Melinda and Dylan, August 2012

Floreat put together the flowers for Min and Dylan's magical wedding at Clareville and Bilgola Surf Club in August this year! It was a beautiful day, and you couldn't imagine a happier couple!

I only wish I could have been there at the big day of one of my closest freinds, but Susie Hatherley skillfully stepped in to create the amazing creations you'll see in the photos below, beautifully captured by Lee Hulsmann of Summerland Photography in Manly.

www.summerlandphotography.com.au

The suspended chrysanthemum and tealight wall is one of my favourite things so far!

Enjoy xx

Emma and James, Bushbank Kiama, 1st day of Spring 2012

Floreat did the pretty spring flowers for Emma and James' beautiful wedding at Bushbank, Kiama on the first day of spring!

Well, it was pretty windy, but the sun was still shining and Emma and James had the biggest smiles on their faces that I've ever seen!

Emma was keen to go with lots of pretty springtime flowers. Her bouquets were made up of beautiful ranunculus, anenomes, buddleia, chrysanthemums and sweet peas, and were so fresh and bright!

Then there were clusters of milk bottles on all the tables with babies breath, delphinium, stock, lavender, chrysanthemums and ranunculus, and it was just gorgeous as you'll see!

Emma's stunning dress was made by the amazing Melinda, who is the famous bridal designer from Gurley - which is about 45 minutes north of Narrabri! She must be the most amazing dressmaker I've ever seen!

Enjoy the beautiful photos from Tess Godwin of Tess G Photography tessgphotography.com.au

x Floreat

TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday! And in my case - thank God it's Flower Day!

What a beautiful day today, and to get you in the mood for the beautiful spring weekend ahead, and hopefully there will be lots of parties in store for you, I thought I'd post some photos of a dinner party I did the flowers for a couple of weeks ago when the weather was warming up and the flowers were pretty.

Again - really beautiful photos by Elise Hassey - www.lisse.com.au

Spring Has Sprung!

Happy Spring!! Hope you all enjoyed the first 2 days of Spring everyone! Perfect spring day today - my favourite time of the year!

Well the wedding season has certainly kicked off now and I had 2 weddings this weekend, I can't wait to share the photos with you!

In the meantime, enjoy these beautiful photos of a great picnic we had down on the banks of Willow Pond in Centennial Park last weekend - a bit of an early spring celebration but not premature - the weather was lovely!!

Amazing photos yet again by the fantastic Elise Hassey - have a look at her website.

www.lisse.com.au

x Floreat

Pam's 60th Birthday Party

A couple of months ago, Floreat Floral did the flowers for Pam's 60th Birthday Party in Narrabri.

This was a very special occasion, as I've known Pam my whole life and I was honoured that she asked me to help her with her birthday party!!!

Pam was having a long lunch on the verandah at she and her husband John's beautiful home in the mountains east of Narrabri, and Pam and her daughter Weens had worked hard to create a really stylish scene which you'll see in the photos below. It felt like we were in a trendy Surry Hills restaurant but with Castle Top mountain in our view!

We all enjoyed a delicious lunch by the amazing Katrina O'Brien from Relish Catering in Narrabri (who also catered for my Mum's 60th a few weeks later, which you might remember I posted about recently)

www.relishcatering.net.au

It was a great day. Enjoy the photos!

Jo and Andy, Sergeant's Mess, Clifton Gardens, June 2012

Floreat Floral Design prepared the flowers for Jo and Andy's Winter Wedding in June 2012 at the Sergeant's Mess in Clifton Gardens.

We did some really pretty informal bouquets, and the boys wore orchids with pride, as they were the Groom's mother's favourite flower.

The bouquets were translated to a wintry theme for the table arrangements.

I LOVED delivering the bouquets to Jo! The girls were getting ready at Jo's family home, and knowing there would be a few family members there who's buttonholes and corsages I had to pin on, I had no idea until I arrived what Greek Extravaganza awaited me! There must have been 50-60 people there of all ages - firing up for the day ahead, dancing and having a great time! It was so exciting!

Enjoy the photos prepared by Thina Doukas Photography!

http://www.thinadoukasphoto.com/

x Jane

Happy Birthday Mum!!

We had a fantastic celebration on Saturday, for my Mum Annie Lampe's 60th Birthday!!!

We had a lovely lunch in the garden at home in a marquee - and decorated it with lots of flowers from our garden - blossom at the entrance to the marquee and hanging from the ceiling and long rectangular vases put together by my talented sister-in-law Nikki, with hyacinth, ranunculus, lavendar, rosemary, pierus and stock.

Thank you to both my Aunt's Libby and Chrissy for the most beautiful photos! And you'll also see the amazing painting of our garden at the top that my brothers and sister-in-law gave Mum for her birthday, painted by my good friend Erica's amazing, talented and generous Mum, Diana Boyer - painted to amazing detail all the way from England - from photos!

It was honestly the most beautiful day - enjoy the photos! And today is her actual birthday! Happy Birthday Mum! xx

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