Pink, Ivory and Coral wedding flowers

 Jenny's wedding was at the end of April last year. Her flowers were a mix of spring and summer and the first hint that coral was coming into fashion again. This was the first time in a long time I had been asked for it, but mixed in with the pinks ivory's and creams it works well.

 This was a hand-tie design including pink germini and astilbe, ivory tulips, spirea, stallion chrysants, genista, cream spray carnations and coral roses. Jenny had asked me to include a bird brooch in the design and to add in pearls in the centre of the larger flowers. Added to this I was also asked if it was possible to create two very small bunches individually wrapped within the bouquet that could, after the service before walking back down the aisle that could be removed to be presented to the two mums. The bouquet still needed to look as a whole before and after this presentation, oh and could I also include a pendant to each small bunch that had a meaningful saying on. Jenny did at this point say if it wasn't possible not to worry but it obviously was something she wanted and what my brides want they get, if it is at all possible. The putting together was not a problem but it had to be easy enough to undo without the need of scissors and still look good once the bunches had gone!

 Apparently it worked a treat and Jenny was really impressed with the way it all worked.

 The two older bridesmaids had a similar mix of flowers to the brides but without any pearls or brooches and slightly smaller.

 The younger bridesmaid had a slightly smaller version but still the same mix. All bouquets had the stems wrapped in aqua ribbon.

All the men wore a pale pink germini with sprig of gyp in their buttonholes.

Peony and germinis

 Jayne and Gareth first met me at The Lincoln wedding fayre and almost all of our correspondence was done via e-mail with them living 'up north'. Many e-mails were sent back and forth to get the right colour combination and flower content for their chosen main colour of aqua.
The bridal bouquet was a simple mix of baby pink germini and a very pale pink peony tied together with aqua ribbon.

 The four bridesmaids each carried a small hand-tie of a mix of seasonal flowers in baby pink and ivory including germini, freesia, sweet williams and stallion chrysants tied together with aqua ribbon.

 Jayne also wore a small slide in her hair adorned with hydrangea florets, sweet william, freesia and germini petals.

 The groom wore a traditional double buttonhole of a germini and peony taken from the brides bouquet. The foliage is salal and rosemary.

 All the groomsmen wore a single germini with a salal leaf.

 The mums each wore a corsage of freesia, sweet williams, stallion and germini petals with salal and rosemary.

 I was also asked to make a small cake topper of germini and peony.

 The lovely simple designed cake.

Pink and Ivory candelabra

 Lisa and Rick came to me through Bernadette from Lincolnshire lanterns. They had decided they wanted her lovely silver candelabras on their tables and asked me to decorate them. The colour scheme for their wedding was baby pink and ivory, and Lisa loves gerberas and wanted roses featured as they were to be included in her bouquet. This, and the other bridal party flowers, were being made by a florist friend of the couple. We compromised on the flowers, as the candelabra are small and we didn't want to swamp them, we decided on baby pink germini and ivory spray roses.

 I was also asked to provide a simple mantelpiece arrangement to compliment the table flowers.

 The round top table, in front of the impressive fireplace.

 Lisa and Rick's reception was held at The Old Palace which is a stunning venue, with a fantastic view over the city out of one side and the magnificent cathedral out the other.

The King's room at The Old Palace ready and waiting for the bride and groom.