Carrie is a customer of ours from back in the day, so when we met to talk about her fabulous wedding, it was no surprise that Carrie wanted a different, contemporary, eclectic look. I think the photos are going to say it all for this fab wedding. As well as multi- coloured turquoise, orange, pink, purple and green, Carrie wanted a messy, unstructured look and to bring in some of the Chapeldown surroundings, which we did with roses, rosemary, ivy and lavender.
Carrie's dress is a fabulous fitted ruched strapless gown with a very full bottom and with her figure, it's going to be a show stopper. She wanted a bouquet that reflected the rest of the wedding, and we decided on a partly hand-tied more European style bouquet with wired extensions using all the colours and flowers used elsewhere.
For her bridesmaids, we decided hot pink, purple and orange was the order of the day with Cherry Brandy roses, Serena gerberas, Vanda orchids, ivy and grasses. We wrapped the stems in orange ribbon and then criss crossed hot pink ribbon over the top. The Flower Girls carried Serena gerbera wands surrounded by turquoise feathers and then wrapped the stems in colours that they chose themselves, with one being hot pink and gold, and the other being purple and turquoise.
Stuart wore a Vanda orchid buttonhole with orange chincherincee and foliage, with the Groom's party wearing Cherry Brandy rose buttonholes along with purple lisianthus, rosemary and ivy. Stuart's Mum wore dendrobrium orchids, chincherinchee, eryngium and foliage.
For the ceremony in the beautiful Herb Garden, we provided a very full and colourful arrangement for the celebrant table in the gazebo with the entrance dressed with a messy ivy garland with lots of colourful flowers wired in. The aisle chairs had different coloured organza bows with non matching flowers through the back...lovely! Even the sunshine came out to see it all, which was a very different look from when we arrived in torrential rain....thank goodness it decided to behave itself for Carrie and Stuart.
Now to the marquee....a fantastic burst of colour featuring roses, anthuriums, orchids, eryngium, gerberas, gloriosa, chincherinchee, celosia and loads of other flowers. We provided bows for the backs of the chairs as an alternative to the normal chair covers and sashes and I have to say I loved the look, with each having a different flower through the back of the bow.
Each table then had a full floral surround to a chrome candelabra. We used different coloured candles in the candelabra, attached different coloured bows to the top, draped each with messy ivy and wired flowers and finally finished them with delicate invisible wire trails of cerise pink dendrobrium orchids that looked as though they were floating over the tables.
For the top table, we went to town with a full and fabulous arrangement in the middle of the table extended out along the length of the table with a messy trailing ivy garland with flowers wired in at intervals. A bit of a show stopper!
We then added a candelabra to the present table and a low arrangement to the wine vat by the bar. Finally we added a few random flowers to the cake table so as to complement and not to detract from the wonderful and unusual cake designed by Stephanie at Posh Puds Patisserie (
http://www.poshpuds.com/). Their attention to detail and dedication was great and we've thoroughly enjoyed working alongside them.
I know how much work and thought Carrie has put into this very special day (including making the homemade jam for each guest, made to her Mum's recipe), and also know that it will be an emotionally charged day for all, but just hope that it lives up to her and Stuart's expectation. We think it is an unforgettable wedding set-up and hope the rest of the day is just the same.
