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05/05/2023

//LOVE IS LOVE//

Look at these two. All the loved up feels!

Can we take a moment to appreciate some bouquet love too. Loved, loved, loved making these two bouquets - totally different and equally gorgeous.

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03/05/2023

//COLOUR PALETTE//

A springtime freshness of white and blue, with just the merest hint of blush to add a touch of warmth. Different shades of foliage, from lime green to a dark forest green to add vibrancy and lift, to what can otherwise be, a bit of a cooler colour palette.

Alway special to start adding a little bit of my own home grown to the mix, just to make it a little bit different to everybody else's designs.

My pic of the behind the scenes prep for a recent photoshoot with this lovely lot:

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06/04/2023

A romantic colour palette of blush and n**e for an early springtime wedding.

Includes garden roses, lilac, stocks, anemones, tulips, spireae, narcissus, poppies, orchids and more.

A scented bouquet, full of movement and finished with gorgeously floaty silk ribbon to compliment.

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03/04/2023

A new week, a new wedding.

A light and airy romantic ceremony set up at in blush and white with golden lanterns.

Vases, bud vases and meadows all flowered this beautiful space along with flickering candlelight from large and small lanterns.

If you want to repurpose your flowers on your big day, decide on the floral arrangements that are multi-purpose. Vases of flowers are ideal for this, as flowers with a water source are much happier to be moved around on the day.

These log slices are just perfect for the tables too, the right shape and size so as not to intrude on space, but help to elevate the arrangements between all the other tableware.

Vases of flowers can line the aisle for your ceremony, then be popped onto your tables for the wedding breakfast, before finally being moved around the venue into those quieter spots for when guests take a breather from throwing shapes on the dance floor!

Making your floral investment work as hard as it possibly can for your special day is one of my main aims. So, deciding where you feel your flowers will have the greatest impact will ultimately help you to focus on how to decorate your venue.

I feel a blog post coming on...

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02/04/2023

That moment when you can catch your breath amidst the whirlwind of love and joy that is your wedding day.

Such a beautifully intimate moment captured between two very beautiful people.

02/04/2023

With another imminent spring wedding of tulips, narcissus and hyacinths, my thoughts are now turning to my summer weddings and the flowers that will be blooming.

Today is a venue visit in the Lake District to meet one of my lovely couples who are marrying there.

Obviously, Mr Q is coming for the ride because he wants his lunch out in Keswick!

24/03/2023

//THE GANG//

Looking happy and relaxed, capturing that moment of you altogether, the gang.

After months of planning and endless waiting, the posh frocks and dapper suits are finally off the hangers.

Now, who is getting the first round in?!

22/03/2023

//CAPTURING THE MOMENT//

Choosing your photographer and choosing your florist are up there with choosing your wedding dress.

All three choices are incredibly personal because they are all dictated by your style, what you like, how you want your wedding day to look, and be remembered.

You choose the dress that suits you, which makes you feel amazing when you slip it on, becoming the vision of the bride you have dreamt about being. No one chooses a dress thinking, 'Oh, it'll do!'

The same goes for your photographer and your florist. You should be drawn to their work because you are excited by their vibe and feel that their creativity will be harmonious to your special day.

And so when you find those suppliers, go and book them - before someone else does!

20/03/2023

//KIND WORDS//

Kind words make me do a little happy dance. Obviously, not in front of you because that really would be a bit weird, but definitely behind the scenes I do!

Depending on the time of year, and the size of your wedding, I could have been stood for three or more very long days in the studio, and just recently in baltic temperatures with frozen fingers and feet, preparing your flowers.

Wedding prep is a time of early starts, late finishes and disturbed sleep, because your wedding, and making your flowers as perfect as they can be, is always on my mind.

Sleep, drink, eat, think flowers!

So when those kind words come, I know I did a good, and you were chuffed, which makes me chuffed, and then I do just a little body pop!!

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17/03/2023

//CONFETTI PETALS//

A week of Baltic temperatures brought flurries of snow and wintery conditions, but a little respite in our unpredictable British weather afforded some gorgeous outdoor photo opportunities last weekend.

I do love a confetti shot so much and always such a truly joyous moment.

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16/03/2023

Look at this gorgeous baby girl doing her very best Cinderella impression - isn't she just adorable.

I do love a church wedding, and when the stained glass window matches the colour palette, it's almost like there has been some divine inspiration at work!

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15/03/2023

Inspiration colour palette. Sage with blush and a pop of burgundy for a late winter, early spring intimate wedding.

Beautiful flowers from

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13/03/2023

Just imagine waking up to a brand new week as a brand new Mrs!

Congratulations to all the newlyweds out there who tied the knot this weekend 🩶

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10/03/2023

//THE SHOWER BOUQUET//

My trip to culminated in this absolute beauty - a fully wired shower bouquet, foam free of course.

When I showed a photo of my wedding bouquet (circa 1996) to Linz, she gasped at the size of the almost to the floor trailing shower bouquet I had.

We both agreed it would have been incredibly labour intensive and cost an absolute fortune, and we sympathised with the poor florist who had to create it!

08/03/2023

Nestled in the Eden Valley, lies Holesfoot, an imposing and exclusive, grade II listed, 19th century country house.

08/03/2023

//FEATURED ON COCO//

What a fabulous day to celebrate International Women's Day with a feature on blog.

It is such a fantastic celebration of a whole load of talented women coming together to create a little bit of magic.

Huge, huge thanks to all these gals that totally rocked it!

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06/03/2023

//ON THE BENCH//

The infamous bench no less.

It would've been rude to have travelled all that way and to have not knocked up a quick hand tied and finish it with the most beautiful silk ribbon from to have a photo on 'that' bench!

This was just the preamble. This was just a sharing of ideas and flower faffing at its finest before we got down to the making the main star of the show.

I'm hoping everyone on Linz's bouquet making course today has an epic day!

03/03/2023

So what have we got here from my day with ...

caramel tulips, Golden Mustard roses, Lisianthus, Anemones, Daucus, Hellebore, Scabious, Lilac, Viburnum, Waxflower, Prunus and oh, I nearly forgot... Amnesia roses (never gets old that one!)

Here are some flowers that I normally shy away from because I'm not a huge fan, so it was good to be offered the opportunity to use them. Was I converted, hmmm, maybe?

We also talked about trends, shapes, and reflexing flowers. Again, the jury is still out on that one. I think I'll say, never say never.

Tomorrow, I have my very first order of arriving, and I am super excited. Huge thanks to the fabulous Kristina for answering, what seemed like, my endless questions. She was a 💫🌸

01/03/2023

I love colour. Bold colour, subtle colour, all colour.

When I sent Linz my colour palette, it included all the colours I was drawn to at that particular time; ask me today, and it would be something totally different!

Sometimes, a wedding couple will ask for a colour palette that doesn't always obviously lend itself to flowers that are typically in season, and that's when the challenge is on, to try and incorporate a whole range of gorgeousness in one bouquet. So I wanted to see how using a more non-seasonal palette would be... and I loved it!

These absolutely beautiful flowers were ordered by from

27/02/2023

February brought a break in weddings, which meant a little bit of me time with some very gorgeous flowers.

Stay tuned to find out about my down south.

24/02/2023

//JUST US//

The last and quite possibly, although it's really hard to say for sure, my favourite image from Laura and Steve's elopement wedding.

produced a gallery that made selecting images for 9 squares so unbelievably difficult. Image after image were just so, so gorgeous that I could have posted them all. This lady is incredible, pure gold, and I can't wait for August when we work together again.

I am also 3 weeks and counting until I'm back at the fabulous to flower my next wedding, and I'm beyond excited already.

no doubt I will walk into another bridal suite delivering bouquets and see you soon!

This wedding was an absolute joy from start to finish, I loved everything about it, including the absolute trust Laura had in me to come up with the goods and her infectious enthusiasm (not that I need much encouragement in that department!)

Elopement wedding flowers really do not need to be an afterthought. Pop over to my dedicated page on my website *link in bio, and see the amazing package I offer.

20/02/2023

Lake District Wedding Florist.

Specialising in bespoke floral wedding design, with packages for elopement and intimate weddings.

Exquisite and elegant flowers for Lake District weddings.

Very limited dates left for 2023, now booking for 2024.

17/02/2023

"𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩" - Mark Twain

Another gorgeous image of L&S on their elopement wedding day.
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14/02/2023

//ELOPEMENT//

"Hold my hand for a little while, hold my heart forever."

I've been saving this photo to share today on Valentine's Day because it is so utterly gorgeous!

Elopement weddings at are magical, and coupled with those beautiful lakeland fells as the backdrop, the photo opportunities are just endless.

This amazing photo, captured by , is heartachingly gorgeous.

13/02/2023

//KIND WORDS//

It's always so lovely to receive your messages of thanks after the big day.

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10/02/2023

I'm walking into the weekend in a shower of confetti, still on a petal filled high after yesterday!

Here is another utterly romantic intimate moment captured by at

Elopement weddings are so fantastic!

05/02/2023

Inspiration colour palette for a recent winter elopement wedding.

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03/02/2023

I am beyond excited to share my next 9 squares with you of this gorgeous, gorgeous elopement wedding.

My excitement was real for this wedding. My first wedding of the year was an elopement , and as it stands, my last wedding of the year will be an elopement there, and I am already pretty excited about that one, too!

Have to say that when sent me her preview gallery from , I shed a little emosh tear - the photos were just stunning, Tiree had definitely worked her magic.

01/02/2023

Golden hour wedding photo goals!

Thanks to Wendy & Oliver for trusting me with their wedding flowers.

Intimate and elopement wedding flower packages are available, details on my website, link in bio.

30/01/2023

Lake District Wedding Florist.

Almost full for 2023, booking for 2024.

Exquisite and elegant flowers for Lake District weddings.

Specialising in bespoke floral wedding design, with packages for elopement and intimate weddings.

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