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  • Vintage Cappuccino Rose Wedding Flowers

    To enquire about this stunning bouquet please get intouch with us via our contact us page, Thank you. We are always happy to help

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    Vintage cappacino bridal bouquet

    material from brides wedding dress used on the handle



    Not updated the site for a while, and there have been quite a few weddings lately which I need to post up, but thought I’d strike whilst the iron was hot on this one! I wouldn’t usually post up pics the day of the wedding, and would wait for pics from the bride to show as well, but just had to on this one.

    I had a call from a lady early last week asking me if I could see her to talk about her wedding flowers – I asked when the wedding was and I was surprised to say the least when she replied “next Saturday”. We had the meeting, talked for an hour or so about options, and decided on a simple white and peach rose theme with hand-tied bouquets for the bride and bridesmaid, and rose buttonholes for the groom and witnesses. I just needed to match the peach rose with an offcut piece of dress that was being dropped round a few days later. Or at least I thought we had decided……

    Fast forward to Saturday, I was working in the workroom preparing for a Wedding Fayre making a hand-tied bouquet from Cappuccino and Peach Roses when hubby mentioned “those peach roses don’t look a million miles from the shade you need for next weekend wedding”, so I made a note of the rose name and thought nothing more of it.

    Monday evening came, and the bride to be came around after work, with a piece of material and a small bag of sequins and beads that were being used in her dress to incorporate into the design. I had got the bouquet ready from the wedding fayre the day before to match the peach rose, and the bride instantly changed her mind. “I want that bouquet – the design, the colour, everything”. The Cappuccino and peach roses were a perfect match to the dress material, so white and peach was no more.

    The results are shown above – I made small loops from the dress embellishments and attached them to the rose centres, and used the dress material in between the roses, and for the handles and buttonhole trim. I delivered this morning, and when the Bride to be held the bouquet against the dress, we both started crying – I’ll post further pics up of the bride and flowers at a later date!

    To enquire about this stunning bouquet please get intouch with us via our contact us page, Thank you. We are always happy to help

  • Bridal Flower Mayhem

    What a few weeks it’s been since my last update – things have been hectic, so this post is long overdue!
    The wedding I had on at the end of May went very well, with the weather taking a change for the better for once just in time for the Bride. It was an especially busy day for me, as we had to deliver the Bridal Party Flowers, then go and set up Church Flowers and Pew Bows, go over to the venue to set up there, and then back to the Church in time for the end of the wedding to collect the Church Flowers. As an extra surprise for the bride we then rushed the church flowers over to the venue and set them up there before the guests (and newly married couple) arrived – she was expecting us to collect them and take them home with us, but it seemed a shame for her not to get the full days benefit from them. She messaged me afterwards saying how nice, and unexpected, it was to arrive to see the large Pedestal Arrangements pride of place on the stage, just behind the Top Table and in front of the disco. The full wedding pics have been uploaded onto the relevant pages, but here’s a taster of the days theme.
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    E Tolley Bride Close

    Yes, that's me working!!
    Yes, that’s me working!!

    A few days later, I received a surprise of my own with a Bride whose Wedding and Venue Flowers I did last year e-mailed me to tell me her wedding (and my flowers!) had been featured in an online editorial. To say I was thrilled to have been part of this, with a mention at the end, would be the understatement of the year – I was beaming for days afterwards. You may have already seen the various Star Wars themed items on the site, all made completely from Gypsophilia (and Lego Figures!), but for the story behind the wedding and its theme, the feature can be seen in full at http://offbeatbride.com/2014/04/uk-star-wars-wedding#.U5V5UL6kDaE.facebook

    This week has been a little quieter and more down to Earth so have been busy with artificial flower orders, although I did make my first loose Nan sympathy frame, with matching loose heart for a customer that came to me after I was recommended to them by a regular client – it’s always nice knowing that people like my designs enough to suggest their family and friends use me 

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    Hope you all have a good weekend – I’m off to make 50 foam rose buttonholes that need to be posted tonight, get ready for the Summer Fayre at the local primary school in Clayhanger and then spend the rest of the weekend in the sun I think!

  • Ready for Mothers Day …

    Well, we are busy stocking up and getting all organised for Mothers day this year. We are doing hyacinth pots, mixed bouquets, flowers in vases, flowers in hessian handbags, flowers in t.cups so if you want something different just ask us.

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    We are also offering FREE local delivery actually on Mothers Day in and around Brownhills, Pelsall, Hammerwich and surrounding areas, or you can collect them direct from us the day before if you want to give them to her in the morning with a nice cup of tea when you wake her up after her lie in 🙂

    To order any flowers please pop over to our flower bouquet page and have a look at what we do and then give us call, don’t forget to us plenty of notice so we can get your flowers made up in time for you.

    Anyway I hope you are enjoying the sunshine, we certainly are so i supposed I had better get back to getting myself organised. Have a great day and weekend.

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