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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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!!)