Yesterday was the eagerly awaited wedding of Sarah and Barry. Sarah had been planning her wedding for a while and and ensured all details were covered in the run up to the day. She used Isis Events as her wedding coordinators for the day, and it was a dream to turn up to a marquee that was ready to work in, with no obstacles in the way, everything set and ready and Toni from Isis ready and willing to help if required. It made our set-up very easy to manage. Even sprinkling the crystals on mirrors was an easy job as they were measured out in advance to ensure each table had an equal amount.
Sarah and Barry wanted an elegant, crisp and contemporary feel to their wedding and their colour palette was white and silver. Sarah particularly dislikes roses at weddings, and hence we decided on a range of orchids for her special day. Crisp white phalaenopsis orchids in a contemporary design were used for her bouquet, and unusual overarm cymbidium orchids were used for her bridesmaids, designed to follow the natural arc shape of the phalaenopsis orchid stems.
For the church, we kept the flowers very simple and a little more structural in appearance. There had been a rose festival the week before, but Sarah was keen not to have roses included in her special day, and so the flowers were kept to white cymbidium orchids along with ornithogalum arabicum along with grasses and palms, and we think looked quite striking and not overpowering in such a lovely setting.
We decided to use both phalaenopsis and cymbidium orchids for the marquee to tie in with all the bridal flowers, and persuaded Sarah and Barry to have tablecentres with an additional arrangement on the top to give height and a touch more "wow" to the marquee. We also thought it would be nice to have orchids cascading from the top table forwards to give an additional element to the front of the top table....we think they worked really well.
Despite the heat of the day, the marquee looked cool and sophisticated and reflected the New York, New York theme that flowed through all the table names. I think you'll agree the attention to detail and the intricate planning paid off and I know Sarah and Barry had a wonderful day...can't wait to see their photos as I only saw Sarah mid make-up with exquisite hair, and I've no doubt she looked amazing in her dress.
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