Going Grecian in Marino

A chance meeting with Theresa Kelly of KellyTDesigns (Handmade invites, favours and unity candles) led to the planning and design of Aoife and Gareths’ Wedding in Marino on the 5th June. Theresa, a family friend of Aoifes’ designed the wedding stationery and together with Aoife and Gareth, came up with a Grecian theme for the Big Day. RosieDays were asked to supply the bouquets and decorate the church and we were only too happy to!

When I spoke with Aoife, she had her mind set on something traditional, but a little different, with lots of ivy!! So, with that in mind, I suggested the bridesmaids carry 3 different toned pink roses to compliment the mink grecian style dresses, Aoife requested white roses for her own bouquet so we mixed avalanche and akito roses and gave the bouquet a lush variagated ivy collar with some trailing ivy to reflect the general theme in the decor of the day. The 3 bridesmaids bouquets, one deep pink “Amalia” Rose, one bright pink “Aqua” rose and one pale pink “Barbie” Rose were all finished with ivy collars.

Perhaps the cutest flowergirl ever – Aoife’s Daughter, carried a basket filled with grapes and ivy, and wore an ivy headdress.

St. Vincent De Paul Church in Marino provided the perfect backdrop for the Grecian theme with it’s bright interior and impressive columns reflecting the stands draped with white satin! We hung bunches of grapes and draped natural ivy on the aisle stands, with luxurious white satin drapes on alternate pews.

The Grand Candelabra were filled with lush foliage and grape centrepieces and we added a unity arrangement to show off Theresa’s fab unity candles! Aoife made was a stunning bride and a pleasure to deal with and the Groom didn’t scrub up too bad either!! The weather was absolutely amazing and myself and Lorraine got to take 10 mins outside the sacristy with a cuppa while we waited for the Christenings that were being held that morning to finish! Huge thanks to the wonderful Anne who let us set up the aisle stands and arrangements in the Sacristy while the Christening Ceremonies were being carried out and who fed Lorraine with tea and biscuits during the wedding ceremony.

Filed under: Church Arrangement, aislestands, avalanche rose, button holes, candelabra, candelabra hire, candelight, church decoration, pew end decoration, pink rose bouquet — Tags: aisle stands, flowergirl, grecian themed wedding, headress, ivy, marino church, pink rose bouquets, st. vincent de paul church — Sinead @ 12:18 pm on June 7, 2010

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Star of the Sea

On 29th May 2010, Aisling and Albert were married in the Star of the Sea Church in Sandymount, followed by a reception in the gorgeous Brooklodge Hotel. It was the final wedding of my crazy weekend, 3 weddings in 2 days with no Lorraine (who was busy enjoying the last day of her holidays in Peurto Rico!)

Aisling and her mum first met with me back in Autumn 2009 and we had our meeting with a cup of tea at my kitchen table! The one request Aisling had was that Lily of the Valley featured in her own bouquet. So, from there we decided on the bridal bouquet of white roses, heavenly scented lily of the valley and delicate mini white calla lillies.

The three bridesmaids carried simple posies of white calla lillies finished with ivory organza and the 3 flowergirls carried posies of white hydrangea and purple freesia.

Aisling and her mum fell in love with the idea of using blue Hydrangea in the church decor, and we designed 4 pedestal arrangements, 2 larger arrangement for the base of the aisle, 2 medium for the Rear alter using hydrangea and delphinium and and an arrangement for the alter into which we placed the unity candles (supplied by Theresa Kelly and now available through RosieDays).

The pew ends were dressed simply with a large Hydrangea bloom, alternating white and blue and finally, 2 bay trees guarded the front entrance.

Filed under: button holes, church decoration, delphinium, hydrangea, pedestal, pew end decoration — Tags: bay tree hire, bay trees, bridal bouqeut, calla lily, flowergirl bouquet, freesia, hydrangea, lily of the valley, pedestal arrangement, pew end decoration, star of the sea church, star of the sea sandymount, wedding bouquet, white wedding bouquet — Sinead @ 9:54 am on June 1, 2010

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St. Kevin’s, Glendalough

Noreen & Corrie were married on 28th May in the scenic surroundings of Glendalough in St. Kevin’s Church. My sister and I delivered the bouquets to Noreen who was staying at the reception venue of Brooklodge and we took the “scenic” route from here to Glendalough over hills and dales in the Wicklow mountains!

With Lorraine away on holidays, I was a bit lost and was very grateful to have my sister along for company even if she was slightly terrified on the way with the hills and sharp turns!! And we met again the lovely Ian from Fireworks Video who had filmed my friend’s wedding in the same venue last year!

Noreen’s bridesmaid was to wear deep wine/red and so we selected a bouquet of the palest pink sweet avalanche and avalanche roses for Noreen and the same for her bridesmaid with added wine hypericum berries to catch the colour of the bridesmaid dress.

The bridal party all wore avalanche rose buttonholes with hypericum berry detail.

In St. Kevins, we dressed the pew ends with Ivory Tulle and a Sweet Avalanche Rose and for the Unity Candles we created an arrangement with fresh foliage including “Red Robin” to reflect the wine tones, hypericum berries and sweet avalanche roses with white freesia.

Filed under: avalanche rose, brooklodge, button holes, pew end decoration — Tags: bridal bouquet, brooklodge, Glendalough, pew ends, pink and white bouquet, St Kevin, St. Kevins Church Glendalough, unity arrangement — Sinead @ 9:34 am on May 30, 2010

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Bouquet of the Season!

Our mixed pink bouquet really has proved to have been one of the most popular bouquets this year with many of our brides opting for the gorgeous mixed pink and cream tones which compliments many different Bridesmaid dress colour choices!

On the 14th May 2010, Ruth and Mark tied the knot in Co. Carlow and the very helpful Best Man met me to collect the bouquets to bring down to the ceremony venue (phew, no risk of my getting lost as usual!!). Judging by Ruth’s photos, a great day was had and Ruth was a beautiful bride!

The bouquets were handtied posies of Amalia, Barbie and Aqua pink roses and creamy vendella roses. Finished with a Fatsia leaf collar and ivory satin on the bridal bouquet, with deep pink satin on the bridesmaids. We finished the buttonholes with folded fatsia leaves and the corsages were made using an aqua rose surrounded by pink and white lisianthus.

Filed under: button holes, lisianthus, pink rose bouquet — Tags: bridal bouquet, buttonhole, corsage, pink corsage, pink rose bouquet, roses — Sinead @ 12:06 pm on May 20, 2010

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Wedded in Wexford..

Catriona’s wedding was one of 2 weddings by RosieDays on the 12th March 2010 and was held in Crossabeg Church in Wexford, followed by a reception in the Ferrycarrig. Lorraine opted for the delivery and drive to Wexford while I made up and delivered 6 candelabra with centrepieces to a Dublin Hotel (giving me a rare Friday afternoon off so I took myself off for lunch in town and to the pictures to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D!).

I think that Catriona’s bouquet is one of my favourites to date. A gorgeous mix of crystal blush calla lillies, pale pink barbie roses, crisp white avalanche roses and white bouvardia. Finished with a ruscus collar and ivory satin bow.

The 3 Bridesmaids carried posies of bright pink aqua roses, pale pink barbie roses and white avalanche roses with dusky pink lisianthus to add an extra texture. The stems were wrapped in luxurious satin ribbon to complement the colour of the bridesmaid’s dresses.

Caitriona supplied the cute flowergirl basket which we filled with ruscus, white roses and lisianthus and pink lisianthus For the mothers of the Bride and Groom, we created wrist corsages of white lisianthus with pale pink detail and supplied on velvet ribbon.

We also provided 2 large Traditional Pedestal arrangements for the church, a unity candle arrangement and pew end decoration of ivory organza with deep pink satin ribbon detail and bunches of white chrysanthemums.