Winter wedding bridal bouquets

Looking back over this year I have not managed to keep blogging and therefore you have missed out on seeing many many magical weddings. It is time to put this right! 

It will also, hopefully, give you inspiration for you own flowers whether you are getting married in 2017, 2018 or 2019.

So to start;

This was Catriona's wedding from way back in January. Perfect flowers for a winter wedding.

The bridal bouquet was a hand tie posy of a mix of white and ivory freesia, ranunculus, bouvardia, spray roses and gyp with pitto foliage.

The stems were wrapped in gold satin ribbon and pinned with ivory pearl headed pins.

The bridesmaid wore navy blue dresses and each were given a posy of gyp to carry.

Stems matching the bridal bouquet.

The mum's each wore a corsage of a  mix of flowers from the bridal bouquet. If this works with their outfits I feel this is the perfect way to adorn their style.

The groomsmen each wore a small gyp buttonhole with a tie of gold ribbon to match the bridesmaids. Again a neat way to style everyone and bring the various outfits together.

Tomorrow we will look at the wedding ceremony set up and wedding breakfast tables at Washingborough Hall.

If you see any designs that you love or would like to discuss how I may help you choose your flowers please get in touch to book a free no obligation consultation

Sandra x

Thrumpton Hall wedding open day

 Yesterday I was exhibiting at Thrumpton Hall wedding open day. This was my stand in the large marquee.

 I based my designs on spring and kept the colours fairly neutral. The first bouquet was a hand-tie of ivory roses with bouvardia and amaryllis with ginesta and pitto. The stems were bound fully with ivory satin ribbon with a lace overlay.

 The second bouquet was another hand-tie of white tulips, yellow sol d'or and ginesta with eucalyptus. The stems were bound with yellow ribbon. This is a gorgeous scented bouquet.

 One of the table centres was my new candelabras. This time I thought I would create a ring of flowers around the base. This had ivory roses, spray roses, freesia, stallion chrysants and ginesta. A mix of eucalyptus and pitto foliage.

 I also decided to create a flower crown of orchids, roses, mimosa and ginesta with eucalyptus and ivy. These are getting very popular in fashion shoots and with brides.

 Another table centre was one of my new black urns. This was designed to match in with the spring bouquet with tulips and sol d'or mixed foliage and birch twigs. This was sat on a large mirror with my star tea light holders.

My view yesterday, this was fairly late on when most people had gone from the marquee.

 A couple of views from around the hall. The lake at the front of the hall

 and the view of some of the gardens. It must look stunning on a beautiful summers day, rather than a cold, wet wintry one.

To see Thrumpton Halls own blog post on the event click here

Summer bouquets

 Summer: Can you remember if we had one last year? Here to remind us all of some sun are some fabulous summer bouquets. All again loved by their respective brides, and all pink! There are other colours available but these all jumped out at me from my photos as typical sunny bouquets.
Above: A mix of country garden just picked blooms. Included are roses, freesia, September flowers, Ammi, Astrantia, and stocks with ferns and grasses.

 A bridesmaids bouquet of Sweet Williams, Freesia, Stallion Chrysants and germini. I know some of these flowers will be frowned upon by some but they do create a gorgeous small budget friendly bouquet.

 A hand tie neat posy of roses, bouvardia and eustoma with eucalyptus foliage.

 Another summer mix bouquet. Freesia, Roses, Stocks, Sweet peas, bupleurum and ruscus foliage.

These roses are gorgeous. Pink Colombian garden roses, very full and sweetly scented make for a very simple yet very striking bouquet.

I don't get to create many shower bouquets as you have all gone modern with the hand-ties but this is one of my personal favourites. White eustoma makes up the 'shower' with white roses and pink sweet peas filling the 'posy' part. Add in lots of wispy bear grass to make a stunning design.