Charlie and Rick's colourful wedding at Battle Abbey

Charlie and Rick married at Battle Abbey back in July of this year (I'm so far behind with blogging at the moment!...sorry!!).  Charlie wanted soft and pretty flowers, yet wanted a very striking and colourful mix.  She wanted ivory, blue, yellow and orange and was very clear in her mind as to the types of flowers she wanted to include to give texture.  We decided upon hydrangeas, roses, lisianthus, molucella, veronica, germini and santini along with orchids and calla lilies at the venue.  An eclectic mix which, as you'll see, really worked.

Charlie's dress was a gorgeous ivory gown fitted to almost knee level with a sweetheart neckline and a one shoulder corsage.  Fabric ruffles and corsages from the hip cascaded down to soft ruffles down the back.  Gorgeous for Charlie.  We provided a soft and textured bouquet being largely ivory, but with a base of blue hydrangeas and with splashes of all the other colours added in a random manner.  We wrapped the stems in ivory ribbon to work with her dress.

The bridesmaids wore dresses of a shot taffeta in blue and hence the flowers were all ivory with the only colour being the stem wrapping for which we used their dress fabric.  We provided hair flowers for all bridesmaids, bride and flower girls and also provided petals for the flower girls' baskets.

The boys all wore tight Vendella rose buttonholes with a galax leaf wrapped around and then we provided a range of corsages for the special ladies in the wedding party (Mums, Nans etc) which we tailored to match their outfits.

 

 

For the ceremony at the Abbey, we provided a long, low and colourful arrangement for the central celebrant table on the stage (what a setting!) flanked on the floor with baytrees dressed with ribbons to match the dresses.

 

 

Charlie and Rick wanted a range of flowers and colours on the reception tables and we used bubble vases on central mirrors containing either blue hydrangeas, lemon orchids, Mango calla lilies or a mixture of each.  As a rather unusual set of table sprinkles, we decapitated molucella to provide interesting lime green florets.  Lovely and what a gorgeous setting in the library...I could while away a few hours happily in there!

The final touch was to dress Charlie and Rick's cake...the cheeses cake.  As it was already set up in the fridge and wasn't due to be brought out until later, we set to work...in the fridge!  Whilst chilly, we've worked in colder conditions in the studio and had a lovely time dressing the cheeses with fruit and flowers.  As the cake was to be moved in one piece later, and we didn't want fruit cascading off the board whilst being moved, I decided to individually pin all the sections, and all the individual blueberries and strawberries in place....dedication to duty!  We think it was worth it in the end.

Sorry it's been a long time coming, and hope you think it was worth the wait to see a colourful and very individual wedding.  We know Charlie and Rick had a great day, and a fab honeymoon in gorgeous Italy...bet it seems a long time in the past now and hope this brings back happy memories.

Heather and Lee's wedding at Cooling Castle Barn

What a sweet  and colourful wedding Hannah and Lee had last week at Cooling Castle Barn.  When we first met Heather and Lee at Detling Wedding Fair, we had created our "fruit salad" themed arrangements, and had an immediate link to Heather and Lee who wanted to use sweets within their wedding theme.  We therefore provided one of our most colourful and striking weddings at Cooling Castle Barn using multi-coloured gerberas, black grasses and black tie leaves along with a range of sweets.

For each of the guest tables, we used an umbrella vase with a hand-tied arrangement through the centre, all with different coloured water, and each with filled with a single variety of sweets (haribo, black jacks, fruit salad, swizzles lollies, flying saucers etc)...

... and then for the top table used smaller umbrella vases with matching floral arrangements and with a "pick and mix" theme using all the sweets used on the guest tables.  We also provided two of the smaller "pick and mix" umbrella vases for the celebrant table.

For Heather's bouquet, we used large black-eyed ivory gerberas along with calla lilies, grasses and folded black tie leaves in a contemporary overarm bouquet.

For her bridesmaids, it was hot pink gerberas all the way, with touches of the contrasting black being brought in with the grasses and the ribbon ties.  Her flower girl also had a Serena gerbera with black grasses to tie in with remainder of the flowers.

For the bridal party, we matched Lee's and Heather's flowers by using a calla lily for his buttonhole, and then matched the remainder of the gentlemen to the bridesmaids with hot pink Serena gerbera buttonholes.  The Mums both wore lapel corsages and hair slides using freesias, and chincherinchee with small loops of ribbon to tie in with their outfit colours.

All in all, on a beautiful sunny (although very chilly) day, we think Cooling looked fabulous with it's bright colours and striking designs.  Judging by the very small amount of sweets left when we picked up the vases the following day, Heather and Lee's guests left with a very sweet reminder of their wedding!!