Annabel and Sam's fresh and natural Kent Life Wedding

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Photo courtesy of www.tdhmedia.co.uk

A couple of months ago we provided the flowers for Annabel and Sam's lovely wedding at Bearsted Church and afterwards at Kent Life.  Annabel wanted a very fresh and natural look to their wedding day and as Sam was going to be wearing military dress, we wanted to use navy touches but keep the flower colours ivory, cream and with just a hint of pale pink.

Annabel and Sam have shared some of their photos of their special day with us (taken by the lovely Layla and Paige at www.tdhmedia.co.uk)  and we have included some of our own as well to show you the whole range.  Annabel and Sam said "Thank you so much for our beautiful flowers and table centerpieces! Everyone complimented them! It worked fantastically with the venue and was exactly what I wanted it to look like" 

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The flowers we chose for the wedding were Vendella, La Belle, O'Hara and Bombastic roses, germinis, hypericum berries, hyacinths, bouvardia, ranunculus, chincherinchee, thlaspi and light foliage.  We used a selection including all colours for Annabel's bouquet and wrapped it in ivory ribbon with a small navy bow at the top.  For the bridesmaids and flower girl, we used just ivory and green flowers and wrapped them to match, with the bouquets scaled down in size to a posy for the Flower Girl.

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As Sam was wearing military dress, it isn't appropriate for him to wear a buttonhole, so we just provided them for the groomsmen and kept them soft and natural and not too large.

In the church we used hanging vases filled with a selection of the flowers and colours on every other pew and attached them with navy ribbon. This set the scene for the wedding in a subtle and pretty way and allowed them to be easily detached afterwards and arranged along the top table.

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Photo coutesy of www.tdhmedia.co.uk

For the main guest tables, we provided a central jug / pitcher filled with a hand-tied bouquet of flowers.  These were tied with a hidden ribbon meaning that they were perfect gifts to be given to guests at the end of the day. 

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I think you will agree that the wedding party looked stunning and that it was a really pretty wedding.  We know that they had a wonderful day and they now have these lovely photos to remind them.  We wish them a wonderful life together as Mr and Mrs Ruddom. 

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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