Collette and Jason's vintage themed wedding at Little Silver

 

Prior to talking to Collette about her own wedding, we've chatted wedding plans and ideas with her for her friends Ruth and Emma, who we have worked with for their weddings.  Collette was heavily involved in Ruth's wedding and hence we knew we worked well together.  We were therefore thrilled when she asked us to be involved in her own wedding to Jason.  Collette knew she wanted dusky pinks, apricots through to coral colours along with ivory and wanted the flowers to be soft, English and with a vintage feel.

 

Collette was always going to be a truly stunning bride, and the dress she chose was gorgeous especially after she altered it to make it more fitted to show off her fab figure.  Can't wait to see some photos as we know she's going to look amazing.  For her bouquet we decided on a very natural, soft and spriggy bouquet that wasn't too large given her petite figure.  We included a variety of roses, astrantia, veronica, trachellium, astilbe, chincherinche and eucalyptus parvifolia.  We wrapped the stems in a crocheted vintage lace doily studded with pearls and crystals with additional trailing buttons added. 

For Bethany, Collette and Jason's daughter, we provided a smaller posy to resemble Collette's bouquet but all in ivory, wrapped in ribbon and once again finished with trailing button detail.

For Collette's three bridesmaids (Ruth, Emma and Leanne), we provided a variety of flowers wired to add to their hair.

Jason wore a lovely buttonhole of Savita rose, astilbe, veronica and eucalyptus parvifolia whilst the rest of the boys wore large ivory roses with astilbe and eucalyptus parvifolia.  We provided a smaller buttonhole for the Page Boy, Leo as well as a gift box finished with lace and filled with petals to scatter down the aisle.  Mums had corsages provided to match their outfits with a lapel corsage for Jason's Mum and a wrist corsage for Collette's Mum.

For the wedding reception tables, Collette was keen to see a vintage theme, but with a little bit of a difference.  We decided that instead of using a random selection of vintage vases, birdcages etc on each table, we would theme each table with similar items.  We therefore provided appropriate accessories for each of the following tables....Love Birds, Lashings of Jam, Have Your Cake and Eat It, One Lump or Two, Shall I Pour, Anyone for Coffee and Jugs A Plenty!  Fantastic!

For the top table (the one and only "The Very Best of Vintage") we provided clusters of different items dressed with flowers.  We also added rosebuds and pearls to all the tables to finish them.

We loved working with Collette again, and loved all her finishing touches (tableplan, sweet table, post box etc).  We know they had a fab day and the weather held up despite the threat of rain.  We wish both Collette, Jason and Bethany, and her lovely bridesmaids and family all the very best for the future.  We're just sorry we won't be working with them again for future weddings.

  

Kim and Daniel's wedding at Little Silver Country Hotel

We first met Kim many years ago when she looked after Gromit (our quality controller) when we were away.  She remembered us, we remembered her and Gromit was very happy to see her again!  Kim wanted her wedding to be striking and colourful and with a very contemporary feel.  She had chosen beautiful aubergine dresses for her bridesmaids, but wanted her flowers to be more than just aubergine and ivory.  We came up with a strong pink, lime green and aubergine colour palette and it looked stunning in the sunshine at Little Silver.

Kim's dress was a fabulous and glamourous ruched ivory gown with lots of gorgeous detailing (plus an amazing hair piece that we all want!), and hence we decided it would be better for Kim to carry a shower bouquet rather than a hand-tied bouquet to avoid all the detailing on the dress being covered.  We used Picasso Calla lilies, strong pink gerberas and germinis, Greentrick, green roses and lots of lovely contemporary folded leaves, grasses and crystals added for sparkle throughout the bouquet.  Kim looks gorgeous in her dress and the flowers were just the right size and shape to show all the details off to perfection.

The bridesmaids dresses were a lovely colour and worked so well with the hand-tied bouquets we designed using strong pink germinis, greentrick and green roses with grasses.  We added in touches of silver bear grass to match their accessories, and just scaled the size of the bouquet down for the young bridesmaid.  We also provided strong pink germinis wired for the bridesmaids' hair, which finished the look off beautifully.

For the boys, we provided a Picasso Calla Lily buttonhole for Daniel, which looked lovely on his suit lapel, and tied in with Kim's bouquet.  We then provided strong pink germini buttonholes for the remainder of the party so that they matched in with the bridesmaids.  For Mums and Grandmas, we provided corsages which were personalised to match individual detailing in their outfits.

Given the horrible spell of weather we are having at the moment, Little Silver had set up for the ceremony inside and outside, but we needn't have worried as the sun shone all day and provided a perfect backdrop for the wedding.  Kim had always said she was going to get married on a working weekday as the weather is always nicer when people are working, and horrid at weekends.....how right she was!  The ceremony was held in the garden and we placed a mini martini vase arrangement on the celebrant table, which was moved indoors for the wedding breakfast to the top table.

For the reception, we provided large martini vases filled with aubergine sisal and fairy lights, and with an arrangement in the top of strong pink and ivory oriental lilies, gerberas, shamrock blooms, lime green kangaroo paw and various leaves and grasses, including silver bear grass.  The table names were really original, being the local African names for various safari animals.  Kim and Daniel also had an elephant "bank for donations to their safari fund, so no guesses where they were headed on safari.

For the top table, we provided three mini martini vases to match the main tables, but adding Greentrick and calla lilies to match them to Kim and Daniel's personal flowers.  When the top table was set, they would be placed at either end, and in the middle of Kim and Daniel.

Finally we dressed the four tier offset cake with a topper and added an additional section in the middle.

We already know Kim and Daniel had a wonderful day as they have sent us the photos to use on the blog, and hence we get the chance to see how fabulous everyone looked and not just focus on the flowers.  We also thought it worth showing you the attention to detail of the "Quality Controller" who insisted on checking out the arrangements in the van, and the driving instructions....she clearly wanted to leave nothing to chance for her special friend Kim!!