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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Queen of Cabra Castle

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!

http://www.fmonks.com/index.html

Filed under: aislestands,candelabra,candelabra hire,candelight,candles,pew end decoration,pink gerbera bouquet,pink rose bouquet,wrough iron candelabra — Tags: bay trees, bridal bouquet, cabra castle, candelabra, gerbera, kilmainham wood, lily, pink wedding flowers, rose, wolfhound, wrought iron aisle stands — Sinead @ 3:43 pm on April 30, 2010

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From Kimmage to Kilcullen – 2nd January 2010

When I started getting into wedding floristry, little did I know, that there would be some “less glamorous” aspects to the line of work I was undertaking. For example, Susan’s wedding on the 2nd of January 2010. While Lorraine was hunched over her steering wheel at 30kph on the way to Durrow, I was equally nervous on my way to Kilashee House Hotel with Susan’s wedding Bouquets and a car load of aisle stands etc. for the church.

The drive up to Kilashee was breaktakingly beautiful, crisp white snow covered every surface, like a fairy tale. I got out of the car and held the box of bouquets as carefully as a newborn baby and very, very carefully walked across the icerink-like carpark. Luckily I made it with the bouquets unharmed and Susan was delighted with them. Unfortunately, I did land on my backside on the way back to the car! Thank goodness for padded winter coats!

Off to Kilcullen then to the church. The sacristan spent well over an hour sweeping and salting the entrance to the church in between holding the ladder that I had to climb up to fix the arch in place (my nerves!!) Frostbite from kneeling in the snow assembling said arch aside, everything went exactly to plan and on schedule and the church looked amazing.

Susan picked a fresh summery bouquet with sweet avalanche and white roses, lucious green vibernum and green hypericum berries. The bridesmaids carried a smaller version of the bridal bouquet and we provided deep pink orchids for corsages and the cake topper. The orchids and roses were carried through to the floral arrangements on the wrought iron aisle stands to which we added eucalyptus and berried ivy. As no arrangements were permitted on the alter itself, we created a 2 arrangements to hold the unity candles and placed these on stands close to the alter.

When the ceremony was finished, I removed the garlands of ivy and roses from the arch and placed them along the length of the top table to compliment the arrangement provided by Killashee.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: aisle stands, arch, bridal bouquet, cake topper, florist, kilcullen, killashee house hotel, wedding flowers, wrought iron aisle stands — Sinead @ 12:11 pm on February 6, 2010

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Rosie on the Green

St. Stephens Green, that is.

30th December saw us at the University Church on St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin’s City Centre. Laura and Paul tied the knot here, followed by a reception in The Westbury Hotel on Grafton Street.

As the ceremony was quite late – at 4pm, Laura decided she would like a romantic, candelight effect in the church so we set up the wrought iron aisle stands along the aisle. Dressed with natural ivy they really do add something special as you enter the church and walk up the aisle surrounded by candlelight. We dressed the alter rail with ivy and tealights and provided a large Unity Arrangement on the Alter itself, filled with White Avalanche roses and Eucalyptus foliage.

Laura’s own bouquet was an elegantly simple handtied posy of White Avalanche Roses mixed with white miniature calla lillies and finished with a soft ruscus collar, and ivory satin ribbon handle. The bridesmaids carried simple bouquets of white roses, finished with ruscus and navy ribbon handles to match their dresses.

We were also asked to do the table centrepieces for the Westbury Hotel, something that reflected the time of year, but that weren’t “too christmassy” so, I came up with the idea of groupings of large pillar candles at different heights, on a mirrored base to reflect the amazing chandeliers above the tables in the ballroom, and Laura had come across the gold mirrored tealight holders so we provided those on each table in addition to the pillar candle arrangments which were finished with a scattering of pine cones to reflect the wintery season!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: aisle stands, calla lily, candelabra, candelabra hire, pew ends, rose and lily bouquet, university church, westbury hotel, white rose bouquet, wrought iron aisle stands — Sinead @ 3:21 pm on January 20, 2010

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Eimear & Derek, 7th November 2009

A Scottish Groom and a Sligo Bride, who both arranged this wedding from Chicago U.S.A.! A pleasure to work with, Eimear was stunning on the day (and the groom scrubbed up well too)

The Church was St. Patricks in Curtlestown, Enniskerry, a quaint stone building set against the backdrop of the Wicklow mountains. We began by installing the Grand Wrought Iron Candelabra that were dressed with beautiful full central arrangement of Ruscus, Avalanche Roses, Thistles and lucious trailing greenery.

The Alter Unity Candle arrangement carried through the theme of thistle and roses, and also had deep purple lisanthus to add an extra depth of colour. We trimmed the Pew Ends with Organza Tulla wrapped around Avalanche Roses and Thistles, our luxurious Satin Covers for the Bride and Groom’s Chair completed the indoor decoration, and with a finishing touch, a pair of Bay Trees Dressed with Ivory Tulled graced the church doors.

The bridal bouquet was created in the hand-tied style, using avalanche roses, deep purple lisianthus, gorgeous delicate singapore orchids and of course, a hint of thistle as a nod to the Scottish element of the day! The Bridesmaid, who wore a gorgeous, handmade purple dress carried a complementary bouquet of roses, thistle and lisianthus. For the gorgeous flowergirl, we created a pomander ball of white chrysanthemums and deep purple lisianthus buds.

Of course, while we were in Enniskerry, a business lunch had to be had in Avoca cafe in Powercourt