Suzie’s Wedding – Regal in Monaghan, despite the rain!

On 10th July, Suzanne married Richard in Clontibret, Co. Monaghan. As with most weekends this summer, it rained, heavily, all day!! Lorraine and I loaded up the trusty van and headed on a road trip via Blanchardstown for Bouquet Delivery!

Suzanne chose to have something a little different for her bouquet, though we used one of our most popular combinations of flowers this season, calla lillies, avalanche roses and freesia. Suzanne opted for a structured, modern appearance, finished with variagated pittosporum foliage.

Suzanne’s 3 bridesmaids wore beautiful teal blue satin dresses (a very popular choice this year!) and carried posies of akito and avalanche roses mixed through with freesia and collared with pittosporum foliage. The two gorgeous flowergirls carried traditional baskets of flowers.

We made elegant corsages for the ladies of delicate dendrodium orchids and the lads wore akito rose buttonholes, the groom sported a calla lily!

In the Church, we provided our “Candlelight Package” – 10 Wrought Iron Aisle Stands dressed with natural Ivy, 2 Grand Candelabra - dramatic 7ft tall wrought iron candelabra that stand either side of Alter, with 5 pillar candles and dressed with natural ivy, pew ends decorated on this occasion with a single avalance rose bloom and trailing ivy. Finally Bay Trees guarded the front entrance!

Lorraine and I took the “scenic route” to Monaghan, via the N3, not the M1 as we were supposed to!! It took us 2 hours from Blanchardstown to get there, and 1 hour to get home!! Luckily as we always allow plenty of time we arrived with time to spare! This was the day that we decided we needed official RosieDays Raincoats!! We were drenched through several times that day – including our run from the carpark in Monaghan town to the hotel where we had lunch!!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: aislestands, bay tree hire, calla lily, clontibret abbey, monaghan, pew ends, wrought iron aisle stands, wrought iron candelabra — Sinead @ 10:22 am on August 9, 2010

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“Star Quality”

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.

Filed under: Church Arrangement,church decoration,pew end decoration,pink gerbera bouquet — Tags: bay trees, bohar, Boharnabreena, bridal bouquet, calla lily, real weddings, realweddings.ie, st. anne's church, visionary photography — Sinead @ 10:29 am on June 30, 2010

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Star of the Sea

On 29th May 2010, Aisling and Albert were married in the Star of the Sea Church in Sandymount, followed by a reception in the gorgeous Brooklodge Hotel. It was the final wedding of my crazy weekend, 3 weddings in 2 days with no Lorraine (who was busy enjoying the last day of her holidays in Peurto Rico!)

Aisling and her mum first met with me back in Autumn 2009 and we had our meeting with a cup of tea at my kitchen table! The one request Aisling had was that Lily of the Valley featured in her own bouquet. So, from there we decided on the bridal bouquet of white roses, heavenly scented lily of the valley and delicate mini white calla lillies.

The three bridesmaids carried simple posies of white calla lillies finished with ivory organza and the 3 flowergirls carried posies of white hydrangea and purple freesia.

Aisling and her mum fell in love with the idea of using blue Hydrangea in the church decor, and we designed 4 pedestal arrangements, 2 larger arrangement for the base of the aisle, 2 medium for the Rear alter using hydrangea and delphinium and and an arrangement for the alter into which we placed the unity candles (supplied by Theresa Kelly and now available through RosieDays).

The pew ends were dressed simply with a large Hydrangea bloom, alternating white and blue and finally, 2 bay trees guarded the front entrance.

Filed under: button holes,church decoration,delphinium,hydrangea,pedestal,pew end decoration — Tags: bay tree hire, bay trees, bridal bouqeut, calla lily, flowergirl bouquet, freesia, hydrangea, lily of the valley, pedestal arrangement, pew end decoration, star of the sea church, star of the sea sandymount, wedding bouquet, white wedding bouquet — Sinead @ 9:54 am on June 1, 2010

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Northside Adventures..

On the 9th April 2010, Karen & Stephen were married in the picturesque Balheery Church in Swords, followed by a reception in Roganstown House Hotel, and I learned that I really, really need to get a Sat Nav for my car!

Lorraine was doing another delivery in Foxrock in the van (with our Sat Nav) so I had to rely on my iphone “Map” App, which is usually reliable!! The trusty iphone brought me right to the doors of Karen and Stephen’s house for Bouquet and Buttonhole delivery….and then the fun began!

But first – the bouquets! Karen’s 2 Bridesmaids wore deep purple, one shouldered dresses, and she had asked us for purple calla lillies to be used in the bouquets! I love working with something a little different so this was a nice challenge! For the bridal bouquet – we handtied together deep and light purple toned calla lillies, with some crystal blush and highwood white lillies mixed throughout. We didn’t use any greenery, instead showing off the beautiful shape of the lillies, the stems were covered with ivory satin ribbon and finished with a satin bow and diamonte detail.

The bridesmaids bouquets were a mix of white and purple calla lillies, and deep purple and white lisianthus – a fluffy contrast to the slim and elegant lillies – a little bit different to the “standard” mixed bouquet! These were finished with deep purple satin to match the bridesmaids dresses and diamonte pin detailing. The Groom wore a double lily buttonhole and the rest of the gents wore a rose with deep purple lisianthus. For the mums, we made corsages that were attached to their handbags.

In the Church – Balheery Church in Swords (which my trusty Maps App brought me too without a glitch!!) we placed a pair of wrought iron candelabra either side of the alter, with trailing floral centrepieces filled with lillies, roses, lisianthus and trailing italian ruscus. We decorated the pews with Ivory Tulle, calla lillies and gypsophilia. A pair of Bay Trees at the front entrance finished off the RosieDays treatment!

And then to Roganstown…now, apparantly there are 2 Roganstown Hotels in Swords, according to my Maps App anyway! After 20 minutes of sitting in bumper to bumper traffic in Swords village to arrive out on the Malahide Road..I remembered I had seen “Roganstown” near to Balheery on the Map!! So about a mile down the Malahide Road, I pulled in and searched again, lo and behold I was 20 minutes in the wrong direction! (Meanwhile Lorraine is happily having no issues with our Sat Nav in the Van!!) I went back the way I came, 25 minutes in traffic again through Swords Village (with a quick pit stop for a calming diet coke!) and I was on my way! Approximately 50 minutes after leaving the Church I arrived to the Hotel! Luckily, I had left oodles of time to set up the candelabra and wasn’t too stressed!

I have to thank Nikolei here for his amazing help transporting the candelabra up to the ballroom for me, individually they are heavy, in crates of 4 very, very heavy! The hotel staff were hard at work setting up the ballroom and I got to it straight away, placing the candelabra on our mirrored bases and setting the goldfish bowls with vanda orchids (supplied by MadFlowers to the Hotel) around the mirrored base. The overall effect was fantastic!

To finish off this entry and my calamities with directions, as I was leaving the hotel to go and collect the Bay Trees and Large Candelabra to bring back for the Reception, I noticed some cars coming in the opposite direction to which I had travelled from, I spotted ladies dressed in what looked like “wedding attire” and thought that maybe I could get to the church in that direction.

It turns out, Balheery Church is literally 5 minutes away from Roganstown.

Now, i’m off to research the best Sat Nav system for my car!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: balheery, bay trees, bridal bouquet, calla lily, church decor, hotel decor, mirrored base, northside floristry, roganstown, silver candelabra, swords — Sinead @ 8:09 pm on April 11, 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.