Rowena and Chris' wedding at Cooling Castle Barn

No weddings this last weekend as we had other commitments, so we thought we'd include a wedding on the blog from a little while ago.  Rowena and Chris had a lovely soft lilac and ivory theme to contrast against the darker bridesmaids' dresses.  We wanted to keep flowers soft and delicate so used Pacific Blue roses, Avalanche roses, freesias, lisianthus, veronica and china grass. 

For Rowena, we used mainly lilac flowers to contrast against her lovely lace ivory dress.  We loved the soft bolero jacket she wore as well...so delicate.  We also provided some hair flowers for Rowena, which were a perfect accessory to her dress and bouquet.

For the bridesmaids, we added much more ivory into the bouquets with touches of lilac as a contrast to their dresses and as a reverse to Rowena's bouquet. 

The boys wore ivory buttonholes, apart from Chris who wore a double Pacific Blue rose buttonhole with veronica to match Rowena.  Mums wore ivory corsages with ribbon loops added to match their outfits.

For the tables, we used tall slim trumpet vases with a rose floating halfway.  The top of the vase had a soft and slightly taller arrangement using all the ivory and lilac flowers used elsewhere along with rosemary and soft foliage.  The photos show how we design table arrangements to give best visibility to all guests.  When the guests entered the main barn, they had the impact of the tall arrangements, yet when seated for the wedding breakfast, they could easily talk to each other without the flowers getting in their way.

Finally we dressed the three tier seperated cake with very simple clusters of flowers and a cake topper.

Rowena and Chris are a wonderful couple and had such a lovely wedding day at Cooling Castle.  The photos are courtesy of www.guyhearn.com.  Hope you enjoy them.

Gemma and Nik's professional photos from Chilston Park

Those of you following the blog may remember a gorgeous, colourful and glamorous wedding we featured earlier in the year at Chilston Park Hotel.  Gemma and Nick chose an eclectic and beautiful seleciton of flowers and matched these with an assortment of items on their tables reflecting their travels and personalities.  I was so intrigued to see Gemma's dress after her description of it, and it looked even better than I thought it could....stunning!  It was lovely to receive a selection of photos from the day from their professional photographer www.tobyphillipsphotography.co.uk   I'll let them speak for themselves as they are wonderful and do sum up what a great wedding day Gemma and Nik had....such a pleasure to have been a part of it.

Charlotte and Dan's wedding at Cooling Castle Barn

When we first met the lovely Charlotte, we knew her wedding flowers would be elegant and striking.  As an artist, she knew how she wanted everything to look and was very clear about her ivory floral theme with hints of fuschia pink.  We decided to keep the personal flowers to roses and "jasmine" to tie in with Charlotte's daughter Jasmine.  We then incorporated delphiniums, lilies and trachellium with eucalyptus and grasses.  Strategic "sparkle" was added where appropriate.

Charlotte's bouquet was a hand-tied bouquet of Dolce Vita roses with sprigs of crystal and sprigs of stephanotis (instead of Jasmine) added throughout.

For the bridesmaids, we provided hand-tied bouquets of large headed Maroussia roses along with stephanotis.  We added the tough of pink via a small bow at the top of the stems.  All the girls had stephanotis wired for their hair as well, and Charlotte had a couple of roses wired for her hair. 

Dan's buttonhole was a Dolce Vita rose to match Charlotte's whilst the remainder of the party wore ivory roses to match the bridesmaids. 

For the top table, we decided to use the bouquets from the bridal party in low vases (they needed to be kept in water for freshness in any event and of course matched the overall theme, therefore were perfect).  We also added a couple of extra vases for the centre of the table with hand-tied bouquets of roses and foliage to match the remainder of the flowers.

For the tablecentres, we used large martini vases and kept the arrangements largely ivory with just a few Dolce Vita roses to add the colour. 

We then dressed the wedding cake (made beautifully by Charlotte's friend) with clusters of roses and sparkles.

All in all a lovely, elegant and simple floral theme.

Lorna and Alex's professional photos from Chiddingstone Castle

Those of you who follow the blog will know how much we love seeing photos of our happy couples after their wedding days, and Laura and Alex's photos are no exception.  They are STUNNING!  Have a look below for a taster of the fabulous photos from the lovely Laura Dodsworth at www.lauradodsworth.co.uk 

 I'm loving all the detail shots as well, which show all the attention to detail put into the wedding. 

These all represent to me a quintessentially English Wedding.  You may have seen our photos on the blog a while ago, but see how Laura has brought the flowers to life and how fabulous the light and the castle look.  I'm loving them and also loving the dresses and Alex's suit...all very gorgeous.  Thanks again to the talented Laura for sorting all the photos for me.

And now for my personal favourites...see what you think.