Wedding of Aisling & Ian, The Church and Reception

 

Aisling & Ian were married at the Church of St Martin, Culmullen near Dunshaughlin. This is such a picturesque country church….

 

Aisling was brave enough to be the first to try out my new idea of recycling church flowers.  She chose the platinum package which includes everything you could ever need for church! Along with this is removal of the flowers to your reception venue with the flowers used in a new way as you’ll see below.

Starting with the entrance.  In place of the traditional trees Aisling opted for large baskets of heather.  It was her idea to bring in heather to remind her of home.  I wanted to be sure it was right so after checking with the Heather Society for the type I needed, the lovely people at Galloway Heather sent a type of Calluna Vulgaris.

After the ceremony this heather was then going to find a new lease of life dressing the place settings at the reception

For the walk up the aisle, lanterns were placed on either side along with country style posies for the pew ends.

The pew ends were then taken to the reception and taken apart to be placed into vintage glassware.

The altar held 2 pedestals full of flowers and a hurricane vase with candle.

Which were then moved to the reception area of Tankardstown House.

An arrangement was left on the altar ready for the unity candles. 

This would normally be destined for the top table at the reception but as the bridal party were sitting at a round table it was placed on one of the fireplaces.

The beautiful windowsills in the church were decorated with greenery and on top of this small posies were placed to decorate.

Four of these small posies made up a circlet of flowers around the candelabras on the reception tables. A really great way to have an abundance of flowers at your wedding. 

Finally the remaining pew ends and flowers from the chair backs…

…were placed in vases in various areas at the reception, including the table plan

and in a vase of marshmallows to compliment this most lovely of sweet treat tables…

So, if you want a day full of luscious blooms then recycling is the way to go!

If you want to read more about this wedding check out the blog post of Rangoli jewellery.  Aisling Nelson of Rangoli designs the most stunning bridal head pieces as you can see from this shot and Aisling spoke to her after the event about the planning of the wedding.

Finally, a big Congratulations to Aisling & Ian. You were an absolute pleasure to work with and I wish you both many years of happiness together x