Rachel's Purple and lilac Wedding Flowers - The Domus, Beaulieu

Rachel's May Wedding took place at the stunning Domus in Beaulieu, one of my favourite venues. The colour theme was the ever popular purple, gorgeous venue, gorgeous flowers. I thought you might like to see them and so here they are. For lovers of purple everywhere.

Paul's buttonhole of rose, lilac freesia and eucalyptus.

Rachel's teardrop bouquet - ivory roses, purple lisianthus and lilac freesia.

 Image by On Location Photography

Purple, white and lilac wedding bouquet

Rachel's gorgeous shower/tear drop bouquet was made to measure, Rachel is a very petite bride so I made this bouquet suitably petite too. Petite brides need not worry about carrying a bouquet of this general shape, they can be made to suit any frame. Lovers of purple also might like to know that all these flowers are available all year round.  

Bouquets of Akito roses for the bridesmaids who wore deep purple. Image - On Location Photography

The staircase to the Domus decorated with tea lights and fresh rose petals. The ceremony room here is found up some  beautiful stone steps that look just stunning dressed in this way.

Images by On Location Photography 

Entrance to the Domus, ready and waiting for Rachel's wedding

Purple, lilac and white pedestal flowers with church candles. Used either side of the base of the aisle for the ceremony. Image by On Location Photography.

Pedestal design in purples, ivories and lilacs with church candles at the base of the aisle which is in front of you as you come up the steps with the window ledge designs behind.Perfect for creating maximum impact. 

Window ledge flowers at the Domus. Church candles in a vase surrounded by roses and petals, modern but soft and romantic too.  I thought as I was doing it, that actually this idea would make a stunning table centre.

Goldfish bowl design of ivory rose and lilac freesia with church candle used here on the small window ledges. These were later used as the guest table centres with a generous  scattering of lilac rose petals and long burn tea lights in matching votive holders to finish.

Co-ordinating design of roses, freesias and lisianthus in purples and whites with the central church candles for the ceremony table.   

Wedding ceremony table flowers at the Domus  Image by On Location Photography

Tall table centre in purples, lilacs and whites used behind the ceremony table because it seemed a shame not too. Rachel and Paul had a round top table and this was their centre piece.

The Domus at Beaulieu ready and waiting for Rachel and Paul's wedding. Sorry it's not a great picture but at least it gives an idea.

Rachel with her petite shower bouquet of ivory roses, purple lisianthus and lilac freesias. Image by On Location Photography.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Rachel and Paul for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I absolutely loved putting this scheme together for you. And very many congratulations on your marriage.

Deborah's Country Style Wedding Flowers, Lilacs, pinks, whites and purples

Deborah had decided on a lovely, loose, natural, country style for her wedding flowers with soft lilacs, pinks, purples and white being the colours. Having decided the style and the colours and having discussed her favourite flowers, she was happy for me to choose the precise content. And here is what I came up with for her, a gorgeously scented mix of white lilac ( one of her very favourites), stocks ( another one) and mixed lisianthus ( and another one) with a rose called " Memory Lane" 

Groom's buttonhole of Rose, Lilac, Lisianthus and eucalyptus. Designed to co-ordinate perfectly. 

Deborah's Country style wedding bouquet of white lilac with lilac stocks and a little pink and purple lisianthus

Thank you Deborah for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers, it was a complete pleasure, I loved the look. And very many congratulations on your wedding. 

Jaynes' Vintage white and Mauve Wedding Flowers, Southampton Art Gallery

For her May wedding, Jayne choose the very beautiful, very blowsy and gorgeously scented white peony, one of my favourites, for her bouquet. We teamed it with the lovely vintage mauve toned rose called "Amnesia" (- not sure about the name for a wedding but we loved the colour ) and a little eucalyptus to give it the natural vintagey look Jayne was looking for. 

Jayne's bouquet, white peonies, mauve roses and eucalyptus. I was sorry to part with it !

Jayne's bridesmaids were wearing chocolate, for them I created bouquets of "Vendella"  roses, double lisianthus and eucalyptus

Rose, lisianthus and eucalyptus bouquet. 

The ceremony table at Southampton Art Gallery, with Jayne's long and low design of white peonies, mauve roses and double lisianthus with mixed eucalyptus.

Southampton Art Gallery wedding flowers.

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Jayne for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers, it was an absolute pleasure - and very many congratulations on your marriage.

Jo's Spring Wedding Flowers, Wardour Castle

You hear alot about "journeys" these days and seemingly we all need to go on one. So when I got the chance to prepare a floral scheme for Jo's wedding at the very beautiful Wardour Castle, I couldn't resist it. A little out of my normal area though it is, it took nearly three hours to get there !! Over the tank crossings of Salisbury plain I went, past Stonehenge ( don't mention the roadworks !!) through tiny villages, narrow roads, via Jo's mums and then seemingly into the middle of nowhere after a little "are you sure exchange" with the sat nav. Then, just like in the films the castle appeared. In no time we had it all set up for Jo's wedding and the "journey" was all so very worth it. 

Green and white spring bouquet of roses, paperwhites and ivy trails for Jo's Bridesmaid. Perfect for the natural, english spring time look we settled on in our discussions. The paerwhites are gorgeous little flowers and have a beautiful scent, winter brides might like to know they become available in December.

Jo's  Spring wedding bouquet. Roses, paperwhites, and a surround of mixed green foliages including asparagus fern for a really lovely natural look perfect for a wedding in the stunning setting that is Wardour Castle. It looked just beautiful with Jo's gorgeous lace dress.   

Buttonhole of scented paperwhites and ruscus leaves.

Wardour Castle, such a fabulous place for a wedding. The observant will notice it has no roof so there were many prayers and crossed fingers for a fine day. Thankfully, we were lucky.

The pavillion by the lake where the wedding ceremony takes place, decorated with 2 free standing designs of roses, paperwhites, double lisianthus and mixed green foliages. 

Wardour castle,well wedding flowers, a floral tree. 

The courtyard (open air) was used for the drinks reception. In the centre is a well which Jo was keen to make a feature of. In keeping with natural, english spring time theme and with the courtyard I suggested a floral tree. Large roses, paperwhites and double lisianthus with mixed green foliages and ivy trails were used to make it and around the rim of the well I placed co-ordinating designs in flower pots. 

Spring wedding flowers at Wardour castle, the well. This time taken from up the stone stairs. 

The floral tree, another view because at this venue there were so many beautiful shots I couldn't choose !

Jo's flower pot designs, used here to decorate the well and later moved and used as table centres for the reception. 

The flower pots, now table centres at the Langton Arms. 

Jo's wedding cake flowers, I used roses, paperwhites and lisianthus with fern to create the look. 

I hope you like the photos.

 It just leaves me to say thank you so much Jo for choosing me to design and create these flowers for you. I really loved working on this scheme for you and putting it all together at the Castle. And very many congratulations on your marriage, you looked completely gorgeous.

Kelly's Wedding Flowers,Princess Caroline

Kelly's contemporary wedding flowers. Roses and calla lilies with a touch of sparkle for the bride and masses of roses and petals for the reception aboard the Princess Caroline. 

Calla lily,rose and diamante wedding bouquet for Kelly.

Bouquets of Vendella roses with burgundy diamante for her bridesmaid and flower girl.

Co-ordinating corsage for the mums

The Princess Caroline in Ocean Village,Southampton. A little cruise, what a lovely idea for a wedding reception.

 The boat all decorated up with masses of roses and petals for Kelly's Wedding reception. I have to say little pictures don't really do this justice, click the image and you get a much bigger version with a much better idea as to just how lovely this venue looked.

Contemporary low table centres of red roses set out in lines down the long  tables and finished off with masses of scattered petals look lovely in this setting. A boat going out to sea calls for low and stable designs for fairly obvious reasons and all that gorgeous  wood means candles are not permitted so we used a lovely cream roses in a tea light holder in their place. We could have used battery operated ones but went for the natural look instead. The boat has such a lovely warm, cosy feel anyway and the roses are prettier. 

This lovely 1/2 circle table ( there is a nautical name I am sure, sadly I don't know it ) is used for the cake table. I am not sure who the chap is but he is sat where the cake is supposed to be. The cake was yet to arrive but we decorated the area around with the tea light holders of cream roses and a generous scattering of red rose petals. We have to imagine the cake but I am sure it looked lovely. 

Thank you Kelly for choosing me to design and create these flowers for your special day, I loved doing them for you and very many congratulations on your marriage. 

Zoe's Wedding Flowers, Marriott Meon Valley Hotel

Another Spring wedding featuring iris, this time in bright contemporary designs which just goes to show how versatile this flower can be. Impossibly glamorous, classic, contemporary or country, the iris can do it all. Available all year round and brilliant value for money too.

Buttonholes of ivory rose finished with purple ribbon for the men.

Corsage for the mum's of hand made silver wire mesh leaves, ivory rose and purple diamante.

Our bride's rather stunning wedding bouquet of purple iris, nerine and gloriosa lily with a little ivory rose. 

 Zoe loved the ruffled look of sweet peas but we were just a little to early in the year for them, she also loved bright, vibrant colours and the groom particularly wanted white roses. So we used a wonderful mix of purple iris, pink nerine and cerise gloriosa lily with a touch of white rose to create her very unique wedding bouquet. The photos don't really do it justice. 

 White iris, pink nerine and gloriosa lily posies for the younger bridesmaids.

For the ceremony table we created a long and low design using the same vibrant purple and pink flowers and 3 church candles. This was later transferred to the long table used for the reception with a smaller co-ordinating design either side and a scattering of pink rose petals and loose iris. 

Thank you Zoe for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I loved working with these wonderful flowers and all those gorgeous bright colours. And very many congratulations on your marriage.

Wedding Flowers Spring, Tove and Tim, Balmer Lawn

A lovely sunny spring wedding in the New Forest for which I was asked to create flowers in a natural country style and with a strong Spring in the Forest theme

Tulip buttonhole. This is a gorgeous frilled edge variety called "Honeymoon" and here we have combined it with a little evergreen jasmine to give it the natural country look Tove was looking for.

Tove's wedding bouquet of spring flowers in whites and yellows, a natural country look and a trailing style perfect for a spring wedding in the New Forest. To create it I combined  tulips, iris, lily of the valley, freesia, ornithogalum and trails of evergreen jasmine and it smelt absolutely gorgeous. I have to say I was sad to part with it !

I really love these close up pictures of Tove's wedding bouquet kindly sent by her New Forest based photographer, the lovely  Barry Whitcher of www.photosbybw.co.uk. Photographing flowers is a real art in itself and I thought these shots were absolutely stunning so thank you Barry.

My photo of Tove's wedding bouquet  all boxed and ready to go.

Our lovely bride with her bouquet.

For the ceremony table we created this long and low trailing design of tulips, iris and freesia with natural country style foliages. A design also very suitable for top tables and fireplaces/mantlepieces.

A close up by Barry Whitcher. 

Basket of spring flowers in whites and yellows for the tables. The dark chocolate of the salim basket shows off the flowers perfectly and was just the thing to help give the table centres the natural, country style, Spring in the Forest look the bride and groom wanted for their wedding.I placed them on the tables used for the drinks reception and they were then moved to the tables for the sit down meal.

 

For another wedding featuring spring wedding flowers have a look at these pages on my main web site.http://www.fioribylynne.co.uk/featured-wedding-flowers_spring01.html

That just leaves me to say thank you so much Tove and Tim for choosing me to design and create your wedding flowers for you, I loved this working with all those beautiful Spring flowers to create this naturally sunny Spring look and very many congratulations on your marriage.