Gaby and Ioana - February 2012

Gaby and Ioana had a beautiful wedding in early Feb, with the wedding in the most beautiful Church tucked in the backstreets of Newtown, and afterwards at the Holme Building at Sydney Uni - which was very fitting given both Gaby and Ioana met working together as academics!

I met with Gaby and Ioana not long before the wedding - after a chat about what they wanted, they went and bought themselves some white chrysanthemums, which they then decided they'd love as their focal flower! They also loved the idea of mint in the arrangements.

Ioana had a touch of red in her bouquet with red roses, and mulberries! The girls were wearing blue, so their bouquets included some really beautiful blue flowers as well!

So enjoy this happy, sunny, summer wedding!

Wedding Flashbacks - to March 2011!

This weekend last year I did the flowers for two weddings - two completely different venues and themes! But both really showing what Autumn flowers can offer!

Amanda and Luke, Balmain and Glebe, Friday

The first was Amanda and Luke's wedding on the Friday afternoon at Mort Bay Park in Balmain, and afterwards at the Boathouse in Glebe. I have to say, this one is still one of my favourite weddings I've worked on so far - I do love whites and pinks etc - but this was a REAL autumn wedding! Rusty oranges, reds, yellows and blues! Amanda just told me the colour scheme, and I went a bit crazy out at the markets, just grabbing anything that worked in with those colours! This is what I came up with....

































Tegan and Sam, Bondi Beach, Saturday

Then on the Saturday, Tegan and Sam got married at Nick's Seafood at Bondi! Sam was keen to go with some Vietnamese Fighting Fish on the tables - so we thought we'd keep it simple, and equally bright! with lots of different coloured hyacincths, which are just coming into season now!

Tegan had a very simple bouquet of bouvardia, and her bridesmaids also went with some beautiful white bouquets.

And finally, we put a big garland of hydrangea on the cake! This tied in well with the girl's bouquets.

Enjoy! And happy anniversay guys!

Floreat Flower of the Month - Pink Bouvardia!

Happy Friday everyone! And welcome to the Floreat Flower of the Month - Pink Bouvardia!



















Pink Bouvardia, is gorgeous, that's all I can say - I love it!

It is a pretty, feminine flower, it smells nice, and it lasts for ages!

Bouvardia was named after Charles Bouvard, who was the personal physician to King Louis XIII and the superintendent of the Royal Gardens in Paris. Interesting fact - I thought they were very Tres Francias :), and I LOVE the Luxemborg Gardens...



















Bouvardia symbolises enthusiam, so is a good flower to give someone who is working hard towards a goal.

Bouvardia is also very pretty in white - some of you will know I use it a lot in weddings!!! This bouquet was a simple bouquet of white bouvardia - a very pretty, simple summer/autumn alternative to lily of the valley!
























Enjoy everyone, and go out and buy yourself a bunch this weekend!