Gabrielle and Tom's wedding at Combe Bank School

We met the lovely Gabrielle late last year to talk through her wedding flowers and immediately knew this was going to be a beautiful, relaxed, pretty and fun wedding.  Gabrielle is a naturally beautiful lady who was so easy to work with and who was planning the kind of wedding we love...all about the bridal couple and their likes and dislikes.

Gabrielle had chosen an exquisite gown with a fitted bodice, belt and full skirt all overlaid in beautiful lace out to the train at the back.  She also had a lovely lace bolero jacket to wear over the top.  For her bridesmaids, she chose knee length royal blue dresses.

Gabrielle knew she wanted paler and stronger pink in her flowers as well as blue and ivory and wanted a very soft and pretty look.  Following the theme of the wedding, Gabrielle and Tom didn't want too much formality and wanted to keep everything relatively relaxed.  We therefore decided upon ranunculus, roses (Dolce Vita, Avalanche and Sweet Avalanche), freesias, lisianthus, bouvardia, muscari and agapanthus with rosemary and eucalyptus parvifolia.  Small touches of lace to tie in with the dress were also added. 

For Gabrielle, we provided a gorgeous textured bouquet using all the blooms and colours.  We wrapped the stems simply in a piece of lace ribbon to complement (and not detract from) her dress.  We also provided a smaller "throw" bouquet designed to resemble the main bouquet.  Finally, Gabrielle's beautiful naturally curly blonde hair was going to be loosely put up with flowers dotted here and there according to need.  We therefore provide lisianthus heads and buds, spray roses and muscari on wires to be placed throughout her finished hair style.

Soft, pretty and quite relaxed...a perfect bouquet

A smaller "throw bouquet"

Individual wired blooms for the brides' hair

For the bridesmaids, we designed smaller hand-tied bouquets using the range of pinks and ivories and omitting the blue.  We again tied each simply with lace ribbon.

For the boys, we decided the pale pink Sweet Avalanche rose was best and for Tom, we added an ivory ranunculus and muscari to tie into Gabrielle's bouquet, and for the other boys, we added a stronger pink ranunculus to tie in with the bridesmaids.

 
To welcome guests into Combe Bank, we designed a very pretty and simple newel post arrangement for the bottom of the very decorative staircase, tied with a simple piece of lace ribbon once again.  This really attracted the guests' eyes towards the beauty of the staircase.  We then added three vases of differing heights to the celebrant table, each containing a soft mix of flowers used elsewhere.  We then added a gift box arrangement to the grand piano, and one into the hearth of the fireplace in the Adam Room.

For the wedding breakfast we dressed each table, including the circular top table, with a large ivory gift box arrangement filled with all the flowers and colours used elsewhere.  We added a royal blue organza ribbon around the side and finished it with a lace bow.  So effective, yet so simple and soft.

We know Gabrielle and Tom will have had a wonderful day, and they have promised to send us a photo of them together on their special day when they have had time to honeymoon and re-group, so watch this space.  In the meantime, you can see what a beautiful wedding it was, and we wish the lovely couple all the very best in their lives together.

Carly and Dom's fabulous photos from www.ryanandjophotography.co.uk

You may remember that we blogged the lovely Carly and Dom's wedding a while ago and mentioned that Ryan had taken some lovely shots of the bouquet when we were there.  Well, Ryan has very kindly taken time out of his hectic schedule to send not just this photo, but loads of our favourites of the day (and not all flowers!...you can see how the whole wedding came together this way). You might remember that we were blown away by the dress and Carly's amazing hair, and thanks to Ryan, you can see them too.They really are lovely and show what a fabulous wedding (and fabulous wedding photographer) Carly and Dom had.  Hope you enjoy them as much as we did, and hope they inspire you all further.

Lauren and Emil's wedding at Combe Bank School

We've done so many lovely weddings recently, we're spolit for choice (and out of time) to get them all onto the blog.  Another such wedding was Lauren and Emil's wedding at Combe Bank School, complete with a carriage drawn by Freesian horses, which we can't wait to see a photograph of.

The wedding was a mixture of pinks, ivories and lilacs and was designed from start to finish by Jacky, Lauren's Mum.  No stone was left unturned in planning all the detail and it looked just lovely on the day.

The flowers were a mix of Sweet Avalanche, Dolce Vita, Vendella, Tenga Venga and Amnesia roses, Alpengluhen hydrangeas, lisianthus, nerines, delphiniums, lilies and freesia along with mixed foliage, all in a palette of colours to complement the deep lilac bridesmaids dresses, yet add colour and "zing" to the venue. 

Rather than describe them all in detail, here's a few photos for you to see yourself.  We've included some of the detail shots as well.  Hope you like them.