Lesley and Simon's bright and vibrant Kent Life wedding

Fab photo by www.dashacaffrey.com

Photo by www.dashacaffrey.com

Lesley contacted me relatively close to her wedding to Simon and luckily we were still free.  Also lucky is that Lesley is a graphic designer and knew what style she wanted, what overall look to go for, and had also spent some time in her younger years working in a florist shop, so knew just what I meant when I was describing flowers.  It was therefore one of the easiest design briefs for me.  It was also always going to be amazing, being multi-coloured, vibrant, natural, soft and rustic.  Perfect styling for Kent Life.

We decided upon peonies, roses, astlbe, cornflower, freesia, veronica, guelder rose, allium, waxflower, craspedia, gerberas, rosemary, herbs, flowering mint etc in shades of hot pink, purple, yellow, orange and lime green!  Lesley's bouquet was gorgeous (though I say it myself) as we went for a very natural, soft and spriggy bouquet in a relatively random style finished with a vintage doily and trailing multi-coloured buttons. 

Her adult bridesmaid had a smaller version of Lesley's bouquet and her Flower Girl carried a little wire basket dressed with flowers and filled with petals to sprinkle down the aisle.  Once the petals had been emptied, it was going to be a perfect place to put a new soft toy which was waiting in the hall for her.

I only met Simon on the wedding day, and managed to make him emotional by showing him the special "be mine" bead that Lesley had asked me to add to his buttonhole.  His was designed to match Lesley's bouquets whilst the Best Man and Dads had different colours and mixes of flowers.  Mum wasn't left out either having a corsage to match her outfit.

For the ceremony, we used a pair of Lesley's wellies for the base of the arch filled with curly and banded willow along with craspedia and veronica with additional craspedia wired on with multi coloured ribbons.  We then added an arrangement at the top of the arch which cascaded down to meet the wellies...a very different way of dressing the arch in the Village Hall.  We then also added a metal pail to the celebrant table and a couple of little bottles, all filled with flowers.  Additional jamjars were added to the mantelpieces and a galvanised pail full of flowers added to the shelf inside the entrance to welcome guests.

For the Wagon Store wedding breakfast, we saw Lesley's design shine through from the table plan, cake, name cards, ribbons on the chairs, colourful windmills in pots and the buttons sprinkled in between the arrangements.   We added flowers to metal pails and a selection of vases and arranged them down the tables and along the top table.  We also dressed the fab cake and added flowers where needed, such as with the card hampers.

 

I have to say that it was the most vibrant and joyful of weddings, despite some recent sad news in the family, and I am just so pleased it was a bright sunny day.  Lesley and Simon deserved the very very best and we loved the short time we worked together. 

Here's what Lesley had to say (lump in throat time for us)

Our wedding day was perfect! We left Kent Life on Thursday having set everything up just so and ready to receive the final touch, the flowers! They were exactly as requested; bright, bold, colourful and exuberating fun. Everyone commented on how beautiful they were and how much they made them smile. Teamed with the bunting, buttons and ribbons, and not forgetting the glorious sunshine we were blessed with, the day was filled with fun and laughter from start to finish! 

And I simply adored my bouquet. I didn't want to put it down and I do so begrudgingly! My bridesmaids Jude and her daughter Em were also entranced with their flowers – Em loved throwing her petals and proudly clutched her basket for most of the day, keeping some of the petals back for herself. I'm sure that Dasha our photographer will share her photos with you when they are ready (I'll be sure to ask her to!), but attached is a sneak peek we received and I already know this photo will be one of my favourites :o)

None of the flowers went to waste – we shared them among our family and friends to enjoy along with parcels of cake and sweetie bags left over. It was a most enjoyable way to spend the Saturday: making multiple stops and distributing goodies to all!

Thank you again to you and your team for our stunning flowers