Diana and Justin's pretty Preston Court wedding

Another of our truly fab couples and gorgeous weddings from last year was Diana and Justin's wedding at St.Thomas' church Canterbury followed by Preston Court.  Such a cool, relaxed and easy to work with couple with loads of ideas and inspiration for you from their wedding.

We decided on "carousel" colours for their wedding and wanted to bring in an English tea vibe so we used an array of roses, spray roses, craspedia, trachellium, greentrick, astilbe, astrantia, veroncia, scabious, sweet peas, stocks, freesias, mint, sage, rosemary....and the list goes on.

The stunning Diana wore a streamlined lace dress that looked absolutely gorgeous on her.  What a handsome couple.  Her bouquet was full but very natural, textured and full of colour and interest.  We used apricot, orange, lime green, lemon, a hint of pink and green and simply tied it with lace.

For Diana's bridesmaids we designed wrist corsages on trailing lace ribbon and then for her Bridesman, we designed a soft buttonhole wrapped in lace.  Justin's buttonhole was soft and textured as was the rest of the groom's party, with each having a different key added to the front and a touch of raffia added.  We also provided corsages for the Mums.

We kept it simple and pretty for the church with rustic country style hanging vases filled with flowers to match the weddings attached to the pews and these were then subsequently moved to Preston Court to add to the loveliness there.

At Preston Court, all the tables had a random selection of teapots, cups, jars, carafes and tins with full selections of the flowers used elsewhere.  Against the colours of the organs, they really looked fab. 

 Diana and Justin had a front of table bunting style garland made for the top table including their names which we attached for them.  How fab and happy does Diana look in this snatched photo.

 

 We loved all the extra details at their wedding...the photobooth outside, the chandeliers in the trees, the windmill table plan, the cake table and the fab cake.  It really was the perfect day for the perfect couple and we were so glad we could be involved.  Enjoy!

Hayley and Steve's warm, rustic autumnal Cooling Castle Barn wedding

When you're married surname is going to be Oak, then oakleaves and all things soft and rustic are a natural choice (excuse the pun).  Hayley and Steve really wanted a very natural wedding style and loved all the autumnal colours of rusts, burnt orange, reds, golds and greens.  The colour scheme and the style was just so perfect for a November wedding and we chose a gorgeous range of orchids, lilies, rosehips, calla lilies, roses, parrot tulips, hypericum berries, skimmis, willow and lots of lovely foliage.

For the bouquets we designed soft and textured bouquets for Hayley and her four bridesmaids and tied them naturally with raffia. 

For the boys, we provided a Calla lily buttonhole with berries and ivy for Steve and rose buttonholes with berries and ivy for all the other boys.  We also provided corsages for Mums and Laura.

Hayley and Steve and their family had spent a long time collecting a family of copper pots, vases, jugs etc which we filled with flowers and used along the top table (along with lovingly collected oak leaves) and around the base of the guest tables.  We also used them on the celebrant table for the signing of the register. 

We then designed tall full arrangements of the flowers used elsewhere for the guest tables and also to frame Hayley and Steve taking their vows on the dais.  Hayley and Steve wanted the arrangements to be as rustic as possible, and hence we decided on messy garlands twisted around the stems of the vases with little bits of raffia attached. 

For additional detailing, we made a very rustic wishing tree for Hayley and Steve and dressed the bottom with flowers and moss, and we also provided a woodblock cake stand for their fab cheeses cake.  Finally we added a soft faux blossom garland and lights to the four corner beams to dress the room.

Although I say it myself, these were beautiful flowers for a fab wedding and a lovely couple.  I loved the colours, the copper family, the rustic feel and the overall feel and hope you do too