Hot Pink and Glamourous!

This Friday was the Wedding of Toni and Lee at Sundridge Park Mansion.

The theme was to be hot pink, black and white with lots of Bling and feather trim!

Modern, Bright, Funky and Glamour were words that myself and Toni used when designing her wedding flowers. the Bridesmaids wore black cocktail dresses and held bright pink domes of hot pink gerberas. They were edged with black feathers for ultimate fluff!

Toni held a larger version but I added diamontes to the centres of the flowers, Hers was edged with white feathers and the stems were detailed with a black sash and diamonte buckle.




The Ceremony took place in the Garden room and I dressed the table with glamourous black tanks with domes of more Hot pink Gerberas.

The hallway table was dressed with a glamourous vase of seasonal flowers to welcome the Guests.

On the staircase I swagged black chiffon around the pillars and fastened large displays of hot pink gerneras and black feathers.

Sage Green and Apple Blossom pink

Sunday 1st May was the beautiful wedding of Claire and Mark at All Saints Church followed by a reception at Brandshatch Place Hotel.
Claire had chosen a lovely soft green for her Bridesmaids dresses and wanted to create a soft Spring/Summer feel.


I decided to use a combination of spring flowers and as the weather had been so amazingly warm, I used summer flowers to! Claire's bouquet was made up with blush peonies, sweet avalanche roses, ivory rose buds, white ranuculas, green lisianthus and white lilac.

The overall look created a feminine and soft bouquet which suited Claire perfectly.

The Bridesmaids held smaller versions with put the peonies. Against the dresses, they looked amazing.

Lovely- SS11 in a box!

The buttonholes and corsages were made up in soft coloured roses from the theme.

The ceremony took place at All saints Church in Orpington. It was so pretty inside. There were the most lovely stained glass paneled windows in pastel shades. I simply arranged tied bunches to the pew ends and tied them with chiffon bows.

The sun was shining and it was like mid summers day when I arrived at the Hotel. In the heat I swagged the main staircase with foliage and roses to create a romantic entrance.

In the breakfast room, I had arranged compact domes of flowers from the theme which sat on fluted vases. The look was soft and blousey and gave off lovley perfume in the room.

The top table had a length of tank vases filled with matching flowers from the theme. They were placed on mirror tiles and surrounded by scatter crystals. Very pretty!

Claire had chosen a lovley look for the chair sashes with a two tone colour effect finished with a diamonte buckle.

The cake was gorgeous and had lovley detail of apple blossom spilling around the tiers. Which matched the stationary.



Congratulations Claire and Mark, I'm sure you had an amazing day! x

Mothers Day 2011

With The Royal Wedding Just around the corner, I have taken my inspiration for My 2011 Mothers Day Collection from all the Royal, Regal and Romantic. So this year treat your Special Mum to one of these Little Treasures. Great Britsh Mum: A dainty arrangement in a silver galavanised tin filled with all things lovely, a sprinkle a spring, splash of sunshine and a dusting of dolly mixed colours. All finished off with a spotted ribbon. Prefect for Little Princesses to give. This was this years best seller, and was so cute, and smelt divine! An English Rose: A beautiful classic Hand Tied Bouquet of mixed flowers true to an English Garden. Including blushing garden roses, stocks, blue hyacinths and wild foilages. Queen for a Day: A glorious hand tied bouquet of raspberry pink and deep plum scented spring blooms and English herbs all arranged in pale pink wrapping with a keepsake message tag.

After an exhusting weekend, it was all worth it to see all those lovley Mummys smile on Sunday morning.

50's Glamour in Spring

April 2nd was the wedding of Fiona and Tom that took place at St Mary's Church in Bexley Village, followed by a reception at Sundridge Park. The theme was 50's glamour and a colour palette of antique gold, spring cream and green.


The Brides dress was a simple and classic shape which resembled an Audrey Hepburn style. The bouquet was kept simple with a neat dome of ivory tea roses, studded with pearls, The stems were detailed with fabric matching the Brdiesmaids Dresses.


The girls wore simple wrist corsges of white orchids, gold grass and pearl deatils- Very Pretty.

At Sundridge Park, The ballroom was filled with perfume as I placed the centrepieces into the room. The Tanks were filled with all spring flowers including hyacinths and narcisscus, which smell just delightful! The flash of lime green just lifted the tables and gave a great flash of spring accross the room.

I had detailed the vases with a simple sash of ivory ribbon with a classic pleat bow.

Bountiful bunches were anchored to the pillars with lushious bows to creating a sweeping feature to the staircase. I loved the personal name place cards that Fiona had created- I am sured these raised a lot of laughs around the room and would certainly get the guests talking. Oh and the transport of You all was FAB...A Vinatge Double Decker Bus!

Here is a lovely note from Mr and Mrs Ashford.

"Dear Nicola We just wanted to put in to word our thanks for all that you did on our wedding day. Everything you put together was absolutly beautiful and so many people both commented on your table decorations and my bouquet. We took the top table display to my grandmothers nursing home the next day as she could not come to the wedding and so it was enjoyed by many more people even after the wedding.Please find attached a few photos of the brilliant flowers that you arranged for us. We would thoroughly recommend your services to any potential bridal parties.

Kind RegardsFiona and Tom Ashford"

Wedding Trends 2011

The Wedding season in not far off now, and the trends are already starting to fall into place for 2011. Vintage is still bang on trend and my absolute favourite style...love love love it! Purples are still srtong, but have nudged slighty by introducing navy blue and berry tones, creating a softer pallete, and more scope for me. New for this year is corals and tangerines. This is a lovely a refreshing change, and great for Spring/Summer. I would team this with soft apple greens , and warm toffee creams. FAB_U_LOUS! Below are a few inspiration boards that I have put together based in these latest trends. Get in touch if you would like me to customise a board for you based on your colour scheme, if you are stuck for ideas! http://www.dessy.com/shareboard/?user=moodboardguest&password=45019 http://www.dessy.com/shareboard/?user=moodboardguest&password=45021 http://www.dessy.com/shareboard/?user=moodboardguest&password=45018 Thank you Dessy, for having such lovely colours and dresses to choose from.

2011 is here! Happy New Year

After a busy Christmas season of dressing trees, fireplaces, tablescentres and doors. Being covered in glitter, fake snow and having very sore fingers from making holly rings in minus 2 degrees!...2011 arrived.