Kirstie and Gary's glamorous Cooling Castle Barn wedding

We first met Kirstie at Cooling Castle Barn's Open Day and hit it off straight away.  We talked balls!  Floral balls to be precise!  Kirstie knew that she wanted a pretty but striking, neat and contemporary feel to her wedding flowers.  The colours were pinks and ivory and additional sparkles were obligatory.  Kirstie also knew she didn't want her day to look like everyone elses and hence wanted some different pieces.

Kirstie's dress was a princess gown with tulle skirt and an embellished sweetheart bodice and it suited her perfectly.  She said it was going to be big and it didn't disappoint.  Her bouquet was a neat, domed hand-tied bouquet of Amnesia, Sweet Avalanche and Vendella roses with some of the roses having sparkles added to the centres.   Neat, glamorous and with no greenery was the order of the day.

Kirstie's "girls" wore one shouldered dusky pink dresses and we decided to once again provide hand-tied domed and neat bouquets but just using the Sweet Avalanche and Vendella roses.  Kirstie also had a Flower Girl for whom we provided a hand-tied posy of spray roses in pale pink and ivory to match the bigger girls.

The boys looked so dapper in their grey suits as you can see.  Gary wore an Amnesia rose buttonhole with eucalyptus foliage (not too much green!) and the rest of the boys wore Sweet Avalanche buttonholes with foliage.  We provided corsages for the Mums to match their outfits and also provided some thank-you bouquets to match the wedding.

For the ceremony, we used our perspex "invisible" stand on the dais at the front and added a tall trumpet vase with a full floral ball on the top.  It does look as though it is floating in mid air, but I can assure you that there was no way it could do that...it was far too heavy!  We also added glass cubes with floating floral balls onto the celebrant table, again with added sparkles.  To finish the look, we added hydrangeas to the newel posts at the front.  Lanterns lineed the aisle and the whole look was finished with sprinkled petals.

For the main barn, we added mirrored plates to each of the guest tables and then topped them with tall trumpet vases with trails of carnations hung down the stem.  We then added full floral balls to the top, with different length and shaped crystals trailing from each ball to finish.  We piled rose petals up around the base of the vase and lighter petals elsewhere on the mirror.  The overall look was finished with crystals.

For the top table, we added mirror plates from end to end along the front and then added four glass cubes either end to take the bridesmaids' bouquets and added cubes of hydrangeas, or floating floral balls at strategic intervals.  We also added roses to the napkins to finish the table settings.  Square glass votives were added in between along with petals and crystals...a really unusual and contemporary look.  Having purchased the mirrors for Kirstie and Gary, I wondered what they were going to do with them all...turns out they will become a feature wall in their bathroom.  What an ingenious idea!

 

The finishing touches for the wedding made it very special and ensured that nothing was left unfinished.  The cake was a lovely Creative Cakes creation, and we loaned a fishbowl to sit as a tier seperator filled with sugarcraft flowers.  We again piled up the petals at the bottom to match the tables. 

It was lovely working with Kirstie and Gary and being part of their special day.  Everyone looked stunning and I know they all had a fabulous time.  We loved the finished floral product, despite it giving us a few logistical nightmares (and arm ache!).  We just hope they will be amazingly happy together and always remember their big day whenever they look at their bathroom wall!