Spring Has Sprung.... and it smells so nice! April 10th 2010

Yesterday was the wedding of Marie, a Church service followed by a reception at Birchwood Golf Club. Marie wanted a rustic spring look of the lovely seasonal flowers including daffodils and tulips. The vibrant yellows were off set with zingy lime green and soft ivory. The perfume from the roses along with the sweet daffodils and narcisscuss was just lovely. I arrived at Marie's house to be greeting by her Dad all proud and excited in his Morning Suit. The Flower Girl was also ready and looked realy pretty in a cream dress and matching shrug and lots of curls.

The table centres were simple glass cubes filled with compact domes of spring yellows and lime- it smelt amazing! I wrapped raffia around the cubes to give a rustic contrast to the glass. Another lovely touch was placing a cluster of daffodils tied with raffia on each napkin place setting. Cute.
It was a gorgeous sunny spring day and the views accross the grounds was so pretty.

I have to mention the gorgeous cake by Nicola at Hall of Cakes - truly beautiful. The lace effect on the icing was intricate and just lovely

Trends for 2010=

Hot Trends for Brides= Now that this wedding is in full swing the themes and trends for the season are underway. So far, Blue seems to be the colour, whether its sky, midnight, moonstone or auqa..its got to be blue. In terms of matching up bouquets its a challange, however it makes way for all those lovely details like crytsal tipped grasses, binding blooms and adding accessories.

Paula's wedding had an auqa blue theme and so I used beads and wire to bring the colour through to an all white selection. Chair backs, and ribbons will then pull it all together.

Here are a few other ideas for this colour scheme, using ribbon and glass beads and my very own Bridesmaids wands!

Bling is more than just a ring!

So many bouquets are being blinged up to match crystals and and diamonds to tie in with themes and dresses. I love it, but only the most tasteful of diamontes should be used. I can either stud the centres of flowers with diamontes or add clusters inbetween the flowers.

The diamontes come in a wide choice of colours and can be used to work in a colour scheme as seen here at Audrey D'Sa wedding last summer. The Chief Bridesmaid had bouquets that laid across there arms with modern looped leaves. It looked great

Kelly's wedding had loads of sparkle throughout her day and so I added clusters of diamontes to her bouquet. I made a butterfly wand to match the colours and sparkle which was perfect for the flower girl. These are ideal for toddlers as they will wave it around which looks really cute.

I even added glitter to the gel which sat in her goldfish bowltable centres.

Here the brides bouquet had the diamontes through the flowers. I had to thread them onto bear grass to create the effect. Pain stakingly slow and fiddlely -but worth it!

I can also add diamonte details to the stems, prehaps using a special brooch or find a vintage looking piece- they are everywhere in the shops now. Alternatively add sparkle to your shoes like I did saying "I do"

Autunmal Elegance. Claire Pickford

I have just finished a beautiful wedding at Rowhill Grange, Kent Claire had choosen a lovely colour scheme of purple, plum and Ivory. She wanted a romantic look with roses but also loved the clean modern look of calla lilies.
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For the table centres I decided to use the roses but arranged them in modern cube style arrangements. The deep plum foliage cotinus set them off beautifully and was the exact colour match to the plum. Berries from tree ivy also made in feel autunmal and cosy.

Claire's bouquet was a dome of white roses, edged with cotinus foliage and detailed with beads which I wired all myself by hand! The girls wearing the deep purple had smaller versions of the brides bouquets with deep plum foliage. and the two flower girls had mini posies with roses, germini's and berries.

The girls wearing the deep purple had smaller versions of the brides bouquets with deep plum foliage and berries and the two flower girls had mini posies with roses, germini's and berries. The stems were bound in a sumptious purple satin ribbon for a luxury finish.

Claire chose some lovely personal touches like using picture frames to hold her table names (Disney Characters- love it), and had a friend hand make cup cakes.

Congrats Claire. Have fun in Disney!

Midnight Bue with a wow factor

Yesterday was the wedding of Jodie and Chris at the beautiful Turkey Mill. It was a really hot day and just perfect for the outdoor ceremony, as romantic music echoed arounds the grounds as I arrived I couldn't help but feel the romance in the air!




Jodie wore a beautiful silver grey dress and was lovely to see something non coventional. Jodie wanted a wow factor for her flowers with a modern and contempory feel.







She held a modern shower bouquet of pale pink calla lilies studded with silver beads, which picked up the silver of the dress.The bridesmaids wore navy blue floor length dresses with contrasting handties in hot pink gerberas and deep purple lizzy. As the girls walked across the bridge dressed with white chiffon bows, the drama of the blue was just stunning.










For the recpetion tables I chose elevated vases with large domes of lilies, gerberas and lizzy. I carried on the silver by putting a sparkle effect onto steel grass that shot up into the air above the displays. The striking colours gave a wow factor to the room and was a perfect match to Jodie's look.





Well done- it looked great.