Laura and John's wedding at St. Margaret's church Broomfield, followed by the Tudor Park Hotel

When we heard about Laura and John's lovely fresh lemon and pale pink theme, we knew this was going to be a lovely wedding.  They also loved roses and orchids, so we knew it would look very fresh and special.

Laura had chosen a lovely strapless ivory gown with detail and beading coming across the bodice and down to one side, so we decided upon a hand-tied quite compact bouquet to work with, instead of hide the detail.  We chose Sweet Avalanche and Vanilla Sky roses along with lemon ranunculus for the bouquet and finished it with a ruscus collar.

Laura wanted to keep the bouquets for her bridesmaids to just one flower, so we use the Vanilla Sky rose with the ruscus.  For her sister we used three of the roses to differentiate and finished the bouquet with ranunculus to keep it more compact rather than open.

For the boys we used a cymbidium orchid for John along with a lemon ranunculus, and a single cymbidium orchid for the rest of the boys.  Dendrobrium orchids were use for the Mums' corsages along with spray roses and detailing to match their dresses.  We then provided wrist corsages for John's sisters and a smaller corsage for Nan.  We also provided thank-you bouquets to match the wedding flowers.

 

 

We welcomed guests to the very pretty church of St Margaret by dressing the front gate with a garland interspersed with flowers.  We then added a pedestal arrangement inside the church and added roses to the pews. We finished off the interior with an altar arrangement using all the flowers and colours we were using elsewhere.  With such a pretty country church in a beautiful location, Laura and John chose the perfect amount of dressing for the church and we thought it looked lovely.

For the wedding breakfast at The Tudor Park Hotel, we provided an additional pedestal arrangement to match the one in the church, as the ushers were going to transport the arrangement back after the service to be placed at the other end of the top table.  The focus for the reception was the top table, and we provided a long and low central arrangement and then added a foliage garland interspersed with flowers to bring colour along the table. 

We loved the fresh and pretty colour scheme and all the choices Laura and John made for their special day.  We hope it was a perfect day for them.

Helen and Luke's wedding at Leybourne Church and afterwards at The Tudor Park

We first met Helen and Luke after they attended a wedding where we had provided the flowers.  It's always nice to meet couples who have seen our flowers "in real life" rather than at a wedding fair and it was lovely to meet and talk to Helen and Luke.  They were planning a contemporary fuschia pink and white wedding with additional sparkle and wanted flowers to match.  They are a particularly handsome and glamorous couple and we knew the flowers had to follow suit and spent time ensuring that the colours of the flowers closely matched the overall theme.

We chose roses including Dolce Vita, anthuriums, Oriental lilies, germinis, grevillia and light foliage all which worked well with the colours and theme. 

For Helen's bouquet, we decided on a teardrop shaped shower bouquet using all the flowers and with additional sparkles added throughout.  Helen's dress was a white, full princess style dress with plenty of sparkle and the bouquet gave additional focus to the front of the dress.

For the bridesmaids, we wanted to provide hand-tied bouquets that complemented Helen's and so chose white roses, fuschia pink germinis, grevillia and foliage.  For the Flower Girls, including Helen and Luke's gorgeous baby girl Cara, we chose rose pomanders with loops of ribbon in between, all in silk to allow them to be lightweight and to act as keepsakes.

For the boys, we decided upon a double buttonholes for Luke with a sparkle in the centre of the rose, and then chose slightly simpler germini buttonholes for the rest of the boys.  The stylish Mums had dendrobrium orchid corsages with  added detail to match outfits and Grandma also had a slightly smaller orchid corsage.  For the rest of the congregation, white carnation buttonholes were provided with sprigs of eucalyptus.  Thank you bouquets were also provided for the Mums and Grandma.

At the Tudor Park, we provided a full, long top table arrangement and qdded Dolce Vita roses to the place settings.  We then added tall martini vase arrangements to each of the guest tables including fuschia pink sisal in the base.  Very striking.

Finally, we have to mention the cake, made by Lynn Oakley (07720 127645).  As ever, the attention to detail for the cake was amazing!  Helen and Luke had surprised all of their family and guests by arranging a Christening for their baby Cara at the same time as their wedding, and hence the cake acted as both wedding and Christening cake...complete with Minnie, Mickey and baby mouse made by Lynn.  How cute is that!

We hope Helen and Luke had a lovely day as we know the hard work that went into the planning for their big day.  They are a fabulous couple and we wish them all the very very best in the future.