Collette and Jason's vintage themed wedding at Little Silver

 

Prior to talking to Collette about her own wedding, we've chatted wedding plans and ideas with her for her friends Ruth and Emma, who we have worked with for their weddings.  Collette was heavily involved in Ruth's wedding and hence we knew we worked well together.  We were therefore thrilled when she asked us to be involved in her own wedding to Jason.  Collette knew she wanted dusky pinks, apricots through to coral colours along with ivory and wanted the flowers to be soft, English and with a vintage feel.

 

Collette was always going to be a truly stunning bride, and the dress she chose was gorgeous especially after she altered it to make it more fitted to show off her fab figure.  Can't wait to see some photos as we know she's going to look amazing.  For her bouquet we decided on a very natural, soft and spriggy bouquet that wasn't too large given her petite figure.  We included a variety of roses, astrantia, veronica, trachellium, astilbe, chincherinche and eucalyptus parvifolia.  We wrapped the stems in a crocheted vintage lace doily studded with pearls and crystals with additional trailing buttons added. 

For Bethany, Collette and Jason's daughter, we provided a smaller posy to resemble Collette's bouquet but all in ivory, wrapped in ribbon and once again finished with trailing button detail.

For Collette's three bridesmaids (Ruth, Emma and Leanne), we provided a variety of flowers wired to add to their hair.

Jason wore a lovely buttonhole of Savita rose, astilbe, veronica and eucalyptus parvifolia whilst the rest of the boys wore large ivory roses with astilbe and eucalyptus parvifolia.  We provided a smaller buttonhole for the Page Boy, Leo as well as a gift box finished with lace and filled with petals to scatter down the aisle.  Mums had corsages provided to match their outfits with a lapel corsage for Jason's Mum and a wrist corsage for Collette's Mum.

For the wedding reception tables, Collette was keen to see a vintage theme, but with a little bit of a difference.  We decided that instead of using a random selection of vintage vases, birdcages etc on each table, we would theme each table with similar items.  We therefore provided appropriate accessories for each of the following tables....Love Birds, Lashings of Jam, Have Your Cake and Eat It, One Lump or Two, Shall I Pour, Anyone for Coffee and Jugs A Plenty!  Fantastic!

For the top table (the one and only "The Very Best of Vintage") we provided clusters of different items dressed with flowers.  We also added rosebuds and pearls to all the tables to finish them.

We loved working with Collette again, and loved all her finishing touches (tableplan, sweet table, post box etc).  We know they had a fab day and the weather held up despite the threat of rain.  We wish both Collette, Jason and Bethany, and her lovely bridesmaids and family all the very best for the future.  We're just sorry we won't be working with them again for future weddings.

  

Kent Wedding Awards 2012

We're through to the final of the Kent Wedding Awards again...we're so thrilled.  We know it's a large category with 7 finalists this year and are more nervous than we were when we won it last year....getting too old for all the excitement I think!  Congratulations to all the other finalists...we'll find out all the finalists in all categories on Monday so Good Luck to everyone.

Results are announced on November 15th, so fingers crossed and thanks for all the continued support of our lovely couples.  We'll be chewing our non-existent nails on 15th November and will let everyone know how we got on afterwards.

Kelly and Dan's wedding at Bearsted Church and Frasers Barn

 

 

When we first met Kelly and her lovely Mum, she was clear about the vision for her glamorous wedding.  She wanted white, silver and we persuaded her to have a touch of lime green as well.  She loves orchids and hydrangeas and just looking at her everyday style, we knew it was going to be a beautiful and glamorous wedding.  Unfortunately Kelly's original venue closed and left her at relatively short notice needing a new venue.  We suggested the lovely Frasers Barn and Lisa and her team there had the date free and held it until Kelly and Dan could view it (it was clearly meant to be!).  It was a wedding where fate definitely had a hand as lots of the original details changed (church, bridesmaids' dresses, hairdresser etc) and they ended up with the most perfect day.

I know we've said it before, but Kelly and Dan are a stunning couple and with their striking looks and fabulous taste, the wedding photos were going to be amazing (check out the initial family photos they sent across to us and you'll see what we mean).  Kelly had chosen a slimline lace dress with a sweetheart neckline and gorgeous train to show off her fabulous figure and we decided the best possible option for her bouquet was a long slimline orchid cascade bouquet with a few hints of lime green, bear grass and some additional sparkles.  We wrapped the handle in an offcut of her dress fabric and it all looked so lovely.  We wired silk phalaenopsis orchids for Kelly's hair so that they would remain fresh and gorgeous all day and all night long.  Having helped her find her hairdresser, we knew it was all going to be fabulous.

For Kelly's lovely bridesmaids, we had decided upon extended wrist corsages of phalaenopsis and dendobrium orchids, greentrick and chincherinchee along with lime tips and grasses.  Their dresses were a lovely graphite empire line design which were just perfect for them, despite being a last minute purchase after problems with the previous dresses purchased (the path of true love and a perfect wedding really doesn't run smooth all the time as you can see!).  We think they looked lovely and loved the design of the wrist corsages.

Dan and his groomsmen wore orchid buttonholes to tie in with the rest of the wedding, with Dan having a crystal added to his to tie in with Kelly's bouquet.  Mums had corsages of chincherinchee, dendrobrium orchids and lime tips with sparkles and ribbon loops to match their outfits.  We also provided colourful thank-you bouquets for them at Frasers Barn.

 

 

At Holy Cross Church Bearsted, we welcomed guests into the main porch with a large and full arrangement of hydrangeas, orchids, greentrick, anthuriums, delphiniums, bouvardia, palms and aspidistras.  We replicated this pedestal at the front of the aisle and then finished the aisle with pew ends of hydrangeas attached with graphite organza bows.  It looked so fresh, contemporary and yet opulent.  Perfect!

 

 

Welcoming guests at Frasers Barn was a lovely mirrored table plan showing the unusual arrangement of the guest tables all off a single central table in the marquee.  We dressed the central table on the runner with mirrored cubes of double stemmed tall planted orchids, with an additional orchid leaning against the corners to give reflections from the mirrored cubes.  Being a bit OCD, I had to make sure the stems of the orchids were alternating in direction through the centre line, but all in line when viewed from the side! (No-one else would notice but I wanted it to be perfect!)  Each was placed in between a globe crystal candleholder and we then added green hydrangea florets in between.  Each of the side guest tables were also dressed with orchids and hydrangea florets.

For the long top table, we used glass cubes filled with moss, and then added either orchid sprays or hydrangeas in the top.  In front of Kelly and Dan we provided an oblong vase filled with layers of moss and hydrangeas and with sprays of phalaenopsis orchids on top.  We then completed the look with individual orchid heads on the napkins.  It truly looked lovely.

Kelly also added additional touches such as my fave Pomegranate Noir Jo Malone candles, sparkly flipflops for tired dancing feet. hand-painted signs and personalised grey boxes for cards.  It was all so lovely and a wedding we would all have loved to have attended.  It was a true pleasure being involved and able to help out with the additional details.

Kelly and Dan had a fabulous day, gorgeous Italian honeymoon and are now back at work but hopefull looking back to their wonderful day and reliving it through the pages of Kent Bride magazine where they are featured at the moment. 

Two of our weddings in Kent Bride magazine

Kent Bride magazine is an annual wedding magazine published in September each year and is currently in the shops.  It has lots of real life weddings included and two of our couples from this year are featured.  The first wedding in the magazine is the lovely Helen and Luke who shared their wedding day with their daughter Cara's christening.  Their wedding was fuschia pink and white and included lovely large martini vase arrangements at the Tudor Park.   Helen's bouquet was a particular fave and looks lovely in the magazine against her dress.   Here's a few of our photos of their special day and a link to the blog we previously published. 
http://www.distinctlyfloral.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/helen-and-lukes-wedding-at-leybourne.html

For the second featured wedding, turn to page 105 of the magazine for the truly stunning Kelly and Dan.  They're a former wedding of the month of ours on the website and it really was a gorgeous wedding at the fabulous Frasers Barn (www.frasers-events.co.uk)We helped Kelly and Dan find their venue and her hairdresser as well and were so pleased they had such a fabulous day.  The church, venue, tables etc were all lovely and Kelly and Dan's taste was exquisite.  We need to get it on the blog pronto!  Watch this space.  Here's a couple of photos in the meantime.