Shocking Pink!

Another of my favourite weddings also took place in May. Kelly's colour scheme was shocking pink with pale pink accents. She wanted a hand tied bouquet of shocking pink roses with contrasting Singapore orchids in between, finished off with diamante pins.



I chose to use Purple Power roses which have the most amazing scent along with cerise pink Singapore orchids heads which were wired and placed between the roses. A diamante pin was placed in the centre of each rose.




The bridesmaids carried bouquets of cream gerbera with folded aspidistra leaves at the base and were bound with shocking pink ribbon.

In the reception room the pillars were dressed with fairy lights and the table arrangements were placed on martini vases which were filled with shocking pink gel. Kelly chose modern arrangements of shocking pink 'Serena' gerberas along with pale pink 'Heaven' roses, folded aspidistra leaves, hard ruscus and bear grass. The vases were placed on a round mirror and baby goldfish bowls were placed around the mirror filled with shocking pink gel and a single 'Serena' gerbera. (Chair covers not provided by us).


The head table was dressed with an arrangement of 'Serena' gerberas, 'Heaven' roses, 'Kimsey' germini and Singapore orchids. Baby goldfish bowls containing shocking pink gel and a single 'Serena' gerbera were placed along the table with cerise silk rose petals sprinkled inbetween.

Golden Elegance

Another of my favourite weddings this year took place in May at the Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells. The colour scheme was gold and teal - I don't often get to work with golds and yellows so it was a nice change.

The bride, Nicole, carried a mixed hand tied bouquet of gold 'Sphinx' roses, gold and ivory freesia, ivory 'Akito' roses, tanacetum and mini pittosporum bound with ivory ribbon.


The bridesmaids carried smaller versions bound with teal ribbon.

The ceremony took place in the beautiful orangery. I created an arrangement for the ceremony table along with two urn arrangements placed either side, which were later moved into the reception room.

For the table arrangement I used gold 'Cachet' gerbera, gold 'Sphinx' roses, ivory 'Akito' roses and ivory Oriental lilies along with trailing cherry ruscus foliage and ivory Singapore orchids.


In the urns I used the same 'Cachet' gerbera along with ivory and gold gladioli, ivory stocks, ivory Oriental lilies and september along with foxtail foliage.

The table arrangements for the reception were placed on Martini vases and contained the 'Cachet' gerberas, 'Sphinx' roses, the Oriental lilies and stocks finished off with the bushy foxtail foliage and hard ruscus. A very elegant affair!

Lilac and Springtime

Spring is always a lovely time for weddings and in April this year saw the wedding of Jo and Steve at Cooling Castle Barns. This was one of my favourite weddings, the colour scheme was lilac and ivory - just perfect for spring. Jo and Steve wanted an abundance of flowers and decided on large table arrangements over a metre in height! They also wanted flower arrangements hanging on each of the pillars in the main reception room.

With all the lovely fragrant spring flowers around I chose to use lilac and white stocks and lilac sweet peas within the arrangements with the addition of lilac lisianthus, ammi, bushy foxtail (asparagus meyers) and trailing ivy.

The same flowers were used for the pillar arrangements.

The tall table arrangements worked great in the barn as the ceiling is very high - it looked spectacular.

Hello!

Welcome to my blog! I've toyed with the idea of a blog for some time now and have finally decided to take the plunge! I can't promise it will be as entertaining as Miss Pickering's fantastic blog but it will give a little insight into my weddings and maybe offer a little inspiration along the way.

I'll be adding a blog for each wedding I do from now on, along with some of my favourites from earlier in the year.