November 2018 - Passion for Flowers

Timeless & Elegant Wedding at Shustoke Farm Barns – Gold, Bronze, Glass & Green

November 8, 2018

Laura and Simon chose Shustoke Farm Barns for the timeless, elegant wedding earlier this year.

Credits: Florist: Passion for Flowers // Venue: Shustoke Farm Barns // Photographers: Jacob and Pauline Photography

TIMELESS ELEGANT WEDDING AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – WHITE & GREEN BRIDAL PARTY BOUQUETS

White and green is forever elegant and always stunning for bridal party bouquets. The hand-tied bridal bouquet with a natural mix of roses, foliage and a mix of textured flowers including veronica with the stems bound in ivory ribbon created an elegant look to suit Laura’s dress. The young flower girl carried a whimsical posy of spray roses and the bridesmaids an elegant mix of green foliage and roses.

WEDDING CEREMONY – CEREMONY TABLE GARLAND AND OVERSIZED HANGING FOLIAGE RINGS

For the wedding ceremony Laura and Simon knew they wanted a natural look with a garland of foliage and flowers from their day, elegant cylinder vases with candles and definitely some over-sized hanging rings to bring the barn to life.

BRONZE, GOLD, GLASS & GREEN CENTREPIECES & VENUE STYLING

The eucalyptus theme continued into the beautiful signs and stationery Laura had designed. The overall look for the day was an elegant bronze, gold and green scheme with lots of detail and candlelight. We love working with our couples in the styling of the day and offering them the wedding look they love.

EUCALYPTUS FOLIAGE PLACE SETTINGS

A sprig of scented eucalyptus added to the place setting is an elegant and thoughtful touch for each guest.

BRASS FRAMES TO CREATE WEDDING SIGNAGE & TABLE NAMES

Laura chose brass frames from our collection of props to which we added her table names. It is all in the detail and this wedding was simple, elegant and with everything styled together.

WEDDING CAKE FLOWERS TO NAKED WEDDING CAKE

Spray roses and snippets of eucalyptus were added to the cake from Butter Cream and Dreams.

Thank you Laura and Simon for sharing your wedding photos and your kind words

“Just wanted to say a massive thank you for doing the flowers for our wedding. It was PERFECT and you’ve been super helpful from start to finish!

We had the best day ever and everyone commented on how beautiful the venue looked so honestly thank you so much! “

That is why we love what we do to here at Passion for Flowers.

Credits: Florist: Passion for Flowers // Venue: Shustoke Farm Barns // Photographers: Jacob and Pauline Photography

Epic Barn Wedding with Lanterns, Candlelight & Organic Natural Flowers

November 8, 2018

Barn wedding ceremony lots of candles lanterns - wedding florist Passion for Flowers

We love travelling around the country to create weddings with stylish couples and jumped at the chance to decorate an epic barn for the wedding of Tiffany and Kris in September. A site visit is essential if we have not worked at a venue before, visiting together with Tiffany and her mum gave us the chance to see how we could bring this barn to life.

Tiiffany had clear ideas and was looking for a boho style wedding celebration with white, green, gold, blue and grey colours with a Cinderella look. As the barn is quite dark she was thinking of lots of candles, twinkling lights and white flowers to add light wherever possible. Well take a look a see how this was achieved.

Final morning preparations for button holes and corsages is always a calming task to carry out before the buzz of the wedding day.

BARN CEREMONY WITH CANDLELIGHT & ORGANIC FLORAL DESIGNS FULL OF FOLIAGE

A set up like this needs access the day before for the lighting to go up and the decor to be started. Organic foliage and floral designs decorated the beams and the ceremony tables to form a romantic backdrop to the ceremony.

BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS

The bridesmaids carried bountiful bouquets of foliage and flowers.

CEREMONY TABLE AND STAGE FLOWERS

The large stage was dressed with statement decoration including a mix of large lanterns, cylinder vases, rustic wooden tables, and cascading garlands of foliage and flowers.

ELEGANT WRIST CORSAGES

Tiffany’s Mum wore her elegant wrist corsage so well which kept her hands free for her reading.

LANTERN WEDDING CENTREPIECES

Candlelight was central to this wedding and we designed a mix of centrepeices all with a bronze gold look. These elegant lanterns were accented with delicate bronze glass bud vases with a mix of flowers and foliage from the day.

GOLD CANDELABRA WEDDING CENTREPEICES

Tall gold candelabra decorated other guest tables with a generous mix of foliage and flowers.

FULL-LENGTH TOP TABLE GARLANDS

The top table is key to any wedding celebration and is the focus of much of the day. For Tiffany and Kris we created full length top table garlands full of scented eucalyptus foliage, the softest blue hydrangea, spray roses and other blooms and textures from the day. A mix of glass cylinders and bronze gold lanterns were added to light the table and foliage chair backs to complete the look.

THE WEDDING CAKE DECORATIONS – HANGING RING & LANTERNS

So every wedding cake deserves to be centrestage and so we created a hanging ring to be suspended over the wedding cake surrounded by a masse of candles. This was the most romantic setting for Tiffany and Kris to cut their cake in front of family and friends.

Thank you so much Tiffany and Kris for allowing us to be part of your amazing wedding day. The photos captured by Ed Godden are simply stunning.

Karen x

Credits: Florist: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Ed Godden Photography // Venue: The Priory Little Wymondley

Hampton Manor Wedding Florist – Ferns, Moss & Delicate Flower Crown

November 8, 2018

Jessi and Jamie asked us to create a ‘Secret Garden’ look and feel to the English part of their wedding celebrations. We loved coming up with ideas and working with this lovely couple to create their wedding look. It is so wonderful when our couples have confidence in us and give us comments like this:

“Thank you so much Karen! We trust you completely so whatever you think would make the feel of it come alive works for us! “

THE BOUQUETS

Jessi carried a romantic white peony bouquet and for her maids a bunch of scented lavender keep the look natural and so so English.

HAMPTON MANOR WEDDING CEREMONY

CYLINDER VASE LANTERNS, BRONZE FLORAL STANDS & A DOG

Well we loved creating this look for this romantic look with cylinder vases down the aisle, bronze stands with natural arrangements including English Margaret Merrill roses, ferns, trailing foliage and clematis with simple bunches of English lavender to the chairs. Most of all we loved their beloved dog Oreo who stole the show in his bespoke waistcoat.

SECRET GARDEN INSPIRED WEDDING CENTREPIECES – MOSS, BOOKS & FERNS

So when your couple love books and especially the Secret Garden that gives plenty of scope for the most beautiful set up in Hampton Manor. Moss runners and books, delicate ferns in china tea cups and the most beautiful blooms created a gorgeous look and feel to the room. Jamie is one romantic groom and there was not a dry eye in the room when he surprised his bride with an interruption to the speeches when an amateur dramatic group began renditions from Les Miserables, her favourite musical. This was performed in front of her eyes and was one incredible surprise.

CHEESE WEDDING CAKE AND CAKE TABLE FLOWERS

The cake table was decorated with English lavender bunches, a mix of moss covered books and blooms from the day. Crystal decanters with scented peonies and grasses kept the look soft and romantic.

EVENING TABLE CENTREPIECES WITH CANDLES

As the guests headed back to the room for the evening celebrations they were greeted by a change of scene with candlelit tables.

We are eternally thankful for the lovely couples who chose us for their wedding flowers and styling and to the venues we dress and of course the photographers who capture their days so beautifully.

Thank you Jamie and Jessi and all our good wishes for the next stage of this romantic story.

Karen xx

Thank Credits: Florist: Passion for Flowers // Venue: Hampton Manor // Photographer: Jo Hastings

Hampton Manor Wedding – Long Tables White Flowers & Candlelight

November 5, 2018

Alexia and Michael had a flower-filled wedding in Spring this year sharing the day with their families and friends. Honeymoon tulips and avalanche roses filled the day.

White Bouquets

The bride chose an all-white colour palette with a mix of scented garden roses for the bouquets.

Buttonholes

The groom chose buttonholes finished with twine and an elegant rose with just a touch of foliage, a perfect choice with his navy suit and pink tie.

Hampton Manor – Long Tables of glass vases and candlelight – all white flowers

Elizabeth Court at Hampton Manor looked gorgeous with an all-white scheme for the top table and the long guest tables. A mixture of glass vases were filled with spring tulips, spray roses and garden roses, the aroma was wonderful and guests all admired the room. Candles completed the look.

Urns from Church later moved to Hampton Manor

The Greek church was a stunning venue for the marriage ceremony with its blue interior and wonderful ceiling. As the church has so much decoration large urns were added to frame the ceremony. These were later moved to Hampton Manor to be part of the top table decoration.

Alexia sent a lovely note which is always appreciated.

Thank you for the beautiful flowers – the room at Hampton Manor looked lovely and it was so nice being able to give everyone a bunch of flowers in the morning

Credits: Florist: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Richard Shephard // Venue: Hampton Manor

November 2018 archive

TIMELESS ELEGANT WEDDING AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – WHITE & GREEN BRIDAL PARTY BOUQUETS

WEDDING CEREMONY – CEREMONY TABLE GARLAND AND OVERSIZED HANGING FOLIAGE RINGS

BRONZE, GOLD, GLASS & GREEN CENTREPIECES & VENUE STYLING

EUCALYPTUS FOLIAGE PLACE SETTINGS

BRASS FRAMES TO CREATE WEDDING SIGNAGE & TABLE NAMES

WEDDING CAKE FLOWERS TO NAKED WEDDING CAKE

BARN CEREMONY WITH CANDLELIGHT & ORGANIC FLORAL DESIGNS FULL OF FOLIAGE

BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS

CEREMONY TABLE AND STAGE FLOWERS

ELEGANT WRIST CORSAGES

LANTERN WEDDING CENTREPIECES

GOLD CANDELABRA WEDDING CENTREPEICES

FULL-LENGTH TOP TABLE GARLANDS

THE WEDDING CAKE DECORATIONS – HANGING RING & LANTERNS

THE BOUQUETS

HAMPTON MANOR WEDDING CEREMONY

CYLINDER VASE LANTERNS, BRONZE FLORAL STANDS & A DOG

SECRET GARDEN INSPIRED WEDDING CENTREPIECES – MOSS, BOOKS & FERNS

CHEESE WEDDING CAKE AND CAKE TABLE FLOWERS

EVENING TABLE CENTREPIECES WITH CANDLES

White Bouquets

Buttonholes

Hampton Manor – Long Tables of glass vases and candlelight – all white flowers

Urns from Church later moved to Hampton Manor