The first wedding was for a lovely couple from the UK - most of the initial planning was done via email and then we met 10 days out from the wedding to organise the finer details. I absolutely adored the bridesmaids bouquets for this wedding. The bride's bouquet was slightly English in style, being a little looser and using spray roses, babies breath and bridal fern mixed with oriental liles and Emmanuel roses.
The three Bridesmaids were wearing an unusal metalic brown colour. The posy bouquets we designed would have looked stunning against the fabric - they were a mixture of Emmanuel roses, Cool Waters roses, cream spray roses and magnolia leaves folded so the brown underside featured.
The Groom and Groomsmen wore buttonholes featuring roses and hyacinths.
Finally I did table arrangements for Hillstone St Lucia. I have been hearing about Hillstone from quite a few brides over the last few months but I hadn't realised that it is the refurbished St Lucia Golf Club. It certainly is a stunning venue. Here we decorated the tables with square glass vases filled with a mixture of cream roses and with lenghts of ivy wrapped around the stems under water and then wrapped around the outside of the glass.
Whilst at Hillstone I also had to set up the cake flowers on the cake. This is one task that can get a bit tricky at times todays problem was that the icing was so thick and hard that I simply couldn't push the wire stems of the flowers into the cake so I had to cut all of the wire stems off, re-tape the much shorter stems and sit the flowers onto the cake. Thankfully the cake was fully set up in position so there were no worries about them falling off when the table was being positioned.
My next wedding saw my Husband delivering to Carindale whilst I set up the cake flowers at Mt Cootha. He was surprised to learn when he delivered the flowers that he had also delivered the flowers to one of the Bridesmaids on her wedding day about a year ago. Surprised, firstly because he delivers so few weddings and secondly that she actually remembered him....
The bride's bouquet was a tightly packed bouquet of Vendella roses and white tulips with just a few of the tulip leaves showing. I just love the combination of white and off white colours.
The two bridesmaids were wearing dark burgandy dresses, their bouquets featured red parrot tulips, Vendella roses and Black Bacarra roses - simply stunning.
There were also two Flowergirls whose little posies were a mixture of Vendella roses and cream spray roses.
The cake flowers were just stunning. The cake was square and decorated with shards of white chocolate and the flowers were Vendella roses, Black Bacarra roses and white tulips. The dark red of the Black Bacarra roses looked absolutely stunning against all of the white chocolate. Good enough to eat. Unfortunately when I put the flowers onto the cake it was in the cool room and the cake was still boxed so no photo opportunites there.
Lastly, was a smaller wedding with a Bride and 1 Bridesmaid. They carried identical bouquets only the Bride's was slightly larger. These bouquets were another one of my favourite mixes of off white roses, Emmanuel and white freesias with lots of lush green foliage. This was a garden wedding so the bouquets were just right.
Next weekend if Mothers Day, so although I don't do flowers for the day (well maybe I will for my Mum) I still have another big weekend with 3 weddings on Saturday. Oh well, I can look forward to my sleep in next Sunday after all the work is done.
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