Rose Tinted Dream

On April Fool's Day this year I provided flowers, table arrangements and chair covers for Tracy's wedding at Sundridge Park. The photographer Nicola Spencer sent me some of the official photos....

Tracy's bouquet of wired Aqua roses with Cherry Ruscus and Bear Grass

Vintage glass vases of spray roses, lisianthus, gyp and foliage were placed along the front of the head table with rose petals and pink table crystals.

Crystals vases were also used along the fireplace

Tracy's table arrangements for the guest tables were very contemporary. Martini vases were filled with pink crystals and water with rose petals floating on top.

Not Just For Tea!

It seems that vintage china is proving to be very popular for office Christmas parties. On Thursday we provided 100 vintage cups and saucers along with vintage tea pots for a Christmas party in Soho. The theme was 'Alice in Wonderland' and the first cocktail of the evening was served in tea cups.

Next week we have another at The Park Lane Sheraton - the theme is 'The 1920's '. Apparently during prohibition in America bootleg alcohol was served in tea cups. Very chic!

Vintage Glamour

Friday 26th November saw the wedding of Jodi and Jamie at Chilston Park.

Jodi's colour scheme was taupe, ivory and black, inspired by her taupe Ian Stuart wedding dress. We decided to go for hand tied bouquets of Amnesia and Vendella roses. For Jodi's bouquet I used ivory Vendella roses as the main flower with the beautiful vintage Amnesia rose as an accent. Diamantes were placed in the centre of each rose to match the diamantes on the dress and around the base I used silvery green Senecio which mirrored the leaf detailing also on the dress. The bouquet was bound with a satin taupe coloured ribbon and held in place with diamante pins. (Official photos to follow)



Jamie's buttonhole was of a single Amnesia rose with Senecio to match Jodi's bouquet.



For the bridesmaids I used Amnesia as the main flower with accents of Vendella. These were bound with black satin ribbon held in place with diamante pins.



Chilston Park provide chair covers as part of their wedding package but without sashes so I added a black organza sash to complete the look.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

Sunday 31st October saw the wedding of Sarah and Scott at Sundridge Park Manor. Rather than go with a Halloween theme Sarah chose a winter wonderland setting. The colour scheme was white and silver with just a hint of lilac. Sarah and her mum had collected lots of silver ribbons and silver artificial flowers and twigs to help bring in the colour scheme and I incorporated these in the flowers.

Sarah chose a hand tied bouquet of ivory 'Akito' roses, lilac 'Pacific Blue' roses, rosemary, berried ivy and verigated ivy. It really looked amazing and the photos below don't do it justice. The bridesmaid bouquets were of ivory 'Akito' roses bound with silver ribbon.




For the tablecentres, Sarah chose white lilies and white twigs with bear grass threaded with pearls.



The fireplace was decorated with an arrangement incorporating the ribbons and artificial silver flowers provided by Sarah along with 'Akito' roses, Oriental lilies, Singapore orchids and trailing ivy.


For the head table/ceremony room I incorporated the ribbons and crystal twigs that Sarah had supplied along with white oriental lilies, 'Akito' roses and Singapore Orchids.




The same flowers and embelishments were also arranged in the table display outside the ceremony room.



I also provided a Wishing Tree for guests to write messages to the Bride and Groom. This was decorated with white tags with silver ribbon to tie in with the colour scheme. The staircase was simply dressed with white organza and finished off with large bows at the bottom.

The Colour Purple

Saturday 30th October saw the wedding of Bethany and Scott at Hempstead House in Sittingbourne. The theme of the wedding was purple - aubergine to be exact and this was implemented in the choice of flowers and sashes for the chair covers. The whole look was very sophisticated.


For Bethany's bouquet I used two tone 'Vermeer' calla lilies and dark purple ''Odessa' calla lilies, lilac 'Pacific Blue' roses, white freesias and eucalyptus - the scent was fantastic.



The Bridesmaid carried a hand tied bouquet of 'Vermeer' calla lilies and the flower girls carried a single 'Odessa' calla lily with white ribbons.



For the tablecentres Bethany and Scott decided on goldfish bowls with bear grass and 'Vermeer' and 'Odessa' calla lilies wrapped around the inside. These were placed on a mirror plate and decorated with tea lights and dried rose petals.





The head table arrangement contained eucalyptus, white bouvardia, 'Pacific Blue' roses, 'Vermeer' and 'Odessa' calla lilies.



The chairs were covered with white covers and finished off with an aubergine taffetta sash...

Vintage Chic!

In addition to wedding flowers and chair cover hire I also have a fantastic range of vintage china to hire for your special occasion. The collection ranges from vintage tea cups & saucers to milk jugs, plates, cake stands, sugar bowls and vintage style bunting.



Vintage china can give your special occasion, be it a Wedding, Anniversary, Christening, Baby Shower, Birthday or Garden Party, that extra special unique vintage tea party touch.

I recently provided vintage side plates and tea cups and saucers for Victoria's wedding at the Old Naval College in Greenwich. Victoria wanted to serve her amazing fresh cream sponge wedding cake on vintage china during the evening reception.



I also provided colourful vintage cups and saucers to decorate the long tables in the room.

Sundridge Park Wedding Fair

On Sunday 17th October I exhibited at the Sundridge Park Wedding Fair. I spoke to some lovely people and below are some photos of the work on show.

Vintage style hand tied bouquet with pale pink Heaven roses, lilac Memory Lane roses, cream Vendela roses, cerise pink spray roses and lisianthus.

Country style table arrangment of ivory Chrysanthemum blooms, ivory Bouvardia, pale pink Heaven roses, white Snowberries, ivory Brassica, deep pink Skimmia with Eucalyptus and verigated Ivy




Martini vase arrangement of David Austin 'Miranda', 'Rosalind' and 'Emily' country garden roses

Selection of our vintage china

Lympne Castle - Pretty in Pink

Saturday 9th October was the wedding of Kim and Ligio at the beautiful Lympne Castle. The colour scheme was ivory, pale pink with dusky pink accents. I used pale pink 'Heaven' roses, pale pink 'Pink Eye' gerberas and ivory Oriental lilies as the main flowers, along with dusky pink 'Cool Water' roses, pink and white snowberries and silvery green eucalyptus to tie it all in.

Kim's trailing bouquet of Heaven and Cool Water roses, ivory Oriental Lilies, ivory Singapore Orchids, ivory Bouvardia with pink and white Snowberries.


St Stephen's Church ...

'Heaven' and 'Akito' roses with eucalyptus and ivy.

Pew ends of 'Albino' germini, gypsophila, cherry ruscus and bear grass tied with pink ribbon.

The fireplace in the castle entrance was dressed with a mantle arrangement of 'Pink Eye' gerberas, ivory Oriental lilies, pink snowberries and fragrant eucalyptus



The head table arrangement of 'Pink Eye' gerberas, 'Cool Water' roses, Singapore orchids, Oriental lilies and 'Acropolis' anthuriums. White chair covers with white organza sashes completed the look ...

The 'Wedding House'!

Saturday 25th September saw the wedding of Karen and Jason at Sundridge Park Manor, Channel 4's 'Wedding House'. The colour scheme was claret and ivory with a modern and traditional mix.

The main flowers used throughout the wedding were red Grand Prix roses and ivory Gerberas. I added some double lisianthus and Singapore orchids to the head table arrangement. These were also used in Karen's trailing bouquet which I forgot to photograph!



The table arrangements were a modern design of red Grand Prix roses, ivory gerbera, folded aspidistra leaves, cherry Ruscus and bear grass arranged on 70cm Martini vases. The vases were placed on a round mirror plate with small goldfish bowls arround the base, filled with clear gel and a single Grand Prix rose.





The beautiful staircase was enhanced with a garland of cherry ruscus and adorned with Grand Prix roses and ivory gerberas and was finished off with a red organza bow.



The chairs were dressed with white chair covers and a striking 'claret' organza bow.