Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Daisy, daisy give me your answer do....




Pitch the most glamourous marquee in a stunning spot over
looking the Ashdown Forest with spectacular views, add fabulous attention to detail from the handmade lamps in the centre of the tables to the lace table cloths and personalised place settings and you have Rebecca and Matts glorious wedding. I was asked to add flowers with a 'just gathered' look and Rebecca has a penchant for daisies. The colours were just so fresh from the delicate fountain grass to the blue of the scabious, creamy majolica roses, astrantia and yellow craspedia.

 I hope they wont mind me sharing these pictures with you, I cant wait to see the professional shots. I was so looking forward to this event. My meetings with Rebecca always included a glass of wine and it was a pleasure working with a bride who was clearly on the same wavelength as me. She said afterwards ' thank you for making it exactly as I wanted without me even having to actually tell you!'
 The marquee was supplied by the Arabian Tent Company and I have to say it had to be seen to be believed. Just stunning with two chillout zones filled with day beds, ottomans and coffee tables and rugs all with the gorgeous screen printing on.

None of the table centres matched, Rebecca supplied assorted vases that she sourced at car boot sales, three per table. This one has fresh green hydrangea limelight, with daisies, craspedia  - fab and very underused I feel - with fountain grass and ever so pretty Majolica roses. Aren't the lace overlays on the table cloths fab? and so nice to have sage tablecloths instead of white
 One of the chillout areas in the marquee...


















Monday, 18 July 2011

Twinkle twinkle

Candles galore at The George in Rye on Saturday. Used the lovely Rose Avalanche Sorbet and a delicious spray Rose called splash sensation. So perfectly gorgeous. Exhausted from carrying all the buckets up those stairs though. Now time to think about Zoes wedding this week at Preston Court:all peachy and pale blue to match those stunning organs

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Bold and bright

A change from the usual last week was an Indian wedding, a bright and bold affair in a gorgeous marquee with accents of gold. The exterior was decorated with wonderfully bright garlands of carnations...and finally the sun shone, a gorgeous day down in Kent

Sunday, 19 June 2011

Very Gypsophelia

Two more lovely events...shame about the weather. Preston Court the venue on Friday for Sarah and Bens wedding working with Grant Riley weddings. Lovely random and bright look to the flowers. Saturday at The Great Barn in Rolvenden, a beautiful barn, quite natural and un restored. Decorated with jugs of flowers, lots of panicum grass, peonies and lovely gypsophelia. There was a lovely four foot wreath of gyp to sit on the back wall of the barn - had to be large and two smaller ones, although still 2 feet across for each door, garlands were added on bannisters with milk churns to the side.

Monday, 13 June 2011

Parma Violet

Two beautiful weekend weddings over, am exhausted again. Monday-itis definately exists for me. Both were totally different, one a minimalist oriental theme and the other very Kent Wedding. The venue for this was the lovely Preston Court and (even though I say so myself) the bouquet was one of my all time favourites. Used a lovely new spray rose to compliment the Pacific Blue roses, fresh lavender and sage, lavender lisianthus, truly scrumptious. Will get a picture up asap. Now heading off to school sports day - but it's drizzling and I am dragging my feet....will have two little faces eagerly waiting to see if I can see them so must go!