I also made a large arrangement which I placed in the
entrance to the Great hall.
Denise wore trousers and a waistcoat, whilst Heather wore a
traditional wedding dress in a subtle champagne colour. They wanted their own
flowers to complement each other and decided on shoulder corsages – these are a
small gathering of flowers pinned onto the shoulder. Usually these are wired
(that is to say the heads of the flowers are chopped off and then attached to a
wire – this makes it easy to manipulate the flowers into shape and keeps the
corsage light). I don`t like the idea of chopping the heads off flowers, so was
keen to find a way of making the corsages with whole flowers. I used white
roses, freesia, gypsophila, bluebells, rosemary, and ivy. I was really pleased
with the result (thanks to 1and1photography for the close up):
And here they are signing the register:
I used white and blue for all the wedding party – this
matched the bridesmaids’ dresses and the young men’s ties/cravats. Instead of posies I made wrist corsages for
the bridesmaids. Again, I used white roses, freesias, bluebells, gypsophila, rosemary and
ivy. I finished them with lace and attached them to the bridesmaids’ wrists
with pretty silver bracelets. I thought they looked really classy and were a great alternative to a posy.
The young men had buttonholes made from white roses, sea
holly and gypsophila. A splendid match
for the bridesmaids.
Whilst Denise and Heather were posing for pictures with
their bridesmaids, there was a wonderful moment when a peacock strutted by in
all his pomp. His blue feathers were just the same colour as the bridesmaids’
dresses!
The thing about wedding flowers is that they draw together
and embellish all the members of the wedding party. Just like this:
The table centres were placed on top of slices of wood taken
from trees felled from the Westgate Centre in Oxford (where Denise and Heather
live). The wood slices had been made in a workshop in Blackbird Leys in Oxford
by people with learning disabilities. This was a thoughtful, personal touch
because Denise has been working on the Westgate project and Heather is keen to
promote the wood slices for use in wedding decoration. They worked really well
with the kilner jars…….what a great product to promote.
Finally, here is a picture of Mike and me with Denise and
Heather (thanks to 1and1photography ). It was a very special day and I was so pleased to make a contribution
to it with my flowers.
