When I started getting into wedding floristry, little did I know, that there would be some “less glamorous” aspects to the line of work I was undertaking. For example, Susan’s wedding on the 2nd of January 2010. While Lorraine was hunched over her steering wheel at 30kph on the way to Durrow, I was equally nervous on my way to Kilashee House Hotel with Susan’s wedding Bouquets and a car load of aisle stands etc. for the church.

The drive up to Kilashee was breaktakingly beautiful, crisp white snow covered every surface, like a fairy tale. I got out of the car and held the box of bouquets as carefully as a newborn baby and very, very carefully walked across the icerink-like carpark. Luckily I made it with the bouquets unharmed and Susan was delighted with them. Unfortunately, I did land on my backside on the way back to the car! Thank goodness for padded winter coats!

Off to Kilcullen then to the church. The sacristan spent well over an hour sweeping and salting the entrance to the church in between holding the ladder that I had to climb up to fix the arch in place (my nerves!!) Frostbite from kneeling in the snow assembling said arch aside, everything went exactly to plan and on schedule and the church looked amazing.

Susan picked a fresh summery bouquet with sweet avalanche and white roses, lucious green vibernum and green hypericum berries. The bridesmaids carried a smaller version of the bridal bouquet and we provided deep pink orchids for corsages and the cake topper. The orchids and roses were carried through to the floral arrangements on the wrought iron aisle stands to which we added eucalyptus and berried ivy. As no arrangements were permitted on the alter itself, we created a 2 arrangements  to hold the unity candles and placed these on stands close to the alter.

When the ceremony was finished, I removed the garlands of ivy and roses from the arch and placed them along the length of the top table to compliment the arrangement provided by Killashee.