Cream, Blush, and Burgundy November Wedding at Front + Palmer, Philadelphia

Nov 25

Bride in leather jacket with cream, blush, burgundy November dahlia bouquet. Venue: Wm. Mulherin’s Sons, Front + Palmer, Philadelphia. Florist: Lunaria Gardens

Burgundy velvet: classic, rich, autumnal, dramatic. Liza and Nick knew this was his jacket. Everything else would fall into place.

For the florals, Liza was envisioning earthy tones of cream, blush, burgundy, browns, greens, and arrangements with an organic, unstructured feel. For her bouquet, we included Cafe Au Lait and burgundy dahlias, apricot lisianthus, burgundy and Coral Fountain amaranth, terra cotta and champagne celosia, white gomphrena, and eucalyptus from Shepard’s Farm, cream foxglove from Jig-Bee, and foraged autumn foliage like ninebark and Parrotia.

The Victorian era whiskey distillery-turned-hotel Wm. Mulherin Son’s brought the vintage vibe to the getting-ready and first look. Liza and Nick then walked around Philadelphia’s hip riverside Fishtown-Kensington neighborhood with the Lovesick Inc. photography team to get some shots in the afternoon light.

Cream + burgundy November bride on velvet couch at Wm. Mulherin Son’s, Philadelphia Photography: Lovesick, Floral design, bridal bouquet: Lunaria Gardens

Cream and burgundy November wedding couple at Delaware River, Fishtown, Philadelphia. Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens

November wedding couple with cream and burgundy bridal bouquet in Fishtown, Philadelphia Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens

November wedding couple with cream and burgundy bridal bouquet with willow tree in Fishtown, Philadelphia Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens Venue: Front + Palmer

November bride with cream and burgundy bridal bouquet including dahlia, celosia, foxglove, eucalyptus, amaranth, scabiosa, chrysanthemums. Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens Venue: Front + Palmer, Philadelphia

November wedding couple with leather and burgundy velvet jacket in Fishtown. Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens Venue: Front + Palmer, Philadelphia

November couple with leather and burgundy velvet jacket and cream boutonniere. Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens Venue: Front + Palmer, Philadelphia

November bride in leather jacket and groom in burgundy jacket and cream boutonniere on Front Street under elevated train in Fishtown. Photography: Lovesick, Floral design: Lunaria Gardens Venue: Front + Palmer, Philadelphia

The ceremony and reception were held at Feast Your Eyes Catering’s Front + Palmer venue, and the sleek, modern lines of the former factory needed some softening. To enliven the ceremony area, we created a backdrop of foraged clematis vines, tied back the curtains with floral swags, and scattered pillar candles and lanterns around the altar. The long farmhouse tables were dressed with runners of foliage, florals, and brass candlesticks and tapers. Half of the round tables got low centerpieces in antique gold compotes, featuring hydrangea, fragrant basil, seed pods, foxglove, heirloom chrysanthemums, castor bean foliage, celosia, stock, dahlias, and zinnias. The rest displayed tall glass vases filled with osage orange fruits, textural branches, broom corn sorghum, and burgundy autumn foliage. The cocktail tables were dressed with potted scented geranium plants in brass vessels.