Whilst we love soft and pretty blooms with vintage styling, it really is nice to work with more contemporary and structural flowers again from time to time. We used to use anthuriums, calla lilies and longiflora lilies all the time in the shop before the softer vintage look came in, but there is less demand for them at the moment in wedding work. We were thus thrilled to welcome them back for Angie and Nick's lovely Turkey Mill wedding. They wanted to keep things fresh and contemporary and stuck to an ivory and lime green colour palette which looked gorgeous in the recently refurbished Orangery at Turkey Mill.
Angie is petite and really pretty and needed a bouquet to compliment her rather than hide her. We therefore chose a hand-tied bouquet of calla lilies, chincherinchee, lisianthus, greentrick and china grass. We wrapped the stems in white ribbon and finished them with crystals. For the five adult bridesmaids, we decided to design simple yet striking hand-tied bouquets of Crystal Blush calla lilies which have a slightly smaller head. Again we used loops and sprigs of china grass and they looked lovely. For the Flower Girl, we used a single calla lily surrounded with spriggy crystals and china grass. They all looked so fresh and pretty, perfect for Angie's attendants.
Nick's buttonhole reflected Angie's bouquet with a calla lily, greentrick and china grass, whilst the rest of the boys had a single calla lily and china grass to tie in with the bridesmaids. Corsages were designed for the Mums and Nans and they tied in with the wedding flowers and also their outfits.
As Angie would be making her entrance over the bridge, we dressed the length of the bridge with organza and added trailing arrangements at the end to frame her entrance. We then added an arrangement to the celebrant table using the flowers we used elsewhere in the wedding and ensured it had a more contemporary feel.
For the wedding breakfast, Angie and Nick had hired cream single candlesticks to use as their tablecentres and wanted arrangements to sit on the top. They didn't want them to be open, spriggy or trailing, but more boxy and compact. We used anthuriums, greentrick, longifloral lilies, chincherinchee and lisianthus along with split and rolled aspidistra leaves and china grass to give a much more contemporary feel. We then used molucella split into individual florets on the tables to bring the colour through to the cloths.
For the top table, we added a long, low and contemporary arrangement to the front of the table, sprinkled molucella florets along the edge and added empty vases for the bridesmaids' bouquets at the ends. We also added single calla lilies to the napkins to finish the look.
I have to say it was lovely working with Angie and Nick on their wedding day. As you can see from all the details in the photos, they have fabulous taste and designed an elegant, fresh and contemporary wedding that works so well with their own personal style and with the style of the venue. We love their style and their choice of flowers....and it's nice to see that the Facebook photos of the bouquets are also inspiring others....perhaps we'll start seeing more contemporary flowers appearing again from time to time. Whatever your own personal likes and dislikes, we hope you enjoyed what was a lovely wedding for a lovely couple.
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