Natalie had 3 bridesmaids in a beautiful lilac and a little flower girl in ivory with a purple sash,  She chose a traditional hand-tied bouquet of white roses, the lovely Ocean Song rose, and lisianthus with pearls and diamante.  The 3 bridesmaids had similar bouquets but without the Ocean Song and the little flower girl had more of the ‘Cadbury’ purple lizzies.

At Packington Moor there were 6 round tables, an oval table and a long top table.  Natalie sourced the lovely white lanterns herself and we placed them on a ring of flowers

The garland on the top table was brought together with soft ruscus and we placed MR & MRS letters alongside with scattered petals. 

Decorated hearts gave the final touches

On Sunday morning I was absolutely delighted to find that Natalie had posted a photo on Face Book and sent me the following: 

Joy – We can’t thank you enough for the beautiful flowers on Saturday! Everything from the bouquets to the buttonholes was perfect but the barn absolutely took our breath away.  You made our day even more special than we could have ever imagined.

I have included this close-up as it shows the lovely alstromerias which I don’t use very often as they can be disappointing.  However, I thought the brown splashes on the petals were just right this time. al

For her buttonholes Jacky choose to use two flowers as in her bouquet the white Avalanch and fresias with foliage.  The foliage and the orange tulips both had brown running through them – which was a lucky find.

One little tip if you are planning to do your own bouquets – always allow more ribbon as you always use more than you think!

This weekend I only have a very small wedding of a bouquet and buttonholes.  This wedding is very unusual for me in that I have never met or spoken to the bride and only spoken to her mum on the ‘phone.  However, her colours are ivory and organge with a splash of brown and I have some beautiful white Avalanch roses, very ‘green’ white lisianthus, fresias, alstromerias and tangerine tulips.  All tied with a lovely chocolate floppy ribbon… Because the weather is so cold my fresias and alstromerias are becoming quite giddy by being moved from one hot spot to the next! but they are coming out really well now and should be just right by tomorrow.

I had an early start ordering flowers for next weeks weddings, all made slightly more complicated by the fact that Monday is the May Day bank holiday in Europe – so no Dutch market or deliveries.