Apr

19

Teeny Test Tubes and Lace Umbrellas

Butterflies / elegant wedding / Floristry / flowers / wedding flowers

You’ve already seen a snippet of the bridal bouquet from this wedding, now a few from the reception venue. The wedded couple are friends of mine, and the Bride had incredibly beautiful ideas for the reception, which came together very prettily. She wanted an elegant, springlike, almost minimalistic feel.

The table decorations alternated between lace umbrellas with butterflies and tiny test tubes with flowers hanging from them. Underneath sat a few classic jam jars, tied in varying hues of blue raffia. (Raffia, I love you).  On alternative tables, there were tall vases filled with twisted hazel, with tiny blue butterflies and even tinier test tubes attached filled with the teeniest flowers. Around the base of the vases was a springlike wreath.

Altogether, the effect was pretty magical in the room, and the umbrellas span slightly with the warmth from the heaters, which looked very pretty.

Sarah Hill Flowers from Plymouth helped me out for this wedding (in Bath!) and it was so wonderful to work with such a talented, happy lady! (She has also just got engaged, so even more congratulations and happiness are headed her way!)

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Apr

18

Blue Hues Spring Bouquet

Change / Floristry / flowers / News / wedding bouquet / wedding flowers

Just a quick post, this one. The full report on the intricate details of the table decorations at this wedding will be on the blog soon, I promise.

Lack of communication is due to busyness, life changes, being ill in bed for over a week and moving to the Cotswolds in just over two weeks! Also, the other small bit of news that my hubby and I are expecting a baby this October. Just thought you might want to know…

Back to flowers! Beautiful blue hues and pinks, with hyacinths, muscari, clematis, delphinium, roses, ranunculus, lilacs and gorgeous deep purple anemones. Oh I do love a good blend of the best flowers.

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Oct

01

Purple: the Wedding Colour of 2012?

Colour / Floristry / flowers / wedding bouquet / wedding flowers

It seems so many brides this year have fallen in love with the colour ‘Purple’ and all it’s different shades!

Maroon, Cadbury’s Purple, Lilac, Deep Purple, Lavender. It’s definitely the colour of choice from 2012 from my brides so far! Having discussed it briefly with a couple of other wedding suppliers, they’ve agreed – this year has all been about the purple.

Here’s a more maroon wedding from the Summer:

Here’s a ‘country’ style purple wedding:

What do you think? Is this your experience too?

What is it about the lovely purple that is so alluring?!

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Sep

21

A Woodlandy Wedding

Floristry / flowers / Photography / wedding bouquet / wedding flowers / Wedding photos / wild

The beautiful wedding of Jenny and Jonny (who you may recognise from this woodlandy engagement photoshoot!) was on the 1st September. Jenny and Jonny are friends of mine and I was asked to do the flowers, and to take a few photographs of the Bride in the morning.

Jenny’s bridal bouquet was especially special; Juliet David Austin Roses and Patience David Austin Roses, White Dahlias, Seeded Eucalyptus, Scabiosa, Snowberry, the last of my fresh Lavender, Astilbe, Asparagus Fern, Eryngium, Love-in-a-mist, and of course a little bit of Mollis (still one of my favourites!) The bouquets were bound in hessian. The mini buttonhole bouquets were completely gorgeous – each on different and tied with different ribbons.  The bridesmaid dresses were hand-made by family, and looked utterly gorgeous with the windy weather Jenny and Jonny were blessed with! (A windy wedding is always the best ,someone once told me!)

Their reception flowers were different on every table, arranged in a variety of containers that Jenny had collected. From ‘vintage’ tea tins, to wicker baskets, wooden boxes and jugs. Of course, there were a few jam jars in there too…  Their cake was dressed with lavenders and lavender leaves, and Jenny had collected pots of lavender and heathers which decorated the reception venue. A few of their engagement photoshoot photos featured in their guest book too, which was a lovely feature.  Beautiful huh?! This couple have wonderful taste, and a real love for trees!

Jenny and Jonny, I really am so happy for you! Congratulations on getting hitched!

I’m catching up backwards on all the photos from the Summer… so stay tuned for more blog posts soon!

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Sep

17

Jessie and the Floral Headdress

Floral / flowers / Inspiration / Photography / Portraits / wedding flowers / wild

One wedding, I had a few blooms leftover. Some were broken heads, a few scraps of foliage here and there. With all my excess energy from doing the wedding flowers (ho hum…) I weaved together a headband, and called upon a rather beautiful friend of mine to wear it for me. We took a trip to a nearby field in Durham that overlooks the Cathedral from a distance, and took a few photos there.

Wouldn’t they be perfect for a country wedding? On flower girls? Or the bride herself? Oh, I wish floral headdresses were something you could wear to everyday parties. Or just for a stroll with the dog. I’m not sure I could make it work, myself.

I hope you like the photoshoot as much as I did. I feel as though I step into a dreamworld every time I look through them!

Thank you so much Jessie for wearing the headdress for me. I think it suits you! x

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Sep

12

Late Summer Country Garden Bouquet

Durham / Floristry / flowers / wedding bouquet / wedding flowers

PHEW! The busy wedding season is slowly ceasing, and although I love all the weddings I do, and enjoy my work, I must say I’m relieved to have a little more time! For a start, I am hoping to show you all the exciting things I’ve been up to and all that Floral Footsteps has created.

Perhaps I’ll work backwards through the Summer… Starting with last weekend’s wedding; a gloriously sunny September day in a lovely quaint church with a reception at Durham Castle (my second there this Summer). Natural ‘country garden’ style has been much sought after this Summer, particularly the ever so lovely jam-jar posies!

The bouquet featured Dahlias, seeded Eucalyptus, Astilbe, Flowering Mint, Spray Roses, September Flower, Snapdragon, Alchemilla Mollis, Scabious and much more.

Here’s a few shots of the Bride with her bouquet. She spent a good few minutes studying every angle of the bouquet. Each side was a little different!

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Jun

19

In the Workspace Today

Deliveries / Floral / flowers / General / Seasonal / Summer

Usually, Tuesday is not flower day for me.  Usually, that’s towards the end of the week.  I don’t enjoy turning down requests for bouquets earlier on in the week – I do hope you guys out there find the right florist to replace me… ;) But this week was an exception to the usual rule, so I thought it was worth it’s own special blog.

I’m a bit of a sucker for atmospheric, whimsical shots of flowers. I love the blog of the fantastic florist Miss Pickering, the incredible creativity of florist Amy Merrick and Lotte from Lotte and Bloom, and of photographers such as Kari Herer and the Wellies and Vogue blog by Tori is always a good look too.  Most of the time, this kind of beauty surrounds me too, I just often forget to pick up my camera and snap away at it.  I’m usually in too much of a rush. Working solo often means that I don’t have that worker to say – “could you just clean up that mess whilst I flaunt around with my camera before we need to head out in 5 minutes for a delivery?” It’s just me, so often it passes me by.

Well, today, I grabbed 5 minutes of time and snapped away. I wanted to show you some of the beautiful flowers I’ve enjoyed working with today.

Lovely, beautiful sunflowers.  This bouquet went out to a graduating student, who had just found out she had passed her degree. Wish I could pass a degree all over again, just to be sent sunflowers. ahh.

Incredibly scented Peonies. One of my favourite flowers. I love them. I want to grow a farm of them.

Irises. The granny’s favourite. Beautiful in long, elegant vases on their own.

Double bloomed lilac delphinium. I have some of this growing in my garden. Somehow it’s managed to survive the Spaniel.

Orchids. Sold like hot-cakes last week. There are some gorgeous varieties of orchids in the world I do wish I could fill my whole house with them. I love their elegance and the fact they last so long.

Mini Dahlia plants. I love these happy sunny flowers.

Finally, Agapanthus. Agapanthus always makes me chuckle as I remember a funny conversation I once had. Last year, my lovely Mother came up to help prepare flowers for a wedding. She, unlike me, was not accustomed to regularly looking at flowers all day, and found the experience a little overwhelming… She went to bed at night and dreamt that a giant agapanthus (one of these flowers you see above) was chasing her in her dream! Apparently quite frightening, I’m not sure how…

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May

02

Late April Catchup

busy / flowers / Home Life / Spring

I turned 25 this late April.  It rained, a lot.  But it was okay, because I got new wellies without holes in for my birthday.  They’re striped black and olive.  I’m a fussy welly wearer, but these I am very happy with.  Maybe I’ll post pictures of them one day.

We ate a big dinner at my house.  We moved chairs out of the lounge and borrowed a big table.  For the first time in a long time, I held a sit down dinner party for 8.  It felt great.  We used the silver cutlery my grandparents saved up to buy us for our wedding, but have never found a ‘special’ enough occasion to christen.  Food tastes nicer when you’re using new, special cutlery.

Late April also sees the season for bluebells and other wild woodland flowers.  I’ll be able to tell you what they are soon, because I received a wild flower identification book for my birthday.  It has also been very rainy.  Walking the dog has not been a pleasant experience.

I’ve thought about starting to use Flickr again.  Only I don’t like the layout anymore.  After becoming aquainted with Pinterest, and seeing so many Tumblr blogs, Flickr seems a bit outdated.  I want them to revamp it, so I feel cutting edge using it again.  Any of you folk still using Flickr regularly?

And Robinsons flowers are going well. Nearly selling through every week, and I bought some gorgeous tissue paper to accompany it.  I want to frame it and put it up in my house.  Or use it as wallpaper.  Can you use tissue paper as wallpaper, I wonder?

 

 

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Apr

16

It Started with 100 Oranges

Business Footsteps / Durham / flowers / For Sale

Well, I’ve got some exciting news to tell you.

It’s a story that started 3 weeks ago.

I ordered 100 oranges, 40 kumquats and 30 lemons for this zesty wedding, and I met Mrs Robinson of Robinsons Greengrocers in Durham.  She was lovely, and delivered my order for free at the ‘Floral Footsteps Studio’, aka – the garage.

The next day, she rang me and made a ‘business proposition’.

Then I went on holiday for two weeks.  Suspense.

When I came back, we met up and chatted and it’s now official that Floral Footsteps will be selling bouquets ‘to go’ in the front of their fantastic shop in North Road on Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays!  Having not had the opportunity to outlet bouquets of flowers in this way before, it’s really exciting that we’re branching into this.  The bouquets will be seasonal, wrapped with raffia (of course!) and mostly under £5.  Perfect for brightening up a corner of your home, and bringing a little nature inside.

Look out for the bouquets – starting this week!

 

Ps- the oranges were fantastic.  I ate some.

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Apr

11

Zesty Bouquets, Poppies and Paperwhites

Colour / Floristry / flowers / Spring / wedding flowers

Gloriously golden bouquets to kick off the Spring stream of weddings!  The bridesmaids wore a bright shade of teal, and these zesty, warm bouquets offset the colours perfectly.  I can’t wait to see the photos back from the wedding itself.

The Groom was from Orange County, California, so the Bride wanted to incorporate citrus fruits and golden yellows and oranges.  I snuck a few kumquats in the bouquets, and spent what felt like a lifetime slicing 100 oranges and 30 lemons, lining goldfish vases.  The result was gorgeous, and the theme really came alive.


I used some Oriental Poppies, and gorgeous, gorgeous Paperwhite Narcissi in the bouquets, both of which filled my heart with tingles of excitement!  Flowers are amazing.

You can see more photos of the bouquets here: Orange and Golden Yellow Bouquets

You can see more photos of the reception flowers here: Orange Slices and Table Flowers

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