Welcome back to the final post in my series about last weeks April wedding preparations.
Having finished the church and the barn, the final stage was to make the three bridesmaids bouquets and the bridal bouquet. This was the most nerve racking part of the whole process! In agreement with the bride I had decided early on that it would be best to buy in the flowers for these bouquets. If the wedding had been later in the season I would have been more inclined to use garden flowers, but the uncertainty of having suitable flowers by mid April meant I was happier to know we had the flowers on order. Besides – all brides like to have a few roses on their wedding day and these are in short supply in April.
For the bride I ordered white Avalanche roses, white ranunculus and white stocks. The bride was clear that she did not want a round hand tied bouquet. The elegant trailing twenties style was much more too her taste. Too achieve this look I used the flowing foliage of Thiapsi (available from florists) and plenty of stems of my Bridal Wreath spirea (spirea ‘arguta’) from the garden.
I loved this lace ribbon threaded with a string of pearls, which I used to bind the stems of the bouquet. The pearl pins held the ribbon in place. The lace ribbon was provided by the bride.
White Avalanche roses are unscented but beautiful. I sprayed the bouquet with water to keep it fresh – hence the water droplets on the petals.
The white stocks added a beautiful scent to the bouquet.
The bridesmaids bouquets were simple hand tied bunches of white snapdragons threaded through with beautiful airy ferns. By the time I finished the bouquets I was so short of time that I had to photograph the three bouquets all together in the bucket in which I would transport them to the bride.
So that marks the end of my preparations for this beautiful wedding – the bouquets were delivered to the bride on Friday evening, I popped back to the venue on Saturday morning to add the final touches and now I am looking forward to seeing the professional photos – I hope there is a lovely one of the bridal party with their bouquets!
I will be back tomorrow with my April Cutting Garden Review. For this month’s Giveaway I have found a lovely little book called Some Flowers by Vita Sackville-West. First published in 1937, Vita provides pen portraits of 25 of her favourite flowers and it is a real treat to read. To enter the draw simply leave a comment on tomorrows post.
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These are really beautiful arrangements – lovely combination of flowers – well done. I’m sure the bride and her bridesmaids were thrilled 🙂
Thank you Bec!!
Beautiful. It all looks quite magical. Well done
Thank you Frowned Dweller – magical was the mood I was looking for!!
I thoroughly enjoyed these posts Julie. You did a fantastic job!
Thank you Cathy!
Brings back memories of three daughters and their special days.
I have two daughters and a son John, so hope to have a few special days to look forward to myself.
Well done Julie. Your flower arrangements are simply spectacular and you should be hugely proud of these beautiful posies and vases. I am sure any bride would have been thrilled with such gorgeous displays. I did enjoy reading your posts about the preparations. Makes one realise just how much hard work and weeks of careful planning go into something like this.
Thank you Joanna – I am so pleased that you enjoyed these posts! I think there is a lot more to the flowers at events than most people realise.
I especially love the white snapdragons in the bridesmaids bouquets: such a simple but just perfect flower for this! What a job indeed….
Thank you Libby – they did look lovely and perfect for the simple theme of this wedding.
Having helped my Daughter arrange flowers for weddings, I know how stressful it can be to get it all right for what is an important day. The white and green theme is lovely for a spring wedding. I do like the style of the bride’s bouquet.
Thank you Brian – it is nice to hear from someone who understands what I have been feeling!!
Beautiful. Romantic, creamy white flowers; perfect for a bride, she must have been thrilled.
Thank you Chloris – I think this is my favourite colour scheme for a wedding.
So beautiful-the bride will have been over-joyed.
Thank you!!
simply stunning, Julie! How I have enjoyed reading this little series and, of course, admiring the images too.
Thank you Ann – I am so pleased that you have enjoyed this series and my photos. It is much harder to get good images when you are under time pressure and trying to get good shots whilst really concentrating on getting the flowers right!
What absolutely stunning arrangements. What a lucky pair to have such amazing floral displays on their wedding day.
beautiful. Lucky bride!
It was wonderful to see this come together Julie. Well done, you are very talented!
That was quite an undertaking, and a daunting responsibility to get right. All the flowers look absolutely fabulous!
Absolutely stunning, any bride would be so pleased with the result! I have enjoyed reading about all the preparations and the work involved, you are a very talented lady!
I am with the bride in having a less traditional bouquet and you outdid yourself here…add to that the other bouquets in whites and greens and these are simply what I would have loved for my wedding…my flowers are still a sore subject for me.
Julie….such beautiful/stunning/spectacular/gorgeous/inspirational flowers. wonderful posts, amazing photos as usual but just adored the flowers. I want to pin all the photos as inspiration. Do you have garden open days ever? Rachel x
Job well done Julie! Your April bride must have been so delighted with everything. I didn’t have a traditional ‘white wedding’ but when I look at such photos I sometimes wish that I could turn back the clock 🙂 The rose despite its name seems to have a creamy touch about it or is that my eyes?