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06/12/2024

The Pantone colour of the year is Mocha Mousse, a soft warm brown.

For weddings, pair it with soft pastel pinks, or warm copper and orange shades.

Or, even pale peaches with creams, it’s very much a neutral colour, so could be matched with most shades, even Navy for a rich luxurious look.

04/12/2024

I’ve got nothing to show you today, apart from to say ‘hello’ 👋

Last week was busy with a wreath workshop, and a wedding.

I’m going to have a quieter week, get on with chores for home, Christmas shopping, tree decorating, and catching up with friends. Refilling my cup!

Have a good week, Sarah x

03/12/2024

Red roses, blue thistles and dark green foliages were used in my latest wedding at Ashton Lodge Country House.

The ceremony room was dressed with dark green sashes and I added sprigs of foliage on the aisle chairs.

The cake by Cakes Fabulous Cakes was decorated to look like precious stones and crystals, which are edible, it’s known as a Geode Cake. It looked incredible.

26/11/2024

Burgundy & Blush…and Beautiful shoes!

25/11/2024

Love seeing my work in the photos, a beautiful colour choice 🧡

25/11/2024

🍌🍌🍌 Bananas vs Flowers!

My job as a wedding florist, is to create a bespoke design, something authentic, an idea, a piece of art individually designed.

My wedding bouquets are however not sold at Sotheby’s New York, I refer to the story last week that you may have read; a normal banana, that became a work of art – attached to a gallery wall with duct tape!

A banana bought for 35 cents and then sold for $5.2m at Sotheby’s New York. Bonkers!

Now, the only reason it sold for such a high amount, was that the buyer bought a unique idea & wanted the prestige of owning a piece of famous art with a certificate of authenticity, this is what determined the high value and desirability.

What’s this to do with me as a florist? Well……supermarkets sell cheap flowers and cheap bananas. But like the banana artist, if you buy flowers from a wedding florist, they are creating a piece of unique art, one that will live in your memory forever.

However, I can’t just stick a bit of ribbon around a rose with a price tag of a few million and hope I get a buyer, (very unlikely!) but I can suggest flower varieties & colours to my wedding couple that will match their ideas and colour palette perfectly, I know where to buy them and I know that the wholesaler will sell them to me on the day that I want. The work behind the scenes then happens, a bouquet will magically appear on a specified day at a certain time in the colours & flowers agreed.

This is where the price has to reflect the skill & the experience I provide on the run up to a wedding day and going the extra mile, providing extra value, delivering them myself and making sure everything looks perfect before I leave the wedding venue.

All my wedding florals start off as ideas from couples that I turn into reality, this is my service, my superpower, my connection to each couple. Their day has to be perfect, there can be no list of snags that need to be tweaked, and then resubmitted. This level of perfection has a cost, that is my price, but with no banana & duct tape involved! Florist tape maybe though!

PS - my flowers will last longer than a banana too!

23/11/2024

If you fancy making your own Christmas door wreath, then get in touch!

Venue - The Green Man at Long Itchington on Thursday 28th Nov.

Only a hand full of spaces left, a great evening not to be missed.

21/11/2024

Feels like summer… soft pale pinks, lilacs and pale purples, and the Italian Room at Bourton Hall Wedding Venue was looking perfect with the sun streaming in!

20/11/2024

Edit… thank you for all your orders below, these will be made up as soon as I can, I have a wedding this weekend, so once that is delivered I’ll be on wreath work. I’m just going to put a pause on all orders at the mo as I think I’m already up to my capacity.

🍊☘️🌿

Christmas Door Wreaths now available to order.

Limited stock, delivery from next week until 6th Dec.

One size - approx 45cm wide

Choose from: Orange, Reds or Whites.

£45 each

18/11/2024

Pampas, whites and creams with dark green foliages looked incredible at Ashton Lodge Country House.

The venue sparkled with gold candelabra’s, gold charger plates, with emerald green sashes all provided by Rainbow Wedding Shop.

A three tier cake from Cakes Fabulous Cakes with gold speckles, pampas & fresh flowers matched the vibe perfectly.

15/11/2024

This post shows you all the flowers & varieties that I’ve used to create this bouquet.

I like using a variety of flowers, textures and colours, and each wedding bouquet is unique to each bride.

Each wedding couple will let me know their colours, and if there are any flowers they would like to be included and I’ll do the rest!

13/11/2024

Wedding Anniversary coming up? What a great idea!

ANNIVERSARY CAKE BOXES

Celebrate your anniversary with the flavours of cake you had at your wedding.

Relive the taste and bring the memories of your wedding day flooding back. Choose your flavours and enjoy with a coffee whilst you reminisce and share your love with each other.

We will send by Royal mail 24hr tracked. We can't wait to create these for more of our wonderful couples.

Go on get yours booked in now.

Love
Karen & Lynsey xx

12/11/2024

Showstopper alert!!

The aisle flowers in the Chapel at Bourton Hall Wedding Venue looked incredible, & you could smell them as you entered, these were then moved after the ceremony to frame the staircase!

Shades of burnt orange, rusts, cappuccino and caramels were used througout the venue, with mini gold hoops for the guest tables, which matched the beautiful gold hoop that framed the gold flecked cake from Cakes Fabulous Cakes.

07/11/2024

It’s starting to look like glitter season!

The workroom is filling up with Christmas wreath stuff, fruit, cones, ribbons!

I’ve still got weddings all this month, so I’m going to try and get some wreath designs created soon, but not just yet as only had my nails done yesterday!

!!

05/11/2024

Pale blue delphiniums & white roses at Bourton Hall Wedding Venue.

The bridesmaids held reflexed roses, in a staggered design, and the stairs at Bourton Hall looking fabulous with large meadow style arrangements.

31/10/2024

I’ve had a few days away in the sun with my family this half term.

I have a wedding this Sunday, the flowers arrived this morning, so it’s all back to normal, no more warm days, swimming in the sea and making heart shapes in the sunset with my son!

27/10/2024

Autumn colours at Ashton Lodge Country House
Venue dressing by Twinkles and Tiaras Venue Stylists