Caroline's Garden Look, Apricot and Green Wedding Flowers, Burley manor

Post are like buses, nothing for ages then 2 at once, sorry ! Truth is, I have been working my little socks off  lately with lots of gorgeous weddings and not sat at home with my feet up and as a result the photography has got all a bit behind to say the least. Do bear with me though because I do have some very fabulous weddings to show you and to start, here are Caroline's.

Natural,trailing bouquet in apricots, greens and whites using roses, spray roses, lisianthus, astrantia, freesia, lily of the valley and ivy trails. I have to say Caroline's bouquet smelt absolutely gorgeous and I was very sorry to part with it. 

Bridesmaid's bouquet of Pearl Avalanche roses, pale apricot spray roses, white freesia and astrantia, pale green lisianthus and a little foliage for that natural garden look. I love the blend of colours here and I have to say the Pearl Avalanche rose is proving to be a bit of a winner.

Groom's buttonhole of Pearl Avalanche rose, astrantia and foliage.

The conservatory at the Burley Manor Hotel full of flowers ready for the wedding breakfast. Tall designs of roses, spray roses, lisianthus and astrantia look right at home in this setting. The stems of the stands have been decorated with trails of ivy and tumbling flowers for added effect. Loving the avenue effect here. 

Tall elegant table centre of nude roses, spray roses, pistachio lisianthus and white astrantia with ivy trails. The colour blend looks amazing with the decor of the Burley Manor Hotel

Trailing, top table design with candles using Pearl Avalanche roses, pale apricot spray roses, white freesia and astrantia, pale green lisianthus, mixed foliages and ivy trails for that natural garden look

Top Table Flowers, the detail with Caroline's "Just Married " sign.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Caroline for asking me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I absolutely loved working on this gorgeous scheme for you and I am so glad you loved your flowers so much. 

Ali's Very Natural, Ivory, Purple and Teal Wedding Flowers with a touch of Wild

Ali described herself as "a bit of a hippy at heart", a tall willowy bride in a long flowing Jenny Packham Dress -  this called for something a bit different. I love something a bit different ! The colours are purple, teal, silver and ivory  and the style, very natural with a hint of wild. Nothing to formal or to structured. 

Trailing and very natural, tied bouquet in purples,ivory, silver and deep green using roses, lisianthus, passion flower and astilbe with silver eucalyptus and loops and trails of ivy. 

Purple, ivory, silver and deep green country style bouquet using Dolomiti roses, purple lisianthus, astilbe, eucalyptus and passion flower with loops of ivy. For Ali's bridesmaid.

Natural, tied bouquet  of ivory roses, purple lisianthus, astilbe, eucalyptus, passion flower and loops of ivy. Just a touch of wild about this design.

Buttonhole of Dolomiti rose and deep green ivy leaf for the men.

And for the ladies, a corsage of ivory rose, spray rose, astilbe and ivy leaf. 

Lastly, a close up of Ali's bouquet, a gorgeous mix of  ivory roses,purple lisianthus and astilbe with long trails of eucalyptus, ivy and passion flower. 

I had a lovely note from Ali after our initial meeting thanking me for " achieving the impossible - making me excited about my flowers" And an equally gorgeous text after the wedding because she absolutely loved her flowers and her bouquet. That meant so much - to know that you can inspire people to love flowers even when they thought that was not possible.Like men, there is a bouquet for everyone, even those who had given up !

On that, I will just say thank you so much Ali for asking me to design and create your wedding flowers for you. I really did love working on these gorgeous and very natural designs for you and I am so glad they were loved so much. 

All images © Fiori by Lynne

Helen's Vintage Pink Wedding Flowers, Newtown House, Hayling Island

A lovely, romantic, vintage-natural look for Helen's May wedding flowers.The flowers featured all the summer favourites - roses, peonies, stocks and freesias with the ever popular gyp.

Trailing vintage style bouquet using pink roses, stocks, lisianthus, a touch of gypsophila and astilbe with ivy trails. Perfect for an early summer wedding.

Bridesmaids carried these posies of Avalanche roses, pink freesia, astilbe, a touch of gyp and mixed vintage style foliages.

A gorgeous little posy for the flower girl - vintage- country style. Sweet Avalanche rose surrounded by pink freesia and astilbe, lisianthus and gypsophila with asparagus fern. 

Groom's buttonhole of ivory rose with pink freesia, a touch of gyp and vintage style foliages.

Page boy buttonholes of ivory spray rose with asparagus fern.

Pink freesias make a gorgeous vintage style corsage for the mums.

Newtown House with tall vintage style table centres of pink peonies, roses, stocks and gypsophila. Very romantic and perfect for an early summer wedding. Trails of ivy and spray rose wound down the stem of the cocktail vase make these designs extra special. 

Vintage style table centres in pinks using peonies, roses, stocks and gypsophila with vintage toned foliages and ivy trail.

Roses, peonies, stocks and gyp vintage style in tall cocktail vases decorated with an ivy trail and spray rose. A very soft and romantic look and just perfect for an early summer  wedding.They looked just perfect in this barn style setting at Newtown House too.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Helen for asking me to design and create your wedding flowers for you. It was an absolute pleasure and I hope you all had a fabulous day.

Kelly's Modern Wedding Flowers, De Vere Grand Harbour, Southampton

Kelly chose red as the colour scheme for her wedding but for her bouquet was keen to use a blend of Cranberry reds, oranges with a dash of lime in a soft but very modern design. And so here they are Kelly's wedding flowers.

Modern trailing bouquet of red roses, orange orchids and freesias with pale green cymbidium orchids and trails of red rose petals and orange orchids. Very striking and very unusual, I loved making this wedding bouquet for Kelly.

Co-ordinating buttonhole of red rose and orange orchid for Luke.

Bouquet of roses, orchids and freesias in reds, oranges and pale green. This design would be suitable for a bridesmaid but in fact is Kelly's bouquet without the trails. It looked quite stunning at this stage and so I thought you might like to see it. In fact the bridesmaids wore trailing wrist corsages of orange rose petals, sadly not something that photographs well unless it is being worn but you can see the corsage design in my main web site in the bouquets section.

Table centre of red roses and petals with candle and tea lights, just stunning with all the candles lit.

Wedding flowers at the De Vere Grand Harbour, Southampton

Romantic top table design of red rose petals, candles and tea lights.

Simple cake topper of red roses and petals.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Luke and Kelly for choosing  me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, it was an absolute pleasure. I hope you both had a fabulous day and very many congratulations on your marriage.

Mark and Cathy's Wedding Flowers, New Place

 For their special day, Mark and Cathy wanted something a little different, very different in fact and unique to them. The groom loved colour, lots of it and as bright as possible please. The bride loved ferns and I mean she really loved ferns and a very natural, sort of country style look bordering on the "messy" Plans were made for each of the guest tables to be themed around a different colour using different flowers but a consistent country style look throughout - incorporating Cathy's favourite ferns. And so here they are Mark and Cathy's wedding flowers;

Country style corsage using lilac and purple lisianthus - and ferns.

Freesia and Sword fern corsage for Mark's mum.

Mini sunflower bouquet using purple clematis and lisianthus with fern, lime alchemilla mollis and a touch of solidago for the bridesmaid. 

Yellow and purple country style bouquet of sunflowers, clematis, lisianthus and fern with alchemilla mollis.

Cathy's bouquet, a lightweight and very natural looking mix of flowers using lilac roses, purple clematis,  lisianthus, blue delphinium, pink freesia with sword fern, alchemilla mollis and trails of evergreen jasmine.

The bouquet and the ring.

The bouquet and the dog !

Love this shot, thank you so much Chess Photography for sharing it.

Bouquet in action, not to neat and note the fern!

Buttonhole of purple lisianthus and fern for the men

Candelabra flowers in pinks and lime greens in the natural country style. I used the more rustic black metal candelabra and used trails of ivy and lisianthus flowers to bring colour and flowers down to the table. The venue is New Place, Shirrell Heath

Candelabra flowers in lilac and pale green with a touch of lime.

Candelabra flowers at night.

Lilac table flowers using Ocean Song roses, lilac and pale green lisianthus with ferns and ivy trails.

The blue table using delphinium and agapanthus with a dash of yellow and lime. The electric blue of this particular delphinium is completely stunning and enabled me to keep the blue table nice and bright as well. If you are not careful how you use them, blues can disappear in a scheme - no danger of that here.

Country style candelabra using sunflowers with purple clematis. These mini sunflowers work wonderfully well with this rustic style candelabra.

Purple and pink candelabra flowers with a dash of lime and cerise to lighten and brighten. The purple is provided by the lisianthus and the allium - another one of the bride's favourite things. Note the fern too !

I absolutely love this night time shot of the candelabra from the very talented Chess Photography, if you have ever tried photographing red and orange flowers in the dark you will appreciate it all the more !

Wedding Flowers at New Place, Shirrell Heath -red and black - perfect for the Arden Suite.

The green table, the stunning lime chrysanthemum is the star of the show here mixed with purple lisianthus and yellow solidago.

New Place, wedding flowers in the Arden Suite all set up ready for Mark and Cathy's reception

 Wedding flowers at the Arden Suite, New Place, Shirrell Heath - rainbow theme. Every table themed to a different colour.

Mixed bright pedestal flowers using lime chrysanthemums, red and orange roses, electric blue delphiniums, purple lisianthus and mixed ferns. These were used for the ceremony and later moved to the Arden Suite for the reception.

Mixed bright pedestal flowers - a close up.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Mark and Cathy for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I really loved working with you on your unique scheme and with all those glorious flowers and colours. Very many congratulations on your marriage.

A big thank you too to Chess Photography for sharing their absolutely beautiful photographs. If you are looking for a wedding photographer do give them a call on 02380 562565 

or see www.chessphotography.co.uk