Well here it is, a long awaited blog post. One a week from now on I promise! I had to start with one of my favourite weddings from last year. The absolutely gorgeous Aisling & Ian…
After a few initial emails, Aisling called out to me at home and we started to go over the look she was hoping for. I absolutely loved her ideas and was thrilled when she decided to use me as her florist and I was really looking forward to working with her. She described her unusual ‘Claire Pettibone’ dress which you can see below.
A colour scheme of ivory, peaches and cream was chosen to compliment the gown and Aisling wanted to use heather to remind her of home in the Mourne Mountains. I chose Peach Avalanche roses, David Austin ‘Patience’ rose and dahlias which were the same shape as the flowers on Aislings dress.
The bridesmaids carried the same flowers as Aisling, along with stocks and sweet peas. As you can just see from below, Aislings differed in that her bouquet was asymmetric like her dress. There was one large white hydrangea placed to one side of the bouquet.
Next, was the flower girls. These beautiful girls carried small posies and wore crowns of flowers…
Aisling had asked for fresh rose petal confetti for church so rather than throw away fresh petals that are removed from the flowers when you are preparing them I made some paper cones and popped them in. These were then placed in to baskets and the girls gave them to the guests as they left church.
Last but not least was the men! The buttonholes were a delightful mix of lavender, herbs, astilbe and bound with twine.
And they certainly looked the business in these fab navy suits…
If you're wondeirng about the amazing headpiece Aisling wore, it was made by the uber talented Aisling Neslon of Rangoli Jewellery. You can read more about his wedding on the Rangoli blog...
Next post, the church and reception…
No comments:
Post a Comment