Wednesday 13 July 2011

Buttonhole Inspiration

Saturdays wedding was absolutely gorgeous...a green, yellow & white colour palette using lots of wild looking garden flowers! Daisies, alchemilla mollis, astilbe, sweet peas, aster and tanacetum...and my favourite...craspedia, or 'billy buttons'!!
So here are the buttonholes I made for the grooms party...


They all look so 'cheery' (if that's even a word...I tend to make these things up!) and fresh. So I felt inspired yesterday to create some more!! This time I added some linen, gingham and floral fabric leaves and detailed with ribbons and twine.


I love the simplicity of gypsophilia tied with yellow gingham ribbon...


A fresh sprig of rosemary adds such a lovely subtle whiff (smell just didn't sound right!!)


I absolutely love these billy buttons at the moment! So much fun...




I love the natural, more informal style of these buttonholes...they scream backyard country wedding!








Thanks for stopping by...I hope you feel inspired!

Tuesday 12 July 2011

David & Lee...a country vintage style wedding

David & Lee got married at St Giles Church in West Bridgford followed by a reception at Grange Hall in Radcliffe on Trent. Their wedding was such fun to be part of because it was filled with so many personal details that made every guest feel so welcome and part of their celebration. They had thought of everything...a vintage bus to transport guests between venues...an ice cream cart and Pimms reception on arrival at the hall...a childrens play area in the reception hall for the younger guests...home made jam favours and much more!
It was great to have the chance to design and create details to compliment their style...a lovely, relaxed, country vintage feel...so out came my sewing machine and plenty of fabric and here are the results!
First on my list was 180 metres of bunting...the longest 180 metres of my life!! But it was definitely worth it!


I swagged the bunting from central poles in the room to the edges creating a ceiling canopy over the tables. I also created a 'fence' of bunting using shepherds crooks in large pots in co-ordinating colours to give a real garden feel to the room...


I created a table plan using a shabby chic cream frame, vintage style floral fabric and hand written luggage tags...



I dressed the tables with lace cloths, handmade fabric place cards and various vintage style containers filled with roses, peonies, soft pink astilbe, ammi and lisianthus.
















The gorgeous crockery and glassware was provided by The Fiona Herbert Catering Company who also provided a high tea for guests which was absolutely amazing!


David & Lee chose these gorgeous vintage railway postcards for their table numbers which looked great in these shabby chic stands!




The home made jam favours were adorable...


They had the cutest wedding cake that I topped with a cluster of peonies




Sweets...yum...




Lovely big tubs of hydrangeas, roses, ammi and peonies...




Entertainment during high tea was provided by the incredible voice of Simon Partridge, vintage vocalist singing songs of the 1920's, 30's and 40's.



All in all, a fantastic day...congratulations David & Lee!! Hopefully I'll be able to show you some official photos soon of the bride & groom so come back soon for a peek!

Thursday 7 July 2011

Surprises...

Anyone who knows me will know that I don't normally like surprises...I like to know what's going on...I like my lists...my well laid plans...ok, I know I'm a control freak!! But I do like little surprises...like this little note I found on my camera the other day...my camera that nobody else is supposed to use (I know...control!)


I'll make allowances for my hubby though...surprises are good every now and then so I should just get used to it!

Love Shoot...sneak peek

So, I'm failing miserably at blogging regularly! In the middle of crazy busy wedding season...late nights, early mornings and the start of many of the florists equivalent to the 'naked dream'!! You know...the one where you arrive at the wedding and realise that you forgot to order any flowers!! But hey... I'm back with a little sneak peek of a love shoot I did last week with Jade and Emma. It had threatened rain all day but just as we were about to set up, the sun decided to make an appearance and we got some gorgeous, dreamy shots...






Look out for some more soon...have a great weekend!!