Roisin and Chris' wedding at Turkey Mill

Roisin knew exactly what she wanted for her special day from the moment we met her.  She had chosen purple bridesmaids' dresses and a stunning full gown for herself which she then added to with her own design of crystals and sparkles.  She had a full cathedral length veil as well and was destined to look truly stunning.  The flowers therefore had to follow suit!  Despite having chosen purple dresses for the older girls, Roisin only wanted a hint of purple in the flowers and wanted pale pinks and ivories and wanted a soft, country feel to the flowers chosen.  We decided to use peonies, roses, freesias, lisianthus, trachellium, bouvardia, amaranthus, asparagus fern and chincherinchee along with lots of soft foliage.  It worked so well as you can see from the photo Roisin and Chris have kindly sent to us today.

Against such a stunning dress (with equally stunning accessories, hair and flawless make-up etc), Roisin wanted a full length shower bouquet wth lots of movement and plenty of sparkle.  We used all the flowers mentioned above and it just grazed the floor as you can see in the photo below showing how lovely Roisin looks. 

For the elder girls, Roisin was going to provide silk bouquets, but decided at the last moment that we would provide pretty hand-tied bouquets for them using roses, freesias, lisianthus, trachellium, bouvardia, chincherinchee and foliage.  We also then provided pretty little mini posies of a single rose surrounded with trachellium and bouvardia for the Flower Girls.  So sweet!

The boys wore rose buttonholes with foliage with Chris' being the pale pink Sweet Avalanche with extra sparkle, and the remainder of the party being ivory.  Corsages were also provided for the ladies. 

For the ceremony in the Garden Room (surprise surprise in this hideous English weather it had rained the night before, hence the gazebo was out of bounds), we provided two large pedestal arrangements and a long, full and pretty arrangement for the celebrant table.  We also provided hanging arrangements for every other chair framing the aisle, and one each for the baytrees at the top of the aisle.

Despite the lovely chair covers and sashes, we always think that the flowers finish a room (well we would wouldn't we!) and hence we've started taking before and after shots...see what you think...

For the wedding breakfast, we provided a long, low and soft arrangement for the top table, using all the flowers used elsewhere and then also added to the swags and brooches on the top table by placing a rose through the centre as a finishing touch. 

For the guest tables, we decided on a mixture of high and low arrangements to give added interest to the room.  We used tall lily vases for half of the tables and added soft and pretty arrangements to the tops.  For the remainder of the tables, we used a low vase with a hand-tied and full arrangement of flowers which made them ideal to give to selected guests at the end of the day.  When viewed altogether in the room, it looked lovely.

We also have to give a mention and show a picture of the cake which Terena, Roisin's Mum had made...wow!  How tall and impressive is that.

We really hope that Roisin and Chris had a lovely day and also enjoyed the fabulous honeymoon they were jetting off on soon after the wedding.  Although the professional photos aren't yet available, Roisin and Chris have shared some of their personal photos with us, which really brings the blog to life.  Thanks so much to both of them for taking time out to share these with us!  What a lovely wedding.