I first met with Olivia (one of our RealWedding Brides) way back in Autumn 2009, we had a lovely meeting (at my kitchen table) and decided on bouquets and flower types! Then the ideas changed, a few times and we met again in our office in April to finalise all the information! Olivia works as an editor for the Star newspaper and Shane for the Indo – hence the title!
We decided on a posy-style bouquet of mixed purple toned calla lilies with white crystal blush mixed throughout. The bridesmaids carried posies of bright purple “picture perfect” gerberas mixed with deep purple calla lillies and tied with navy satin to match their dresses. Olivia’s bouquet was finished with satin and lace ribbon and her “something blue” an ornate jewelled brooch belonging to her late nana.
Olivia and Shane were married in the picturesque St. Anne’s Church in Boharnabreena on 11th June 2010 and we provided 2 Traditional Pedestal Arrangements either side of the alter, using lots of the gorgeous purple gerberas and purple alium, we also created a unity arrangement into which Olivia’s unity candles were placed amongst the flowers and greenery! We dressed the pew ends with white duchess satin drapes and a posy of gerbera, bear grass and an alium. Outside, Bay trees guarded the entrance!
With thanks to Darren Purcell at Visionary Photography for the use of some of the images here.
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.
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.
When Amy Furlong, Senior Advertising Executive at Confetti Magazine called me at 6pm on a Tuesday evening to ask me for an emergency bouquet, I knew I couldn’t let her down! 5 minutes after the call the inspirational pictures were emailed to me and plans were made to be in the Smithfield Market at 6am in the hopes that I could fill the brief!
Luckily, I was able to purchase just what we needed and I got back to the house in time to let my husband go to work, via a stop off to the workshop to collect tools and ribbon to make up the bouquet in my kitchen (just like old times!). As Lorraine and I work from home from Monday to Wednesday, last minute orders can sometimes cause a problem with childminding, luckily Amy being as lovely as she is, said to bring the boss along!
The bouquet was a hand tied posy of sweet unique roses, a gorgeous pale pink rose with a vintage feel, mixed through with pale green hydrangea and white hypericum berries.
Jnr was much admired in the Studio although I was a nervous wreck, as you can see from the images, a white backdrop, white gowns…beads and shiny things – not the ideal mix with a 2 year old! So, a quick picture while he was distracted with a fab beaded bouquet (thanks Alexia!!) and we were off, with a coffee from the cafe next door to refresh us (ok, he gets frothed milk but demands Coffee as soon as we step foot into a coffee shop, I still have him fooled!)
Looking forward to seeing the bouquet in print in the August issue!
On 22nd April 2010, Lorraine and Karl were married in picturesque Kilmainham Wood Church in Co. Cavan on a beautiful sunny day. By coincidence, it was also my 4th Wedding Anniversary (which wasn’t a sunny day, at all!!) and it was lovely to spend such a special day working at a wedding with such a fab couple – it also transpired later that afternoon when I was talking to the priest in Kilmainham wood, that the church I was married in (Kinlough, Co. Leitrim) and Kilmainham Wood, shared the same diocese!
Lorraine chose a fab colour palette, pink and lots of it! Her own bouquet featured dark pink calla lillies and germinis, and the bridesmaids carried posies of pale pink germinis, roses and white calla lillies, with the 2 cute-as-button flowergirls carrying mini posys of gerberas.
While I was completing the last of the setting up in the church, which included wrought iron aisle stands and the candelabra with centrepieces), I was able to enjoy listening to the very talented Fionnoula Monks running through the wedding pieces on her harp. When I discovered that the entrance piece was to be Pachebel’s Canon in D, I knew I had to stay and see the bride arrive, as it was the same entrance music that I walked up the aisle to, also played on a harp.
Lorraine’s reception was held at Cabra Castle – an awesome building, such history and so impressive as you drive up, set in beautiful surroundings…I wanted to get married all over again! We provided a FairyLight Backdrop behind the top table and I had a very nice lunch in the bar! Of course, a special mention here for Oscar, the resident Wolfhound – the size of a small pony and only 9 months old, the most placid dog i’ve met – he really is fab!
I stayed to watch Lorraine arrive and kept myself hidden in the choir gallery, I have to admit, I got very emotional listening to the entrance music and watching the flowergirls, then the bridesmaids, finally a stunning Lorraine arrive on her Father’s arm. There may have been a few tears! I left the wedding determined to go home and watch our own wedding DVD and relive the happy memories. I still cannot find it!
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