Last weekend I had the pleasure of doing flowers for an old school friend. Kelly chose a vintage theme of gorgeous muted tones of antique Pinks, Ivory and and Greens. I used gorgeous Ammi and Astrantia to give the bouquet a country feel and the most heavenly scented Ivory Roses and Lilac. 
The buttonholes were wrapped in rustic twine and were a mixture of Ranunculus and Anemone with Wax Flower and Astrantia. 
Here is a picture for Kelly looking gorgeous with her son. 
The table decorations were a mixture of quart pint milk bottles and kilner jars filled with similar flowers which looked amazing teamed with Kelly's beautiful favours and tea lights. 

This season's wreath making workshops were a huge success. Over 180 people came and made a wreath this year, and it was amazing to see all the different variations. All were beautiful and natural, and they seemed to get bigger and bigger as the workshops progressed! 

We used mostly natural foraged materials, such as Rosehips, Fircones, Old Man's Beard, Spindleberry, Mistletoe, Ivy, Teasles, Hawthorn and all sorts of different Pine and Fir foliages. Some people then decided to 'upgrade' their wreath with a bag of goodies such as Cinnamon sticks, Apples, Oranges and Chillies or alternatively there were beautiful Roses, Cabbages, Thistles and pretty ribbon, if you wanted a more luxurious look! 

Most people who hadn't done it before were very sceptical that they could produce anything they'd be proud to hang on their front door - but every single one was a masterpiece and I would have gladly hung it on my own front door!
 
It really was a wonderful way to get in the festive mood, with mulled wine, nibbles and carols and a lovely way to catch up with your friends or meet new people!

Bookings for next Christmas's workshops will be taken from late summer. Look out on Facebook for reminders or email me to be put on the mailing list. 
A huge thank you to all the lovely hosts who invited me into their homes and had to clear up afterwards!! x 

Flowers from my cutting garden were used to create these show stopper arrangements for a country village christening recently. A little boy and girl were being christened so I could go wild with pink and blue and every shade in-between! 
I can do as little or as much for any party or entertaining, so please call me to discuss your requirements! 

The jubilee weekend bought about many parties and celebrations and I was busy putting together table decorations and bouquets for the lovely Jane Staunton Catering and Fielders farm shop. 

Jane went for a pretty vintage theme in Golden Syrup tins which went down brilliantly at a party over in Bedwyn. I used mainly English garden flowers such as gloriously scented Sweet Peas and Lisianthus for the 'White', Sweet Williams and Gerberas for the 'Red' and Cornflowers and Agapanthus for the 'Blue', Shame the weather didn't match the cheeriness of the flowers, but I am assured a good time was had by all despite the rain! 

Huge congratulations to Max and Matthew Gaw who were married last saturday at Kingston Bagpuize House in Oxfordshire. I went to school with Max back when we were about  12 years old, so it was lovely when she asked me to do the flowers for her special day, and to join them at the ceremony to watch them tie the knot! 

Max knew exactly what she wanted and it was lovely to work with a bride with such inspiring ideas.  Her colour scheme was romantic tones of soft apricot, pinks, ivory and silvery green foliage. Max's attention to detail was amazing, just as an example, Max, her sister and bridesmaid hand-made around 100 tissue paper pom-poms to decorate the marquee - and it looked just beautiful! I can't wait to see the official photographs, but for now you can see a few of the photos on my Facebook page. 

Take a look at this fantastic blog and photo album of Tina and Kieren's wedding featuring lots of my flowers! 
Truly stunning pictures from a very talented pair of photographers! 
Jules and Sue's Blog.