The Philadelphia Flower Show begins March 2

You can't really explain what it is like to go to a flower show. Especially a good one, or if you are lucky, one of the best in the world. In the work that I do, I have been lucky enough to go to many shows in Boston, once in London and now that I see this English Inspired Logo for the one in Philadelphia, city of brotherly love, I crave to go.

Is it the show, or Spring itself? I think a bit of both. Don't we all sit here at this time of the year and think to ourselves, is this winter ever going to be over? This year there has been so much snow, weekend after weekend, we deserve a break to stop and smell the roses. Philadelphia's Flower Show theme of English Brilliance looks just so tempting.

Fall Save The Date Design | Using Engagement Photos

Save the dates are the best way to announce to your friends and family that you are engaged and have set the date to be married and celebrate. It is also a perfect first area of design thought to put together a colorway that is going to work for your wedding. My bride Carolyn wants a festive fall feeling rich with color. No we are not thinking pumpkins. We are thinking Mums however. It would not be my first choice of flower, but I adore them in the fall and when done in the right way. Unique, interesting. Editorial. Well the groom is the guy to go to for this. He and his family grow some of the most amazing mums here on the south Coast. I wonder what time of the year that you would have to plant the flowers to make sure that they were ready to bloom in time for the wedding. I am going to leave that detail up to Matt. I will take care of putting the other details together. Adore the aubergine envelope. What do you think?

I also love the use of multipe images from their engagement session to tell the story on the Save The Date. Each photo is unique, but represents a wide range of color that totally works for that time of the year.

Rachel and Omar's Real Wedding makes the pages of Bride's Choice

I never get sick of looking at amazing wedding photos. It is hard to believe that it has been a year and a half since I worked on the amazing wedding of Rachel and Omar. Now, to my surprise here it is again in vivid color among the glossy pages of Bride's Choice Magazine. Rachel and Omar are just like a real life Princess Jasmine and Alladin. They could not be better looking. Certainlly their wedding day was one for the history books. Every time I see the Alex and Ani advertisements I think of Rachel, her aunt and her entire Persian Family. They run the now empire of bangles. Their style, their enegery that is within their jewelery is shown in this amazing wedding. Congratulations Rachel and Omar. I miss you guys, but love seeing you again in this magazine. Love always, CMP

CMP at Pomfret makes The Fall River Herald

Chad Michael Peters’ new wedding studio at Pomfret Florist is akin to Target’s partnership with designer Isaac Mizrahi, said second-generation owner Dave Pomfret.“Having Chad Michael Peters inside Pomfret is like having a high-end couture designer in a floral setting,” said Pomfret of the partnership that started in January.

Known for his designs for weddings and other events, Peters’ couture floral creations were featured on the reality television show “Hitched or Ditched.” His Fairhaven-based floral-inspired design firm’s projects have also included Democratic fundraisers with the Clintons, former Red Sox player Jim Rice’s daughter’s wedding, and a party for the Boston film festival hosted by Harvey Weintraub. event planning, weddings, destination wedding planning, photography, interior design, graphic design, and marketing.

Under the new partnership, Peters will bring his signature couture floral designing skills to Pomfret’s customers for corporate gatherings, special events, and of course, weddings. Peters already has a partnership with David’s Bridal in Dartmouth, with their customers, so the partnership with the florist was a natural for all of the wedding-related businesses. “As the bridal marketplace evolves, brides want more custom work. With this collaboration, I can do custom work at affordable prices,” said Peters.

Though each wedding varies, Peters said brides he’s working with these days are spending about $1,800 for their wedding flowers. And his signature look? “I’m a purist; I like all white with a singular flower. My look is modern in design, with fresh takes in color and texture,” he said.

Pomfret’s parents, Martha and Guy Pomfret, started the florist shop that’s now located at 836 County St. 55 years ago. The florist shop does about 15 to 20 weddings a year, which Pomfret is expecting to increase to 60 to 70 a year with Peters leading the creative direction of weddings and events for the florist shop. “He has a very different way of looking at colors and collections of flowers. He’s very creative and the results are exquisite,” said Pomfret.

Email Linda Murphy at lmurphy@heraldnews.com.

Fresh and Fun Floral Custom Wedding Invitation

I think of of the prettiest parts of a wedding is the stationery that is designed to remind, invite and inform your guests how you are planning to celebrate.

The stationery suite includes everything from The Save the Date that is sent out prior to your event and is now thought of as the engagement announcement. As the date of the wedding or event draws near, the invitation and response card serve to invite your guests and to keep track of who is coming and unfortunetly can not attend. There are a million invitations that are out there that I think are so pretty. However, I like my brides to have something that no other bride in the world has, custom invitiations and stationery done just for her event.

Here you can see a print suite that I designed using original water colors of both birds and flowers. Both the bride and groom love both so it was easy to come up with. The birds first made their appearance on the lovely Save The Dates that were sent out at the end of last year. I did not want to copy that design, but to use it both as an inspiration and evolution to the rest of the print material and stationery suite. Of course the details are evident through the proof that you see below. I can hardly wait to touch the lovely linen paper that we have selected. As a very special finishing touch, the envelopes will display the guests names and addresses in calligraphy done in crisp white. (squeal)

If the guests liked their first glimpse into the wedding, they will be giddy when they start to get these. It will be a few months until they hit the mail, but it is always better to have all the pieces to the suite ready to go. I hate waiting at the last minute for things that sometimes get caught up at the printer.

I would love to discuss your wedding with you and how flowers, decor and print material all play a huge part in the look that you are creating for your big day. I cordially invite you to schedule an appointment with me at Pomfret Florist in Somerset, Massachusetts. If you live far away, I am more than happy to work via e:mail.