The Most Romantic Day of the Year..

….is the day that Olive and Paul chose to get married on this year – the 14th February 2011 – Valentines Day! Now, you would think that I would remember this on the morning, but alas, my poor husband was forgotten about until I pulled into a garage to get coffee and spotted all the bouquets and teddies in the Topaz garage!! Colm Hayes was talking on 2fm about Valentines Day and flowers and I rang in to say not only was I a florist – but I had forgotten it was Valentines Day!!

Thankfully, Olive chose not to go with a cliched red and love heart theme and instead had a classic candle-light wedding with understated bouquets.

The 2 bridesmaids wore gorgeous prom-dress style dusky purple satin dresses and olive chose a mix of white and sweet avalanche roses, tied in a posy style and finished with contrasting hot pink satin ribbon.

Olive’s own bouquet was reminiscent of Amy Huberman’s – a simple, classic posy of sweet avalanche roses tied in a posy style and finished with ivory satin, it perfectly suited Olive’s stunning wedding dress.

Pictured here with her father and 2 bridesmaids before going into the Ceremony in Bagnelstown.

In the church we provided our “Candle-light Package” (see here for price information) – 2 Topiary Rose Trees at the Entrance with lanterns, 10 wrought iron Aisle Stands dressed with ivy and berries, a unity arrangement and satin chair covers, and candles on the rear alter.

In the hotel – Hotel Kilkenny www.hotelkilkenny.ie – we provided our Silver Candelabra on each table and dressed each with flowing soft ruscus foliage and white hypericum berries, on a mirror base with tealights. While I was working I was chatting one of the banquet managers and requested a club sambo – which was brought to me in the function room, with chips and a drink and when I went to pay I was told it was with compliments – and it was gorgeous!!

On the way home from Kilkenny, I very thoughtfully bought my husband a box of Butlers Chocolates and a nice bottle of red wine…..which I also thoughtfully shared with him that evening!!

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Trina & Ciaran’s Wedding, 4th February 2011

As a wedding service provider, it’s always our pleasure to take a small part in the planning of such an important day in a couple’s lives, but when the couple involved are friends, it’s even more special! When Trina called me last year to ask me to help organise the floral decor for her wedding, I was only too delighted.

And so, on a very, very windy stormy day, I met with one of our mutual friends (Sheena) who helped load up the Van and we set off on our way to Donegal – Road Trip!! We collected the cake and cupcakes from Anna at GiggleCakes and poor Sheena carefully held the Sponge layer on her knees for all of the 3.5 hour trip!! Anna provided 3 tiers, chocolate biscuite cake on the bottom, then madeira, then fruit, iced simply in ivory fondant and I then decorated with small fishbowls holding red roses between top and 2nd layer, and placed individual rose blooms around the cake.

Trina decided on the classic Grand Prix Red Rose, tied in a posy and finished with soft italian ruscus foliage with pearls hidden amongst the greenery. The 3 Bridesmaids carried creamy vendella roses with soft foliage throughout and finished with a little bit of diamond sparkle.

Joined in the evening by my friend Louise, we together decorated the ballroom of the Allingham Arms Hotel with silver organza sashes over chair covers, silver candelabra on each table, on a mirror base with white petals and crystals scattered for a final detail. On the two family tables we provided a fishbowl with floating red roses, surrounded by tea lights and individual taper candles. The twinkling fairylight backdrop provided the perfect festive finishing touch.

Braving the storms on Friday, we decorated the beautiful church in Bundoran – 2 Large Pedestal Arrangements, a large trailing unity candle Arrangement with gorgeous personalised Unity Candles provided by Theresa at KellyTDesigns. Along the aisle, we placed wrough Iron Aisle stands decorated with ivy and foliage, and continued the candlelight with lanterns along the aisle. Finally, Bay Trees and Lanterns graced the entrance – although I did worry they might take flight in the wind, luckily they all stayed put although we did loose some of the dressing of the bay trees in the gales!

My last job – the Candy Buffet. This was a lot of fun to put together, especially the “quality control” element – ie. tasting each type of sweet as they went into the jars to make sure they were fit for public consumption!! As you can see in the second image of the table – everything went down “a treat”.

It was 5pm before we changed for the wedding and ran in just ahead of the bride and groom to be seated, the meal was gorgeous and we danced until the small hours!!

Congratulations to my dear friend Trina and her new husband Ciaran,hope you have a wonderful honeymoon and looking forward to the catch up and photos when you are home!!

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Romancing the Snow

By the time our first wedding of December arrived, on the 4th, I could categorically tell you what footwear does not work well in the snow – firstly, Ugg boots – not waterproof, and wet sheepskin is not very pleasant, and secondly – riding boots – while they may be warmer and water proof, they have no grip – by the end of December, I officially hate snow!!

Let’s get back to our lovely bride Jennifer who was married on 4th December in AbbeyLeix Church, followed by Reception in the stunning surrounds of Castle Durrow in Co. Laois. Jennifer chose our Candlelight Package to set the scene in for the ceremony – Wrought Iron Aisle stands dressed with Ivy graced the aisle, with dramatic candelabra either side of the alter, and Bay Trees at the front entrance, the glow of candlelight adding a little warmth to a bitterly cold winters day!

Playing on the snowy, wintery theme, Jennifer chose bouquets of white roses, green mini-chrysanthemums and fluffy gypsophilia sprayed silver. The bridesmaids, who wore black satin, carried smaller posies with the same flowers as the Bride, who looked stunning on the day, complete with fur stole as she posed for a photo in the Snug Bar at Castle Durrow. We also bumped into Rhona and Susan again from the Powder Room Girls who did (as usual) a fab job with all the hair and make up.

We also dressed the Candelabra for the reception with lots of fresh ivy. This really complimented the graceful ballroom at Castle Durrow and we had a hairy few moments at the side of the N7, in the snow, in the un-water-proof Uggs gathering some fresh ivy as we ran a little short!!

After all the work was completed, we decided to warm our poor cold, wet feet by the open fire in the Snug Bar at Castle Durrow and ordered a tasty lunch – smoked salmon on brown bread and a big pot of comforting tea, before heading back to Abbeyleix to collect our stands and get back to the workshop to clean up.

Filed under: aislestands,avalanche rose,candelabra,candelabra hire,candelight,candles,Christmas Wedding,Church Arrangement,church decoration,pedestal,pew end decoration — Tags: aisle stands, Candle Stands, castle durrow, Christmas Wedding, pew ends, powder room girls, PRG, silver bouquet, Smoked Salmon, Snow, Ugg Boots — Sinead @ 9:26 am on January 11, 2011

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Marquee Magic in Monaghan

Castle Leslie – the stunning setting for Toni’s romantic Civil Ceremony Wedding on 21st August this year. While Lorraine sat exams (and passed them!!) Sinead and Aoife travelled in the trusty Transit up to Monaghan to set up for the wedding!

When we arrived, the room was laid out so we got to work tying ivory shimmering organza sashes on 180 chairs, we placed the unity arrangement on the table behind the registrar and our 2 Grand Candelabra marked the beginning of the cream-carpet lined aisle for Toni’s grand entrance!

Toni requested our wrought iron Stands with Floral arrangements and we used purple flowers and greenery in keeping with the overall floral theme, 4 were placed along the central aisle, 2 each side of the chairs along the side of the Marquee and 2 at the front of the room.

Toni’s 2 gorgeous Bridesmaids wore elegant tailored deep purple satin dresses and carried posies of white and lavender roses, with deep purple lisianthus accents, white her cute flowergirl wore ivory and carried a mini posy of the same flowers.

Toni looked radiant in her ivory gown with a deep v-neck and elegant A-Line flowing skirts and chapel length veil and carried a large posy of lavender roses, deep purple and white lisianthus, akito roses, purple freesia and heather, with eucalyptus “baby blue” added throughout. The handle for Toni’s bouquet was wrapped with ivory satin and finished with ivory organza and pearl pins.

After the Ceremony was finished and the guests had left the marquee for the drinks reception, we placed the floral arrangements used on the Aisle Stands on the reception tables for their new job as centrepieces! With the hotel providing tall vases, we filled these with purple and white lisianthus and placed on alternate tables creating a “high and low” effect.

We stopped off in Glaslough to get drinks and snacks on our return journey and I have to comment on the delicious 99′s we bought – one of the best we’ve had yet and well earned after a long afternoon of work!

Filed under: aislestands,candelabra,candelabra hire,candelight,Church Arrangement,church decoration,fairylight backdrop,lisianthus,wedding flowers — Tags: aislestands, Castle Leslie, castleleslie, civil ceremony, marquee decoration, marquee weddings, monaghan, purple bouquet, wrou, wrought iron — Sinead @ 5:09 pm on October 19, 2010

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Lots of Lizzies in Tinakilly!

Lisianthus was the feature flower for Sandra’s wedding celebration in Tinakilly House on 16th July! She opted for purple lisianthus posies for her 5 bridesmaids and an elegant teardrop bouquet for herself.

The bridesmaids bouquets were made using a bridal holder and individual blooms of lisianthus positioned in each to create a full, vibrant and unusual posy! We also added a cute butterfly detail to each – butterflies being the theme of the day and featured on Sandra’s Table Name Cards and decoration.

Sandra’s own bouquet was an elegant teardrop creation using white Akito Roses, Crystal Blush miniature white calla lillies and white bouvardia, the foliage used was french soft ruscus and hard ruscus, to create a nice contrast of the dark green framing the white flowers. As is usual with my teardrop bouquets, it is hand-tied and finished with ivory satin surrounding the stems, and a sparkling Butterfly!

We were also asked to decorate the ballroom in Tinakilly. We provided our 90cm Silver Candelabra, with mirror bases and tealights for each table, and silver organza sashes for each chair (chair covers provided by the hotel, RosieDays do also provide Chair covers!)

We finished each candelabra centrepiece with tealights and lisianthus blooms. The weather was gorgeous and the surroundings at Tinakilly are fabulous with a seaview which really adds to the old-world charm of this country house Hotel