Autumn Weddings

I love autumn . After spring , it is my favourite time of year. For florists, it means a burst of colours such as oranges, red, limes, browns that are not used that often, and lovely textured materials to work with like berries, twigs and beautiful colourful foliages.

We have a few autumn weddings coming up which i will do my best to take pics of, although with the duller light it is not easy for a novice photographer!

Here are pictures of some of the table centrepieces our first autumn wedding opted for.

Tall trumpet vases bursting with seasonal flowers and foliages, and coordinating fishbowls for the top table. Very dramatic against the white background of a marquee.

Just lovely

Fishbowls are still very popular for wedding centrepieces .
We particulary love this one - scented, crisp colour scheme, just lovely. For you Helen

Garlands & Arches

Over the summer, we have decorated lots of church entrances with arches of flowers. Here a just a few pics. If your church doesnt have an arch or you are having a civil ceremony, then why not consider garlands on gates or around a window like the ones above .

Arches and garlands create a stunning focal point and will be the perfect backdrop for your photographs.

Lucy Ledger Photoshoot

A few months ago I was contacted by the lovely Lucy, of Lucy Ledger Designs to see if we would like to be involved in a photoshoot she was organising along with other fabulous wedding suppliers. Of course we jumped at the chance, and so glad we did, the photographs of our flowers are just lovely! Thankyou to Emma Case photography for the images

Checkout Lucys website for a peek of her gorgeous range and for full details of everyone involved.

Hannah & Robs Vintage wedding

I know i say this practically every time, but this really is one of my favourite weddings to date.

Sheffield based couple Hannah and Rob, opted for a vintage wedding with a retro twist as their fabulous theme.

Combining traditional blooms in quirkier colours, and adding in more retro flowers such as craspedia and gyp, the aim was to give a vintage/nostalgic feel with an edge of coolness without being too girlie/pretty.
The guests at the evening reception had a fun surprise with our dressed cake stands in each table which had the top tier dressed with old skool sweets like flying saucers !

The beautiful china was supplied by my friend Julie at vintage and cake who had her hands full with baking all of the lovely cakes at the afternoon tea/wedding breakfast and with also doing the styling on the day.

Photographs were kindly provided to us by photographer Richard Newman (richard.newman@hotmail.com) and also Ben at Vintage and Cake.

A big thankyou to the lovely Leopold Hotel in Sheffield for being so helpful on the day.

Gypsophlia

This is a flower that is definately making a comeback. I always have loved these pretty white flowers, but unfortunately like certain other flowers, supermarkets has devalued gypsophlia by including it in plain uninspiring bunches which has caused many of people to 'go off' it.

Used in the right way, 'gyp' is no longer a simple filler flower, it can be made to look vintage or contemporary, used en masse it looks so impactive , and right now we are using it alot in wedding work. Watch this space as the trend catches on . You heard it here first.

Brings back memories

A classic handtied bouquet to coordinate with dusky pink bridesmaid dresses - cool water roses, lisianthus, bouvardia and pearls.
I also had these roses in my own wedding bouquet, makes me feel abit nostalgic , happy days .