Being so chilly in the studio this morning, I decided we need to think ahead to warm early summer days and to remind us, here is the beautiful June wedding of Katy and James from last year. Katy and I communicated by telephone and email and planned all her wedding flowers without meeting face to face and within a month of the wedding due to time constraints and logistics. It's always a little nerve wracking not meeting my couples in advance, but I need not have been worried as they loved all their flowers on the day.
The brief was for a soft, elegant and romantic set of flowers in very muted shades of pink, cream and ivory. Perfect for the gorgeous Chiddingstone Castle. We designed Katy's bouquet to include roses, peonies, ammi, freesias, lisianthus and bouvardia with light aromatic foliage such as rosemary and eucalytpus. We wrapped the stems with ivory ribbon with a small lace bow at the top to tie in with the lace overlay over her beautiful gown.
Katy's bridesmaids wore pewter grey knee length dresses and so we decided that a smaller version of Katy's bouquet would give a perfect pop of colour against the dresses. For her 8 and 9 year old Flower Girls, we used the blowsiness of a single peony with light foliage as their bouquets. Who thought a single stem could look so good!.
The boys wore elegant and classic rose and spray rose buttonholes with light foliage, with James' being ivory and the rest of the boys having a pale pink La Belle rose. Mums' corsages matched the rest of the flowers with hints of pink to tie in with their outfits. They also received thank-you bouquets to match the wedding flowers.
The top table in the Great Hall was dressed with a selection of mismatched vases and jugs filled with flowers to match the wedding as was the mantelpiece.
The guest tables had enamel or ceramic pitchers / jugs filled with bouquets and with additional smaller vases placed around the jugs to ensure several levels of flowers and texture.
We know that Katy and James had a wonderful day and we thank them for sending the photos across. I now feel much warmer and have a craving for peonies!!
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