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I have to confess to having got very behind with the blog, I am sorry and I will do my best to catch up. I have some absolutely gorgeous wedding flowers to show you so please do bear with me. First up is Cara's lovely Spring inspired wedding. Spring bouquet of roses,  tulips, anemones, paperwhites and astilbe with a little asparagus fern and myrtle. I love the gentle spring colours in this bouquet, pastel pinks, greens and ivories, it smelt beautiful too, thanks to the paperwhites. Vintage Spring buttonhole for the groom, rose, paperwhite, asparagus fern and myrtle. Ivory and pale green spring bouquet for the bridesmaids, Dolomiti and Green Fashion roses with paperwhites. Table centres were a natural mix of Spring flowers and roses in these tall cocktail vases. First though they were put to use for the wedding ceremony. Here they are positioned either side of the ceremony table at Rhinefield House. The ceremony table was decorated with little vases of Spring flowers and tea lights.

Natural, country style bouquet of roses, freesias, delphinium, lisianthus and mixed foliages. Country style posy in blues and soft mixed pastels. Posy finished with ivy leaves. Sadly, this was not a wedding bouquet but the mix of scented garden roses, freesias and blue delphiniums I am sure can provide inspiration for some really beautiful wedding flowers.

A lovely wedding with a real vintage feel. I really enjoyed working on Tess's flowers. A gorgeous blend of mauve, dusky pink and pale apple with vintage toned foliages. Perfect for a Vintage inspired March wedding Tear drop bouquet of Memory Lane and Green Fashion roses with pink freesias, a little apple lisianthus and vintage toned foliages for our bride. Full of flower and just gorgeous. Buttonhole of Memory Lane rose and pink freesia with vintage toned foliages for our groom. The remaining men wore a co-ordinating but simpler design without the freesia. Hand tied posies of Memory Lane and Green Fashion roses with pink freesias and mixed vintage toned foliages make lovely co-ordinating bouquets for the bridesmaids. Vintage themed posy of mauve, pale green and pink roses with freesias and vintage toned foliages. Jug of Memory Lane roses, lilac, apple green lisianthus and pink freesias mixed with eucalyptus, perfect for this March wedding at Careys Manor. Tess had chosen mixed flor

Welcome to my old and new friends, thank you for taking the time to visit me, I very much appreciate it, and love it when you leave me a little note.  In these difficult, financially strained days, we have all become rather more thrifty, which to my mind is a good thing.If something can be re-used, then why not! We are seeing the simple beauty in ordinary things. Children have always been way ahead of us on this score, think toddlers with egg boxes or wrapping paper, toilet roll inner tubes,cereal boxes. There are some incredibly ingenious people making all sorts of things from the most unlikely materials. It is the simple things that seem to be talking to me at the moment though, clean sparkling glass with pure clear water, is there anything more beautiful?  I am terribly bad at remembering to drink water, but when I see pictures like this, it makes me want to! I have always held on to my interesting jars and bottles for making condiments, cordials and sauces, but how lovely is a simp

A quick preview of Emma's wedding flowers, more photos coming soon. Bouquet of purple lisianthus, lilac freesias, cream roses and paperwhites for our bride. Smelt gorgeous, I was sorry to part with it. Bridesmaids bouquet of cream roses, purple lisianthus and lilac freesias with paperwhites, a smaller version of the bridal bouquet but equally gorgeous. And for the flower girls, a mini version. Perfect for little hands.   Single rose posy of cream rose, diamante sprays and mixed foliage for the very smallest flower girl. Perfect for tiny hands.  Co-odinating buttonhole of Vendela rose,paperwhite and mixed foliage. Gorgeous tied, low table centre in cream,purple and lilac flowers using roses, lisianthus and freesia with paperwhites for a touch of Spring and a touch of perfume. On a mirror plate with lots of candles. The venue is the Marwell hotel.  Rose, freesia, lisianthus and paperwhites make a beautiful tablecentre for this Spring purple themed wedding. That just leaves me to say

A lovely vintage style wedding in shades of gold,cream,ivory and champagne and a church filled with masses of gypsophila.  Vintage wedding bouquet in pale golds,champagne,cream and ivory with a touch of green for Kirsty. I've used roses, lisianthus and bouvardia with mixed vintage toned foliages and sprays of pale gold pearls to create it. Bouquet of champagne and ivory roses, pale gold pearls, cream lisianthus and bouvardia in the lovely classic-vintage style. Kirsty's Bridesmaids carried a smaller co-ordinating version Hair decorations of cream lisianthus for Kirsty's 3 bridesmaids. Ready for pining into a side bun. Classic buttonhole of Vendela rose. Gypsophila pew end with tulle bow and trails. These tied designs are gorgeous for a church wedding. Pew ends of gypsophila decorate alternate pews, the look is still full and generous. There is no need to decorate every pew when the designs are as pretty as these. Gypsophila pew ends and pedestals at St Nicolas Church Wickha

Do you have colour prejudices. or issues, colours you avoid or just plain can't stand? When I was a little kid growing up in the 1970's, I didn't have a clue, I thought 'anything goes!' One day I had a very rude awakening. My friend Heather looked me up and down  and said 'do you see what you are wearing?' Glancing down at myself I said 'yeah.'  'Well. it doesn't go together!' I was gob-smacked, it rocked my world that a stripey jumper didn't go with a spotty blouse, that I wasn't 'colour matched.' After that, I paid more attention to what goes with what and what definitely does not. Blue and green, 'not fit to be seen' or was that red and green? Anyway, you never wear pink and red together! My beliefs were seriously challenged again at the end of the 70's, by my history of art teacher. She was talking about some Impressionist painter who put pink and orange together, and how she rather liked that combination.

'Tussie Mussie's were introduced to England in the early 18th century. A small circular bouquet like a nosegay, but carries symbolic meaning, based upon the language of flowers, where specific flowers represent specific sentiments. They were commonly exchanged by lovers, who sent messages to one another.' Wikipedia. I have been making Tussie Mussies's  for Nanabelle's Vintage Tearoom's in Antrim, some of the materials I have used in my arrangements have the following meanings : Lavender - devotion, distrust, Geranium - gentility, coral or orange Rose - desire, passion, Rosemary - remembrance, Thyme - thriftiness, purple Violet - daydreaming. I find the whole subject fascinating, and love the thought of those 18th century lovers sending little coded messages to eachother. Except if everyone knew the language then everyone would know what they were saying. My home town of Antrim has been a little short of somewhere lovely to go and have a coffee or tea, but not an