Maria and Alan

Flowers are important....

For Maria, the flowers and colours of her wedding were a really important part of her day.... Purple, Lilac and a hint of Pink designed in an almost informal fashion but not too loose.

Together, in one of our wedding consultations, we sat and discussed various flower types and colours and the designs below were what we came up with.  Now, forgive me as I did not get as many pictures as I would have liked, which is frustrating but these do give you a flavour of what Maria had.

I think all the memories should still be fresh.... they are waking up today as Mr and Mrs...

Congratulations and as always thanks for choosing About Flowers to be part of your big day.

Maria's Bouquet

Alan's Buttonhole

The Thistle Hotel, Haydock

The Top Table Complete with Swagging

Till next time 

Paula xx

Delicate yet Stunning

Natalie and her mum came to see me some time ago and from the minute we chatted, both her mum and I joked about Natalie's champagne taste in all things floral....  Hey, but I tell you, the girl had a vision and after a long day of preperation yesterday and a day of logistics and set up today, her vision became a reality and boy am I glad that girl had taste. 

Natalie knew what she wanted, (in a completely lovely way).  I just hope that we managed to capture that vision in the designs we created below.  We got pictures of the civil room in the great hall in Peckforton Castle and pictures of the bridal flowers but because of the dual use of floral displays, we were unable to get pictures of the actual reception room.... hint hint Natalie and family!!!

So, without further ado, lets look at the pictures.  As usual, any feedback is gratefully received and Natalie, thanks for letting us be part of your big day.  Ps, your Mum's hat/fascinator looked fab today.. I bet you looked gorgeous too.

Lots of love Paula xxx

Natalies bouquet had Sweet Avalanche Roses, Spray Roses and Avalanche Roses

Heaven Roses in simple dome were designed for the bridesmaids.

And for the groom, a mixture of blooms from the bridal bouquet.

And, the groomsmen matched the bridesmaids, as they should.

The Mum chose to be in pinks too just like Natalie and this is her corsage.

The great hall, fabric swagging, archway and chair covers gave the basis for this room and with the addition of the candleabra designs, and some foliage swagging and fairy lights, the room was complete.  The devil is in the detail, don't you think?



The archway was fresh with roses, spray roses, hyrdrangea, gypsophelia and other filler flowers.  Truly stunning, espeically in "real life".



That's all for now folks, until Natalie and family send me some pics of the reception room at which point we will gladly share those too... xx

The Blackpool Themed Wedding in Haydock

When Katie came to see me and told me she had a blackpool theme, I thought oh my god, how can we do that with flowers.  But then, when she told me her colours, I have never been so excited. 

Katie described the the love story behind the blackpool theme as "a bit embarrasing", I call it romance encaptulated..... a true fairytale, the perfect idea.

Mixing up certain colour pallets really can provide you with such a wonderful impact on your wedding day.

And, I am not the only one who liked it, Katie's wedding is going to be featured in a well known wedding magazine....  watch this space!

GREEN - PURPLE - BROWN - PINK

This is what we came up with......  Congratulations Katie and thanks for letting us be part of this journey with you.

A shower bouquet with a mixture of Amnesia Roses, Lisisanthus and Spray Roses.

For the pink bridesmaid......

For the green bridesmaid.....

For the purple bridesmaid........

And for the flowergirl..... a mix of all the colours!

For the groom.

The pink tables had pink candleabra...

The purple tables had purple candleabra....

And yes, you guessed it the green table had green candleabra.

The top table was swagged with voil and organza.

Above and below, look at how good all the colours looked together.  The bunting and all the other decorations that Katie chose looked fab.



Congratulations to you both, now all we need is a picture of the bride modelling the bouquet.

I am sure you all had fun, how could you not.

Purple and Pink flowers for Lisa and Paul

Lisa and Paul, a couple from Widnes chose us to do their wedding stationery, wedding flowers and venue decoration.  Judging by their comment on our facebook page, I think they were pretty happy with what they did. 

"Hi Paula, Just wanted to leave you and all your staff a message to say thank you so much for all that you did for our wedding! The room looked amazing, the flowers were perfect, the invites, the post box, the chair covers! wow the list goes on. It all came together so well and was just fantastic! You really did help to make our day perfect. Thank you so much Love Lisa and Paul xxxx"

Anyway, we will let their cerise and purple flowers speak for themselves....  the pictures were took in a light that does not show their colour perfect, but you get the general idea dont you!!

The bridal bouquet consisted of cerise roses, purple gladiolus, pink bouvardia and purple lisianthus.  Not to mention a splash of purple and cerise pink dendrobian orchids.

Similar flowers were used throughout the designs...

Three of the bridesmaids had pink....

Three of the bridesmaids had purple....

The groom had a bit of both.

Colours were mixed in the venue decoration and we think it had great impact.

Lisa and Paul chose two different types of table centre.  They had six of these gerbera designs with black birch and skeleton leaves.

And six of these fishbowls with cerise gerbera floating in them.

And, to top it off.... they had a purple and pink top table design that was used in their civil room first and then put on their top table.  We always encourage dual use of flowers..

Thanks for choosing us guys, we appreciate it so much. 

Lots of love Paula xxx

Alison and Tony at Statham Lodge, Lymm

Well what can I say.  Alison made some fabulous choices and it took us a while to decide on the final designs but I think they were well worth the wait. 

I seen Alison the day before her wedding when she called into the shop and I have to say I have never seen a bride SO SO excited.  It was lovely and it really put us all in a really nice mood in the shop.  I think this was felt in the designs as we felt so relaxed....  We were that confident she would like the stuff, we banned her from seeing it before it was all set out!!    (Well, I gave in at one point and said she could have a sneaky peak but I think she was that excited she wanted to wait.)

Alison and Tony, from the bottom of my heart I am so glad we did your wedding flowers and that you chose us.  You are one of the most bubbliest people I have ever met and Alison,  you are definately a woman after my own heart ;)... 

Huge Congratulations, I wish you a long and happy life together.

Have a wonderful honeymoon and hope you are both feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world when you get back!!

Anyway, here is some of the designs we did for Alison and Tony..

A collection of the flowers chosen include Sweet Avalanche Roses, Aqua Roses, Stock, Chameloceum, Mimi Eden Spray Roses.

The Bridal Bouquet

We decided as always that the bridesmaids bouquet should compliment the bouquet but not be totally like it.  We used similar flowers but in slightly different colours.  The cerise rose we chosen was a great colour.

And, a little wand to give to the flowergirl...

And for Tony, a buttonhole with an Aqua Rose.

And for his groomsmen, a Cerise Rose.

Alison chose our mirrored cubes, with a mixed design of roses, lisianthus and pink gypsophelia.

A top table design of roses. lisianthus, waxflower and mixed flowers.

And below, a few of the room in Statham Lodge, Lymm, Warrington.

Alison's table plan... sorry about the lack of detail in the picture but in "real life" it looked really cool we think.



The matching menu.



With love, exhaustion, and lots and lots of best wishes..... Paula xx

The Pinks are back again....

So, you girls are just loving the pink at the moment.  Sweet Avalanche Roses, Dolce Vita Roses,  Mimi Eden Spray Roses, Dendrobian Orchids and Lisianthus all feature in this wedding for Helen.

I have to say, I do have a soft spot for Pink weddings but then, I do for White weddings, and Red weddings.. Oh, you get the picture!!

Enjoy....

A close up of the shower bouquet to illustrate the impact this particular mixture of flowers gave.

Helen's shower bouquet, we thinked she liked it!!

A close up of the delicate colour the Sweet Avalanche Rose has and how this complimented the colours in Helen's bouquet.

And, how it looked in the overall shape of the handtied bouquet that her bridesmaids carried.

The grooms buttonhole was designed with a Dolce Vita Rose, Dendrobian Orchid and Lisianthus... all of which were in Helen's bouquet.



And, we didnt manage to get pictures of the venue in Wigan but here are the flowers lined up like soliders waiting to go and do their job for Helen's big day....  Hint Hint Helen... come on, I know you have only been married for a day or two but send us the pics wont you??  ;)

With Love.. Paula xx