Rainbow coloured wedding flowers

I hadn't realised quite how far behind I had got with the weddings and blogging! So many great designs to show you and lots of ideas to give you inspiration.

Let's start with this pre-pandemic (was there such a time!) wedding for P and E.

Their preference was for the ladies to carry a simple posy of carnations, a mix of green, pale peach, gold and white, with a frilling of pistachio.

While the groomsmen wore pale peach traditional style buttonholes.

The wedding was held at The Lincoln Hotel and all the table flowers were to follow the LGBTQ+ rainbow colours.

The ceremony, and later the top table, display was a rainbow explosion of all the colours.

The ceremony room at The Lincoln Hotel

The room was set for 5 guest tables for the 5 rainbow colours.

The table flowers were included within the hotel package (I am one of their preferred suppliers) and this couple chose the small wood crates which we filled with individual colours.

The blue one included Delphinium, thistle, Scabious, Echinops and cornflowers.

The orange design included celosia, carnations, spray roses, sweet peas and roses.

The red was filled with gerbera, celosia, spray roses, eustoma and sweet peas.

The yellow crate included a sunny mix of Deliann, spray roses, gerbera and freesia.

The purple (my favourite) was a lovely summer mix of stocks, eustoma, sweet peas, freesia and lavender.

Each of the designs in situ to show the size on the tables. Once the tables are set these crates are the perfect size and can be kept/given away afterwards.

If you love these designs, or are getting married at The Lincoln Hotel and would like to talk through your own designs please get in touch. You can go to the website to see more gorgeous wedding designs and book a consultation at The Studio or click here

Sandra x

 

Red wedding bouquets

Today we are back on our series of colour for your bouquet and are featuring Red flowers.

Now red isn't just red, there are many shades from Rose red, ruby, cherry, wine, scarlet, crimson and burgundy.

The most common and romantic of them all is the red rose. Seen by many as the must have red flower, it comes in all shades from bright pillar box red to dark crimsons and burgundy.

Team with the ever popular gyp

or add in ivory roses and berries for a winter feel.

For a 50's inspired day add in lots of asparagus fern

or for a glamorous style red roses en masse with lots of lush dark green leaves and bear grass swirls.

Team dark crimson roses with blush roses if you don't like red and white/ivory together.

Freesia make excellent partners with red roses, although red freesia tend to be more on the red/orange spectrum.

Red roses with ivy and gyp and added sparkle diamante.

For a darker look in autumn we have beautiful dahlia (these come in many shades of red) team with lily, orchids and roses with lots of seasonal foliage.

For a posy style red dahlia, roses and calla lily styled with thistle and eucalyptus.

Roses and gyp are another favourite, these are a beautiful scarlet shade

Or scarlett roses with ivory calla.

Red can be added not just with flowers but berries too.

Dark red anthurium with dark red gerbera and white lily make a striking shower bouquet

Or red and blush roses with berries and amaranthus and lots and lots of eucalyptus in a beautifully full over arm design. 

Found on Pinterest, a guide to some other fabulous red flowers suitable for bouquets.

If you are having a red theme, let us help you choose the perfect blooms. We don't have many brides choose all red but we do have many more options through the seasons for you to choose from. Be different and be bold! Choose a fire colour to brighten your winter wedding or stand out amongst the pastel and whites of your peers summer weddings.

Get in touch to find more options for your red themed wedding

Sandra X

Hemswell Court seasonal Christmas wedding

The wedding of yesterday's post (here) was held at the fabulous Hemswell Court.

The venue was all ready decked out for Christmas and fortunately they had gone for a red and green theme, so all designs worked well together.

On the tables half were 60cm martini vases and the others were large hurricane vases.

The tall martini vases had an assortment of gerbera, roses, berries and amaryllis with lots of seasonal foliage. We were asked not to add too much over the vase and nothing trailing to keep the tables clean and free for the food to be served.

The large silver based hurricane vases had a large central candle surrounded by a layer of seasonal foliage, holly, spruce, ditto and red berries for a splash of colour.

The ceremony display was a long and low compact design of gerbera, roses and berries with mixed seasonal foliage and this would later be transferred across to the top table for the wedding breakfast.

The Primrose room at Hemswell court waiting for the wedding part.

This venue looks fabulous at any time of year, but the decorations they have at Christmas makes it truly magical.

If you are getting married here and would like to discuss your flowers or if you love gerbera and want to get together on how we can style them to your day please get in touch

to discuss availability in the first instance.

For more inspiration look at labels on the right and scroll for 'Gerbera' or for Venue:Hemswell Court.

Another fabulous wedding here with martini vases is here

All vases were hired from us, we set up on the day and arrive to collect the next morning (where possible) so you don't have any worries on getting items back to us at The Studio

Sandra x

Red bouquet ideas

 Are you having red as your colour scheme? Red or burgundy are always a popular choice and as such red roses are very often selected.
Above, burgundy red and ivory roses with fern and gyp hand-tie.

 Roses come in various shades of red. Here we have a more scarlet red rose in a modern posy style. Roses wrapped in large leaves with added gold wire detail.

 Deep red and ivory roses with hypericum berries for a wintry feel.

Red roses again but with Skimmia and small cones for a more autumnal look.

A mass of red roses with deep green foliage and bear grass loops.

 Want a country style bouquet. Or concerned red may not go with other colours? Add in trails of ivy, purple freesias and stocks with red spray roses and germinis.

 Don't like foliage? A hand tie design of different size red roses with protea petals tied with gorgeous gold organza.

 Add a touch of pink to a red bouquet to give a lighter more interesting look. Just make sure the colours tone together.

As usual this is only a selection of what is available, please ask for more designs.