shoots!!!!
We were so excited to be asked to style a children’t photo shoot for amazing photographer, Pam Cooley. Click here to see the end result. Pam captured our vision for the shoot perfectly and we are so excited!!! We will be working with her to develop some styling packages that clients can get for their photo shoots. We have sooooooo many ideas!! Thanks for checking it out!
December 2011
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It's Christmas time!!
Merry Christmas from Bittersweet Floral!! Hope your Christmas season is filled with the joy of knowing Christ our Savior!!!……..oh, and lots of beautiful seasonal greenery and wreaths like this one! Keep us in mind for decorating and wreaths this time of year!!
Beauty in July
We received some photos from a wedding we did this July and we are so excited to show them off! This wedding turned out gorgeous! Thanks to Schilling Photography for the beautiful images!
November 2011
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It's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!!!
We were lucky enough to be able to help decorate The Loft Salon and Spa for Christmas. We used one of our favorite things right now — cotton! It turned out amazing! The salon is always decorated so beautiful by Jessica (owner) but it was fun to help her make it sparkly and Christmasy!! Here’s a couple pics:
Sneak Peek
This week we were hired to style a photo shoot for engagement pictures. We had so much fun gathering props and designing beautiful settings for this charming little couple. Their photographer is Diedre Lynn Photography. It was so fun meeting her and she was so great to work with. If you haven’t checked her out - do it! She is amazing!
This is the van packed full of awesomeness.
And...
October 2011
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Fall is finally here!!
Today I went to Fresh Market to grab some sushi for me and a friend. I left having spent $60. How the heck does that happen??? I’ll tell you how! They had gorgeous bunches of Bittersweet vine. I HAD to get myself one and I HAD to get Shanon (the other half of Bittersweet floral) one, too. I mean I HAD to.
I love fall and love to decorate for the seasons. This is what I did with my...
August 2011
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July Wedding
We have a couple pics from a beautiful wedding we did this July. This first picture is of the Bride’s bouquet. That sparkly brooch is vintage and belongs to the Groom’s Grandmother - we love love love it.
The pic below is of one of the Bridesmaid bouquets.
We did all the flowers at the reception, too, and hope to post pics soon.
July 2011
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Some more pics from Zach and Steph's Wedding
We were thrilled to get some more pics of the flowers we did for Zach and Stephanie’s beautiful wedding in June. Photos by Skyler and Alycia Photography.
These photos were taken at the beautiful Loft Salon and Spa in East Peoria. Visit them here, then go call them and book an appointment - they are awesome.
June 2011
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Another June wedding...
This cute couple were so fun to work for. She had such incredible and creative ideas and their day turned out beautiful! We were so happy to have the honor of doing their bouquets and boutonnieres.
Coming soon....
We just did an absolutely gorgeous wedding and can’t wait to show you all the pics. Here is a little teaser:
photography by Schilling Photography.
May 2011
2 posts
Sweet Baby Nora
Here are the pics from the baby photo shoot that Shanon styled. See the post below - the beautiful pictures by Pam Cooley were featured on an amazing blog. Shanon styled all the props and flowers for her niece’s photo shoot.
Flowers go with Everything..
…even a baby photo shoot. Shanon did all the flowers and styling for this gorgeous photo shoot of her baby niece. Pam Cooley was the photographer - take a look at the beautiful pics here.
This photo shoot was mentioned on one of our favorite blogs - greylikesbaby. They even mentioned Bittersweet Floral (eeeeeekkk!!!!). Check it out here. We regularly visit her sister blog,...
April 2011
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Some Easter weekend flowers. Happy Easter everybody!
We REEEEEEALLLLLLLY like flowers!
Can you tell??
March 2011
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A Spring Wedding Shower
We provided the flowers and decorations for this Wedding shower. All the antique dishes and glasses are my (Sarah) Mom’s.
Don’t you love that antique church sign??? I got it for birthday from Relics (the most awesome shop in Peoria!! You MUST go!!) and it normally hangs on my front porch. I decided to use it as the centerpiece for the food table at the shower and loved how...
January 2011
5 posts
Adam & Eve Photography
Outdoor Wedding
Thank you to Adam and Eve Photography for the beautiful pictures. More to come!
The Loft Salon and Spa Opening Event
Our friend, Jessica Schone, opened a beautiful salon a few months ago called The Loft. We provided a couple flower arrangements for the big opening day. They are located in East Peoria, IL. Visit their Facebook page here.
Thank you also to Schilling Photography for the beautiful pictures of this event!! Visit them here.
An Alice In Wonderland Tea Party
November 2010
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October 2010
2 posts
September Wedding
Thank you to Juliana Photography!
We're still here!
Sorry there haven’t been more posts lately. We have been so busy! We have had a couple GORGEOUS weddings, and some other stuff, too. We are just waiting on some photos from the photographers so we can post pictures. Hopefully soon!! Enjoy fall!
September 2010
8 posts
Visit us on Facebook!!
Visit us on Facebook and hit “like” to follow our business.
East Peoria Fall Festival
Join us on McKinley Street in East Peoria! There will be many businesses represented, music, food, and an opportunity to win prizes INCLUDING $100 off your wedding flowers from us!! Come on out!! Click here to see more info!
And....again!!!
Blake and Chanel’s wedding was featured AGAIN on a different wedding blog! See it here.
One of our recent weddings was featured on a...
Well, Chanel and Blake’s wedding was gorgeous (as you’ve seen from the pics we have posted) and wedding blogs are taking notice. They were featured on Project Bride and I thought I would share the link here.
These are some flowers we designed for a style...
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We designed the flowers at this reception. What a...
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We were honored to design the reception flowers for this gorgeous wedding. Click here to go to Pam Cooley’s site and see the phenomenal photos.
August 2010
8 posts
Sneak Peak
We did the flowers for a gorgeous wedding today. Here is a little sneak peak- more pics coming soon!
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Centerpieces
Some photos of centerpieces at a wedding we did last Spring. It was nest themed with lots of twigs and moss and it turned out just beautiful.
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Thank you Pam Cooley Photos!!
Check THIS out!!!! It’s a recent post from a VERY good wedding photographer who used some of OUR flowers for one of her photo shoots. Pam Cooley is her name and we think our flowers look even more beautiful through her lens. What gorgeous pictures!! Check her (and our flowers) out!! pamcooleyphotos.com
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