Well what a wet, cold and blustery day it was for Finn and James' wedding. But nothing could dampen the spirits despite my getting soaked to the skin several times setting up this morning, and then subsequently delivering. It was all worth it to hear Finn's comments about the bouquet and Tabitha's face when she held her "wand". And being a dog person, it was nice to meet Baldrick, Bob and Golly.
I've really been looking forward to Finn and James' wedding, ever since Finn and I sat down and talked through her plans. Finn had chosen a cream linen dress with a pashmina scarf in lovely graduated shades from palest pink to deep lilac. Her accessories were silver. This formed the colour palette for the wedding and whilst we agreed on certain flowers such as Amnesia and Sweet Avalanche roses and Previa Anthuriums, Finn largely left it to me to choose the most appropriate flowers which is always lovely. I knew she liked hyacinths and deep lilac / purple hydrangeas.....being out of season they were a little trickier to find, but looked (and smelt) lovely.
We chose Sweet Avalanche, Vendella and Amnesia roses, lisianthus, hydrangea, anthuriums, chincherinchee, bouvardia, ranunculus, eucalyptus and silver bear grass. For Finn's bouquet we provided a textured hand-tied bouquet using all flowers except the anthuriums. For Tabitha, we made a Sweet Avalanche rose "wand" surrounded with bouvardia and with a few small dusky pink feathers and a few sparkles to match her sparkly shoes. For Jess, we provided a wrist corsage.
James wore a lovely deep grey three piece suit and looked extremely dapper with his Sweet Avalanche buttonhole finished with silver bear grass and eucalyptus. The groomsmen wore Vendella roses and significant ladies in the party had corsages tailored to match their outfits.
For the ceremony in the bar (the herb garden was just not an option in the horizontal rain!), we framed the stairs with tall vases of flowers and then provided an arrangement to fill the front of the celebrant table. The window ledges were dressed with small votives with a selection of the flowers used elsewhere and side tables were dressed with small cubes of flowers. Even the snazzy toilets were dressed for the occasion with small cubes of flowers.
For the tables we decided upon mirrored cubes with hand-tied massed bouquets of flowers which were arranged in small aqua packs rather than in foam to allow them to be given to guests at the end of the day. We added to the tables using hyacinth pips around the vases and added Sweet Avalanche roses to napkins. As Finn and James wanted a more relaxed feel to their wedding, the tablecentres worked perfectly as they fitted the surroundings, didn't obscure the view and provided the colour required to match the wedding theme.
Once we'd finished and put everything in place, I'd completely forgotten about the weather as everything looked so cosy and inviting, which is exactly what Finn and James' wedding would be to anyone lucky enough to be invited. Working at Chapeldown always makes me smile as Kate and the team ensure everything is just perfect...Kate even warmed me up with a coffee and a chat about fab shoes. What more can you ask from a Monday than a lovely wedding and fab shoes!
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