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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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

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Spring Harvest!

When we first met with Tanya at the RDS fair in September 2009, we knew that she was a girl with a vision, and we were right!! At our second meeting in the office, Tanya, a very talented graphic designer came to us with moodboards and ideas and I got very excited with the plans!! The wedding was held on the 24th April in Durrow Church, Tullamore with a reception after in Lough Ree Yacht Club on the banks of the Shannon in Athlone.

Our inspiration images from Tanya were centrepieces with pears and bouquets surrounded by wheat! Tanya also particularly loved the bright Green Chrysant with is featured in all the bouquets, buttonholes and centrepieces. Tanya was also inspired by natural materials and thus came up with the idea of wrapping the bouquets with natural hessian material, which we also used to wrap some of the centrepieces with and the hanging baskets outside the Yacht Club.

For the bridal and bridesmaids bouquets, we used avalanche and sweet avalanche roses, mixed with bright green chrysants and hypericum berries. These were surrounded with a collar of natural wheat and finished with hessian material surrounding the stems, with pearl pins. The buttonholes were made using wheat, berries and chrysants and the mothers’ and grandmothers’ wore cymbidium orchid corsages. We also provided 2 gypsophilia pomanders mixed through with green chrysants and butterfly detail.

In the church (Durrow Church) we went a bit retro with the centrepieces in the Grand Candelabra – using all the flowers featured in the bouquets and centrepieces, along with pears and grapes and trailing ivy down one side of each arrangement! In the unity we used all of the above flowers along with some hot pink Dianthus for a splash of colour! On the pews, bunches of wheat, crysants and bear grass were tied with ivory tulle and lanterns guarded the front entrance to the church.

The reception took place in Lough Ree Yacht Club and guests were transported across the Shannon by boat to the yacht club! The function room was set up and looked amazing, Mary in Finesse Weddings provided the fairylight backdrop, crisp table linens and gorgeous twinkling globes on every 2nd table. Tanya wanted the centerpieces to be a little different and so we composed large rings for the base of the Globes using roses, chrysants, berries, pears, grapes and of course, wheat! On alternate tables we made low arrangements using the same materials, the base of each were covered with hessian material and tied with ivory silk cord, and as a little extra we decided to place a pillar candle in the centre of each! Finally, on each place setting at the top table, a keepsake of chrysant, rose and wheat was placed into each napkin.

As usual, Lorraine and I got typically lost as the new roads in Tullamore wouldn’t show on the SatNav – see, I knew it wasn’t just me!! But we got there and in plenty of time in our trusty Transit!

Looking forward very much to seeing Tanya’s photos when she gets back from honeymoon!