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.

Royal Navel College, London

This weekend I had the pleasure of working on Michelle's wedding at the Royal Navel College in Greenwich. The striking colour combination and detailing of Michelle's amazing asian dress was great to bring to life with the flowers.

Michelle held a full teardrop bouquet of classic roses and lisianthus, teamed with contemporary orchids and oriental lilies.

The ceremony took place in the stunning Painted Hall. Which in itself is a work of art and any flower simply enhances its beauty.

After getting into the building...which was very exciting as the crew of Pirates of the Carribean had just been on site filming the latest movie!!

The flowers were placed through out the Chapel including Pedastalls, Top Table and centrepieces. The flowers were inspired by classical autumnal shades, and flowers including berries, wild foilage and velevet roses.

I had the pleasure of seeing Michelle leave the Chapel as she and her new hubby posed so vibrantly on the staircase. Everybody was sparkling and was a lovely site. Congratulations.

Glamorous Vintage.

On Friday 24th September, the wedding of Susanne and John took place at Rowhill Grange. The colour scheme was a stunning hue of blush, taupe and toffee. Susanne wanted a garden vintage vibe to her bouquet with rich details of lace and sparkle.

I used a beautiful combination of ecquadorian roses and lizzy. softened with scented eucalyptus and old fashioned vintage fern. Susanne wore a beautiful slim cut satin dress with an overlay of ivory lace, studded with sequins. i matched these rich fabrics by wrapping the stems in lace and studding them with diamontes to.

Susanne and John's special day was the first to take place in the newly refurbished Tuffles Restaurant. The soft tones in the new decor went perfectly with the flowers that I chose to use. Elegant cake stands held compact posies of vintage coloured flowers. As the summer season is fading the mottled tones of the hydrangeas that naturally change with the season looked great.

The ceremony took place in the Orangery and again the tones blended in perfect harmony with the surroundings. Two urn arrangements created a garden romance backdrop to the room and the centrepiece finnished it off.

Congratulations to you both- you looked radiant and absolutly stunning. x


"Nicola
We cannot thank you enough for the wonderful flower arrangements you did for our Wedding at Rowhill Grange on the 24th September 2010, they were absolutely amazing. My bouquet was the best I’ve ever seen, all the flowers and colours were exactly what I had wished for and more. Our guests just could not stop talking about them.
John and I cannot thank you enough.

All our best wishes
Love
Susanne + John Angell "

Wedding date at SE10

17th September was the Wedding of Sue and Danny. The venue was the Historic Queens House in Greenwich followed by a reception at the Trafalgar Tavern.

Sue wanted a very simple style bouquet and so I arranged a mass of white hydrangeas, their beauty and simplicity do all the work and when grouped together creates a wonderful effect.

The navy blue colour scheme was brought to life with navy blue berries and silver grey eucalyptus to match the Groom's suit. The stems were bound in midnight blue ribbon and finished with pearls.

The Bridesmaids were wearing midnight blue held mixed hand tied bouquets of ivory roses, white lizzy and germinis (one of Sue's fav flowers) dotte with Sky blue hydrangea and midnight blue berries.

The Groom and his best man had simple and elegant heads of white phalanopsis orchids, fragile....but beautiful!

As I arrived at The Park, the sun was glorious, with a cool little breeze. I just love the September sun. The terrace at the back of the house looked over the park and up the hill to the gorgeous skyline. What a perfect place for canapes and champagne.

Outside, to greet the Bridal party I arranged large displays in urns on white columns, filled with blue delphinium and hydrangeas. The shocking blue against the building looked amazing.

After that, I sped off across the road to the Trafalgar Tavern. Another favourite venue of mine, with the views across the river to the dome.

Sue wanted a bit of a wow factor, to sit with the decor of the room. I went for height...lots of it, which filled the room.

Modern touches included the wrapped stems and "barbed wire" base to the vase. I finished the centrepiece with clusters of hydrangea in silver mirrored votives.

The top table featured a low display of flowers from the theme on globe, filled with the navy wire detail.

The navy theme always seems difficult for flowers, but the shading of blue in the flowers along with the navy details from the stationary, ribbons and chair sashes, pulled together to create a stunning and elegant look.