Tara’s Wedding

On 1st July Tara and Eric were married in Laytown Church, Co. Meath. I’ve blogged about the view behind the alter in this particular church before, on this day the sun was shining and the sea was just amazing!!

Tara chose Gerbera’s in mixed pink tones for both her own bouquet and the Bridesmaids and Flowergirl. Tara’s own bouquet had deeper shades of pink while the girls carried paler pink tones which complimented the turquoise dresses perfectly!!

In the Church, we provided 2 Large Pedestal Arrangements either side of the alter and decorated the pew ends with ivory shimmering organza and 2 gerberas with a folded aspidistra leaf.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: gerbera, gerbera bouquet, gerbera corsage, laytown, pedestal arrangement, pew end — Sinead @ 8:44 am on August 5, 2010

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Weddings by numbers…

1st May 2010.

2 Brides – Maeve and Fiona, 2 Grooms, Mark and Anthony, 2 Florists Lorraine and Sinead, 1 Van, 40 Grand Prix Red Roses, 120 Vendella Roses, 60 Sweet Avalanche Roses, 40 AValanche Roses, 200 stems of Hard Ruscus, 5 bunches soft ruscus, 2 flowergirl baskets, 2 Grand Candelabra, 2 unity arrangements, 2 sets of unity candles, 48 ivory tulle pew end bows, 4 Bay Trees, 4 Lanterns, 3 Pedestal Arrangements, 3 Flowergirl posies, 24 Buttonholes, 6 Corsages, 50 Diamonte Pins, 4 Paracetomol (2 for Lorraine, 2 for Sinead), 2 Plasters (for Sinead), 5 Bunches of Hypericum Berries, 2 metres of Satin Ribbon, 2 Marks and Spencer Cafe Afternoon Teas, 2 pairs of clean dry socks, 2 Church Set ups and 2 bouquet deliveries, 2 Happy Brides, 2 Church Clean ups, 1 Van Unloaded, 1 Workshop swept, 20 buckets washed and stacked, 3 Sacks of Rubbish, 2 tired florists, 2 LARGE glasses of White Wine.

Filed under: candelabra hire,church decoration,pedestal,pew end decoration,wedding flowers — Tags: avalanche rose, bouquet, flowergirl basket, grand candelabra, grand prix rose, pew end, red rose, tallaght, unity arrangement, vendella rose — Sinead @ 3:39 pm on May 17, 2010

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Lady in the Chapel..

A beautiful sunny day and a fabulous setting for AnnMarie and John’s wedding on the 16th April in LadyChapel just outside Maynooth. There is just something about LadyChapel, it’s so quaint and set in such beautiful surroundings – right in the middle of fields and country side with little traffic passing and the sounds of nature, it has almost a calming effect!

AnnMarie had fallen in love with the style of a bouquet we had provided for one of our Christmas Bride’s and picked it for her wedding. We arranged it slightly differently, using the hand tied method as apposed to a bridal holder. Her bridesmaids wore deep cerise pink dresses which were perfectly complemented by the deep pink tones in the cymbidium orchids we used in the bouquets.

The bridal bouquet was hand tied in a teardrop fashion, using avalanche roses and cymbidium orchids and the bridesmaids carried sweet avalanche roses tied in a posy with orchids. The flowergirl carried a pomander ball of gypsophilia with orchid details.

In the Church we provided a unity candle arrangement using roses and orchids, a pedestal arrangement for the rear alter, pew ends of ivory tulled with a stem of orchids on each and at the entrance, a dramatic arch framed the doorway, using lots of fresh greenery including ivy and ruscus, with some rose and orchid detail.

Filed under: avalanche rose,LadyChapel,orchids,pew end decoration,pink bouquet,pink rose bouquet,teardrop bouquet — Tags: arch, avalanche rose, LadyChapel, Ladychapel Maynooth, maynooth, pew end, teardrop bouquet, unity arrangement — Sinead @ 10:39 am on April 19, 2010

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Tulips from Amsterdam..

Did you know, Tulips are not only one of the most popular Spring flowers, they are the Third most popular flower in the world, after roses and chrysanthemums! While we were working on Caroline’s Wedding on the 19th March, Lorraine was humming the lyrics of this song, here’s a link to it Tulips from Amsterdam i’m humming it now myself!!

Having a Spring wedding meant that Tulips were an appropriate choice (and not one that we see very often). Such simply beautiful flowers need no embellishment or fuss, though the simplicity of the arrangements belies temperamental delicate stalks that can be frustrating to arrange!

Caroline’s own bouquet was composed entirely of white tulips and hand-tied in a teardrop shape. The stems were wrapped in purple satin ribbon to complement the bridesmaids’ dresses. The bridesmaids’ bouquets were hand tied in a posy style and we used white and purple toned tulips, the stems were wrapped with ivory satin ribbon with pearl pin detail.

The ceremony took place in St. Mary’s Church in Lucan Village and we provided the Unity Candle Arrangement, our large wrought iron candelabra and we provided central floral arrangements in the candelabra of tulips, roses and lisianthus, the same flowers were used in the unity candle arrangement.

We also provided 10 wrought iron aisle stands, dressed with natural ivy and using LED candles as naked flame was not permitted in the church.

Congratulations to Caroline & John!