Gemma and Nick's eclectic, glamorous wedding at Chilston Park Hotel

When I first spoke to Gemma, we talked about Thailand, Matthew Williamson, boho chic and other such glamorous things.  When I first met Gemma and Nick face to face, it all made perfect sense as they are the most chic, glamorous and lovely couple.  Nick proposed in Thailand, hence orchids were a focal point, and the rest of the theme grew from there.

Gemma chose an exquisite and unusual dress with an empire line bodice, flashes of gold accents and a soft, slightly tiered feathery skirt.  I can only imagine how amazing this will have looked.  Nick chose a suit which we christended "bleach bottle blue" after the industrial sized bottle sitting in the studio!  The two bridesmaids chose their own dresses and each was a different colour.

For the flowers we decided upon a loose tied bouquet for Gemma using the colours of peacock feathers as a base.  We added Marbella Phalaenopsis orchids, green cymbidium orchids and purple vanda orchids along with gentiana, aconitum, anigozanthus (kangaroo paw), veronica, Picasso Calla lilies and eucalyptus parvifolia.  The bouquet could be carried low in one hand, or over the arm, whichever was preferred.  Peacock feathers were added throughout.

For her bridesmaids, we used gold ribbon on which to design the wrist corsages, and used Red Lips phalaenopsis orchids and white dendrobrium orchids, Picasso Calla lilies, peacock feathers and a few sprigs of grass.

Nick's buttonhole used the Picasso Calla Lily along with the Marbella phalaenopsis orchid, backed with the ubiquitous peacock feather.

The groom's party all wore Red Lips phalaenopsis orchids backed with peacock feathers and the Mums wore corsages of Marbella phalaenopsis and dendrobrium orchids with grasses.  Each Mum had a thank you bouquet using an eclectic mix of flowers matching the colour scheme, and each designed slightly differently, which was only fitting seeing the rest of the scheme.

For the Orangery, Gemma and Nick had bought white birdcages, which we dressed with a trailing arrangement of orchids, veronica, peacock feathers and calla lilies and added a colourful selection of candles.  We then dressed the celebrant table with two mirrored cubes containing gorgeous tall double stemmed phalaenopsis orchids finished with peacock feathers and cerise pink sisal.

For the wedding breakfast in The Hussey Hall, Gemma and Nick had decided to add an eclectic and interesting selection of items to each table, and were then adding peacock feathers to each place name.  We added a mirrored cube containing the gorgeous planted Red Lips phalaenopsis orchids finished with feathers and a splash of cerise pink sisal.  The items surrounding each cube were different on each table and included fish, stiletto shoes, a silver globe, a gorgeous silver elephant, a buddha's head and lovebirds under a bell jar / cloche on the top table.  All totally gorgeous and very original.

The wedding looked stunning, the bridal party were lovely, Gemma looked radiant even with make-up half way through and I'm absolutely certain that each and every wedding guest will have been treated to the best day and will remember it forever.