IVORY ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

On Friday 11 December Anne Maree and Chris were married at St Mary's at Kangaroo Point. The bride chose a bouquet of Vendella roses with an ivory satin bow whilst her 6 bridesmaids carried bouquets of Sweet Avalanche pink roses with white freesias. The flowergirl carried a tiny posy of white freesias. At the reception venue at Gianni Events at Portside we placed on alternating tables large belly shape vases filled with tall twisted willow and cascading long white singapore orchid sprays.

RED WEDDING BOUQUETS

Red Gerberas were the flower of choice for Nicole and her bridal party on a hot Saturday the 28 November. The bridal her three bridesmaids and 3 flower girls all carried hand tied bunches of mimi red gerberas. The groom and his groomsmen also wore red gerberas as buttonholes.

The reception at Seasalt at Armstrongs at the Inchcolm hotel in the city had a colourful theme of red,black, and ivory with touches of cheery blossom. As cherry blossom wasn't available we added bunches of xmas bush to the tall table arrangements of twisted willow, white singapore orchids and and spray pink carnations.

MIXED ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

One of my all time favourite romantic wedding bouquets of Chantilly Roses and Freesias is what Kirstii and Chanel chose for their wedding on 14 November at the Indooroopilly Golf Club. I have produced this bouquet many times and I never fail to love it even more each time I have the privilege of designing it . The cream and ivory rose petals were carried through to the reception tables where we scattered a carpet of both the Chantilly and cream rose petals around the hurricane lamps on each table. Ben Clarke from Ben Clarke Photography photographed the day for the happy couple.

MUSICAL FARIES

Apart from my love of designing and producing wedding bouquets I had the special privilege of creating floral headpieces for the Silvan Strings Quartet to wear at a gig in which they provided some background music as "faries in the garden" for "The Botanique Fashion Parade" held at the Botanical Gardens at Mt Coot tha. Due to the impending storm the venue was changed from the Japanese Garden to the auditorium at the last minute. (The gardens would have been more suitable for the faries)

RED ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

Glengariff Historical Estate at Dayboro Darren and Katrina were married on 30 October 2009. Katrina chose a beautiful rose wedding bouquet of deep red roses with a scattering of cream roses. The bridesmaids dressed in black carried the same the red and cream coloured rose bouquets. Darren matched Katrina by wearing a cream rose buttonhole and the groomsmen wore red rose buttonholes. The wonderful Stew from Stewart Ross Photography photographed the day for them whilst Anne Campbell the Marriage Celebrant performed the official part of the day.

ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

Saturday October 17 saw the wedding of Liz and David at St Ignatius Church at Toowong.

The bridal bouquet were a lovely mix of open pale cream roses, mini ivory spray roses and white freesias. The 3 bridesmaids carried similar bouquets and the beautiful little flower girl carried a white satin basket filled with cream roses and white freesias.

The reception was held at GOMA at South Bank where the table centre pieces were placed on glass mirrors and the bridal table was adorned by swags of tulle and flickering fairy lights. The wind factor was an issue with setting up but as the afternoon wore on it settled down making finishing off the decorations a lot easier.

ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

Saturday October 10 saw Carole and Bruce wed at Hillstone St Lucia Golf Club. Although I never got to meet Carole personally we were able to design a beautiful rose wedding bouquet in shades of pale pink roses and matching buttonhole for their special day. Congratulations to you both.

ORCHID LEIS

Saturday 3 October at the Bouvelard Gardens at Indooroopilly saw me working once again with the wonderful Marriage Celebrant Anne Campbell. White Singapore Orchid leis were the special feature of this wedding to celebrate the grooms Samoan heritage. The leis were distributed by the groom and bride to family members after the wedding . Aimee carried a beautiful bouquet of open white and ivory roses and white and cream lissianthius. The bridesmaids carried small bouquets of several shades of pink roses which teamed beautifully with their black dresses. The bride and grooms daughter stole the show with her "magic wand"of mini spray pink and ivory roses and her matching flower halo.

ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

Saturday September 26 was the day Susan and Tu chose for their wedding at St James Church Coorparoo. As Susan arrived Brisbane was just recovering from the previous days dust storms and the wind had blown up again. Blue was the theme for the day. She chose a beautiful white gown with a long blue tied ribbon. The blue bow theme was carried through to her wedding bouquet of white roses and small blue bows. Her bridesmaids instead of carrying bouquets chose the increasingly popular wrist corsages to match their ice blue dresses.

CALLY LILLY WEDDING BOUQUETS

On Sunday September 20 I had the privilege again of working with the very talented Juanita from Broderick Photography. This time dancers Jasmine and Callum chose Mt Tamborine for their wedding. Calla Lily Wedding Bouquets were the theme. Jasmine carried a white rose and calla lilly trailing bouquet and the girls vibrant orange calla lilly bridesmaid bouquets. The flowergirls had 2 shades of pink calla lilies. I was able to get a few very small white calla lilies for Jasmine to have placed in her hair to add to the "Audrey Hepburn" theme. We carried the calla lilies though to the floral centre pieces which were added to tall vases with twisted willow and battery operated LED light again. Very spectacular at night. The ceremony had tall bamboo floral centre pieces as there feature in the rain forest.

WRIST CORSAGES

Megan and Andrew chose Roma Street Parklands on Saturday September 12 for their wedding. This time orange and green was the colour theme. Megan carried a beautiful Wedding Bridal Bouquet of white lissianthius, green succulents, green singapore and cymbidium orchids with a magnolia foliage frame. The bridesmaids wore the increasing popular wrist corsages of green cymbidium orchids and ribbon. The chairs at the ceremony had clusters of orange freesias added to the bow on the back of them.

WHITE WEDDING BOUQUET

September started off with a beautiful wedding at McCarthur Park and reception following at The Courthouse restaurant again. This time Danica and Tristan had a lovely intimated wedding which was photographed by the wonderful Juanita from Broderick Photography. To compliment her stunning dress Danica chose a simply wedding bouquet of "Baby's Breath" and dusty miller foliage . Their wedding table was complimented by a lovely wreath arrangement .

ARUM LILLY WEDDING BOUQUETS

What a busy day Saturday 29 August was. Firstly the delivery to Aliesha for her wedding to Brad and then it was off down to the Bay for the wedding of Linda and Paul at the Courthouse Restaurant. This time arum lilies were the choice for Linda's wedding bridal bouquets. A beautiful teardrop shape wedding bouquet for Linda was complimented by bridesmaid bouquets of arum lilly arm sheath bouquets tied with purple organza ribbon overlaid with purple beading to match their dress style. The reception flowers were tall vases of twisted willow with LED lights and several arum lilies complimented by mirror bases and tea lights. These beautiful images were taken by Melanie of Melanie Rose Photography

BLUE WEDDING FLOWERS

Saturday August 29 saw Brad and Aiesha marry at Springfiled Lakes. Aliesha wanted to add touches of the right shade of blue to her wedding bridal bouquet. In endeavoring to find the shade saw me"spray dying" mini roses as the finishing touch. We combined these with white asiatic lilies and white roses in her wedding bouquet and that of her bridesmaids.

RED WEDDING BOUQUETS

On Sunday August 9 Alicia and Mark chose The Broadway Chapel at Wooloongabba for their marriage. The wonderful Anne Campbell was the celebrant and Stew from Stewart Ross Photography captured it all on film. The bride carried a bouquet of red roses and freesias with a touch of white and her bridesmaid carried predominately white roses, freesias with a hint of red. The bright colours of red and orange were carried though to the reception floral centre pieces, cake and paper cranes( which were made by the bride).

TULIP WEDDING BOUQUETS

August is shaping up to be a very busy month. On Saturday August 8 Jill and Tony were married at St Ignatius Church at Toowong. A very elegant affair indeed. Cream and purple was the colour theme . Jill looked stunning in a cream gown with her bridesmaid in lavender and the flowergirl in white and purple. Tony and the groomsmen were decked out in tails. The girls all carried beautiful cream roses and purple tulip handtied bouquets.

TULIP POSY BOUQUETS

CORSAGES

Well it's July and i havn't caught up on June yet.. June was spend doing matching corsages and buttonholes for year 12 formals for a variety of clients. The wrist corsages are a definite winner with the girls with matching bead and bow detail to set off their special outfits . And of course the partners must match in as well. Apart from this a busy month with corporate clients.

POSY WEDDING BOUQUETS

MAY MADNESS

Well May has come and gone !!!! - there was Mother's Day, my birthday, ABIA Awards and of course Weddings to be done.

Mother's Day is one of the florist's busiest days of the year with all those lovely Chrissie available ( as well as other beautiful flowers) beautiful large yellow and white disbuds along with single Chrissies in every colour of the rainbow. My Mum was the recipient of some beautiful yellow and white spider chryssies. As my birthday falls on or coincides with Mother's day every year - every thing but flowers is what i receive.

The beginning of May saw emails being received for the announcement of finalists of the ABIA Awards (Australian Bridal Industry Awards for Qld ) . For the past 4 years i have been lucky enough to have been a finalists in the Floral Design Category . Clients for the past 12 months ( brides and groom's) have to nominate you for an award under many areas in your category. Service, value for money, professionalism etc etc.

At the awards it's nice to catch up with fellow wedding industry suppliers as well as meet new ones. 6th place seemed to be the theme for our table this year. Sarah Jane ( Cake That) Toni Snell (Photographer) Cherisse (Make up artist) and myself were all awarded /voted 6th place in our respected categories. A good time and lots of laughs were had.

Saturday May 30

On a lovely Saturday afternoon Melea and Cameron chose Hillstone St Lucia for their wedding. The colour theme was pink and white. Her bouquet consisted of white roses and freesias, with white and pink lissianthius. She looked stunning with several white lissianthius in her hair. Her flower girl had similar flowers and Cameron and the Page Girl looked handsome in suites with white rose buttonholes. This theme was carried through on to the reception table pieces of simple rose petals, dodda vine and tea light candles. Melea was fantastic to work with and i wish she and Cameron all the very best.

WHITE TULIP ARM SHEATH BOUQUET

On Saturday afternoon Jessica and Michael tied the knot at "The Shed"@ Toowong Rowing Club.

The groom, his two groomsmen and 2 female attendants made a grand entrance arriving by rowing up the river to the waiting guests. After a quick change into formal attire we then awaited

the arrival of the bride, her 2 bridesmaids and male brides' mate to arrive also by river craft - a pleasure craft not rowing like the boys. The ceremony area on the lawn by the river was adorned by a rose petal isle and 2 bambo

o teepees with lush foliages and white roses which I constructed on site and then removed after the ceremony inside to the reception area. The girls all carried tulip bouquets which was carried through to the table arrangements of tulips and dodda vine in glass fish bowls. We then topped off the beautiful wedding cake with white tulips and dodda vine.

ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

Sunday May 3 Amanda and Ian were married at Peppers @Salt Kingscliffe. The lovely Anne Campbell who performed the ceremony kindly delivered the bouquet and hair flowers to the bride who i designed this bouquet for via emails. I believe the afternoon was very windy but all went well. Photo kindly taken by Anne. Thanks Anne.

ROSE TEARDROP BOUQUET

On Saturday last May 2 Crystal and Phil walked down the isle at the Broadway Chapel with 3 bridesmaids and 3 little flowers all in toe. Pretty in pink was the theme. The flower girls looked ever so pretty with their satin basket filled with hot pink mini roses and halos of baby's breath and white mini roses. The three bridesmaids had different shades of pink sashes whilst Crystal's dress sparkled with "crystals". She carried the pink theme over to her teardrop bouquet of white and hot pink roses. We carried the hot pink theme over to the reception tables at Snug Harbour. Glass circular centre pieces with float bowls with hot pink rose heads, and floating candles was surrounded by pink petals and tea lights. We wish Phil and Crystal al the best.