Shelley and David's Botley's Mansion wedding

When we first met Shelley at a wedding Open Day at Chiddingstone Castle, we knew her wedding would be gorgeous and glamorous (anyone who can spend the day walking around in heels that high gets my respect!).  Shelley booked us that day and we never looked back!  As it was our first time at the gorgeous Botleys Mansion in Surrey, we met her and her bridesmaids there to discuss her flowers.  Her colour scheme was coral and cream and she was keen to add lemon, peach and touches of orange into the mix to give a bright and summery feel to her August wedding.

For the bouquets, we designed a full, neat and soft bouquet of hydrangeas, roses and freesias for Shelley and then smaller hand-tied bouquets with much less of the coral colour (largely the Miss Piggy rose).  We then designed a floral "wand" using Miss Piggy at the centre for her Flower Girl. 

For the boys, David wore a Miss Piggy rose buttonhole to match the additional colour in Shelley's bouquet and the rest of the groom's party wore Vendella rose buttonholes to tone more with the bridesmaids.  We also provided smaller buttonholes for the very cute Page Boys and corsages for the Mums as well as thank-you bouquets.

For the ceremony, we very simply dressed the chairs with ivory hydrangeas through the bows in place.  We also added a circle of flowers to the memory table, which welcomed guests into the entrance hall.

For frame Shelley and David's entrance down the grand sweeping staircase into the atrium, we added arrangements to the bottom of the stairs.  We then dressed all the guest tables with a tall elegant candelabra complete with full arrangement on top using all the colours and wedding flowers along with other appropriate seasonal flowers such as dahlias and germinis.

Finally, Shelley and David opted for a Sweetheart top table which looked lovely and cosy...time for a catch-up in the midst of a manic day.  We dressed the front of the table with a selection of glass, silver and mercuried vases filled with flowers to match and then added an empty vase for the bridal bouquet.  With their additional Mr and Mrs sign, it filled the front of the table beautifully.  We also added roses to their napkins, just to finish.

We hope that Shelley and David had the day of their dreams...I know that Shelley had a poor start having picked up her daughter's bug and had only just finished being ill when we delivered her bouquets.  It's a bride's worst nightmare being poorly on her big day, so I hope that it passed over and Shelley enjoyed the day as planned.  I have seen a few photos but can't upload them for some reason, and I have to say that Shelley looked truly amazing...like a film star in her beautiful gown with immaculate hair and make-up....the rest of the bridal and grooms' party didn't look too shabby either!!!!  We loved the colours and loved being involved.  Hope you like this summery feel too.

Hannah and Graham's glamorous Chiddingstone Castle Wedding

Hannah and Graham married recently at the lovely Chiddingstone Castle and decided on a very glamorous theme of grey / silver and white / ivory.  We used soft and gorgeous multi-petalled flowers such as hydrangeas and Alabaster garden roses along with bouvardia and stephanotis.  All foliage was the silvery grey senecio or eucalytpus.

Hannah's gown was stunning and hence we decided as with all the flowers, to keep the bouquet striking in its simplicity.  We used the white hydrangeas as a base flower and added stephanotis, large and beautifully scented Alabaster roses and a selection of spriggy pearls and crystals.  We used senecio at the edges to give a silvery touch and also to contrast against her dress.

For her bridesmaids we used the hydrangeas on their own just augmented with crystals and pearls and with the greyish foliage at the edge.  For her Flower Girl, a single Alabaster rose was used (you can see how large it is!), surrounded with foliage, crystals and pearls.

Graham's buttonhole was particularly lovely as we provided the Alabaster rose and stephanotis in a silver boutonniere designed by Assuntina at Diamond Love.  So very glamorous.  We then used the same roses for the rest of the groom's party, with the Page Boy having something a little smaller to suit his size.  Mums and Nan also had elegant corsages designed to match their outfits.

For the ceremony in the Orangery, we used silver vases attached to the aisle chairs and filled with hydrangeas, and then provided two large silver pots filled with white hydrangea plants to be placed in front of each of the pillars.  These were then given to the Mums as a long lasting memory after the wedding.  For the celebrant table, we used silver vases filled with flowers to match the wedding.  The final outside detail was the floral corsages provided for the two stone dogs (I know I'm mad, but they do look dandy wearing them!)

Within the Great Hall for the wedding breakfast, we dressed the mantelpiece with a selection of silvered and mercuried vases filled with flowers.  We then dressed each table with two crystal hurricane lamps at different levels, with cylinder vases filled with floating candles at different heights.  We also used silver pumpkin vases filled with flowers at the base on the mirror.  The final finishing touch was a sprinkling of hydrangea florets.

For the White Rose Room, we again dressed the mantelpiece with silvered and mercuried vases filled with flowers and then provided a vintage silver tea and coffee set filled with flowers to dress the gift table which complimented the gorgeous silver champagne bucket used for the post box.  At this point we have to mention the fabulous macaron towers and cake which looked so glamorous.

After a fairly horrid week of weather, the sun shone on Hannah and Graham and it was just a perfect setting for a perfect day.  We hope all their planning and attention to detail meant that it was the day of their dreams.