Show Stoppers!

We recently took part in a wedding fair at the D4 Berkeley Court Hotel on 21st and 22nd May. I got to meet lots of lovely couples planning their wedding and enjoyed meeting Brendan Courtney and Jules Fallon of 1st Options Modelling, along with all the fab fellow wedding suppliers attending over the weekend. Pictured below are Suzie Mahony of Suzie Mahony Designs – fabulous handmade hats and headresses, Pamela Farrell of Farrell & Chase Stationery – gorgeous bespoke Letterpress stationery, Beverly and Sandra from Amazing Cakes (I managed to avoid stealing samples until late on Sunday afternoon!), Caroline & David Moloney of The Finishing Touch – Ireland’s first wedding planning service devoted to same sex marriages and civil ceremonies! Also pictured is a stunning dress, modeled by Irma of 1st Option, A Vera Wang gown retailing at €15,000 but available from Olivia at Discount Designers for €2,900!!! Although I have no pictures, I also met the lovely Aoife of Fifibelle shoes who specialise in shoes for larger shoe sizes!

Lorraine and I prepared for the wedding fair on the day before (Friday) as Lorraine (lucky girl) was heading off on her Summer Holiday on the 22nd, we decided to create 6 Bouquets for our stand, keeping things nice and simple, bouquets that we know brides will choose over and over again..a pomander of roses and we displayed 2 Grand Candelabra, 2 Aisle Stands and created a fab unity arrangement featuring sample personalised unity candles, now available at RosieDays. We also brought along one of our FairyLight Backdrops, now available for hire at RosieDays.

The first bouquet above is a handtied posy of double white crystal blush calla lillies with scented purple freesia, it was one of the most popular bouquets on the stand over the 2 days! The 2nd bouquet above is a handtied teardrop bouquet using avalanche roses, white bouvardia and crystal blush calla lillies, italian soft ruscus and fatsia leaves and finished with ivory organza on the stems.

The bouquets above are the ever-faithful bouquet of White Roses, simple finished with soft greenery and diamonte detail, and a slightly more quirky combination of GrandPrix Red Roses and deep purple lisianthus.

The last 2 bouquets are pictured above. On the left, my favourite of the show, a feast for the senses! Handtied bouquet of lavender, lisianthus, freesia, agapanthus and purple roses, with sage, rosemary and lavender foliage creating the most heavenly scent! Finished with deep grey satin ribbon handle. Finally, on the left, another very popular bridal bouquet, simple, elegant, timeless deep red roses, with a ruscus collar and finished with black satin and organza handle and matching bow.

Filed under: aislestands,candelabra,candelabra hire,fairylight backdrop,lisianthus,wedding fair — Tags: berkeley court, bouqeuts, discount designer, fairylight backdrop, farrell and chase, pomander, red rose bouquet, roses, scented bouquet, the finishing touch, unity arrangement, unity candles, wedding fair — Sinead @ 1:19 pm on May 30, 2010

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Bouquet of the Season!

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.

Filed under: button holes,lisianthus,pink rose bouquet — Tags: bridal bouquet, buttonhole, corsage, pink corsage, pink rose bouquet, roses — Sinead @ 12:06 pm on May 20, 2010

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Kilbride – Bride

‘The Best Day to Marry’

(Traditional Rhyme UK)

‘Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday best day of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
And Saturday no luck at all.’

Congrats to Jennifer Clarke who got married today in Kilbride Church, Co. Meath – Tuesday for Health according to the old rhyme (although as a 4 years married Saturday Bride I do wonder how accurate the rhyme is!). A first for RosieDays with a Tuesday wedding (and fun trying to arrange childcare for 2 working mummies who’s boys go to creche on Thursdays and Fridays – Jnr. came along for the spin to the wholesalers yesterday to collect our flowers and today my inlaws stepped in this morning while I delivered the bouquets and arrangements!)

We are seeing a real trend in pink bouquets this Spring, from pale pink and ivories to a bouquet like Jennifer’s today with mixed pink tones. A really lovely choice and so vibrant and cheerful. Here we used the gorgeous deep pink two-toned Amalia Rose, lighter pink Aqua rose and beautiful creamy vendella roses. With pearl pin detail and a ruscus collar, the stems were wrapped with ivory satin and finished with a bow detail.

The 3 bridesmaids carried posies to complement the bride’s using vendella and aqua roses and the stems were wrapped with smokey grey satin ribbon to complement their charcoal grey dresses. We also made a cute gypsophilia pomander with pale pink rose detail for the flowergirl.

Mums were given corsages of pink and white lisianthus with a deep pink rose and all the boys wore double vendella rose buttonholes.

Our final orders were 2 Large arrangements for the rear of the alter in Kilbride church.

Filed under: floristry,Kilbride Church,lisianthus,pedestal,pink bouquet,rose,wedding flowers — Tags: bridal flowers, corsage, flower arrangement, flowers, kilbride, pedestal, roses, slieve russell hotel, wedding bouquet, wedding flowers — Sinead @ 2:40 pm on March 16, 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.

Filed under: button holes,candelabra hire,lisianthus,pedestal,pew end decoration,pink bouquet — Tags: Alice in Wonderland, bridal bouquet, calla lily, corsage, crossabeg, ferrycarrig hotel, mixed bouquet, pink roses, roses, wedding flowers, wrist corsage — Sinead @ 1:25 pm on March 14, 2010

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How to revive tired Roses!

While I was in hospital last week, my sister (on a food run!) sweetly brought me back a bunch of flowers to cheer me up. Purchased in Dunnes, a cute mix of coloured roses and some oriental lillies.

The poor flowers got forgotten in the car since Saturday last to my shame! So, on finding them on Thursday, I decided they needed some SOS treatment and quickly! All of the heads on the roses were drooping and wilted.

So, here’s what to do.

In one jug, have boiling water. In your vase have prepared, cold water with flower food. (In the absence of flower food, the tiniest dash of household bleach, tiny tiny dash!! and a teaspoon of sugar will do the trick!, the bleach keeps the water clean and the sugar will feed the flowers).

Cut a good inch off the bottom of the rose stems, on a diagonal – this increases the surface area that can soak up the water! Plunge them into the boiling water for approx. 30 seconds (plunge the stems, readers, not the heads!) and then immediately into the cold water.

Within a few hours, the rose heads will lift and start to bloom and look perfect again.

The first image was taken about 4 hours after the roses were treated, and the second picture 2 days later.

Now – that €6.99 bouquet of flowers has lasted for almost 10 days – even with the abuse it received

This treatment can be applied to roses as soon as you bring them home from the shop – it will really help them last much longer so you can enjoy them for longer! For other flowers, when you bring them home from the shop, unwrap from plastic, prepare vase with cold water and the sachet of fresh food that is attached to bouquet, cut stems a good inch from the bottom on diagonal and put them into water immediately!