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On Friday, November 18 I took a little field trip just down the road from our studio space to visit the site of a new 250 person event space, hotel, restaurant and spa in our town! The 200 year old buildings on the campus were old factories that are being remodeled for a renewed purpose! The first two photos below are of the event space in the making- the rectangular openings will be large glass windows overlooking the falls and the beautiful landscape. This location offers a spectacular outdoor setting for wedding ceremonies with the sound and sight of the Beacon Falls in the background and views of the mountain tops surrounding the buildings. Alternatively, the main event space doubles as an indoor ceremony option for inclement weather. The architecture and design of the space is outstanding - exposed brick and wood beam ceilings, rustic barn wood doors and cement flooring are just some of the unique and edgy features of the space. You have to see the renderings to appreciate how am...

Here are some photos from a wedding that took place at The Garrison, in Garrison, NY on October 29, 2011 during the snow storm that almost brought this wedding to a hault! It was an ironic sight to see - a fall theme wedding with over a foot of snow seen through the windows of the venue. It was a challenging day for us as coordinators having to battle against the elements. Several of the band members from NYC were stuck driving up from NYC due to the state of emergency situation. Therefore, the band turned into a dj group for the evening. Four shuttle buses filled with guests for the wedding were stranded on the road for over 3 plus hours coming from the hotels where the guests boarded (normally the travel time would take just 20 minutes). It was a relief to see the guests arrive at the venue safely and the ceremony began soon after. But we weren't out of the clear... a bridesmaid ended up getting sick at the last minute just before making it down the processional. Once down the ai...

The ceremony took place at Our Lady of Loretto Church in Cold Spring, NY. The mossy curly willow pillar rental pieces are exclusive to our company and is something a little different than the traditional urn arrangements. The bride chose all white pieces to keep them toned down vs. what was to come for the decor at the reception! The bride's bouquet was an all white peony bouquet and the handle was wrapped with her mother's wedding dress fabric. Beneath the bouquet hung 3 small photos of her family there in spirit. The bridesmaids held small posies of hot pink peonies and vibrant orange roses to pop against their eggplant purple dresses. At the cocktail hour at the Grandview in Poughkeepsie, NY, the bride selected floating flowers in the color scheme of the reception - hot pink open roses and purple dendrobium orchid heads. After the cocktail hour, these floating flowers were then moved to the reception tables to accent all the low centerpieces. On the escort card table, our si...

It was a spectacular day for a wedding on June 3 in the Hudson Valley! This bride had a beautiful vintage wedding dress that looked stunning against her romantic bouquet of anemones, poppies, peonies, cream roses, stock bupleurum and other local greenery. The groom wore a peony boutonniere. The bridesmaid dresses were a very soft pale pink color, so the bride chose to enhance some of the pink tones to make them pop against the creamy pink background. The ceremony took place at the Howland Cultural Center. To decorate the site for this wedding, the bride chose 2 wreaths to adorn the pillars in front of the center. The wreaths will preserve nicely as well! Inside, the ceremony area was marked by a set of ceremony arrangements on our white pedestal rentals inside the room. At the Bear Mountain Overlook Lodge, the tables displayed a natural soft arrangement of peonies, garden roses, hydrangea, tulips, and local greenery. On each cocktail table was a single pale pink floating peony. And on ...

Fortunately, the Engaging Floral Designs team beat the anticipated traffic for memorial day weekend festivities to deliver bouquets, personal flowers and ceremony arrangements for a wedding at West Park Winery today. A small order, but the selected pieces will go far in creating the overall look for their pink, white and green color pallet at the winery. These pieces await the bride when her and her party arrive shorty. In the meantime, the pieces are staying cool inside as it's been a brutally hot weekend - flowers hate to be too warm!

Engaging Floral Designs was proud to be a part of a beautifully designed wedding featuring a soft color pallet of pinks, whites and greens for a summer wedding in the Westchester area. The bride's bouquet was an absolute jaw dropper - a hand picked bouquet feel...everything from astilbe, ranunculus, wax flower, veronica, peonies, spray roses and bupleurum fit into this cascading piece. Very romantic! The reception was held at the Coveleigh Club in Rye, NY - one of our favorite clubs to work at!

Coming Soon to Luxury Lifestyle Magazine - A Summer Garden Themed Wedding designed by Engaging Floral Designs in Beacon, NY and NY Engagements, LLC . The photo shoot took place at Bykenhulle House in Hopewell Junction, New York. It is a hidden gem for an intimate wedding venue outside of the norm with beautiful gardens, a nostalgic Bed and Breakfast and sunny ballroom with it's own unique charm. The photographer for the shoot (and for all images posted on this blog page) was Jackie Pfefer of Click Pictures located at 544 Main Street in Beacon, NY.

Beacon, NY– February 9, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce NY Engagements, LLC. & Engaging Floral Designs has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Planning Services and Floral Design ! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation. NY Engagements, LLC. & Engaging Floral Designs stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past ...

Recently engaged and looking for ideas or is your wedding fast approaching and you're in search of a floral designer or day of coordination company to tend to the details of your day? Come visit our two companies, Engaging Floral Designs and NY Engagements, LLC. in person and see for yourself why we're a top 5 star rated, award winning team at your service! Don't forget to pre-register to get discounts off your tickets or call (914-393-2295) or email us for a complimentary ticket (while supplies last)! Bosco Bridal Show: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Villa Barone Hilltop Manor 466 Route 6 Mahopac, NY 6:30pm-9:30pm Tickets: $5 if you pre-register, $10 at the door Register Online and Save $5 We have one complimentary admission ticket to the show - be the first to contact us via email and we'll send it to you and see you at the show! ****** 11th Annual Westchester County Bridal Expo: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Westchester County Center 198 Central Avenue White Plains, N...

A Chilly December wedding - Personal flowers for the ceremony at Our Lady of the Rosary in Poughkeepsie, NY and Reception at The Grandview Flowers by Engaging Floral Designs The boutonnieres were wintery sprigs with spray roses and the groom's boutonniere contained a ranunculus flower. Sarah helped the guys pin on their boutonnieres. The church was beautiful and set back - such a beautiful gem of a place for a religous ceremony. The bridal bouquet was stunning - a wintery purple and silver look using purple hydrangea, juniper berries, purple peonies, white ranunculus, and purple roses and spray roses. Here are a few words sent in an email from the bride to Engaging Floral Designs after the wedding: *** Hi Sarah, Sorry I'm just getting back to you now. We just got back recently from our honeymoon. Chuck and I both would like to say thank you SO much for doing such a wonderful job with the flowers. I loved my bouquet and some of my favorite pictures are the ones th...

A Natural November Wedding of Purples and Reds at the Bear Mountain Overlook Lodge Flowers by Engaging Floral Designs The perfect setting for a natural woodsy favored wedding is at the Overlook Lodge at Bear Mountain in Orange County, New York. The ceremony took place at the Cliff House on the premises. The bouquets were red and purple tones of flowers. At the reception, the centerpieces were displayed on birch rounds to give it a more natural look: