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2011-05-10T20:48:00.001+10:00

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WRIST CORSAGES WEDDING/FORMALS

2010-02-28T15:23:00.004+10:00

Time was well spent this week designing and producing wrist corsages suitable for the year 12 formal season which happens every year. I have done numerous corsages over the years for many clients but this year is different as my own daughter is now at that stage. So we tried out various styles etc but am still to produce the "right one" Here are some images of styles tried this week. We are still working on it.

LILY BOUQUETS

2010-02-23T19:37:00.002+10:00

Orange black and white was the theme for Lauren and David's wedding at Hillstone St Lucia on Saturday 20 February.

The bridesmaid's wore black and carried vibrant posy shape bouquets of orange asiatic lilies, green berries and tropical leaves. Lauren carried a white asiatic lily bouquet with orange freesias and green berries.

The table centre pieces were float bowls filled with black glass pebbles and orange lilies sitting on a mirror base. We carried this theme through to the cake top and bridal table flowers. Very bright and stunning indeed.

PINK BOUQUETS

2010-02-23T19:31:00.002+10:00

Friday afternoon 19 February 2010 I provided a couple of very simple Bouquets of Pink Siam Tulips with black ribbon detail for the bride and her 3 bridesmaids.. I hadn't met the bride Paige before but she was thrilled with the flowers. I hope the afternoon clouds stayed away as they headed off for photos to the Roma St Gardens prior to their ceremony at The Urban Hotel.

MOCK WEDDING SHOOT

2010-02-23T19:01:00.003+10:00

Towards the end of January I had the pleasure of coming together with a several other wedding suppliers to do a "Mock Wedding Shoot" at the Toowong Rowing Club.

Melanie of Melanie Rose Photography shot some amazing photos around the location of our two models Tegan and Bec who were transformed for the afternoon by the wonderful make up artist Michelle West and hair stylist Lucie Grevell of Bella Brides. The girls gowns were supplied by Black Tie - White Lace of the Gap.

I provide table centre pieces of floating pink lisianthius and several bouquets. One of the posy bouquets consisted of silk roses with pearl detail and the other a hand tied bouquet of pink and white roses and lisianthius with a stephanotis flower trail.

Thanks to everyone's efforts we have some amazing photos for our use. Thanks Melanie.

CREAM AND WHITE WEDDING BOUQUET

2010-02-23T18:50:00.004+10:00

Friday 5 February 2010 saw the wedding of Louise and Ben. The ceremony was held at Newstead Park and the reception at one of my favourite venues Hillstone at St Lucia. The bride carried a teardrop shape bouquet of white and cream lisianthus with white freesias and singapore orchids. The bridesmaids and flower girls carried hand tied posy shape bouquets of pink, white and mauve freesias. The theme of the freesias was carried through to the simple vases of freesias on the reception tables.

ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET WITH PEARL DETAIL

2010-02-23T18:35:00.002+10:00

On a very sultry Saturday afternoon of 2 January 2010 Hayley and Airmen were married at The Summit Restaurant at Mt Coot tha. The bride looked amazing in an all white dress . She carried a natural stem posy shape bouquet of white roses with a scattering of pale peach roses . Dotted throughout the bouquet were large white pearls on wires as she loves all things pearl. Her sister carried bouquet a similar bouquet of peach roses with cream pearls interspersed. All the guests sat a one large table which had 12 single white roses in small vases as the centre piece.

I had the pleasure again of running into Kelly Weaver of Bridal Hair as she weaved her magic once more.

BRIDAL WRIST CORSAGE

2010-02-23T17:45:00.002+10:00

Sunday 20 December 2009 at Hillstone St Lucia was the setting for the lovely wedding of Rosalind and John. The bride looked spectacular in a lovely pale shade of pink . We designed a matching wrist corsage of pale mini pink spray roses with trailing ribbons and diamantee sprays As a lovely gesture all of the guests attending the wedding were presented with a white roses buttonhole or corsage.

ROSE WEDDING BOUQUETS

2010-02-23T17:24:00.004+10:00

On Saturday 19 December 2009 Judye and David were married at St Stephens Cathedral Brisbane. Judye looked stunning in all white and to team in with her bridesmaids dresses of red she chose fully wired posy shape bouquets of cream roses with a mix of several shades of dusky pink roses and baby's breath for everyone. The girls all had white singapore orchids placed in their hair by the wonderful Kelly Weaver of bridalhair.

IVORY ROSE WEDDING BOUQUET

2009-12-13T16:01:00.002+10:00

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

2009-12-13T14:20:00.004+10:00

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

2009-11-28T20:20:00.002+10:00

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

2009-11-28T20:03:00.003+10:00

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

2009-11-28T19:53:00.003+10:00

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

2009-11-28T19:33:00.005+10:00

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

2009-11-28T19:24:00.003+10:00

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

2009-11-15T19:05:00.004+10:00

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

2009-11-03T13:14:00.004+10:00

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

2009-11-01T21:00:00.003+10:00

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

2009-11-01T20:50:00.006+10:00

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

2009-11-01T20:26:00.005+10:00

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

2009-11-01T20:11:00.006+10:00

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

2009-11-01T18:59:00.005+10:00

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

2009-08-19T18:33:00.006+10:00

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

2009-08-19T18:22:00.005+10:00

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

2009-08-18T17:21:00.005+10:00

CORSAGES

2009-07-20T13:49:00.011+10:00

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

2009-06-01T11:38:00.013+10:00

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

2009-05-10T17:05:00.012+10:00

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

2009-05-07T14:57:00.005+10:00

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

2009-05-07T14:34:00.014+10:00

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.

WHITE WEDDING BOUQUET

2009-04-09T14:01:00.011+10:00

Sunday mid morning saw Anne Campbell and myself head off down to the Sheraton Mirage on the Coast for the wedding of Jessica and David. After catching up with the boys for pinning of their buttonholes we visited Jessica and the girls who were a all looking stunning in a beautiful black and white theme and stunning parasols as they were being photographed by our friend Juanita of Broderick Photography. To keep in with the tropical theme of the resort the ceremony table floral piece of lush foliages and beautiful white singapore orchids looked just as stunning when transported upstairs to the reception venue and placed on the bridal table. This theme of simplicity was also carried through to the black pebbles used with the white lilies as the table centre pieces.

WHITE WEDDING ORCHID TABLE ARRANGEMENTS

2009-04-09T11:10:00.019+10:00

What a Weekend!!!

Saturday March 28 was one of those days that you just knew the skates had to be on from from the very start of the day. The morning starting off with the delivery and set up at 8 am at The Ballroom at Victoria Park Golf Club for the wedding of Jacki and Craig. The tables arrangements due to their size and nature had to be constructed on site on the day of the wedding. To say they were impressive as you walked in was what we were after. The WOW factor was the specification. The vases themselves were almost a meter high in height to which the arrangement was done in. Massed twisted willow came from the centre of the vase with leather fern as a skirt at the top of the vase with 15 stems of very long white wedding singapore cascading from the top. This job required the help from my husband. He just kept filling the 11 vases with litres of water in readiness for me to to place the arrangements. The cake top of white tulips was left for the finishing touches to be put onto the cake by Sarah Jane of Cake That. I only hope there were enough white tulips for her to do her magic with.!!!

After an hour and a half were finished then it was off to Indooroopily Golf Club for the reception table set up for Elizabeth and Lucas's wedding. An easier set up this was as I had already prepared the candelabra centre pieces in advance and we just had to set them in place on the tables. The bridal table has a lively arrangement of white asiatic lilies to match in with the tables. A cake top of several open white roses was again left for Sharon of A Cake to Remember to add to her masterpiece.

Next saw us dashing off to the Rendevous Hotel in the city for placed of buttonholes for Lucas and the boys and a handbag corsages Lucas's mum and grandmother.

A quick dash back to the workroom saw me load up the rest of the afternoons deliveries. Elizabeth and the girls were getting ready at Annerley and here the hairdresser was waiting to finish her magic on the girls with hair flowers. It was great to run into Sonia of Sterling Studios again as she was photographer of the day. Again buttonholes and handbag corsage were in place and i was off again.

Next stop was to Jacki and her party at The Stamford Hotel in the city for her bouquets. The room was full of laughter and tears and the girls looked stunning in their chocolate brown dresses and how amazing did Jacki look!! The tulips were a beautiful addition to their outfits. I had the pleasure of seeing Rhiannon ( one of the bridesmaid's and also Jacki's sister in law now whose wedding bouquet i did last year. It is always great to catch up with past brides.

Next stop was to St Augustines Church at Hamilton for the finishing touches to the church. Twenty beautiful ivory organza bow lined the isle pews along with a spray of baby's breath each. It just added the fairytale touch. Craig and the boys had their buttonholes added before being whisked off to be photographed. It was great to wait and see the wedding unfold before removing the pew bows and flowers and transporting the little bunches of flowers back to Victoria Park before the day was finished. Another hectic but exciting day.

WHITE ORCHID BOUQUETS

2009-04-06T20:34:00.008+10:00

On Friday March 6 Anne Campbell and I along with Stew from "Stewart Ross Photography" headed off by ferry to Straddie for the wedding of Peta and Craig. We first caught up with Peta and her 3 lovely very excited little girls as they were getting ready. After hair flowers and wrist corsages were in place I headed up to the reception venue at the hotel for the set up of the reception vases of massed white singapore orchids surrounded by dodda vine. The cake topper was placed upon the very delicious oh so chocolate cake made by the very talented Sarah Jane of " Cake That." It was then off to the ceremony location hill top outside the surf club for the final placement of the bamboo teepee's and their cascading floral arrangements. to mark the ceremony location. These were then dismantled after the wonderful ceremony and taken back to be placed at the reception. A very exhausting day but loads of fun and laughter where had - this is what makes my day !!!

TULIP WEDDING BOUQUETS

2009-04-01T12:06:00.012+10:00

On Friday February 20 2009 Nicole and Tim chose the Boulevard Gardens at Indooroopilly to host their cosy wedding and reception. The bride and her bridesmaid carried bouquets that contained a mixture of hot and pale pink tulips. This colour theme was carried through to the two shades of pink rose petals that scattered on top of the cup cake tower wedding cake. Despite the unfortunate wet weather, the wedding was filled with perks from the delightful Marriage Celebrant Anne Campbell to the unpredictable 5 year old page boy who had issues with wearing his buttonhole. I do hope everything turned out well for the both of them.

WHITE WEDDING BOUQUET

2009-03-31T16:29:00.011+10:00

With the beginning of a new year I decided it was time to enter the wonderful world of blogging! The world of wedding flowers however had to wait until my daughter and I returned from our three week around the world trip as part of a music tour. She played the music,I just tagged along for the sightseeing! While she played the concerts I checked out the wonderful colour inspirations in Seville, Spain and the fantastic flowers of Tallinn, Estonia, not to mention the sub zero temperatures of New York. We stepped straight off the plane back to 35 degree heat and back into the first wedding of the year.

Shelly Ann and Todd were the lucky couple who tied the knot on the 31st of January 2009, just one week after we arrived back home. Preparation for the wedding was quite hectic as still struggling with slight jet lag. The feature of the bouquet was centered around the incorporation of peacock feathers which were the chosen theme for the day. The bridesmaid bouquets contained a collar of brown magnolia foliage, with white roses,a hint of dyed blue singapore orchids and a scattering of small 'gold' leaves to add a touch of colour. The ceremony took place at the Kenmore Baptist Church, continuing on to a reception at Victoria park golf club. After the ceremony I then transported the large church arrangements of lilies and singapore orchids to the ballroom of Vic Park.

While at the golf club I ran into Jacki and her mother Marg whose wedding I was scheduled to design in March. This was a wonderful opportunity for her as she was able to view the arrangements and set up before her wedding. After much stress (transporting of many stems of open lilies!!) and anticipation the wedding came together and was a huge success. I'd like to say a huge thanks to my husband and family who somehow managed to keep me from collapsing from jet lag during this time!