Faye and Paul were really keen to keep their wedding flowers, as simple and streamlined as possible whilst still looking good. Flower choices were easy as Faye loves lilies, and as the bridesmaids were going to be in raspberry dresses, the colour scheme was chosen straight away.
As well as using the lilies that Faye loves, we used Dolce Vita roses for a mix of colour, Maroussia roses and white germinis. Foliage was a simple mix of ruscus and bear grass (although we cheated slightly and added crystals to the grasses as we know that Faye's dress had plenty of sparkles and we were adding them to the bouquets.
Faye's dress was truly gorgeous...it looked much better in real life than in the magazine shots, and she will undoubtedly have looked amazing in it. To keep her bouquet relatively simple and yet include her favourite flowers, we provided a textured hand-tied bouquet of lilies, roses and light foliage. The stems were wrapped in white ribbon and finished with sparkles to match the dress.
For the elder bridesmaids, we used white germini with Dolce Vita roses and light foliage. For the four Flower Girls, we provided white germini "wands" surrounded with light raspberry feathers, a few sprigs of grass and some sparkles. Faye's sister also wore a gerbera in her hair, to which we added sparkles and foliage.
For the boys, we used a Dolce Vita rose for Paul and white germinis for the remainder of the bridal party so that they matched the bridal entourage. Corsages were provided to tie in with the ladies' clothes and jewellery and thank-you's were provided for special family members.
For the top table, we designed a full arrangement using all the flowers used elsewhere in the wedding. OK, so it wasn't streamlined and small, but given the length of the top table, and the fact that Faye and Paul deserved something a little more special, we decided it would be right. We finished the table with Dolce Vita rose petals.
Guest tables were simply dressed with tall lily vases on mirrors in which a streamlined hand-tied bouquet of lilies, germinis, ruscus and grasses were provided tied with raspberry bows. Once the room was finally dressed with covers, bows and napkin ties (we were too early to see it finished), it would have given the perfect balance of raspberry and ivory.
All was calm on the morning of the wedding and both Paul and Faye were so looking forward to their special day. We hope it was everything they dreamed of as such a lovely couple deserve the very best wedding day.
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