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Follow my country garden wedding flowers board for a gorgeous grouping of country garden wedding flowers.

Country garden wedding flowers are perfect for country house venues, marquee weddings, outdoor ceremonies, barn weddings, village fete  and rustic weddings.

country style wedding flowers inspiration boardSource: See Pinterest board for full photo credits

Pinterest ~  It’s the perfect way to create inspiration boards filled with your favourite wedding flowers. Gather all your ideas in one place and create inspiration boards for your big day! Start pinning now. Just remember it gets addictive!

 

 

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Rose hips {Flower Friday}

I just love the simplicity of this rustic decoration for one of our Passion for Flowers pub clients.

Rosehips and apples rustic centrepiece

Rose hips collected from the hedgerow and locally grown apples make a perfect informal winter setting. Just ready for a glass of mulled cider by the roaring fire. Yummy!

Love Karen x

 

 

Blue Purple and Lilac Bridal Bouquet {Weekly Wedding Flower Inspiration}

If you are looking for a just picked country style blue purple and lilac bridal bouquet for your wedding this is it. This gorgeous bridal bouquet was created for our Passion for Flowers bride Georgina in October.The bride wanted a bridal bouquet with country flowers for her just picked blue purple and lilac wedding.

bridal bouquet purple lilac and blue

The bridal bouquet had hydrangeas, lilac and pink roses, astrantia, wax flower, purple limonium and herbs from the garden to finish. The wine cooler was a family favourite.

bridesmaids bouquets blue purple and lilac

Don’t you just love the mixed bridesmaids bouquets. They looked perfect with their prom style dresses. The bride and bridesmaids squealed with delight when the bridal flowers were delivered!

Love Karen x

{Weekly Wedding Flower Inspiration} Bridal Bouquets with Lace Wraps, Brooches and Something Old

At Passion for Flowers we love making our bridal bouquets a little bit different. Creative touches are a great way to add a personal touch to your bridal bouquets.

bridal bouquet with diamante brooches

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers Photography: The Barbers}

This beautiful summer mixed bouquet of blue hydrangeas and vintage roses looked gorgeous with a diamante brooch to fasten. The brooch was chosen by our bride to tie in with her Flo and Percy hairpiece.

bridal bouquet with brooches

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

Pearls continue to be on trend with our Passion for Flowers brides. They wear pearl jewellery and have pearl details in their dresses. Here we have added pearl pins and a delicate pearl brooch to finish the bridal bouquet wrap.
bridal bouquet with diamante heart details

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

This bride made her own stationery using a heart theme. She used these delicate hearts on her wedding invitations and menus.  At Passion for Flowers we like to work with our brides and so we incorporated one of the small heart details onto the satin ribbon on her bridal bouquet. This ensured her bridal bouquet wrap continued her wedding theme.
bridal bouquet with purple ribbon and pearls wrap{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

If you are not the sort of bride wanting fussy details we can still personalise your bouquet wrap. Just choose the ribbon to match the colour of the bridesmaids dresses. Here our bride had purple dresses for her spring wedding so a purple voile wrap finished with pearl pins looked perfect.bridal bouquet with blue lace wrap

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

To add a highlight of the colour as well as lace details we can use coloured ribbon with a touch of lace overlay. This lace was saved from an off cut of our brides wedding dress. Great up-cycling - at Passion for Flowers we encourage our brides to use any remnants of their dress to add a personal touch to their bouquets.

bridal bouquet with delicate lace wrap

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

This gorgeous lace bridal bouquet wrap was used for a delicate spring bouquet of peonies. The bridal lace wrap reflected the simplicity of the peony blooms.bridal bouquet with lace wrap

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers Photography: Assassynation Photography}

For a vintage bouquet add vintage lace, check your grandma’s drawers for that something old – perhaps even a piece from her wedding dress or even her veil.bridal bouquet with dusky pink laced ribbon wrap

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

The vintage colour of the roses inspired this wrap of dusky pink ribbon delicately laced to add that finishing touch. You can see the lacing work reflected in our mirrored cake stand.  All our work at Passion for Flowers is carried out with style and attention to detail.bridal bouquet with wedding date on wrap

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers Photography: Guy Collier}

To add a really personal touch to your bouquet add a hand embroidered wrap. Here our bride visited a London embroiderer for her personalised wrap. The date of her wedding is a great reminder of her wedding day and something to treasure.bridal bouquet with hessian and twine wrap

{Floral Design: Passion for Flowers}

For a rustic or outdoor ceremony you could incorprate a wrap of hessian and twine. In this bouquet the rustic bouquet wrap perfectly reflects the rustic styling of the hand tied bouquet. Hydrangeas, astrantia and vintage roses in dusky pink tones look great with the hessian.bridal bouquet with something old{Source: Rock Paper Sweet}

We love this inspiration adding something old to your bridal bouquet. This bride chose photos that are special to her. As our brides carry their bouquet with them for most of their wedding day this is a great way to keep those loved ones close to your heart on your special day.

Which bouquet wrap would you choose, we’d love to hear your comments.

Love Karen x

Passion for Flowers talks Succulents on Love My Dress

At Passion for Flowers we were thrilled to be asked by Annabel at Love My Dress to share our ideas and inspiration for brides wanting to use succulents at their weddings. Pop to her blog today to see the full post.

Don’t you just love her inspiration board below on succulents.succulents wedding flower inspiration

{Source: Love my Dress}

Succulents  are great for weddings :

  • succulents can be bought well in advance of the wedding day
  •  as potted plants succulents can be kept as a reminder of a special day
  • a great green option
  •  succulents are a great price

We shared ideas for DIY brides wanting to make their own centrepieces. Use succulents with other flowers to create an eye catching and easy to make wedding centrepiece. Blackboard buckets are available to buy from our sister company the wedding of my dreams. This centrepiece would look gorgeous at a seaside wedding, perhaps adding some shells to the arrangement. Don’t forget to chalk on the table name or number. Great for easy DIY centrepieces.

succulents wedding flower centrepeice DIY bride

Pretty rustic bark centrepiece looks great with a semperviren (type of succulent)! These could be hung from trees or set around your wedding reception venue.

Bark vases or lanterns are available to buy from our sister company the wedding of my dreams. Add pretty rustic bark tea light holders to finish off your rustic wedding centrepieces.

bark vase succulent wedding centrepiece DIY bride

Don’t you just love this DIY favour created with love by the sister of one of our brides. The good news is this can be done in advance of your wedding day

 DIY succulents wedding favourTo achieve this DIY succulent wedding favour which doubles up as a place setting :

  • buy mini succulents from florist or local garden centre
  • pot up tiny succulents in mini terracotta pots
  •  tie with lace or ribbon
  • paint a lollipop stick
  • add  guests name

Looking after your succulents :

  • succulents are very hardy and thrive on neglect!
  • succulents can be grown either inside or outside in the warmer months. They like  natural light.
  •  need little water in the winter
  • don’t allow to completely dry out in summer.
Let us know how you are using succulents in your wedding day.
Love Karen x

 

Hooray for Hydrangeas wonderful wedding flowers

Here at Passion for Flowers we love hydrangeas for wonderful wedding flowers. We use them for wedding bouquets, wedding table centres, arches for church weddings and large arrangements for that WOW wedding factor!

blue hydrangea and rose bouquetPhotography credit : The Barbers

This stunning summer bridal bouquet has a mix of soft blue hydrangeas,  vintage roses in blues, pinks, lilacs and creams – this set off our brides beautiful Jenny Packham dress like a dream.blue hydrangea bouquet Hydrangea heads make a statement on their own in a mix of blues – great contrast to navy bridesmaids dresses for pure style.white hydrangea bouquet For the purist bride a hand-tied bouquet of white hydrangeas and gypsophilia tied with lace for a vintage look.hydrangea church archHydrangea heads make stunning arches in churches or over doorways, teamed here with dreamy gypsophilia.
white hydrangea candelabra Statement table centres with white hydrangeas and crystals set off the perfect table.hydrangea hanging marquee decorations Wow factor hanging hydrangea globes add colour to a marquee
hydrangea table centre bubble vase Stylish glass bubble vases look cool and elegant with hydrangea heads and steel grass, add blue water glasses for that extra touch.white hydrangeas and roses wedding table centrebell jar with hydrangeasBell jars add a soft vintage look to a wedding or cake table, jar filled with hydrangea and lace.
cream jug with vintage green hydrangeasMuted tones of pink and green hydrangeas look just great for a country style wedding  - we simply styled these in a cream metal jug, glass bottles and cream tea lights continue our relaxed take on the country wedding.rustic wooden vase with vintage green hydrangeasAt Passion for Flowers we love using hydrangeas in rustic bark containers, the big blooms fill the space and just need the addition of a few extra flowers for a great wedding table centre.
vintage tea party hydrangea candelabra table centre Photography credit : The Barbers

To end at Passion for Flowers we just had to share this image captured by the Barbers of a summer vintage tea party with tall candelabra with blue hydrangeas, herbs and a mix of vintage roses. The tones picked up by bunting by the bride’s family and soft pashminas on the chairs.  What a great alternative to chair covers!

Hope we have inspired you with our hydrangeas

Love Karen x

Wedding Shoot in a Corn Field

Earlier this summer we were contacted by Cat and Adrian from Billingham Photography, we have worked with Cat and Adrian before on wedding shoots and absolutely love their work so we were excited to be involved in their latest concept.

This shoot in a corn field was actually the day after a shoot they had organised at Broadway Tower (will share the photos from that shoot another day). The sun decided to show itself and the Billingham’s took the opportunity to capture the natural beauty of a near by corn field. The setting was stunning, the fields had been freshly cut leaving hay bales scattered throughout them.

We love the results. What do you think?bride in hay field shoottallulah's trinkets head band in corn field shootcornfield shoot pastel wedding flowersdelicate pink purple flowers in bottlescornfield shoot sweet peas wedding flowerscornfield wedding shootWe kept the flowers simple for this wedding shoot and supplied a range of Lisianthus in pastel pinks and lilacs as well as some beautifully delicate Sweet Peas. A couple of the props were supplied by The Wedding of my Dreams ~ French Perfume Bottles were filled with soft Sweet Peas and Delphinium Petal Confetti was blown away by the bride.

See more photos over on The Billingham Photography Blog

Credits…

Photography – Cat and Adrian – Billingham photography
Headwear – Annie – Tallulahs Trinkets
Dress – Clare – The Wedding Club
Cupcakes – Alison – Daisy Cupcakes
Flowers – Karen – Passion for Flowers
Vases/Confetti – The Wedding of my Dreams
Mua – Lorren Dancer

 

Testing out our new flower blog

Hello! Thanks for stopping by our blog.

This is our first post and I’m going to start by showing you a photo of one of our favourite bridal bouquets from this summer. This lovely couple Hannah and Mark had their wedding reception in a tipi and so we worked with both of them to achieve flowers which had that ‘just picked’ rustic look to go with the setting.

What do you think?

rustic bouquet for tipi weddingAnd we cant forget the groom.

grooms button hole with memory lane rose and rustic bits

 

Right that’s it, our first blog is done! I’m heading up to Manchester now to see my boyfriend for the night before heading back down for The Vintage Chic Wedding Fair in Birmingham on Sunday.

Hopefully see some of you there.

Gemma x

 

 

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