Carol and David's wedding at Oakwood House

Carol and David have been together for over twenty years and marriage wasn't that important to them until lately.  Hence Carol wanted to keep the wedding day fairly simple, minimalistic and to be shared with just a smallish number of friends and family....until the evening where the numbers swelled to over 150!  She had teased David that she was going to buy a regular dress from Coast or similar and wasn't going to look like a bride!  Hopefully he didn't realise she was teasing until she walked down the aisle in a stunning, slightly grecian styled dress.

For her flowers, Carol wanted to keep everything very simple and in a purple and ivory palette.  She was concerned too many different purples in the bouquets and personal flowers might clash, so we kept it very simple....purple vanda orchids (not at all simple...very exotic really) and calla lilies.

For Carol's bouquet, we decided upon a more casual overarm hand-tied style of ivory callas and purple vanda orchids with a few sprigs of grass and a few leaves.  Elegant, and very striking in its simplicity.

Carol's sister was her bridesmaid and carried an ivory calla lily hand-tied bouquet, and her Flower Girl, Chloe, carried an ivory calla lily "wand" withe just a few shaved feathers, sparkles and grasses.  Buttonholes were simply ivory calla lilies as were corsages.

For the ceremony in the Garden Room, we provided two structural and strking pedestals and introduced the lovely bi-coloured Picasso Calla Lily, some exotic foliage and striking purple alliums.  Carol intended to lay her bouquet across the front of the table.

The wedding reception was in the Billiard Room at Oakwood House in a horseshoe configuration.  We provided tall lily vases (which would be used on the tables for the evening reception) and alternated either purple water down the stems with ivory calla lilies in test tubes, or clear water and purple vanda orchids in test tubes.  Simple triple Calla Lily arrangements with aspidistra and grasses were used in the top, wrapped in purple ribbon and finished with a single crystal to match the bouquets.

We added three arrangements to the alcoves behind the top table, and added an orchid to the place setting for the bride and groom.  Although the room wasn't complete when we left, it was going to look pretty striking.

We have to give a mention to Michelle at http://www.sweetandfancycupcakes.co.uk/ who was in the process of setting up seven tiers of the most beautiful cupcakes...she'd decorated them simply in purple and ivory with a range of different, chocolate themed toppings.  They smelt divine and were evidently a mix of carrot cakes, chocolate cakes, lemon cakes, vanilla and others.  I have a feeling there would be none left by the end of the evening as they looked and smelt fabulous!

Hopefully Carol and David had the best day, and that it was worth the wait.  The weather may not have been at its best, but I have a feeling that there would have been laughter all round throughout the day, and absolutely everyone will have had a wonderful time.