Dreamboats and Carousels (2024)

18/11/2023

“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.”

— John Harrigan

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Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery
Patterned Linen
Lilac Linen .tableware
Plates & Charger
Dress Styling
Yellow Cover Up
Straw Hat Vintage
Earrings

09/11/2023

E & M - Holywell Hall -Summer 2023

We transformed the beautiful main staircase at Holywell Hall with a design that felt both intricate yet impactful, through the combination of dainty floral varieties and impressive scale; using a wide array of delicate flowers including butterfly ranunculus, cosmos, sweetpeas, waxflower, vibernum, phlox, limonium, and a vast selection of seasonal foliage too.

We respect the privacy of our clients where requested, and to be able to share just part of their wedding florals we created is an absolute honour.

It was a pleasure working with to bring this vision to life.

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Venue
Floral Design
Hair and Make Up
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Videography

06/11/2023

The planners and couples I work with value creatives, and artistry.

They tend to surround themselves with artisanal suppliers for their big celebrations, because they understand the importance of the visual. They understand how stimulating our senses just makes those memories even richer.

I cannot stress enough the impact of wedding floral design. Flowers are this amazing tool, which I can use to tie together and unify your whole aesthetic.

But it’s not only the amazing visuals that they provide. The fleeting beauty of flowers also brings a full-bodied, heightened sense of the now - that ‘seize the day’ glory - to encourage you to capture every moment of this wonderful, glorious celebration.

Flowers also offer up their beautiful scent, and scent memory is the strongest of them all! The sunny garden smell of tea roses will forever remind you of the moment you buried your nose in your bouquet. A fragrant lavender bush humming with bees will transport you back to the warm scent of your groom’s buttonhole as you crushed it in an embrace...

I’m big on delivering magic, for both my couples and their guests. Improbable, beautiful, untamed, impactful...your floral design intuitively ties your day together, in all its magic and joy. It also turns your wedding photographs from joyous mementos into works of art; images to value for a lifetime.

Planning & Design
Photography
Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery
Patterned Linen
Lilac Linen .tableware
Plates & Charger
Catering
Table & Chairs
Dress Styling
Yellow Cover Up
Straw Hat Vintage
Earrings

01/11/2023

For me, a new and heightened appreciation of nature, and the beauty of the outside world, was hard-won.

The shifting world of 2020 drove my intensified relationship with nature. I realised a heartfelt need to be immersed in the outdoors, and to let my hands speak freely in a language of creativity.

Dreamboats & Carousels was born to reinvigorate, ground, and inspire me.

Even as I embarked on my first training course, I knew I was in love. I found joy and creative freedom in this otherwise bleak time. Although my love of flowers and floristry arrived later in life, I treat them as an art form, in the same way I view drawing and painting. I’ve always been creative; I could draw before I could write! So I suppose it was a natural progression.

The world needs art, and artists. Designing art with flowers is so hard, but so rewarding. I am so proud and honoured to bring floral dreams to life.

Planning & Design
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Videography X
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Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery
Tableware & Candlesticks
Plates
Napkins

01/11/2023

When my clients go big, they REALLY go big. We create industry leading floral designs; abundant but delicate, and always intricate no matter the scale.

The epitome of Dreamboats & Carousels floristry is well-designed, colourful, organic, fun, free, untamed playful beauty - designed to support the innate, magical nature of your wedding.

To my clients, and the incredible planners I work with, investing in the beauty of their day is a way of heightening the joy and exuberance of the whole experience. They want me to take their initial ideas and vision, and create something even better than they had envisioned, weaving unique, abundant and immersive florals into the overall wedding narrative.

I love using floral design to enhance the magic of a wedding. Both aesthetically and through the power of scent, flowers further the sense of immersive beauty and awe, and contribute to the couple’s, and their guests’, incredible memories of the day.

For me, using a natural product means I should design with nature, not against it. So heavily inspired by natural beauty and proportions, I avoid tight shapes and structured arrangements, to create effortless-looking designs. The perfect conjunction of wild nature and carefully considered beauty.

E & M’s dream team:

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Floral Design
Venue
Hair and Make Up
Dress
Veil
BTS Videography

01/11/2023

Lots of my couples choose to celebrate their wedding through a weekend-long affair, prioritising abundant floral story-telling and carefully curated guest experiences, and H & A were no exception!

The privilege of being chosen to create the floral designs for all of our couples for their most important and memorable celebrations is never a role taken lightly. That feeling of honour and the acknowledgement of the magnitude of these celebrations, and how essential my designs become in the curation of these ‘greatest moments’, is incredibly powerful.

That being said, there is a special additional gravity added to my role when a couple chooses us AND they work within the high-end wedding world themselves. It is the absolute cherry on top.

Harry and Annie gave me immense creative freedom, and for that I am so grateful. They had a vision for the overall wedding aesthetic, but allowed my ideas for cascading outdoor displays and immersive room designs to come to life, and their reaction to seeing their floral creations was a real ‘core memory’ moment for me and Dreamboats and Carousels!

The wedding consisted of a small church ceremony and intimate dinner on the Friday, and a larger ceremony and celebrations on the Saturday. There is a great deal to share from this beautiful wedding weekend; here is just a flavour of what we created on their second day:

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Bridal fashion day one - Custom design by in collaboration with
Bridal fashion day two
Alterations
Florist
Make up artist
Hair stylist
Styling & stationery
Bridal jewellery
Bridesmaids fashion
Cake
Linen
Bridal morning fashion
Tableware
Candles
String quartet
Wedding rings
Groom suit

01/11/2023

Welcome to a new era of Dreamboats and Carousels…

Today I officially launch the reintroduction to my brand, sharing a little more of what we’ve been creating this year and the evolved direction of our work.

It has been a labour of love and one of intention and great dedication over the past 12 months. I am so proud of the authentic identity we have grown into, and I’ve never felt more aligned to our discerning clients we attract.

Our website has received a full transformation including beautiful new visuals, and a copy that so eloquently and authentically articulates my approach to floral design, and the work I am passionate about creating.

As we’ve evolved I’ve already been fortunate enough to attract the kind of projects that light me up creatively, and have helped solidify the direction and type of work I was born to create: immersive and intuitive, transformative and magical.

Now more than ever I will be selective with the bookings we take on. I am not a florist, but a floral designer, and with this strong identity comes the passion and desire to create new and exciting concepts, designs and installations with impact, with the drive to create natural works of art for the most incredible events.

My heart and soul has gone into this evolution of D & C, I hope you’ll join me on this next chapter.

In some ways this is a new era, but in others, this is the release and uncovering of something which has always been in me.

Love, Kim

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Florals

18/10/2023

As a foam-free floral designer, sustainability is a key value we champion. We love to incorporate British flowers within our designs, we create with sustainable mechanics and techniques, and we recycle and reuse materials and tools where possible.

Keythorpe Hall is known for its superb gastronomic experience with a backbone in sustainability. All food is locally sourced and prepared on site, and the venue grows an array of flower varieties in their grounds. We were lucky enough to design using solely Keythorpe Hall flowers for this event back in May.

Planning & Design
Photography
Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery
Dress Styling
Dress
Earrings
Tableware & Candlesticks
Plates
Napkins

12/10/2023

Every flower thoughtfully placed; through considered design and an overarching artistic vision. Beauty portrayed in each individual stem, but also as one collective beauty. It’s why I will always adore seeing the details, the close-ups, the snapshot of a particular area that is part of something bigger. Art in isolation and in union.

Planning & Design
Photography
Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery
Dress Styling
Dress
Earrings
Tableware & Candlesticks
Plates
Napkins

09/10/2023

Delicious details from ‘Keythorpe Hall in Spring’. It was a first for us to have the opportunity to create a full event floral design using not only solely British-grown blooms, but flowers grown and cut from the venue’s grounds.

The vivid table designs consisted of a colourful palette of ranunculus, sweet peas and tulips; with that vibrancy continued in the careful selection of linen, napkins, candles and even the dishes served.

Planning & Design
Photography
Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery
Dress Styling
Dress
Earrings
Tableware & Candlesticks
Plates
Napkins

06/10/2023

Autumn move aside…as I present ‘Keythorpe Hall in Spring’.

An explosion of vibrant colour through British-grown floral varieties, couture fashion, distinctive venue decor, and astounding views; weaved across intimate dinners, elegant alfresco brunching, and luxurious relaxation, all wrapped up in a full weekend of celebration.

Planning & Design
Photography
Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Table & Chairs
Catering
Hairstylist & MUA
Stationery

Alfresco Brunch:
Patterned Linen
Lilac Linen .tableware
Plates & Charger
Catering
Table & Chairs
Dress Styling
Yellow Cover Up
Straw Hat Vintage
Earrings

Intimate Dinner:
Dress Styling
Dress
Earrings
Tableware & Candlesticks
Plates
Napkins

03/10/2023

B & A’s beautiful wedding ceremony back in July. A pastel explosion of roses, hydrangea, delphinium, astilbe, cosmos, and more; designed in a crescent shape engulfing the couple for their vows, with more floor meadows waiting for them at the top the aisle.

Proof that embracing colour (especially in a neutral setting) always wins! 🌸

Planning, Design & Coordination
Floral Design
Photographer
Venue & Catering
Videography
Cake Designer
Stylist
Stationery
Make up
Hair
Musician
Band
Photo Booth
Fireworks
Children’s entertainment
Suits
Bridal Boutique
Dress designer Trish Peng (2nd)
Bride

23/09/2023

G & A hosted their Summer marquee wedding reception with an ‘English Country Garden’ aesthetic at the heart of the floral design. With wicker baskets of varying shapes and sizes, foliage and flowers adorned the beams and surrounded each base; creating a wedding floral design that felt very ‘grown here’ and organic, and surrounded guests during the dinner and dancing of this fabulous day.

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Floral Design
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Stationery

20/09/2023

More details from A & M’s wedding last month.

Moments of lighting and texture, and their interaction with our floral designs ✨

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05/09/2023

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”

Some gorgeous stills from A & M’s wedding last week, including a capture of bride Amy’s reaction to seeing our hanging installation for the first time-one of my favourite reactions caught on camera to date!

A & M curated a talented cohort of wedding suppliers who were given creative freedom to run with the couple’s style and design something new; while interacting seamlessly with one another. The results were spectacular, and demonstrate a true collaboration (particularly with the interaction between ‘s styling and our florals) 🤍

Thank you A & M: for your trust, appreciation and kindness. It was a pleasure designing for you!

So much more to share from this fabulous day with these creatives:

Photography
Florals
Styling and Hire
Venue
Stationery
Videography
Linen
Dress
Hair

20/08/2023

1 year on 🤍 Happy First Wedding Anniversary E & C -what a day this was!

365 days later and I’m still obsessed with this gallery (and this couple)! I’m so grateful for fellow wedding supplier and now friend for trusting me in bringing her floral dreams to life 🤍

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Venue
Florals
Stationery
Dress: .andreatta_
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Hair:
Cake:

11/08/2023

Today has involved finalising some digital designs including a fabulous cloud installation. Inspiration may be drawn from our previous designs, but I will always create something unique for every couple. I cannot wait to share this particular design and see it come to life at the end of this month! For now, I’m throwing it back to a previous cloud design we created earlier this year: soft pinks and creamy whites in abundance.

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Florals
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06/08/2023

Some magic moments from B & A’s wedding last month. The floral design centred around moments of impact and installations to enhance the setting, alongside the most delicious colour scheme of peach, soft blues and creams. It was an absolute pleasure designing for this pair! Thank you for trusting in my direction and recommendations for creations not seen at their venue before 🤍

Planning, Design & Coordination
Floral Design
Photographer
Venue & Catering
Videography
Cake Designer
Stylist
Stationery
Make up
Hair
Musician
Band
Photo Booth
Fireworks
Children’s entertainment
Suits
Bridal Boutique
Dress designer Trish Peng (2nd)
Bride

02/08/2023

H & C singing a chorus of ‘Stand By Me’ alongside their friends and family; filling the Morning Room at in July.

Deep foliage tones and creamy whites were selected for the floral design brief, with the best quality floral varieties (as always)-including some trailing orchids for that ‘hero flower’ moment)!

I loved working with this wonderful pair, and feel forever grateful for the kind souls that gravitate to me as their wedding floral designer.

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Venue
Florals
Styling
Stationery
Dress
Hair and Make Up
Shoes

27/07/2023

A beautiful medley of the ‘littles’; the ‘small but specials’, the ‘mini moments of magic’ that ooze modern and considered design. It’s not just the ‘big’ we create, and the combination of the large and impactful with the delicate and modest is always a winning floral design composition.

Concept, Design and Styling:

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Videography
Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist
Florist
High Jewellery
Bridal Fashion
Bridal Designers &
Bridal Jewellery
Linen
Venue, Crockery and Furniture

24/07/2023

As a floral designer it seems contradictory to be drawn to black and white photography of our work. Other than the classic and timeless capture of a B&W photo, I love the texture and variety that is highlighted, and I think it’s the sign of a beautiful design which can shine without the colour being portrayed. That being said, the colour photos forever have my heart! Swipe for a gorgeous montage from A & T’s big day in May.

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Planner
Florals
Hair
Make Up
Dress
Shoes

18/07/2023

The most intimate, atmospheric and special ceremony set up for G & A last weekend. I’m a firm believer in things working out just as they are supposed to, and when the unpredictable downpour on Saturday halted plans for an outdoor ceremony, the Main Hall at Middleton Lodge was the plan B that became the most perfect plan A of all.

Engulfed in a combination of florals at height, growing from the floor, and erupting from statement urns, G & A said their ‘I do’s’ surrounded by their friends and family.

The sunshine emerged and flooded the Main Hall, and stayed bright for the drinks reception on the lawn after the ceremony too.

Such a perfect day for this wonderful couple!

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Florals
Venue
Hair styling
Make up .mua
Dress bespoke
Plinths

01/07/2023

From concept to reality! Swipe for the digital design I created for C & O to give them a flavour of a small part of their wedding floral design vision in April.

Providing bespoke digital sketches as complimentary with all of my bookings, is a small part of why I view my offering as that of a ‘floral designer’ as opposed to a florist. I view my work as an art form first and foremost, and it gives me great joy to bring these illustrations to life with real florals and foliage for my clients. It’s also part of why I take on a limited number of bookings, in order to dedicate the time and detail to this element of the proposal process.

Add in a further swipe for good measure to see a glimpse of beautiful Chloe, moments before her walk down the aisle; a bride who’s infectious energy created the biggest statement of all 💚

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Venue
Florals by us
Dress
Styling

26/06/2023

L & M’s Marquee Florals 🍃 🤍

A marquee is a perfect blank canvas to get imaginative with floral design-thinking beyond the constraints of table decor and into the realms of making a statement from otherwise purely structural beams and poles. For L & M’s big day, we brought a feeling of nature and organic growth into the marquee; transforming the space and ‘bringing the outside in’, with untamed elegance at the heart of the design. Sophisticated and abundant bowl arrangements filled the tables, and impactful installations surrounded the guests from all angles.

I’ll always look to suggest different ways to transform a marquee for our couples. The beauty of such a blank canvas allows the floral designs to be the transformative element, giving couples the opportunity to put their distinct stamp on the space.

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14/06/2023

More often than ever, my clients are seeking beautiful floral designs for a FULL weekend of celebrations, be it for a wedding or special event such as this one.

The ephemeral nature of flowers plays a small part in my perception of their magic-floral design is a temporary beauty, but one which contributes to occasions of everlasting memories. To ‘dress’ a weekend of events with an abundance of flower varieties is to elevate the space in which these magical moments are formed.

It was a delight to be able to create floral designs at the stunning last month, using only flowers grown in their walled garden. This venue epitomises sustainability and luxury, and I can’t wait to share more images from this event.

Planning & Design
Photography
Videography X
Venue
Floral Design using flowers grown at
Linen
Plates & Charger
Catering
Table & Chairs
Dress Styling
Yellow Cover Up
Hairstylist & MUA
Earrings
Model

10/06/2023

The many angles of one bridal bouquet 🤍

Designed for Laura this Spring; using the creamiest white floral varieties with pops of greenery and sage silk ribbon.

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01/06/2023

A bag bursting with fresh florals…name a better Summer accessory! ☀️

Concept, Design and Styling:

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Videography
Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist
Florist
High Jewellery
Dress:
Venue, Crockery and Furniture
Model:

11/05/2023

A tale of art inspired by art…
Vibrant oil paint spills off the canvas and into life.

The painting that hangs in the decadent drawing room of Lound Hall holds a unique tale. The true story of a man and wife, who upon seeing it at an auction, bid anonymously against each other to their limits to acquire it.

Only when it was hung in place did one reveal to the other that they were in fact the opposing bidder.

Every piece of art holds a story, however, it is not always one that the artist intended it to be!

My floral designs here were created with the oil painting and it’s owner’s story at the heart of each creation: shape and tumbling colours, textures and contrasting tones, foundations of classic artistry with a contemporary essence.

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Concept, Design and Styling:

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Videography
Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist
Florist
High Jewellery
Bridal Fashion
Bridal Designers &
Bridal Jewellery
Linen
Venue, Crockery and Furniture

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