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.

Hannah and Steve's wedding at Turkey Mill

On yet another beautiful day at Turkey Mill, we arrived bright and early to set up for Hannah and Steve's wedding.  We had a fair bit to do as we were managing all the venue decorations including chair covers, bows, table sprinkles, bridge dressing etc but it's such a lovely venue that we don't mind how long we spend there.  As we were dressing the bridge, the resident heron flew by and sat on the edge of the water fishing and a little robin also hopped by....it's such a lovely garden and really doesn't feel like you are in the middle of a major town like Maidstone.

Anyway, whilst nature watching!, we designed flowers to match Hannah and Steve's hot pink and white contemporary theme and added a few sparkles to complete the look!  For Hannah's bouquet, we provided a hand-tied, textured bouquet using agapanthus, bouvardia, Tenga Venga and Akito roses, germinis and ornithogalum arabicum, all with loops and sprigs of bear grass.  Her bridesmaids carried simple gerbera hand-tied bouquets in white to contrast against the dresses whislt her flower girls had triple hot pink germini "wands" surrounded in feathers and sparkles.

The groom's party had simple but elegant Akito rose buttonholes with loops and sprigs of grasses added, and Steve's had a few agapanthus florets added to tie in with Hannah's bouquet and to look a little different.  For the Mums and Nan, we used spray roses along with florets of agapanthus and ornithogalum arabicum plus soft foliage and loops of ribbon.

To frame Hannah's entrance across the bridge, we dressed the sides in white organza and added hot pink germinis and roses to bring in a touch of colour.

For the ceremony, two mini martini vases were placed on celebrant table in the Garden Room.

And as for the Orangery for the wedding breakfast, we thought it looked lovely dressed in hot pink and white.  We decided to alternate the chair bows by table, with one table having hot pink bows on white covers with white gerberas in the backs of the chairs, and the next table having white sparkly bows on white covers, with hot pink gerberas in the back.  For the Top Table, we did alternate chairs.   Each guest table had a large martini vase with hot pink sisal in the base and fairy lights for extra sparkle.  We provided a full top arrangement of lilies, roses, gerberas, germinis and ornithogalum arabicum in shades of hot pink and white.  Each of the tables was then sprinkled with crystals to finish.

For the top table, we kept to the martini vase theme but provided mini versions of the guest table arrangements, one to frame each side of Hannah and Steve, and one for each end.  We then sprinkled crystals in between to finish off.

Finally, the Mums and Nan were lucky enough to receive thank-you bouquets, and we provided these to match the wedding flowers.

With the dull morning clearing to a beautiful afternoon and everyone at Turkey Mill being on top form (as ever), we hope that the lovely Hannah and Steve had a great day.  They certainly had the perfect setting to set them on their way and although biased, we think it all looked gorgeous!