Bridal Inspiration Shoot: The Details

So for my final post on the Bridal Inspiration shoot that I planned in March I thought I’d take a closer look at the details from the day.

As well as all the beautiful wedding dresses from Naomi Neoh I created a tablescape to showcase some simple design ideas that could easily be incorporated into your wedding day.

The flowers by Ruth at Stem Flowers in a mixture of vintage vases ran along the table on a coral silk runner overlaid with lace, each vase contained a single variety of flower in one colour. She also made 3 stunning hand tied bouquets, the peach one being my favourite.

The beautiful cakes were by Rosalind Miller Cakes and she also brought along some delicious cupcakes that we all got to enjoy at the end of the day.

The rather fab additional props- the gorgeous Bergere Armchair, mercury silver tea light holders and great wall clock were kindly lent to us by Lisa from Out of Love; do take a look at the website there are lots of fabulous finds that would make perfect décor for your wedding as well as home.

Towards the end of the day I had a little play with table settings; by simply changing the colour of the napkins or adding a coloured ribbon or flower you can quite easily change the look of the table setting and add a little interest to the table.

Venue: Beauberry House, Dulwich, London; Photographer: Fanni Williams; Dress Designer: Naomi Neoh ; Florist Ruth at Stem Flowers; Cake maker Rosalind Miller Cakes ; Hair & Make-Up Artist: Amanda Roberts; Accessories- Shoes Emmy Shoes ; Hairpieces: Ivory & Co Jewellery; Additional Props: Lisa from Out of Love

Behind the Scenes: Floral Workshop

Last night I attended the UKAWP Floral Emergency Workshop led by the wonderful florists Simon and Victoria of Euphoric.

Attended by a number a fab UKAWP wedding planners many of whom I know, we had great fun learning lots of basic floristry skills from wrapping wires, creating buttonholes and corsages and putting together hand tied bouquets; just the kind of thing that might come in handy of the day of a wedding if we need to fix a floral emergency!

Here are a few pics I took of the evening on my IPod Touch (I was recommended a cool photo app this week called Hipstamatic, this was my first time trying it out)

Wiring my roses and leaves in preparation to make into a buttonhole

My completed corsage

After making the buttonholes which we then turned into corsages we did some speed hand tying with tulips

… my first attempt

We were then shown how to make a more compact hand tied bouquet, here are a few shots of mine...

All photos taken by Always Andri Wedding Design

Christmas Wedding Inspiration: Table décor

A little inspiration for your Christmas wedding or maybe just a few fab ideas to dress your table on Christmas day.

This has been on a few US blogs over the last few days but as I love the floral designs of JL Designs,  I couldn’t resist posting it here.

California Christmas Party here via Green Wedding Shoes, photography by Leo Patrone

 
A simple white on white colour scheme with touches of ice blue, so effortlessly elegant.

Winter Wedding inspiration via Style Me Pretty here, photography by West Park Photography

I do love the combination of aqua & red and it makes a lovely change from your usual Christmas red combos. I especially like the lovely Christmas baubles used in this table arrangement.

Guest post on Snippet & Ink by The Brides Café here Photography by Katelyn James Photography.

How are you decorating your table on Christmas day? Last year I did an all silver table but this year I’m going a little more rustic with some lovely pine cones I collected in the Spring combined with red roses and gold charger plates-maybe this time I’ll remember to take a photo too…

Floral Inspiration: Paper Moon

When I visited the Summer Inspiration at New Covent garden back in June I spotted this cute little flower in one of the flowers stalls, I hadn’t seen it before so was curious to find out what it was. It’s called Scabiosa Stellata ‘Paper Moon’; it has delicate lilac petals that shed to become lavender tinged papery spheres in the summer and early autumn. Since spotting it at Covent Garden I keep seeing it pop up in some fabulous floral arrangements on the wedding blogosphere.

I love how its neutral colours mean it can be combined with a number of colours from pale pinks to dark purples and its unique heads work with a variety of blooms from large peonies to delicate cottage flowers or quite simply used on their own.

1. Photo by Caroline Ghetes via Style Me Pretty, here

2. Photo by Jill Thomas Floral Design by  JL Designs via Style Me Pretty, here

3. Photo by Aaron Delesie Floral design by  JL Designs via Ruffled, here

4. Photo by Boutwell Studio Floral Design by Mindy Rice Via the Bride’s Café, here (love the chandelier with paper lanternsabove the dance floor at this wedding)

1. Photo by Jodi Miller Photography floral design by JMFlora Design.via The Brides Café, here

2. Photo by Jill Thomas floral design by  JL Designs via Style Me Pretty, here

3. & 4 Photos by Aaron Delesie floral design by  JL Designs via Ruffled, here

I also think they make great (not too girly) buttonholes...

Photo by Caroline Ghetes Floral design by The Bloom Room via Style Me Pretty, here

Photo at top by Sakura Photo Floral Design by Blue Lotus Floral Design via Ruffled, here

Wedding Flower Inspiration Zita Elze

Zitz Elze is a Richmond based florist whose work I love for its uniqueness and fresh approach. Never one to go for standard floral displays, last year there was an abundance of fruit,  this year with one of the larger displays at Summer Inspiration it was all beside the sea. What I really liked about this display was that it genuinely felt like it was inspired by a love of visits to the seaside with cute little starfish topped cupcakes by Zoe Clark Cakes, the use of natural woods and reclaimed metals and a subtle pinks, peaches and cream colour palette.

I’m a big fan of Gypsophilia / Baby’s Breath bouquets and this pink one above is especially lovely with with its little shells trailing form hanging organza ribbons.

Absolutely loved this escort card display with cute little bouquets sitting in paper cups tied to the metal stand.

Zita's tagline is 'Painting with flowers' well she is an artist indeed when it comes to her floral design.

All Photos by Always Andri Wedding Design

Wedding Flower Inspiration Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel founded by Athena Duncan and Mairead Curtin are based in Broadway Market London E8 and as last year had a funky musical accompaniment at their display with a DJ playing from the  Wedding Smashers

Vintage is still a big trend in wedding design but usually comprises of a pastel colour palette, Rebel Rebel’s display with an eclectic mix of vintage china and vases was full of bright and colourful flowers from blousy coral peonies, hot pink sweet peas to vibrant blue cornflowers

Before I left the market I got to have one of the raspberry mini cupcakes you can just see in the photos, it was yummy I wish I’d found out who they were by, so if anyone else knows please share.

All Photographs by Always Andri Wedding Design

Wedding Flower Inspiration Flower Power

Welcome back to the rest of our New Covent Garden Summer Inspiration florist reports.

Flower Power is an East London based florist headed by designer Jay Ravi. They a had a lovely floral wall and a great wrought iron cake stand (I believe it’s available to hire) which had a combination of cakes and candles on the different branches that would make a great focal point at your reception.

All Photos by Always Andri Wedding Design

Wedding Flower Inspiration Pollen Nation

Pollen Nation headed by florist Alison Trickey, an Olympian rower in her previous career, have two shops one in Shoreditch and the other in Heathfield, East Sussex.

Their display had a lovely vintage feel in neutral creams with pops of blue with some lovely pewter vases. I really liked the creative use of boxes to add height and as containers for displays too

All Photos by Always Andri Wedding Design

Wedding Flower Inspiration La Maison Des Roses

If roses are your passion then  La Maison des Roses in Clapham is the florist for you. In delicate shades of pinks and creams with subtle touches of blue these would be the perfect flowers for a summer marquee wedding.

 

All Photos by Always Andri Wedding Design

Wedding Flower Inspiration Nichlas Vilsmark

Nichlas Vilsamark is a Danish florist who runs  Floral Symphonies in West London. As well as some lovely white flower arrangements and white doves in a beautifully decorated cage he had two stunning bouquets on show, the first below is this amazing ‘giant’ rose bouquet well, that’s what it looked like but on close inspection you could see it was lots of petals individually wired around a rose head.

This wired shower bouquet was just as stunning with a combination of white calla lilies, orchids and delicate hanging wired shells.

All Photos by Always Andri Wedding Design

Summer Wedding Inspiration at New Covent Garden Flower Market

Last week I visited the Summer Wedding Inspiration event in association with Wedding Magazine at New Covent Garden Flower Market. Now in its second year it’s a great opportunity for anyone planning their wedding to see and meet some great London based florists and have a general nose around the market

looking at the flowers, plants and sundries for sale.

As usual I ended up taking far too many photos to post in one go so I thought I’d split the photos up into the designers work. There were some lovely displays that covered a variety of styles from country shabby chic, seaside romance to modern city glamour so do come back to see more over the next few posts as the photos below are just a taster.

Floral Designs by Moyses Stevens, LK Lily, Tuff, Jayne Copperwaite, Sophie Hanna

One display that was particularly noteworthy was Jayne Copperwaite’s as the large displays (shown above in the dark grey urns) were made from artificial flowers combined with fresh foliage and a few fresh flowers. They are available to hire for much less then if they were all fresh blooms; a great idea if you want some statement flowers for your wedding but your budget won’t quite stretch to the real thing.

All Photos taken by Always Andri Wedding Design

Colour Inspiration: Sage Green and White

Bridesmaids, via Style Me Pretty, photo by Andrea Polito

Invitation via Style Me Pretty, photo by Miki and Sonja Photography

Table Flowers, Cake & Wedding tablescape via Style Me Pretty, photo by Aaron Delesie

Bouquet Photo via & by Marianne Taylor

Flowers via Ruffled photo by Caroline Tran

Wedding couple and bouquet via Style Me Pretty, photo by Peter Izzard

Floral Inspiration Ranunculus

Photo by Emily Quinton

I’m loving Ranunculus flowers right now, such a beautiful flower with their lovely full headed blooms and delicate multilayered petals, perfect for weddings. They come in a great range of colours from vibrant reds and oranges to delicate pastel pinks and white. Fabulous used on their own either in large bunches or single blooms; a great alternative to garden roses and peonies but look lovely combined with them too.

Beautiful Bouquets

1 Photo by Meg Smith,  Floral Design by Ariella Chezar via Snippet & Ink here, 2 Photo by Katie Stoops by Janie at The Brides Café here 3 Photo by Cunningham Photo Artists,  Floral Design by Ivy Robinson Weddings & Events via Style Me Pretty here, 4 Photo by Marianne Taylor here Floral Design by Scarlet & Violet

Elegant Buttonholes

1 Photo by Cunningham Photo Artists via Style Me Pretty here 2 Photo by Jackie Wonders via The Inspired Bride here (great DIY tutorial too) 3 Photo by Brancoprata (André Teixeira) via Hotspot here 4 Photo by Susan Stripling via Green Wedding Shoes here (I love that they served a breakfast inspired menu for dinner at this wedding, I know it’s one of my favourite meals of the day)

Gorgeous Table Arrangements

1 Photo by Larissa Cleveland,  Floral Design by Shannon Leahy via Style Me Pretty here 2 & 3 via Design *Sponge here (Loads more images and information,  season, varieties etc on the Ranunculus too) 4 Photo by Jake McBride for Christian Oth via Style Me Pretty here 5 Photo by Steve Steinhardt,  Floral Design by Holly Flora via Lucky Orchid Wedding here 6 Photo by Meg Smith,  Floral Design by Ariella Chezar via Snippet& Ink here 7 Photo by Victor C. Sizemore Photography,  Floral Design by White Lilac via Style Me Pretty here

The ranunculus works beautifully in your wedding flowers with the anemone too, to see it in action check out this stunning wedding photographed by UK Wedding Photographer Jodie Chapman here and here

Wedding Inspiration Buttonholes

Get creative with your grooms button holes, incorporate more than just a single flower consider the interesting choices of leaves, berries, feathers, stems…I could go on, here are few for inspiration.

 

1 Green Wedding Shoes 2 Green Wedding Shoes

1. The Brides Cafe 2. JL Designs

1 Style Me Pretty 2 The Brides Café