Spring Tulips

On 23rd April, Collette and Gareth were married in St Anne’s Church in Boharnabreena in Tallaght, followed by a reception in the fab Dunboyne Castle.

As spring was drawing to a close, Collette decided to make the most of it and have tulips – a true Spring flower in her bouquets. Her Bridesmaids wore beautiful deep turquoise dresses and the pale pink and white tulips contrasted perfectly.

The 2 flowergirls carried simple gypsophilia pomanders – nice and light for the younger flowergirls, and they can withstand a bit of being swung around as i’ve witnessed!! We finished these with a cute butterfly detail.

In the church, we provided 2 Large Arrangements behind the Alter, an arrangement to hold the Unity Candles and pew decoration with pale pink gerberas, tulips and Ivory Tulle. Finally, 2 of our Bay Trees stood guard at the entrance.(When Lorraine was collecting the Bay Trees the next day, a pair of elderly ladies spotted her leaving the grounds with them and demanded they be returned to the Church!! Some explaining was involved on Lorraine’s part to reassure the ladies that they were, in fact, belonging to us and we weren’t stealing from the Church!!)

Filed under: pink bouquet,tulip — Tags: bay trees, Boharnabreena, dunboyne castle, pew end decoration, pewend flowers, tulips — Sinead @ 12:12 pm on May 10, 2010

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Lady in the Chapel..

A beautiful sunny day and a fabulous setting for AnnMarie and John’s wedding on the 16th April in LadyChapel just outside Maynooth. There is just something about LadyChapel, it’s so quaint and set in such beautiful surroundings – right in the middle of fields and country side with little traffic passing and the sounds of nature, it has almost a calming effect!

AnnMarie had fallen in love with the style of a bouquet we had provided for one of our Christmas Bride’s and picked it for her wedding. We arranged it slightly differently, using the hand tied method as apposed to a bridal holder. Her bridesmaids wore deep cerise pink dresses which were perfectly complemented by the deep pink tones in the cymbidium orchids we used in the bouquets.

The bridal bouquet was hand tied in a teardrop fashion, using avalanche roses and cymbidium orchids and the bridesmaids carried sweet avalanche roses tied in a posy with orchids. The flowergirl carried a pomander ball of gypsophilia with orchid details.

In the Church we provided a unity candle arrangement using roses and orchids, a pedestal arrangement for the rear alter, pew ends of ivory tulled with a stem of orchids on each and at the entrance, a dramatic arch framed the doorway, using lots of fresh greenery including ivy and ruscus, with some rose and orchid detail.

Filed under: avalanche rose,LadyChapel,orchids,pew end decoration,pink bouquet,pink rose bouquet,teardrop bouquet — Tags: arch, avalanche rose, LadyChapel, Ladychapel Maynooth, maynooth, pew end, teardrop bouquet, unity arrangement — Sinead @ 10:39 am on April 19, 2010

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Kilbride – Bride

‘The Best Day to Marry’

(Traditional Rhyme UK)

‘Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday best day of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
And Saturday no luck at all.’

Congrats to Jennifer Clarke who got married today in Kilbride Church, Co. Meath – Tuesday for Health according to the old rhyme (although as a 4 years married Saturday Bride I do wonder how accurate the rhyme is!). A first for RosieDays with a Tuesday wedding (and fun trying to arrange childcare for 2 working mummies who’s boys go to creche on Thursdays and Fridays – Jnr. came along for the spin to the wholesalers yesterday to collect our flowers and today my inlaws stepped in this morning while I delivered the bouquets and arrangements!)

We are seeing a real trend in pink bouquets this Spring, from pale pink and ivories to a bouquet like Jennifer’s today with mixed pink tones. A really lovely choice and so vibrant and cheerful. Here we used the gorgeous deep pink two-toned Amalia Rose, lighter pink Aqua rose and beautiful creamy vendella roses. With pearl pin detail and a ruscus collar, the stems were wrapped with ivory satin and finished with a bow detail.

The 3 bridesmaids carried posies to complement the bride’s using vendella and aqua roses and the stems were wrapped with smokey grey satin ribbon to complement their charcoal grey dresses. We also made a cute gypsophilia pomander with pale pink rose detail for the flowergirl.

Mums were given corsages of pink and white lisianthus with a deep pink rose and all the boys wore double vendella rose buttonholes.

Our final orders were 2 Large arrangements for the rear of the alter in Kilbride church.

Filed under: floristry,Kilbride Church,lisianthus,pedestal,pink bouquet,rose,wedding flowers — Tags: bridal flowers, corsage, flower arrangement, flowers, kilbride, pedestal, roses, slieve russell hotel, wedding bouquet, wedding flowers — Sinead @ 2:40 pm on March 16, 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.

Filed under: button holes,candelabra hire,lisianthus,pedestal,pew end decoration,pink bouquet — Tags: Alice in Wonderland, bridal bouquet, calla lily, corsage, crossabeg, ferrycarrig hotel, mixed bouquet, pink roses, roses, wedding flowers, wrist corsage — Sinead @ 1:25 pm on March 14, 2010

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ChristChurch Cathedral & No.6 Kildare Street, Royal College of Physicians

What a project to work on!! A wedding in Christchurch! The last wedding held in Christchurch before this one was 3 years ago, and that was a choir member’s! Lorraine and I were part of a team of 3 – the third being Margo Mulvihill who had been dealing with the bride and groom. RosieDays were asked on board at a late stage, with just 4 weeks to go before the wedding !

Sunday (6 days to go) midnight saw the arrival of the sundries, gladiolies and greenery from Holland and I got to work trimming the glads and getting the greenery into water. Tuesday: Lorraine and I got to work – soaking the oasis and prepping the dishes, and if you’ve ever wondered how many blocks of oasis fits in a bath?? Well the answer is 20 !

Wednesday: 9 crates of Flowers arrived from Holland at 9pm. 2.5 hours later Lorraine and I have them conditioned and ready to go!

And so….we get to work !! First things first, everything to be greened up ! Margo and I got to work, Margo started doing the candelabra centrepieces and I got the aisle stands completed and ready for flowers.
The next thing on my list – the 4 Hydrangea “Topiaries” – The Bride and Groom had requested lots of hydrangeas – and so they got them The 4 topiaries were destined for the long hallway between the drinks reception area and the main reception area at No. 6.

We were also asked to do a memorial arrangement for a relative of the groom – specifically using carnations..and so I suggested something a bit different, to tie in with the topiaries we were making for the reception, as the memorial arrangement would be brought to the venue also. I started first by covering the base with Ruscus and Green Hypericum Berries, created the stake and then filled a pomander ball with dozens of white carnations.

Next item on the list : Display for table in reception of No. 6 – The Groom spotted arrangements of Hydrangea he fancied in the Shelbourne, so duly armed with a photo I got to work. I wanted to put a RosieDays spin on it so we packed 4 heads of Hydrangea into 3 tall cylindrical frosted glass vases, tied 3 heads with the plum ribbon and put them in to display on a height, then the fishbowls we handtied bouquets of Limonium “Hot Pink”, tied, of course with the plum ribbon that was the colour of the day! in the base of the bowl we placed loose sprigs of limonium and alchemilla Mollis.

Lorraine worked on the 4 long dishes of roses for the 2 fireplaces in the drinks reception area – dishes were lined with large formium leaves (all the way from the parents garden in Donegal!) and filled with oasis. Sweet and white avalanche roses were clipped short and packed into the oasis, and some beargrass threaded with pearls added as a final detail.

For cake topper I used a mix of sweet and white avalanche with diamontes.

Then I got started on the first of the church pedestals. The Groom specifically requested modern style arrangements so I got started on two L shaped arrangements for the beginning of the aisle, these would then be moved to the base of the staircase in No.6. I used Double Delphinium, Stock, white lisianthus, limonium leaves, Brilliant White and pink Hydrangea, white avalanche roses and hard ruscus.
Lorraine completed the Aisle Stand arrangements – filler of soft ruscus and lots of white flowers – white dahlias, akito roses and freesias.

And so, the work continued. More pedestals – this time for the alter area. 3 Modern arrangements were requested. So I got to work, setting up all three on pedestals so to work simultaneously. For these arrangements I used Double Delphinium for height and filled with lisianthus, stock, avalanche roses and of course, the white and pink hydrangea to give a wonderfully full centre. For the alter arrangement I used the same flowers, in a different style, giving separate groupings of each flower.

The bouquets (my favourite bit) were completed last but not least! The Bridal Bouquet I assembled using white and sweet avalanche with diamonte pins and a ruscus collar. The bridesmaids were a mix of the same flowers with ruscus collars and the pomander a mix of lisianthus, hydrangea and roses.