Ballroom Mantle
Petals by the Shore
Kelly Shore
2023 installation
1st Floor - Ballroom
The Inspiration
Ballroom Mantle
The Flowers
Florist’s inspiration: An ode to spring - a reflection of season & place honoring our local & American grown flower farmers. This was an important focus to highlight & celebrate as the designer is an event floral designer that sources only local & American grown botanicals , is a domestic farm advocate & owns a farm direct American Grown wholesale company.
Recipe: Tulips, Forsythia, Statice, Larkspur, Wax flower, Pincushion protea, Protea, Leucadendron, Jasmine vine, Quince, Curly willow, Stock, Butterfly ranunculus, Hellebores, Ranunculus, Kangaroo paws, Date berries, Eriostemmon
THE DESIGNER
Petals by the Shore
Kelly Shore
Kelly Shore is the owner and lead designer of Petals by the Shore, a wedding and event floral design business in the Washington, D.C., area since 2011. In 2019, she founded the Floral Source to celebrate community, connection and confidence in U.S. floral sourcing. She’s a proud supporter of America’s flower farmers and sources the blooms and foliage she uses in designs from throughout the United States 365 days a year. Her work in bringing visibility to local and American-grown flowers and the people who grow them launched her into a new season of her business and the creation of The Floral Source. Many designers are learning where they can source in their local communities while adding more sense of place and season to their designs.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Rudney Novaes Photography
Rudney Novaes brings a powerful — or, as some might say — persuasive approach to photography. His imagery articulates the delicacies of love and luxury. He began his photography journey in college as a fashion photographer, and his talent has only grown since then. A polyglot, Rudney has lived in seven different countries, including Mozambique, Africa, which has inspired his work and added a unique perspective to his photography.
Rudney Novaes brings a powerful — or, as some might say — persuasive approach to photography. His imagery articulates the delicacies of love and luxury. Planners praise his unique ability to style and capture details while creating a space that evokes true emotions. It's an unparalleled match, a photographic finesse, you could say, that brings a new perspective to the wedding industry. This philosophy is led entirely by Rudney's standpoint that his work is not limited to mere photographs but, rather, is a matter of expressing what it means to be alive and to do so with grace and innovation.
As a multicultural LGBTQ+ wedding photographer, Rudney strives to be intentional and inclusive in his work. He believes in paving an artistic path that showcases and shifts how the world, and we as individuals, view race, gender, and sexuality. Rudney's dedication to these principles has earned him a reputation as a photographer who captures beautiful moments and helps promote a more inclusive and accepting world.
