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HAIR FLOWERS & HANGING FLOWERS – BROOKLYN INSPIRED WEDDING

February 19, 2021

Looking back through the archives and had to share this intimate wedding with you. Every now and then time stops still to celebrate a wonderful marriage of two people so in love. I first met Ellie and Matt when they were down in Birmingham looking at venues for their wedding. They had strong ideas on the feel they hoped to create and took time to find venues and their wedding team.

The Oratory was such a special place for the wedding ceremony and for their initmate gathering of loved ones. In contrast the urban feel of The Church Inn in Birmingham gave us scope to create a great backdrop for their wedding celebrations. They loved the Brooklyn Inspired feel of urban places. Throughout the planning Ellie was happy to let us offer advice and we worked together beautifully to create this amazing moment in time.

We were thrilled to see this wedding featured on Love My Dress .

HAIR FLOWERS

The bridesmaids wore beautiful white dresses individually chosen and we created loose half flower crowns for their hair flowers. Simple, understated but elegant bringing in soft blues, nude, white and stronger purple tones. The hair was styled by our friend Natalie at Bridal Hair Specialists.

WRIST CORSAGES

For a simple but stunning look the girls wore beautifully created wrist corsages keeping to the tones of the day, with astrantia, wax flower and snippets of garden greenery. Ellie looked stunning in her Sarah Willard Couture designed dress.

BRIDAL BOUQUET

Ellie’s bridal bouquet was designed with her dress and personal style in mind. I love brides giving us freedom to work our magic on their flowers and Ellie fell in love with her bridal bouquet. This loose hand tied design included clematis to trail, a mix of roses, astrantia, lilac, tulips, wax flower, amni and helebores with a mix of garden forages for added texture. I just love her gloves to complete her look.

BUTTONHOLES

The button holes were a mix of quicksand roses, wax flower, some with delicate blue snippets of hydrangea. I love this image of Matt with his button hole.

CHURCH DECORATION – CANDLES DOWN THE AISLE

The Oratory is an amazing space and candles down the aisle in all shapes and sizes create the perfect look. It felt like an Italian church with the wonderful architecture and we decided that flowers in church would not do it justice and agreed with Ellie and Matt to go all out for candlelight. The service was so personal and on entering the church the magic and love could be felt.

HAND HELD ARCH

Love this idea for a hand held arch for the couple.

HANGING FLOWERS

For the gathering after the formal part of the day Ellie knew she wanted hanging flowers to create a wow factor over the drinks table and as a backdrop to speeches and photos. An exhuberant mix of trailing foliage, large hydrangea blooms, trailing amaranthus, tulips threaded through the frame and scented wax flowers brought the room to life.

Credits – Florist: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Ella Ormerod Photography // Ceremony Venue: The Oratory, Birmingham // Reception Venue: The Church Inn, Birmingham // Hair: Bridal Hair Specialists // Dress: Sarah Willard Couture

Summer Marquee Wedding in Family Garden

August 31, 2018

Clare and Luke had a church wedding followed by a celebration in a marquee at Clare’s family home. A perfect setting for a summer wedding.

Button Holes

Scented blush pink Kiera roses were used with a touch of ivy for the button holes.

Bridal Bouquet

Clare’s bouquet was soft and romantic to tie in with her bridal gown and she carried a treasured photo of her Nan with her throughout her wedding day.

Welcome sign flower wall backdrop

The bespoke flower wall backdrop created a wow factor welcome for family and friends as they arrived back from church.

Hanging rings over marquee poles

The elegant marquee was decorated with hanging hoops with the softest clouds of baby’s breath, garden roses and delphiniums.

Wedding Centrepieces

The centrepieces included a mix of designs with Clare’s favourite baby’s breath and roses.

Wedding Florist: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Esme Fletcher Photography

CRYSTAL GLASS AND SILVER CENTREPIECES – SUDELEY CASTLE WEDDING

December 5, 2016

Andrea and Mitch were living out in New York when they contacted us about creating the flowers for their summer wedding at Sudeley Castle. We had initial skype exchanges and met when the bride traveled over to the UK. We loved working with Andrea to create natural just picked flowers for her wedding in an English Castle. As you can imagine this historic venue was much admired by the visitors from The States.

ORGANIC FREEFORM DUSKY PINK ROSE BOUQUETS

Whilst the bridesmaids carried bouquets with a mix of dusky pink tones the bridal bouquet had a more organic freeform design with plenty of trailing jasmine, queen anne’s lace, creamy peonies, wax flower, delicate astilbe and roses.

DUSKY PINK ROSE, ASTILBE, WAX FLOWER & JASMINE – HEAVENLY BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS

The brides dress was Rivini and suited the organic style of flowers we had selected together. The bridesmaids carried heavenly bouquets of dusky pink rose, astilbe, deep toned astrantia,wax flower and scented jasmine. Fabric from the girls dresses loosely wrapped around the stems of all the bouquets brought the look together.

ROSE & VERONICA BUTTON HOLES

Mitch looked dapper in his Paul Stuart suit teemed with a just picked veronica, rose and sedum button hole.

DUSKY PINK ROSE CORSAGES

The ladies had corsages with dusky pink roses, sedum and snippets of baby’s breath, presented on bark.

CHURCH WEDDING FLOWERS

The chapel at historic Sudely Castle is so romantic decorated with candles to the altar.

GYPSOPHILA GARLANDS & PEW ENDS FOR CHURCH

Andrea requested dreamy garlands of white flowers and simple bunches of gypsophila for the pew ends. The chapel with its history and wonderful workmanship does not suit over embellishing and this style of decor created just the candlelit style the couple hoped for.

CONFETTI

Baskets of confetti were ready and waiting as the couple left the chapel.

CRYSTAL GLASS CHARGER PLATES & GYPSOPHILA PLACE SETTINGS

Delicacy and elegance were added to the tables with elegant crystal glass charger plates and delicate place settings.

CRYSTAL GLASS DECANTERS, GOLD VASES ON SILVER TRAYS – SUDELEY CASTLE CENTREPIECES

We scoured our curated collection of crystal glass decanters, gold vases and antique silver trays to create the centrepieces.

MIX OF SILVER GOLD VASES AND CRYSTAL GLASS DECANTERS FOR TOP TABLE FLOWERS

The top table was decorated with a mix of silver and gold vases with a selection of our curated glass decanter finished with soft organic just picked flowers in keeping with rest of the wedding.

Thank you Andrea and Mitch for sharing your beautiful wedding day with us.

Credits – Florist: Passion for Flowers // Venue: Sudeley Castle // Photographer: TenTwentyOne photography

BLUSH PINK AND SAGE GREEN WEDDING FLOWERS – BOUQUETS, CANDELABRA AND MAIDS IN PASTEL SHADES

September 28, 2015

WEDDING CEREMONY AT PACKWOOD CHURCH – BLUSH PINK ROSE AND SAGE GREEN EUCALYPTUS BRIDAL BOUQUET

I am a country girl at heart and when the lovely Isabelle contacted me about the flowers for her wedding at Packwood Church in Warwickshire I was thrilled. The church is a personal favourite and the pefect place for a country wedding. Isabelle and her fiance were living in Switzerland so we skyped and shared ideas on pinterest. It soon became apparent that Isabelle was a true romantic and wanted to create a romantic summer wedding wtih beautiful summer flowers including roses, sweet peas and baby’s breath with touches of sage green eucalyptus.

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CANDELABRA DECORATIONS AT PACKWOOD CHURCH

An elegant candelabra dressed with flowers welcomed guests into the church.

Blush Pink Rose Trailing Wedding Bridal Bouquet with Ribbons - Confetti Throwing ourside Packwod Church

BLUSH PINK, GREEN AND CREAM BOUQUETS FOR BRIDESMAIDS IN PASTEL DRESSES

The bridesmaids had chosen dreses in a mix of pastel pinks and duck egg tones, so we designed their bouquets to suit and finished with ribbons in coordinating colours to complete the look.

MARQUEE WEDDING RECEPTION – GROOM’S FAMILY HOME, KNOWLE, SOLIHULL

The marquee setting was hosted at the Groom’s family home and the family worked tirelessly to decorate the marquee and garden. No detail was left to chance, the metres of bunting had been lovingly made by the Groom’s mum and pastel coloured lanterns were hung from the marquee.

The aroma of home grown sweat peas filled the room and a wonderful collection of crystal, rose bowls and candelabra were a delight to fill with a mix of soft romantic blooms.

Blush Pink Lisianthus in Crystal Vases on Wedding Cake Table

Wedding at Home in Marque Knowle Solihull Passion for Flowers Florist (2)

I wish Isabelle and Samuel, the new Mr and Mrs Johnson every happiness in the greatest of love stories.

Karen x

Credits ‘ Florist: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Dominique Bader // Church: Packwood Church // Reception: Marquee in Groom’s family home, Knowle, Solihull

WATERCOLOUR PASTEL WEDDING FLOWERS {FEATURED ON RMW}

February 19, 2015

pastel coloured hydrangea bouquets flower crown blue pink green

Caroline and Rob’s wedding has been featured on Rock My Wedding today! We loved working on this wedding last summer, Caroline and Rob’s wedding at Shustoke Farm Barns was oh so beautiful. Their colour palette was a range of pastel tones inspired by watercolour.

The bouquets were a mix of blues, greens and pinks using hydrangeas and roses for a blousy look. Caroline loved her flower crown, she wore it all through the day.

We blogged this wedding back in the summer, see the full feature here to read all about her flowers (bouquets, flower crown, hanging globes & crates) and even more wedding details.

See the feature on Rock My Wedding here

Credits – Florist: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Weddings Vintage // Venue: Shustoke Farm Barns

PEACH AND PINK WEDDING BOUQUETS & FLOWER CROWNS – A VINTAGE COUNTRY GARDEN WEDDING

November 17, 2014

Victoria and Richard had a beautiful wedding at Hampton In Arden Church followed by a wonderful reception at Hampton Manor. This summer wedding had a vintage country garden style to it, including highlights of pink, peach and white to complement the mint green bridesmaids dresses.

PEACH AND PINK WEDDING BOUQUETS

For the bridal and bridesmaids bouquets we added highlights of peach and pink flowers which look stunning during the summer months. We used dahlia Cafe au Lait, a mix of vintage roses in creams, soft and deeper pink and peach tones of Magic Avalanche, Pearl Avalanche, scented Kiera garden roses, astrantia, eucalyptus and olive foliage with rosemary for a relaxed look. Long trailing ribbons completed the look.

PEACH BUTTON HOLE

Richard wore a lovely peach rose button hole which looked perfect against his suit jacket and tied in perfectly to Victoria’s bouquet.

PEACH AND PINK BOUQUETS WITH TRAILING RIBBONS

The bridesmaids wore celadon mint green dresses, their bouquets were a smaller version of the bridal bouquet with trailing ribbons.

PEACH FLOWER CROWN

After the church service Victoria changed to wearing a flower crown of mixed summer flowers including peach garden roses which totally suited her relaxed day and vintage country garden style.

We have previously blogged the super 8 film by Mark Brown, read our previous blog to see how Victoria surprised Richard with the wedding film. Here is the beautiful film again in case you missed it.

super 8 wedding video | Hampton Manor | UK from Mark W Brown on Vimeo.

Credits – Florist: Passion for Flowers // Venue: Hampton Manor // Photographer: The King Concept // Videographer: Mark Brown

PASSION FOR FLOWERS – FLORISTS AT THE NATIONAL WEDDING SHOW

October 9, 2014

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As you may know here at Passion for Flowers we exhibited at The National Wedding Show in Birmingham last weekend, we absolutely loved the whole weekend meeting newly engaged couples and industry friends. We plan our stand months in advance it was amazing to see our visions come to life, we believe all the hard work and planning paid off as we were thrilled to be awarded The Outstanding Exhibitor Award.

We invited Nicola of Daffodil Waves Photography along to take some photos of our stand for those of you who couldn’t make it to the show.

PASSION FOR FLOWERS – A WEDDING FLORISTS STAND

We chose to create a rustic glamour setting for our stand this year, we often work at rustic style wedding venues (barns and farms) and love adding a touch of glamour to the tables mixed in with the natural rustic look.

LONG TABLE WITH A SEA OF FLOWERS AND GOLD CANDELABRA

The long table scape was our main feature this year, we set it for 6 to give an idea of how it could be used at a wedding. More venues are offering long tables for receptions now, or these florals could go along a top table.

Down the centre of the table we created a sea of flowers in bronze, gold and crystal glass vases with three gold candelabra to give height (all available to hire from Passion for Flowers).

The mix of flowers we used on the table were Quicksand roses, Secret Garden roses, Vendela roses, Bombastic spray roses, Café Au Lait dahlias, white ranunculus, white anemones, scabious seed heads, wax flower, brunia, dusty miller and eucalyptus.

BRONZE TEA LIGHT HOLDERS & DETAILS

We used a number of decorations from our sister company The Wedding of my Dreams for extra styling, including bronze ribbed tea light holders and chunky bronze vases. At each place setting was an advice for the bride and groom coaster – we love this as an alternative wedding guest book.

WEDDING STATIONERY

The stationery was by Tom Gautier of Paper & Things, we loved the individual menus and name cards with the floral illustration, and the table plan cards too. The name cards were used in our bud vase name card holders, which are just like old fashioned salt cellars.

TALL GLASS VASES FOR CENTREPIECES

Along the back wall we displayed a tall centrepiece in a relaxed style, this could either be used as a centrepiece with a grouping of smaller bronze vases around the base or as a floral display at the wedding ceremony. The table plan is one of our newest and favourite table plans we hire out, we created a floral garland around the arch of the window shutters table plan with blush pink and nude florals in bronze vases running in front of it.

BRIDAL BOUQUETS

We had two bridal bouquets on display, both tied with glamorous gold ribbon to trail. The first was a blousy loose hand tied bouquet of Café Au Lait dahlias, white ranunculus, dusty miller and white astilbe. The other was a rose bouquet of Quicksand roses, Bombastic spray roses, wax flower and eucalyptus.

CHALKBOARD SIGNS

On the chair backs we used a couple of chalkboard chair signs from The Wedding of my Dreams, Mr & Mrs as well as Here Comes the Bride. On the other chairs we created floral chair garlands of eucalyptus, ivy, soft ruscus, scabious seed heads and wax flower for a relaxed rustic look.

FLOWER CROWNS

Each day at the show we wore flower crowns created with a similar mix of flowers we had used elsewhere in the displays.

We used crates along the back wall to showcase some of our other favourite ideas, including rustic tree slices with a grouping of bottles, succulent wedding favours, sprinkle me confetti bags and our welcome wedding sign. Of course we proudly displayed our Best Wedding Florist in the West Midlands award.

THE CHAMPAGNE BAR FLOWERS

Here at Passion for Flowers we strategically chose a stand next to the champagne bar, mainly so we could treat ourselves at the end of a busy day! We created table centres for the tables on the champagne bar using soft pastel pinks and creams. The flowers we used in theses centrepieces were Sweet Avalanche roses, Bombastic spray roses, astilbe, wax flower, astrantia and white hydrangeas.

WEDDING MAGAZINE STAND

We also loved creating the garlands for Wedding Magazine’s stand, and made the girls flower crowns to wear throughout the show. The garlands were in keeping with their bright pink logo so we used Kate David Austin roses, lisianthus, Wizard Of Oz dahlias, Harmony dahlias, Blue Curiosa roses, veronica, sedum, astrantia and poppy heads.

We love their comment…

The flowers on the stand were the best we have ever had, and we all LOVED the flower crowns you very kindly made.

If you came along to The National Wedding Show and after meeting us and browsing our website feel Passion for Flowers are the wedding florists for you we would love to hear from you. Get in touch with your wedding details on our contact us page.

Much love Karen & Gemma x

CANDELABRA CENTREPIECES HOGARTHS HOTEL

October 8, 2014

Emma and Nathan chose Hogarths Hotel to tie the knot. They planned a gorgeous day with a colour scheme of soft muted pinks, cream and navy for the girls dresses and we created a romantic look with a mix of soft flowers in muted pinks and creams.

CANDELABRA CENTREPIECES HOGARTHS HOTEL

The tables looked amazing with large silver candelabra draped with pearls and a lavish arrangement of blousy roses including cream and dusky pink roses, scented freesias, astrantia, astilbe (feathery) in soft pink, gypsophila as a delicate filler and small touches of pittosporum.

Credits: Florist – Passion for Flowers, Photographer – Mease Valley, Venue – Hogarths Hotel, Soihull

SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – FLOWER CROWNS + HANGING GLOBES

September 22, 2014

Caroline and Rob tied the knot at Shustsoke Farm Barns on 1 August surrounded by family and friends. Caroline enjoyed the planning of her summer wedding and had a great eye for colour, the one thing she was certain of was she wanted to wear a flower crown for her wedding cermeony and hanging globes in the barn.

FLOWER CROWN – PINK, BLUE & GREEN HYDRANGEAS & ROSES

At our first meeting Caroline arrived with a gorgeous water colour board with inspiration for her day, tones of pinks, blues and greens. The flower crown we designed was very blousy and suited her curls on the day with a mix of pink, blue and green hydrangea with Sweet Avalanche and Ocean song roses. When the flowers were delivered in the morning the squeals of delight were wonderful to hear. The happiness captured in these photos at the start of the day continued throughout the day. What a beautiful relaxed and happy wedding day.

SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – CEREMONY FLOWERS

The ceremony barn was filled with flowers, Rob had made a rustic wooden planter for us to fill with blooms from the day – hydrangeas, feathery astilbe, eucalyptus and roses with moss to edge. Together with the large hanging flower globes filled with a mix of hydrangeas and eucalyptus the wooden planter gave just the look Caroline and Rob had hoped for. I just love the rustic tree slice ring box.

BUTTON HOLES FOR THE BOYS

The boys had a mix of rustic styled button holes with hydrangea and eucalyptus finished with twine with a billy button for the youngest. How cute is his Ring Security shirt!

BRIDAL & BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS – BRIGHT SUMMER FLOWERS

Caroline brought one of the dresses over to show me so we could finalise colours for the bouquets and we had great fun selecting such lovely bright summer flowers in colours of pink, green, lilac and blue. The long lace trailing ribbons for the bridesmaids added a good contrast to their floral dresses and finished off the look. The lace was also used to trail from Caroline’s flower crown. The bride herself carried a large bouquet of mixed hydrangeas and roses to offset her flower crown. Caroline bought cream jugs and attached personal tags for each of her maids.

FLOWER GARLAND AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

As guests and finally the bridal party arrived at Shustoke Famr Barns they were greeted by a rustic country style flower garland hanging above the oak doors to the barn. Once inside everyone was greeted with a wonderfully hand crafted table plan and so many other personal touches.

TOP TABLE FLOWERS IN A RUSTIC CRATE – SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

The top table was the centre of attention for the meal and speeches with the rustic crate handcrafted with love by Rob taking centre stage. The crate was over a metre in length and looked as if it was made for the barn.

PASTEL TONED FLOWERS FOR THE TABLES – WATER COLOUR THEME

Caroline had a water colour theme to her tables with handmade table numbers, beautifully hand dyed cloths in soft pastel tones on to which we added a mix of organic bottles and vases simply filled with just the right pastel toned blooms.

HANGING FLOWER GLOBES AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

Caroline had seen photos of one of our previous barn weddings and just knew she wanted large flower globes to be part of her day. The hanging globes are a great treat for us to create and we just love how they can transform this large space. If you are having your ceremony at the barn, followed by the meal and then the evening the hanging globes can be enjoyed throughout the day and add that extra WOW factor to your day.

WEDDING CAKE ON A TREE SLICE WITH FLOWERS

The wedding cake just needed simple blooms to add a touch of colour and be set on a rustic tree slice. We love the bit of whimsy with the beetle and the ladybird.

It is over a year since we first designed wedding flowers for Shustoke Farm Barns and we just love returning time after time as it gives us the opportunity to style it differently for each and every wedding. Our style is always in keeping with the natural look and feel of this wonderful wedding venue.

Credits: Florist – Passion for Flowers, Photographer – Weddings Vintage, Venue – Shustoke Farm Barns

VINTAGE WEDDING FLOWERS AT HAMPTON MANOR – SUPER 8 FILM

September 12, 2014

At Passion for Flowers we love it when our brides let us in on a secret. This film by Mark Brown was so special as it was a present from a bride to her groom. What a gorgeous surprise for Richard and a wonderful gift from his bride Victoria as a lasting reminder of their wonderful wedding day at Hampton Church and Hampton Manor.

Victoria and her bridesmaids carried gorgeous summer vintage style bouquets, we love using vintage flowers at Hampton Manor. We used dahlia Cafe au Lait, a mix of vintage roses in creams, soft and deeper pink and peach tones of Magic Avalanche, Pearl Avalanche, scented Kiera garden roses, astrantia, eucalyptus and olive foliage with rosemary for a relaxed look. Long trailing ribbons completed the look. After the church service Victoria changed to wearing a flower crown of mixed summer flowers including garden roses which totally suited her relaxed day with vintage elements.

What a beautiful bride wonderfully captured on film.

VINTAGE WEDDING FLOWERS AT HAMPTON MANOR

super 8 wedding video | Hampton Manor | UK from Mark W Brown on Vimeo.

If you are wondering whether on not to book a videographer for your wedding have a look at our ‘flowers on film‘ page on our website. The films speak for themselves.

SUMMER RUSTIC WEDDING FLOWERS AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – WHITE PEONIES, BLUSH PINK ROSES, DAHLIAS & ASTILBE

September 9, 2014

We love creating rustic wedding flowers at Shustoke Farm Barns. The style of Shustoke perfectly fits with rustic styling her we used an abundance of seasonal flowers, tree slices and casual arrangements to bring the venue to life.

BRIDAL BOUQUET – WHITE PEONIES, BLUSH PINK PEONIES, ROSES, DAHLIAS & ASTILBE

We initially discussed plans by phone and email with Yasmin and were thrilled when we finally met her with Paul to finalise details. At our consultation we always ask to see a photo of the wedding gown to gauge the style of wedding and the flowers that would be appropriate (don’t worry we always ask the groom to leave the room at this point). Yasmin’s gown was just beautiful with touches of gold and needed a romantic fluffy bouquet. We decided on a lush mix of white and blush pink peonies which are in full bloom in July, bombastic roses, wizard of oz dahlias and feathery astilbe.

SUMMER RUSTIC WEDDING CEREMONY FLOWERS AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

The ceremony table at Shustoke Farm Barns is a stunning piece of wood and looks best with simple decoration. A mix of our glass bottles and jars created just the look with summer rustic ceremony flowers as well as the bridal bouquet on the table.

SUMMER RUSTIC BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS WITH PASTEL DRESSES

The six bridesmaids had smaller versions of the bridal bouquet complete with peonies in pinks and whites they looked just wonderful with their pastel dresses. If you chose different pastel tones for the dresses it is lovely to link your maids by choosing the same bouquet for all of them.

FEATURE TABLES AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – FAMILY PHOTOS, GIFTS & CARDS

As your guests arrive at Shustoke Farm Barns there are two great feature tables to display family photos, and leave space for gifts and cards. Don’t forget to add some flowers to this area to set the mood for your wedding day. The LOVE mugs were a great find and looked simply stunning on the day with some blooms in them and are something now treasured by the bride and groom.

WOODEN CRATES WITH RUSTIC SUMMER FLOWERS

Wooden crates with rustic summer flowers create just the right ambience for this rustic setting. Filled here with large hydrangeas, chrysanthemum blooms, olive foliage, roses and astilbe. A great a great mix for a summer wedding.

CENTREPIECES AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARS – GLASS BOTTLES ON TREE SLICES

Yasmin loved her tree slices and glass bottles for the centrepieces. We used a mixture of different sized bottle and jars filled with flowers and herbs to create a rustic look. The tree slices add some height to the tables without blocking anyone’s view.

WEDDING CAKE FLOWERS

The naked cake was beautifully decorated with fresh summer berries and highlights of summer roses.

Credits – Florist: Passion for Flowers // Venue: Shustoke Farm Barns // Photographer: Milly Molly Photography

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ RELAXED RUSTIC WEDDING WITH HANGING GLOBES

July 24, 2014

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS

We love creating Cripps Barn wedding flowers especially hanging globes. It is always a pleasure to travel down to the Cotswolds and create wedding flowers for our couples tying the knot at Cripps Barn. Claire and Ben booked us more than a year before their wedding after they had seen us setting up at Cripps Barn. They were looking for a relaxed rustic wedding celebration with family and friends. Ben is a true romantic and I loved the pearls he had chosen for Claire. The boys were at Cripps the morning of the wedding adding some hand made touches while the girls finished getting ready. Don’t you just love the directional signs lovingly made by Claire’s Dad. All photography by Jen Marino Photography.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ BOUQUETS

Claire and her bridesmaids had wonderful dresses and needed simple just picked flowers to complete their look. We worked with a white and green palette with highlights of purple and blue adding touches of lavender and veronica in the bridal just picked bouquet. To keep the bouquets rustic in style they were finished with hessian.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ RUSTIC BUTTON HOLES WITH TWINE

Rustic button holes with twine suited this rustic style wedding and its setting at Cripps Barn. The button holes were all a little different and finished with twine. Name tags are great to help with handing out the button holes on the wedding day.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ CEREMONY BARN FLOWERS

At Cripps Barn you can choose to have your ceremony in the wonderful ceremony barn which is a simply stunning way to tie the knot. Jars of just picked flowers on the ceremony table and huge just picked hanging globes are all that is needed to complete the look. The beauty of the hanging globes can be enjoyed later in the day for the evening celebrations. The young flower girls pomanders also looked perfect hanging as pew ends from their chairs.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ TOP TABLE FLOWERS

The long top table at Cripps Barn looks warm and inviting with an assortment of jars and vases with just picked flowers from the day. Just Married hessian bunting was added to the front of the top table as well as a hessian runner for another rustic touch.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ PLACE SETTINGS

The guests place settings were finished with lavender for the girls and rosemary for the boys. It is always welcoming to add a floral place setting for your guests.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ WEDDING CAKE DECORATION

The lovely cake was finished with a mini Mr and Mrs bunting and we added rustic flowers hand tied with twine to finish the look. Wedding cake decoration should always tie through into your day so this was just perfect for a rustic wedding at Cripps Barn.

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ HANGING FLOWER GLOBES

The hanging flower globes are a ‘must have’ at Cripps Barn as they are enjoyed by guests throughout the day and are the last thing seen at the end of the evening. Claire and Ben had the hanging flower globes high up on their list of priorities as they had seen ones we had created for previous weddings. For a rustic wedding we combined lots of fresh scented eucalyptus and dill, dreamy gypsophila and blousy hydrangeas.

One of the lovely comments from our happy couple after the wedding was that the globes smelled really amazing.

If you are looking for a wedding florist for your Cripps Barn or Shustoke Barn wedding we would love to hear from you.

Karen x

Credits – Florists: Passion for Flowers // Photographer: Jen Marino Photography // Venue: Cripps Barn // Extra Decor, Cake Topper, Hessian: The Wedding of my Dreams

Archive of ‘Vintage Flowers’ category

HAIR FLOWERS

WRIST CORSAGES

BRIDAL BOUQUET

BUTTONHOLES

CHURCH DECORATION – CANDLES DOWN THE AISLE

HAND HELD ARCH

HANGING FLOWERS

Button Holes

Bridal Bouquet

Welcome sign flower wall backdrop

Hanging rings over marquee poles

Wedding Centrepieces

ORGANIC FREEFORM DUSKY PINK ROSE BOUQUETS

DUSKY PINK ROSE, ASTILBE, WAX FLOWER & JASMINE – HEAVENLY BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS

ROSE & VERONICA BUTTON HOLES

DUSKY PINK ROSE CORSAGES

CHURCH WEDDING FLOWERS

GYPSOPHILA GARLANDS & PEW ENDS FOR CHURCH

CONFETTI

CRYSTAL GLASS CHARGER PLATES & GYPSOPHILA PLACE SETTINGS

CRYSTAL GLASS DECANTERS, GOLD VASES ON SILVER TRAYS – SUDELEY CASTLE CENTREPIECES

MIX OF SILVER GOLD VASES AND CRYSTAL GLASS DECANTERS FOR TOP TABLE FLOWERS

WEDDING CEREMONY AT PACKWOOD CHURCH – BLUSH PINK ROSE AND SAGE GREEN EUCALYPTUS BRIDAL BOUQUET

CANDELABRA DECORATIONS AT PACKWOOD CHURCH

BLUSH PINK, GREEN AND CREAM BOUQUETS FOR BRIDESMAIDS IN PASTEL DRESSES

MARQUEE WEDDING RECEPTION – GROOM’S FAMILY HOME, KNOWLE, SOLIHULL

PEACH AND PINK WEDDING BOUQUETS

PEACH BUTTON HOLE

PEACH AND PINK BOUQUETS WITH TRAILING RIBBONS

PEACH FLOWER CROWN

PASSION FOR FLOWERS – A WEDDING FLORISTS STAND

LONG TABLE WITH A SEA OF FLOWERS AND GOLD CANDELABRA

BRONZE TEA LIGHT HOLDERS & DETAILS

WEDDING STATIONERY

TALL GLASS VASES FOR CENTREPIECES

BRIDAL BOUQUETS

CHALKBOARD SIGNS

FLOWER CROWNS

THE CHAMPAGNE BAR FLOWERS

WEDDING MAGAZINE STAND

CANDELABRA CENTREPIECES HOGARTHS HOTEL

FLOWER CROWN – PINK, BLUE & GREEN HYDRANGEAS & ROSES

SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – CEREMONY FLOWERS

BUTTON HOLES FOR THE BOYS

BRIDAL & BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS – BRIGHT SUMMER FLOWERS

FLOWER GARLAND AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

TOP TABLE FLOWERS IN A RUSTIC CRATE – SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

PASTEL TONED FLOWERS FOR THE TABLES – WATER COLOUR THEME

HANGING FLOWER GLOBES AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

WEDDING CAKE ON A TREE SLICE WITH FLOWERS

VINTAGE WEDDING FLOWERS AT HAMPTON MANOR

BRIDAL BOUQUET – WHITE PEONIES, BLUSH PINK PEONIES, ROSES, DAHLIAS & ASTILBE

SUMMER RUSTIC WEDDING CEREMONY FLOWERS AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS

SUMMER RUSTIC BRIDESMAIDS BOUQUETS WITH PASTEL DRESSES

FEATURE TABLES AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARNS – FAMILY PHOTOS, GIFTS & CARDS

WOODEN CRATES WITH RUSTIC SUMMER FLOWERS

CENTREPIECES AT SHUSTOKE FARM BARS – GLASS BOTTLES ON TREE SLICES

WEDDING CAKE FLOWERS

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ BOUQUETS

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ RUSTIC BUTTON HOLES WITH TWINE

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ CEREMONY BARN FLOWERS

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ TOP TABLE FLOWERS

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ PLACE SETTINGS

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ WEDDING CAKE DECORATION

CRIPPS BARN WEDDING FLOWERS ~ HANGING FLOWER GLOBES