Gemma's June Wedding Flowers, The White Horse, Romsey

Summer bouquet of mixed pink and ivory roses, pink spray roses and peonies with white stocks for Gemma.

Simple but stunning bouquets of pink peonies, ivory roses and white stocks for the bridesmaids.

Mum's corsage of pink rose, ivory spray rose and pearl sprays.

Floral heart used to decorate the entrance to the church. Here I've used mixed ivory and pink roses, pink peonies and white stocks. The heart sits on the bookcase at the entrance and along the bookcase we have little shot glasses of roses. A very different but very lovely way to decorate a church entrance with flowers.

Large pedestal designs of hydrangeas, roses, peonies, spray roses and stocks takes pride of place either side of the top of the aisle making a gorgeous frame to the wedding ceremony. 

The White Horse Romsey, all set for the wedding breakfast. Tall table centres in cocktail vases of roses, peonies and stocks in pinks and whites look amazing in the centre of the room.

Centre pieces of pink roses, spray roses and peonies with white stocks in tall cocktail vases, perfect for this June wedding.

The floral table plan using pink roses and peonies with white larkspur looks amazing. Floral table plans are a wonderful idea for adding an extra splash of colour and flower to a room and it's easy to theme them to the look, colours and flowers used elsewhere in a scheme. I love them !

A summer floral table plan in pinks and whites.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Gemma for asking me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, it was an absolute pleasure working with you on this gorgeous scheme.

Clare's Wedding Flowers, New Place

A beautiful and very classic scheme in pink and ivory for Clare's January wedding at New Place. Brides often worry about flower availability in the winter months but in fact there is a huge choice available even in deepest January. You can go seasonal or do what Clare has done here and go for a completely classical and timeless look.

Classic bridal bouquet of pale pink and ivory roses, pink lisianthus, white bouvardia and a little foliage for Clare. All the flowers here are available all year round so no problems for winter brides with this design.

Buttonhole of Sweet Avalanche rose with a little collar of variegated foliage and white bouvardia under for the men.

Co-ordinating bridesmaids' bouquets of Sweet Avalanche and Avalanche roses, white bouvardia, pink lisianthus and variegated foliage for the bridesmaids. 

Fireplace at New Place decorated with a mantle design of pink and ivory roses, candles and ivy trails and 2 co-ordinating pedestal arrangements either side. The overall effect was just beautiful.

The stunning fireplace and flowers in the Bristol room at New Place taken from the entrance door. It's all ready for Clare's wedding ceremony and this is the view as you walk in the door. 

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Clare for asking me to design and create your wedding flowers for you. I loved working on these beautifully classic designs for you. Very many congratulations on your marriage.

Autumn Wedding Flowers, New Place

Open day flowers at New Place, Shirrell Heath. A chance to show brides to be a few ideas for decorating this lovely venue. I decided on a gorgeous early autumn scheme in corals using large roses, lots of berries and oak leaves with candles for a lovely seasonal twist in the Arden Suite. 

Early autumn design for the top table using coral roses, mixed berries and oak laves with candles. This design could of course be used first on the ceremony table for those brides choosing a civil service at this hotel. The remaining length of the table was decorated with scattered oak leaves and tea lights.

Tall, autumnal table centre in corals and greens using coral roses, mixed berries and oak leaves with curly willow twigs in the centre of the vases and scattered leaves at the base. 

The base of the design, the twig detail in the vase with the tea lights and the scattered leaves 

Low autumnal table centre in a goldfish bowl using curly willow twig wound inside and a design of coral roses, berries and oak leaves for the top. Tea lights and scattered leaves complete the look.  

Wedding flowers at New Place, the top table design in the Arden Suite.

The mantlepiece in the Bristol room decorated with a trailing design of pink roses, freesias and lisianthus with snowberries

Wedding open day flowers at New Place, the mantlepiece design. Thank you Mark Roberts of Chess photography for this image

Many thanks to all those couples who attended and came and said hello. I hope you enjoyed the event and I look forward to working with you on the schemes for your own day. A big thank you too to the New Place team for holding such a great event.

Lisa's Vintage Wedding Flowers, Winslowe House, Southampton

It's June, the perfect time for peonies so I thought early - mid summer brides might like to see this gorgeous little wedding which took place at the lovely Winslowe House in West End,Southampton. Lots of beautiful little touches and moments all caught brilliantly by Lisa's photographer - Big Bouquet

 Bouquet of white peonies, pink roses, pink astilbe for our bride. The bonus was the gorgeous scent, another one I was sorry to part with !

The vintage style peony,rose and astilbe bouquet worked brilliantly with Lisa's flowing almost grecian style dress.

Lisa's something blue, gorgeous idea, gorgeous photo - Thank you Emma of Big Bouquet

Lisa's bridesmaids arriving at Winslowe House carrying bouquets of pink peonies, white stocks and astilbe. Beautiful with their gorgeous silver dresses.

The bouquets - peony, rose,stock and astilbe, vintage style and in pale pinks and ivories. All massed together - I love this shot

Ceremony room at Winslowe House - all ready and waiting for our bride.

Tall table centres in soft pinks and whites following the vintage theme. I used a real mix of peonies, roses, stocks, astilbe and lisianthus to create the look. 

Marquee at Winslowe House all ready for Lisa's wedding reception. Image - Big Bouquet

As the table centres are above head height ( so guests can still see and talk to each other with ease) I dressed the tables with these little silver pots of mixed flowers.

Flowers and lucky dip favours, I loved the idea and the series of images taken of them by Big Bouquet and here is one of them. 

And that just leaves me to say, thank you so much Lisa for choosing me to design and create your flowers for you, I really loved creating this soft and romantic look for you. And very many congratulations on your marriage. 

And a huge thank you too to Emma of Big Bouquet for sharing these gorgeous images. If you would like to see more of their work then have a look at their web site www.bigbouquet.co.uk

Be warned though, it's compulsive viewing. 

Hayley's wedding flowers, Ivory and pale pink

Well it's only March and already I am behind on my blog. Today was a gorgeous Spring day and I spent it in the New Forest working on a stunning natural Spring themed wedding in whites, lemons and yellows. Just sorting through the photos now and I'll post them as soon as I can. Meanwhile here a few photos of a wedding I did a couple of weeks ago.

Groom's buttonhole of calla lily, singapore orchid, grass and foliage. 

Teardrop bouquet of pale pink roses, calla lilies and singapore orchids. Classic but modern too. The shape is narrow so as not to hide the detailing on Hayley's stunning dress but the length is kept to give a really elegant look. Perfect for all those more fitted gowns that are so popular now and all these flowers are available all year round. 

Buttonholes and corsages all ready and waiting to go. The ushers and the dads wore simple but oh so elegant plain calla lily buttonholes while the mum's wore a more detailed design of roses and orchids. The bridesmaids carried posies of roses and calla lilies. 

Many thanks Hayley for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I loved working on these designs and very many congratulations on your marriage.

Danielle's vintage pink & aqua wedding flowers

I have just been lucky enough to have been sent some gorgeous photos of a wedding I did in August, along with a really lovely thank you letter from our bride Danielle. I really do love it when brides write in and share some photos of their day so please do keep them coming.

Danielle was looking for a romantic vintage look in pinks and ivory with delicate butterflies and touches of Aqua inspired by an article she had seen in a magazine. Above is Danielle's wedding bouquet, a lovely mix of soft pink hydrangea, mixed ivory and pale pink roses, spray roses and a couple of butterflies all tied with an aqua satin ribbon.

Her bridesmaids carried these coordinating bouquets with more of the ivory "Avalanche" roses.

A gorgeous detail shot of the bouquet by Mark Upfield of http://www.muphotographic.com/
Thank you Mark, we absolutely love this image.

Flowergirl's wand style posy of rose, lisianthus and tree fern.

Another absolutely gorgeous shot by Mark Upfield and my personal favourite.

Tall tablecentre of mixed roses, hydrangea and tree fern topped with an aqua candle.

Little designs of aqua candles with carnations, hydrangea and tree fern for underneath the tablecentres and along the top table.

Photo Mark Upfield of MUphotographic.

Danielle had set her heart ( please do excuse the pun) on a floral wreath to be hung from the top table. Now we have to confess that the lighting at the venue was very strange and it was way beyond our photographic abilities to produce an even half way representative image of this very lovely wreath.
So thank you so much Kate Truepenny for saving our life with this one.

The top table complete with bride and groom thanks again to Mark Upfield for the image. To decorate the top table we used the bride's and bridesmaids' bouquets with the little candle arrangements in between.

Image - thank you Kate Truepenny.

A gorgeous evening shot of the table flowers by MUphotographic. Thank you Mark, this shot is really lovely.