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Daffodil Festival on Nantucket – What to Wear, Eat & Drink This Weekend!

Have you heard? Daffodil Festival is this weekend and this year the forecast is without rain!
Last week we shared some ideas on a Daffy-inspired wedding – this week we’re all about Daffy style for the festival.  If you’re heading out to Nantucket this weekend, we’re here to share some ideas for what to wear and what to pack in your picnic basket.
Daffy is the perfect excuse to bring out the spring wear!
Here are our some of our favorite outfits.
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Now that your outfit is squared away the next important task to tackle is food and drink!
(You can’t celebrate spring without some bubbles!)
Don’t forget the cocktails!
Why serve the same ol’ same ol’?
Here are some recipes to mix up your typical picnic punches.
Head on over to Pinterest – our Daffy-inspired board has more ideas!

Throw Back Thursday – A Modern Nantucket Wedding at The White Elephant Hotel

Are you an “out of the box” kind of bride? Well, if you are, you’re in luck!
This week we’re featuring a modern seaside wedding shot by the late Claudia Kronenberg, that took place at the White Elephant Hotel back in 2009. This bouquet is one of our favorite modern style bouquets featuring structured blooms like orchids, calla lilies, and poppy pods! We love how the ribbon streamers keep it romantic and colorful with mint and turquoise ribbon.

We kept the church fairly simple – lots of green and white.
Guests were greeted at the archway to the church with ribbons and strings of orchids swaying in the wind. Such a fun, non-traditional way to dress up the arch! White hydrangea wreaths flanked the doors of the church and were hung with ribbon streamers in mint and turquoise. 

At the reception, guests were treated to whale truffles from Sweet Inspirations. Our display was lush with strings of orchids hanging from branches with blooms scattered across the table.
The bride created all of the paper products for her big day – a project not for the faint of heart!
You can tell she put a lot of thought and spent a lot of time designing her menus and table numbers.
With mixed heights of white orchids at the head table and the ghost chairs, along with custom made linens took centerstage as the pop of color at the reception. With simple, single bloom arrangements down the table the head table exuded simple, modern elegance.

At the other tables we added a bit of color – yellow! Yellow calla lilies mixed with greens and branches kept the look modern and kept the look interesting as your eye wandered through the layout.
Perhaps one of our favorite parts was the cake display – submerged orchids topped with different cakes! Jen, our bride takes the cake (pun intended!) for one of our most creative cake displays yet!
Here, Jen and her groom Erik enjoy a moment of peace at Brant Point after their “I Dos”.
Vendors:
Reception – White Elephant Hotel
Floral Design – Soirée Floral
Photography – Claudia Kronenberg
Tabletop Rentals – Placesetters, Inc.
Invitations & Paper Products – Bride DIY
Favors – Sweet Inspirations

Don’t forget! – If you’re on Nantucket April 24th – May 7th be sure to check out “Small Works, Big Cause” a gallery show hosted by the Handlebar Cafe featuring work by Nantucket Photographers.
Pieces by these photographers will be for sale and all proceeds will go to the Claudia Kronenberg Scholarship Fund.

Daffy-inspired Wedding Inspiration with Soirée Floral

Daffodil Weekend, or “Daffy” for short, is really what kicks off the spring season on Nantucket and gives islanders and visitors alike hope that summer is really on its way! We’re excited to be in town for the parade and see some of our brides!

This year’s festival will take place April 24 – 26th and will
include several events as well as the parade and picnic in ‘Sconset.

Last year we shared some of our thoughts on What to Wear to Daffy and
pinned to our heart’s content – tons of clothing, accessories and even recipes!

The colors for Daffy provide great spring wedding inspiration, so if you love shades of yellow, greens and white what could be more perfect that a Daffy-inspired Wedding?!
We love the idea of using Daffodils, Paper Whites and Ranunculus – perfect spring flowers!

Here are some other white and green and yellow blooms to get your wheels spinning!
Whether you’re going for a clean, modern look with orchids and structured blooms, a more organic look using greens and fruits or if you’re all about lush with roses, lilies, garden roses and tulips – spring is the perfect time of year for this palette!
Pulling together a bridal party look for a yellow and green wedding is easier than you think!
Have fun with patterns – we love the idea of mixing and matching Kate Spade’s “Lucky Stripe” and “Lucky Leaf” dresses for a polished, preppy look. Or if preppy isn’t your cup of tea, take a peek at the Donna Morgan bridesmaid collection or Watters Too, they’re flowy and quite heavenly!

Daffy-inspired Nantucket Wedding Inspiration

Looking for more inspiration?
Pantone’s spring color, Custard would be perfect for this spring wedding – be sure to check out our post from February.

Head on over to Pinterest to pin any or all of this post as well as much more!

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Office: 28 Centre Street
(by appointment only)
Mail: Post Office Box 3350
Nantucket MA 02584
Phone: 508.228.6684
Email: hello@soireefloral.com