Nicola and Daniel's vintage inspired wedding - Part Two

A little while back we blogged Nic and Dan's wedding at Boughton Malherbe church and Leeds Castle.  It was a truly beautiful wedding...pretty, romantic and elegant.  We mentioned Nic's stunning dress and how fabulous they were all going to look, but when we saw the photos, they blew us away!  Everyone who has seen the photos thought it was a magazine shoot using models, but it really was a wedding.

And just to prove it, we've got these gorgeous photos from http://www.ajwilliamsphotography.co.uk/.  We'll leave the photos to tell the tale.

And, just to add to it, Brides Magazine decided to cover the wedding under the title of Vintage Inspired.  Have a click through to see how it looks and read Nic and Dan's story. 
http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/community/weddings/story/130932-Vintage-inspired

And finally, Beyond Beyond blog (one of the top 5 wedding blogs in the UK) also covered the wedding and showed our lovely flowers.

Charlotte and Steve's wedding at The Secret Garden, Mersham Le Hatch

Charlotte was one of our customers back in the days of the shop and was determined that she would have her wedding flowers from us.  She therefore planned her flowers before much of the rest of the wedding, and has had them planned for quite some time.  She wanted soft, romantic slightly vintage flowers reminiscent of an English Country Garden which is perfect at The Secret Garden with its beautifully tended walled garden, and lovely relaxed intimate Coach House.   As Charlotte was wearing a soft Grecian dress with long train from high up the back, and her beautiful blond hair left largely loose and curly, we wanted to keep the flowers quite relaxed. Whilst Charlotte doesn't see it, she is so beautiful, and will have look liked a model on her wedding day.  She chose such a perfect dress, and her lovely hairdresser Nina had finished her hair perfectly by the time we delivered the bouquets. Can't wait to see some photos.

For Charlotte's bouquet, we designed a textured, relatively small hand-tied bouquet to work with Charlotte's petite frame.  We used the unmistakable Carousel Illusion roses, La Belle roses, peonies, lily of the valley, bouvardia, green eryngium, chincherinchee, lisianthus and a few sprigs of eucalyptus parvifolia.  The stems were simply tied in ivory organza and finished with a lovely "to have and to hold" bow at the top.  All very beautiful and very highly perfumed.  We wired lisianthus heads and buds along with pink astrantia for Charlotte's hair.

For Charlotte and Steve's little girl Isla, we designed the cutest little posy of bouvardia, lily of the valley and chincherinchee along with eucalyptus parvifolia and wrapped it to match Charlotte's bouquet.  For their son, Finlay, we provided a chincherinchee and eucalyptus buttonhole, being a mini version of the rest of the groom's party.

For Steve, we used provided a soft and natural triple chincherinchee buttonhole with eucalyptus parvifolia, and provided double versions of the buttonholes for the groom's party.  Corsages were freesias and chincherinchee.

For the celebrant table on the veranda at The Secret Garden, we used two cream wire vintage looking hurricane lanterns surrounded by a soft mix of flowers in pale pinks, creams and greens.

For the Top Table, we made an extra special surround for the hurricane lamps using all the flowers used elsewhere including all the roses, peonies, astrantia, freesia, chincherinchee,lisianthus, bouvardia and green eryngium. 

For the other tables, we varied the colours and did some green and cream, some pale pink and green and some ivory and pale pink.  All lovely and soft and romantic.

Finally, Charlotte and Steve had chosen three red velvet cakes from The Hummingbird Bakery for their wedding cakes....how completely yummy!  We dressed one with a topper to match the flowers and just simply added a sprig of lily of the valley to the other cake boards. 

It was such a lovely day, and such a wonderful venue for a wedding that we didn't want to leave.....we might have been a bit noticeable tucked away in our uniforms at the back, but it would have been worth it I'm sure.  Hope you like the flowers as much as we loved preparing them.

Clare and Christian's wedding in Rye Town Hall followed by The George - updated with new photos

Well what a scorching day to get married....Rye was basking in fantastic sunshine for the wedding of Clare and Christian yesterday.  We met Clare and Christian quite by accident when they were wine tasting for their wedding at Chapeldown.  Clare had already ordered silk flowers for her wedding and wasn't looking at florists at all....thank goodness we managed to change her mind....and thank goodness she was wearing fantastic boots on the day that ensured we had to talk to her.

Clare and Christian managed to combine vintage glamour with a more laid back feel for their wedding, and The George in Rye was a perfect setting for their wedding.  Clare's dress was a gorgeous lace Sassi Holford gown which was finished perfectly by the most fabulous Enzoani shrug...all roses and ruffles.  The colour scheme was champagne, coffee and a hint of faded pink, all of which tones with the gorgeous walls in the Ballroom in The George.  Her beautiful hair piece was handmade by Swindon company Eden Tiaras (http://www.edentiaras.co.uk/) and finished the outfit off fabulously....oh if we could all look like this!  Christian's elegant suit and toning tie, waistcoat and handkerchief worked perfectly with the scheme and ensured that they looked a truly striking couple. 

What's even nicer is that Clare and Christian are so relaxed and unruffled by anything, and carried this right through to the day....many of the decisions and purchases, e.g. hair piece, bolero jacket and even our flowers were all made in the last couple of months before the wedding, which just goes to show that you can have the perfect day without years of advance planning and possible stress

We decided to add as much scent as possible to the bouquets and went for a textured and slightly unstructured look.  Bouvardia, trachellium, freesias, chincherinchee and Vendella roses were the basis of Clare's bouquet, and the sprigs of eucalyptus and rosemary added the additional scent.  As the older bridesmaids were both wearing black dresses we chose all ivory bouquets for them in a style matching Clare's and added thin black bows to all the bouquets to tie in the dress colour.  For the younger girls wearing champagne dresses, with black sashes and shrugs, we substituted Majolika spray rose and other spray roses instead of the Vendella. 

For the tables, we used a mismatched selection of vases all to hold a church candle and a selection of flowers.  We added wired strings of eucalytpus and rosemary and the sprinkled spray rose heads on the mirrors to add additional softness.  Against the walls of the Ballroom they looked lovely, and are an ideal example of how rooms can often look better with slightly less flowers.  The light in the Ballroom was so lovely, and with the mirrored walls, chandeliers and table mirrors, the whole room seemed to sparkle.

And we loved the boat shaped napkins...very inventively done.

Thank you bouquets were a little different as well, with a front facing design used to show off the flowers to their best.

We provided an arrangement for the celebrant table in the Town Hall and this was announced to half the town by the Town Crier....a real first.

Buttonholes were softer and all consisted of chincherinchee and rosemary or eucalyptus apart from Christian's where we added the Vendella rose, and the younger boys for whom we substituted spray roses.  For two special buttonholes (Herbie and Archie), we added a car and a plane pin which matched their interests...just a little bit different.

Overall, we loved the day...Rye at its best, a lovely relaxed couple with a very welcoming family, a great venue with superb staff and fantastic sunshine.....sometimes our job is really the best!  And special thanks to Clare and her friends and family for letting us have some of their photos to add to the blog and show you how fabulous everyone looked.