Congratulations, Cat and Anthony!

  In 2012, we arranged the flowers for Cat and Anthony's wedding, the reception for which was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Cat kept most of her colour scheme quite neutral with beautiful white, ivory and beige, but introduced a pop of colour in her bridesmaid's bouquets of red tulips.

We also used red tulips to highlight the bridal table, while their guests were seated at tables decorated in white tulips and white hyacinths.

 

Instead of buttonholes made from a single rose, we opted to use a cluster of David Austin rose buds.

 

Amidst the wonderful buzz that is delivering wedding flowers, it's always lovely to see a very familiar face. It was such a joy to work with our friend Daniel on this wedding, who is responsible for the beautiful photos we're able to share with  you here.

Thank you to Cat and Anthony for having us as part of their day, and to Daniel for documenting such a special occasion.

Daniel Griffiths Photography
www.dgphotos.com.au


P.S Some of the "making of" photos... a little less glamourous than Dan's, but definitely part of the story!

A wedding in the country...

We recently had the pleasure of looking after the flowers for Kathryn and Alex's wedding in Blayney!

Most of the wedding flowers we arrange are prepared in our shop, and delivered to the venue in the hours before the event.  As you'll see in the coming photos, we used a multitude of little vases, jars and bottles, and there simply wasn't going to be enough room for them in the van if we arranged them in Sydney...

So, super early in the morning, we drove four hours out of Sydney to a beautiful property in Blayney, with a van full to the brim with fresh flowers and jars and bottles and vases and buckets and ribbons and florists...

I hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed the adventure...

Our van became the work room...

 We worked to a lovely open brief, with the mission to create a bit of a garden party feel without making it too formal. It was lovely working with a mass of seasonal flowers to bring the feel of the beautiful gardens we were surrounded by into the space.

 I just adore hanging bottles filled with flowers... Something about being caught in the rain when it's raining flowers perhaps? Or perhaps just being totally surrounded by them...

 

 

We used dahlias, hydrangeas, bouvardia, agapanthus, snow on the mountain, carnations and baby's breath (two of our brides absolute favourites!), with lotus pods and pears.

I was thrilled that my lovely little sister was in town for the weekend... a second set of hands AND a catch up!

   

Thank you to Kathryn and Alex for sharing their special day with us, and to Kira from Art Photography by Kira (www.artphotobykira.com.au) for her beautiful photos.


Charlie x.






P.S. Sometimes it's nice to see the space before we've run amok...

 

  

Hello there, it's been a little while!

Hello!

Once again, it's been quite some time since I last typed here... Being technologically challenged as I am, once things get super busy here at the shop, this poor little blog gets a bit neglected! As I was at the start of 2012, I am determined to type more regularly... we shall see how we go in 2013 - wish me luck!

For us, it's day four of the working year, and we're easing ourselves back into the delicious floral chaos that is Red Fragrance.

I was very lucky to spend a little while in Bali over the Summer break, and was continually delighted by the amazing flowers there.

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 This little heart is the start of a big, broad lotus leaf.

Such a simple, sleek bud holds such a mass of beautiful petals arounds a lovely green pod.

I couldn't resist including one pink bud!

Just beautiful.

Even after the flower has finished, the pod is beautiful. (We love using these in our arrangements at the shop!)

Oh, to live in a lush green forest in Ubud... Lucky monkeys!

 A mystery flower (botanical name...)

  

Is it only florists who get excited by lovely unusual foliages when on holiday?

Bromeliads from floor to ceiling, and orchids the colours of a tequila sunrise!

Heliconias

I hope you all had a happy, relaxing Summer break. I'm looking forward to sharing some more of our floral goings-on with you this year - Happy 2013 everyone!

Charlie x