Chapeldown Wedding Fair

Last weekend we provided flowers for the Terrace at Richard Phillips at Chapeldown and also exhibited in the marquee at their wedding fair.  Although a quiet fair for us, we met some lovely people and are delighted to have converted one great couple away from the silk flowers they had booked to fabulous soft and romantic flowers....always nice when that happens.  But equally sorry to the couples that wanted to book us for dates we are already pre-booked....as promised, the photos from the day are attached below for future reference.

Thanks to the lovely Marc at Designed Events for keeping us stocked up on goodies and thanks to Kate, Alex and the team at Richard Phillips at Chapeldown...it's always a pleasure working with them.

As promised, here's a few photos of the flowers we displayed at the Fair.

And finally a few more of the Terrace looking lovely in the morning sun.

Michelle and Stephane's wedding at The Hop Farm

On the hottest day of the year to date (who thought we'd need suncream in April), Michelle married Stephane at The Hop Farm.  Michelle and Stephane are a great, outgoing, stylish couple who love having their photo taken, and hence we can't wait to see the photos from Laura at http://www.lollypopphotography.co.uk/  As you will see from the cake topper, and as was evident on the table name cards, being in front of the camera isn't something they shy away from....and for good reason.  Michelle chose a truly stunning dress in the most beautiful shade of green and having seen the fabulous fabric and detailing on the hanger, I can't wait to see the dress in the photos.

Michelle wanted a contemporary and fresh, uncluttered and stylish theme for her flowers and gerberas were chosen as the star of the show.  Given the colours being used in the dresses, we used lighter coloured foliage in the form of eucalyptus and variegated china grass, and used this throughout bouquets, buttonholes, wrist corsage and other wedding flowers. Pearls were the chosen accessory and hence the bouquets were all finished with pearl pins.

Having discussed a few different options for her tablecentres, Michelle decided upon fishbowls although in her heart we knew she wanted mirrored cubes.  Thanks to her fairy godmother (her Mum) and some pre-wedding secrets, Michelle was surprised on the day with a set of lovely mirrored cubes on the tables, the top table (mini versions placed on coloured runners), the present table and the celebrant table.  We helped finish the look by adding pearl pins to the centre of the gerberas as an additional surprise, along with gerberas inserted into the napkins.  Adding scented green tealights into votives and placing the cubes on additional table mirrors meant that we bounced the early spring sunlight around the Hop Farm to best effect.

I'm sure we'll be able to show you some stunning photos of the bridal party soon, but in the meantime, we hope you like our (non-professional) photos of Michelle and Stephane's big day.

Fabulous new photos of Karen and Iain's Ice Hotel Wedding

How exciting....Karen and Iain (and Karen's parents David and Trisha) have very kindly sent me some photos of the wedding at the gorgeous Ice Hotel.  It's so unique seeing a different Ice Hotel each year, and I think the chandelier in the Chapel is stunning along with all the ice sculptures. 

However, I'm sure everyone is more interested in the wedding photos....Karen looks absolutely beautiful...a real Ice Princess and I think she and Iain make a stunning couple.  What a lovely dress...you'd never guess that Karen was wearing thermals, boots and strategically placed hand warmers!!  Well how else can the girls keep warm in sub zero temperatures.

The flowers travelled extremely well (in the hold rather than in hand luggage) and we love the contrast of the red against the white and vice versa. 

Great photos from their Swedish photographer, Kent Tunlind who has photographed so many weddings at The Ice Hotel....you can see why when you visit his website (http://www.kenttunlind.com/). Thanks to Kent, Karen, Iain and the family for letting us use them on our blog and share them with you all.

Karen and Iain are celebrating their wedding with a party this weekend, so they all get to wear their dresses and outfits again....I hope they have a fabulous time (minus the hand warmers!)  They even get to use their flowers again.

Karen and Iain's wedding at the Ice Hotel, Jukkasjarvi, Sweden

Being Arctic and Antarctic scientists, the natural choice for Karen and Iain's wedding had to be somewhere at either pole, and The Ice Hotel (being 200km North of the Arctic Circle) couldn't have been a more perfect choice.  Karen and Iain were married in the Ice Chapel and given the snowy surroundings, Karen wanted her flowers to be frosty, sparkly and contemporary.  Given the location and the difficulty in using fresh flowers in temperatures regularly at minus 15 degrees, we decided upon silk flowers.  The designs had to be suitable for packing in hand luggage and had to be able to withstand the demands of travel.  We think that Karen's flowers show that you don't have to compromise on the overall look and can have the flowers you want anywhere in the world.

Karen likes a very neat and compact ,contemporary look and hence we opted for hand-tied bouquets.  Karen chose red roses with plenty of sparkle (and pearls) to contrast with her white dress (it had to be white, rather than ivory so as not to look dull against the white snow) and chose white roses for her bridesmaid as a contrast to her dress.  For the flower girls, we decided simple, pretty white gerbera wands would work best and added crystals and a small transluscent butterfly to tie in with detailing on the dresses.

 

Buttonholes again had to be relatively simple and easy to carry, so we agreed upon a white rose for Iain with bear grass detail, and then used white gerberas for the remainder of the bridal party.  To differentiate between the male and female guests, we added sprigs of pearl to the gerberas.  For Mums, we used smaller spray roses, again with pearl and crystal detailing.

Having experienced the beauty of the Ice Hotel, we can't wait to see photos of Karen and Iain in this setting.  Karen's dress was beautiful and she will have looked gorgeous in any setting, but particularly lovely amidst the snow and fabulous ice sculptures in Sweden.  We only hope that BAA were flexible enough to allow the crystal pins we used in Karen's bouquet to pass as detailing rather than as weapons!!