Flowers for the Princess Royal

I created some vase arrangements for Princess Anne's visit to Queen Margaret University. Her visit marked 75 years of Occupational Therapy education in Scotland. 

The arrangements were QMU themed in colour: I used blues and whites - rose, thistle, antirrhinum, delphinium and eustoma.

Dalmahoy Edinburgh, calla bouquets, rose and thistle bridal bouquet

 Delphinium, rose and bouvardia pedestal

 

 Thistle and rose bride's bouquet

 Calla lily bridesmaids bouquets and calla lily flowergirl bouquets

 

Wedding at The Quay, Musselburgh

Denise chose a rose and thistle shower bouquet for her wedding at the Quay in Musselburgh. Her bridesmaids carried hand-ties of rose and thistle. Her mum e-mailed me shortly after the wedding:

Hi Heather, 

Just a short  message to say  a massive thanks to you.

Our Flowers were amazing, everyone was talking about them.

So thanks so much.

I  loved them and Denise was over the moon, we will  pass on to others your info.

Cheers

Bridget

 

How to make an aqua packed bouquet

I was asked about how to make an aqua packed bouquet. I made these diagrams when I was a student on the city and guilds course:

Cut two rectangles of cellophane. The rectangles should be slightly larger than the pieces of tissue paper. Cut a square of cellophane.

Take one piece of cellophane and lay a piece of the tissue paper on top. Fold the cellophane as shown (point to middle of short side) and wrap around the bouquet.

 

Turn the bouquet round and repeat with the other piece of cellophane and tissue paper.  

Secure the cellophane/tissue paper just above the tie point with sellotape. 

Now lay the bouquet on the square of cellophane and bunch up the cellophane to the tie point. Secure with sellotape. 

Finish the design with a ribbon. 

Carefully pour water over the middle of bouquet until the water reaches approximately 2 inches.

Royal Scots club wedding

Avalanche rose and white thistle hand-tie bouquets. 
Pale pink rose, pink bouvardia and purple eustoma aqua packed gift bouquets.
Pink eustoma and spray rose corsages mounted on a eucalyptus leaf. 
White hydrangea and beargrass fish bowl table centres.

 

Quirky little love birds

I received an order for some quirky love birds and a garland. They were to top a wedding cake. The male bird was to wear a royal blue tie and the girly love bird a french lace veil. The bride was going to have an array of cakes on cake stands.

St Marys church and Dalmahoy Suite

White roses, paeonies and hydrangea were selected for this extravagant wedding. The bride had a set idea in mind so it was easy for me to know what to order and how to arrange it to her liking. In fact, the morning after the wedding she texted to say:

"Thank you so much for all your hard work on Saturday! It was a beautiful day and you did a fab job. The flowers worked amazingly and I don't think anyone else could have taken my idea and brought it to reality the way you did".

Masses of flowers!

The bouquets:

Table centres- jam jars filled with groups of rose, hydrangea and paeony and candles

Top table:

 

Rose and thistle corsages:

St Mary's church - before the pew ends were added

and after