Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Style in the City

I had the privilege of working on Jennie's wedding at the end of March. I say privilege because I loved everything about it. The venue, the flowers, the dresses, the walk down Grafton Street -everything!

The bouquets were made up of roses, stocks, waxflower, peonies and soft foliage.

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The bridal bouquet contained among other things, antique looking Amnesia roses and lily of the valley. Belle, Vendella and Sweet Avalanche roses.

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The flower girl posy was just the sweetest little thing.

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The church flowers were made up from the same selection of flowers along with soft foliage such as Lamb’s Ear. This matching pair were destined for the chair backs.

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The pew ends were decorated with natural looking posies.

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A unity candle arrangement holding chunky church candles was made for the main table in the Unitarian Church on Stephen’s Green.

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When the church was finished it was over to The Westin, to cover the chairs with pristine white covers and silver organza sashes.

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When that was finished it was a dash back over to the church to collect the flowers. The bride and groom were enjoying a stroll down Grafton Street and a pint in Bruxelles so there was plenty of time to use the flowers in a new way – as you might have realised by now – I don’t like to waste anything!

The pew ends were taken apart and placed in to glass bowls with some pussy willow. I loved these – they were like spring in a vase!

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The chair backs and unity arrangement were placed on the horseshoe top table.

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Hopefully there’ll be some professional shots from this wedding to come when the bride returns from honeymoon.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Emma & Marks, Lush Summer Wedding

A summer wedding in July was the setting for a fresh and zesty colour palette. Emma had chosen the most beautiful sage green bridesmaids dresses and this was taken as a starting point for a green and white theme.

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Emma herself needed no flowers as she had chosen a ‘brooch bouquet’. These ingenious creations are made up of vintage style brooches and jewellery. The bouquet can be taken apart after and used to make pieces of jewellery to be worn after the big day.

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These beautiful bridesmaids carried hand-tied bouquets bursting with roses, stocks, sweet peas, lisianthus, september flower and alchemilia molis to achieve a colour scheme of white, ivory, lemon and green.

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Emma’s handsome groom wore quite an unusual buttonhole which was made up of a small dendrobium orchid decorated with jewels and wire to compliment the brooch bouquet.

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The rest of the wedding party wore ivory rose buttonholes decorated with the september flower, panicum and alchmelia to compliment the bridesmaids bouquets.

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Last but by no means least was the absolutely adorable flower girl, daughter of the couple. She looked simply beautiful in a fresh floral crown with matching fairy wand………..

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The crown is measured and cut to size……..

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A quick change before church and ta dah…..

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And so, to church…

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Once again, everything from church found a new home at the reception, starting with the altar arrangement being placed on the top table….

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The pedestals were placed at the reception entrance….

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Pew ends found new homes on the end of the top table and the bar tables…

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Church flowers can easily find a new lease of life at your reception so be sure to recycle yours. I have two packages this year which include free transport and set up at your reception.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wedding of Maria & Craig, Clonabreaney House

A gorgeous September day in the Meath countryside was the setting for Maria and Craig shown here on the steps of Kilskeer Church. The entrance was framed with small olive trees and rustic lanterns.

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This church is perfectly placed for those having their reception at Clonabreany House. The house is breathtakingly beautiful as you’ll see in this post.

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Maria opted for a simple and elegant posy of pure white hydrangeas to compliment this amazing gown

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The bridesmaids bouquets were a picture perfect mix of pale pink roses, astrantia and waxflower. They looked goregous against the dusky pink of their dresses.

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And not forgetting the other gorgeous girls of the day, the super-cute flowers girls shown here walking down the lantern lit aisle.

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And last but not least the men were dashing in grey suits. Craig stood out with his pink rose buttonhole while the groomsmen had a mix of astilbe, waxflower and astrantia bound in twine. How fab is this picture, go on Craig – turn around!!!

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Following the ceremony it was only a short hop over to Clonabreany. I took along my wedding sign to guide the guests.

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The entrance and bar area contained the most wonderful wishing tree. I was really proud of this creation. Twisted willow with a natural leaning structure was set into florists foam which was decorated with roses and moss. Maria had sourced the most amazing tags to hang on the tree and she tells me the tree was a real hit with the guests.

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Hopefully the guests were even more blown away when they entered the marquee. Clonabreany has a permanent marquee in place with huge windows framing the most amazing view. The marquee provided a blank canvas for striking hydrangeas in bright pink and pale pink. The tables held a mixture of high and low arrangements.

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The pretty details included these placecards which I stamped for them and the candy buffet which Maria set up herself.

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Huge congratulations, you two. Thank you for letting me create the flowers for such a stunning wedding and I wish you every happiness x

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