February 2015 – Sandra's Flower Studio

Washingborough Hall Hotel

Becky and her groom were married in St John’s Church in Washingborough and wanted a single pedestal design. I re-created the waterfall design of the bouquet, rather than the more traditional design. Added into the pinks and ivory flowers were red roses as these had significance to the bride.
This design was to be carried back to the Hall for the reception.

Washingborough Church Pedestal

Washingborough Hall was the setting for the wedding breakfast.
The top table had a trailing long and low design in a mix of red, pinks and ivory flowers with mixed foliage.

Top Table design

The guest tables each had a 100 cm candelabra with a central point display and 4 candles. The flower mix matched the top table.

Candelabras

Washingborough Hall

I also provided real rose petals for the tables in a mix of colours.

Candelabra

February 26, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster

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Pink and ivory wedding flowers

Becky asked me to be involved with her wedding after seeing me at The Bailgate wedding fayre. Her ceremony was at St John’s Washingborough and the reception venue was the gorgeous Washingborough Hall Hotel.
Today I am posting the bridal flowers and following on tomorrow will be the ceremony and reception flowers.

Becky asked for a full, waterfall shower bouquet, in pinks both cerise and pale and ivory with a mix of foliage. I included ivory, cerise and pale pink roses, cerise pink spay carnations and ivory freesia.

Shower bouquet

pink and white

The bridesmaids were wearing cerise pink so their bouquets included pale pink and ivory roses, freesia and wax flower.

Bridesmaid rose posy

The men all wore a simple white rose buttonhole with foliage.

White rose buttonhole

The mum’s each wore a lapel corsage of flowers from the brides and bridesmaids bouquet. One was white/ivory

White corsage

and one pink.

Pink corsage

The groom wore a cerise pink rose with wax flower and foliage.

Pink rose buttonhole

February 25, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster

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Dusky Pink and Ivory wedding flowers

Sally’s wedding was last February and was held at the lovely Charlotte House Hotel in Lincoln’s historic Cathedral Quarter. Her colours were ivory and dusky pink
The bridal bouquet consisted of dusky pink and ivory roses with white freesia and pitto foliage as a tight collar under the flowers.

Brides rose and freesia bouquet

Dusky Pink and ivory roses

Her maids carried a similar but smaller version of her bouquet.

Bridesmaid bouquet

All the men wore a simple single ivory rose with a couple of leaves of pitto.

Rose Buttonhole

The mum’s each wore a corsage of a rose with freesia and foliage. One with an ivory rose and one with a dusky pink.

Ivory rose corsage

Mum’s Corsage

The ceremony was held in The Library at Charlotte House and the table was dressed with a long and low of ivory and dusky pink roses, White freesia and ivory and dusky pink eustoma with mixed foliage. Either side the table was one of my bay trees.

Charlotte House Ceremony table

These were dressed with all in ivory.

Bay Tree

For the wedding breakfast the ceremony table display was transferred to sit on the top table.

Top Table arrangement

Long and low display

The guest tables each had a lily vase with dusky pink and ivory eustoma and bear grass.

Lily vase centerpiece

Charlotte House orangery set up and waiting for the arrival of the bride and groom and their wedding party.

Charlotte House Top Table

Lily vase centerpieces

I was also asked to provide ‘Thank you’ flowers in the wedding colours to give out during the speeches.

‘Thank you’ Hand ties in water

February 24, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster

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Ivory and Black wedding Flowers

Lauren and Dan’s wedding was Christmas 2013 but it was such a lovely set up that I had to share. A photo of one of their candelabra displays also gave my business a boost as it was this tweet that Theo Paphitis picked out on his #SBS (small business Sunday) a couple of weeks later.

Lauren wanted to keep her flowers fairly simple and in keeping with her black and white theme. We chose ivory roses and black skeleton leaves with black lily grass for the loops. The stems were bound with black satin ribbon.

Brides Black and Ivory Bouquet

The mums wore a matching corsage of an ivory rose and spray roses with black lily grass and black lace trim.

Ivory roses with black detailing corsage

The men all wore an ivory rose buttonhole with black lily grass.

Ivory rose buttonhole

The bridesmaids each carried a similar but smaller bouquet to the bride.

Bridesmaid ivory and black bouquet

Their reception venue was The Old Barn at Marston which was dressed in black and white.
The top table had a long and low design of a mix of ivory and white flowers with black and variegated foliage.

Top Table design

Black and Ivory flower display

The guest tables each had a 100cm candelabra with pure white candles. These were dressed with a central display in flowers to match the top table.

100cm candelabra

Flower ball display

The Old Barn ready and waiting for the bridal party to arrive.

The Old Barn

The Old Barn

I also provided ‘Thank you’ flowers to be given during the speeches.

Thank You basket

February 23, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster

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Shortlisted on the Guides For Brides 5* Customer Service Awards

Sandra's Flower Studio - Guides for Brides - The Wedding Directory

Exciting news!!!:
Thanks to my lovely brides voting for me I have been shortlisted in The Guides For Brides 5* Customer Service awards. This is purely based on client feedback and reviews from 2014 weddings.
I don’t have long to wait for the finals as they are announced on Thursday. In the meantime I have another lovely badge to add

Thank you to all who took the time to vote
Sandra x

February 11, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster

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Some of my favourite bouquets

I promised some gorgeous flower photos to kick start my blog and today I am making good with that promise. There is so much I want to add but this is a flower blog and they need to go first.

These are some of my favorite bouquets from my lovely brides, from traditional showers, cascade bouquets and posy hand ties it is hard to choose there are so many.

Dusky pink and ivory roses with freesia

Pink and white tulip spring hand tie

A gorgeous shower bouquet in purple, lilacs and ivory

A stunning cascade bouquet in aubergine, lilac and white

A bouquet of sunshine, sunflowers and mini yellow chrysanthemums

I hope to post many of the bouquets from my 2014 weddings in sets, to give ideas of different colour schemes, styles and where possible venue set ups too.

Sandra x

February 9, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster

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St Valentine’s Day

Yes it is nearly here, St Valentine’s Day, February 14th, the day(!) the shops go red and love is in the air. Where anything and everything can be bought to say those three little words ‘I Love you’.

If the love of your life loves flowers then please support your local florist who will have a range of gorgeous flowers that can be hand delivered to them on this special day.

I will have a range of gorgeousness ready to be delivered in and around Lincoln and Gainsborough and all the villages in between. From single roses in a keepsake vase, to half dozens and dozens of the traditional red rose along with both white, pink and rainbow ones for the traditional with a twist. All my roses are delivered in water for added freshness and longevity.

Don’t like roses? I also have mixed bouquets and hand tied designs in both red and mixed colours.

The best way to order is to phone me up and place an order direct where I can assist you in choosing the perfect design or you can fill in the form on my contact page and I will get in touch with you or you can go to my online page of the direct2florist relay organization and choose from the designs on there.

http://www.direct2florist.co.uk/sandras-flower-studio-f83468/

February 5, 2015/0 Comments/by webmaster