October Weddings

We are well and truly into Autumn now at Swallows and Damsons which is the best time for warm and homely tones. Colour palettes of deep reds, cliché burnt oranges and dusky pinks; perfect for creating a wild, romantic feel.

The bouquet and buttonholes here were for Katy and James’ wedding at The Chimney House, Sheffield. The bouquet, which included the aforementioned palette, also includes a trailing velvet ribbon. Which adds to that all-incumbent romantic feel that weddings at this time of year graces us with.

Bouquet ingredients:

Buttonholes:

This was such a lovely wedding to work on and I’m very excited for the next few Autumn weddings that are coming up, we have some big ones on the way! New post up soon.

Mid-Season Moments

I think April has to be one of my favourite months in the flower shop: Valentine’s Day is long gone; Mother’s day is becoming a distant memory and so many beautiful spring flowers are making their debut. On the other hand, wedding season is slowly beginning to build up, but we’ll forget about that for now.

On a normal shop day, I might have 10 back-to-back bouquets on order and even though I have to put them together quickly, I always feel like each one is a my own piece of artwork that I’ve delicately crafted. I’ve spent an incalculable amount of time trying to work out which way is best to wrap a bouquet to frame the flowers, how best to tuck the cellophane around the stems to create a water bottom that doesn’t leak. Even considering how tight or loose I’m holding the flowers so that it looks natural and relaxed. And let’s not forget trying to spiral my stems for a perfect free standing bouquet!

Sometimes work can get so crazy. It’s nice to take a moment to just really appreciate the amazing flowers and colour palettes I get to work with day in, day out. Above is a bouquet I made with seasonal flowers including; anemones, paper whites, hellebores, cappachino roses, oxypatalum, astrantia, ranunculus, clematis, and of course foliage – eucalyptus, as standard. Sometimes you’ve just got to appreciate the small moments in floristry – as is true in life. Spring has sprung and winter has thawed, time to enjoy these brief, fleeting and wholesome moments of the job.

 

 

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