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A Year In Bloom: Peonies For An April Bridal Bouquet

April 18th, 2013 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

april

peonies

piano roses

clematis

avalanche roses

Is it really nearly a year that our fabulous Featured Supplier Sarah of Leafy Couture has been sending us an online bouquet and burst of floral gorgeous every month? To me, they just keep getting lovelier and lovelier!

You can see Leafy Couture’s blooms in full blossom this Sunday 21st April 2013 at The Brides Up North Luxury & Vintage Grand Wedding Exhibition at The National Railway Museum in York. Do you have the date in your diaries? Click here for all the info and to pre-register as a VIP Bride To Be.

In the meantime, let’s see what’s in April’s bouquet…

Sarah says: With the start of the sunshine and showers season I thought we would do something vibrant and seasonal this momth. The first of the peonies are starting to come through, gorgeous, scented and blowsy. I teamed them here with pink piano roses, a double rose variety with hundreds of beautiful petals, I added texture and movement using the purple clematis. Its a newcomer to the cut flower market and I can’t stop playing with it! We added Peach avalanche roses to give a contrasting colour. The bouquet was bound simply with peach ribbon. The overall feel is that of a bouquet picked from a summers garden, honeysuckle would have worked really well with the bouquet too.

Deep vibrant dresses would work well with this colour scheme, a vibrant cerise pink bridesmaid’s dress. The shape of the bouquet would compliment most dresses.

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A Year In Bloom – A Bouquet For March

March 14th, 2013 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

Hand’s up! Who else is sick of grey and whites? It may be this second cold snap that we’ve been having, but I’m ready for Spring to be sprang already and a pop of colour here on the wedding blog.

Luckily, our regular green fingered contributor – Sarah of Leafy Couture – read my mind.

Leafy Couture

March

clematis

anemones

ranunculus

hyacinths

tulips

viburnum opulus

thalspi green bell

Sarah says: March’s bouquet is a burst of spring colour, its a combination I adore with all my favourite spring flowers. The colours are a vibrant mix of blues, pinks, oranges, lime greens and purples. The scented hyacinths bring the smell of spring in to any room.

I love this bouquet because it has a wild feel to it with the purple clematis (which is a recently new addition to the cut flower world) and all the flowers are beautiful in their own right. The anemones are stunning: such a special flower with amazing details in the centre.

You could go for a mix of colours for your bridesmaids dresses with this bouquet, with each dress a different colour to reflect the bouquet, it would suit a variety of shades and styles.

Reflecting the season, Spring flowers bring new starts and hope, perfect for your wedding day!

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A Year In Bloom – A Bouquet For September

October 1st, 2012 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

Would you look at that, I’m a day late!

Mental note: 30 days hath September.

Still, this beautiful bouquet for September by regular blog contributor and Featured Supplier Sarah of Leafy Couture was too good to miss, even if it is the 1st of October already. Be inspired!

Leafy Couture - Bouquet For September

Upper Secret Roses

Snowberry

Astrantia

Leafy Couture - Bouquet For September

Sarah says: September’s hand tied bouquet gives a little nod to the changing season with the use of Upper Secret Roses. The two tone rose reminds me of the time in September when all the leaves start to change and you know Autumn is coming.

Upper Secret are a gorgeous rose – really strong and would compliment many colour schemes. We teamed them here with Snowberry and Astrantia to add a bit of texture. Autumn is full of berries and so Snowberry seemed appropriate.

The Astrantia is so pretty and delicate, it too has a two tone effect with its delicate paper like petals.

We finished the bouquet with two ribbons, the stems can be bound in many ways. We are enjoying experimenting with different effects at the moment. It is a lovely way to bring your colour scheme in to the flowers or to highlight a colour that you may be wearing.

This colour scheme would work with a number of bridesmaids dress colours, ivory would look great but also a delicate blush or dark maroon or raspberry.

Leafy Couture - Bouquet For September

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A Year In Bloom – A Bouquet For July

July 20th, 2012 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

I was up with the proverbial lark this morning – and a lark it wasn’t, trust me! – and straight onto the early train heading South (why are the lyrics from Don’t Stop Believin’ now running through my head? Lack of sleep?). I’m off to London to partake in a photo shoot and interview for Fabulous Magazine all about the rapid growth of my Brides Up North blog, brand and business and let more more people know all about the Northern Revolution. Whoop!

Full behind the scenes blog post and links to the subsequent mag feature coming soon, but I just can’t wait to be primped and preened and made to look pretty. The lovely Katie from Fabulous rang me earlier this week to check if I minded having my nails done. Did she really need to ask?! These keyboard bashed digits are crying out for some t.l.c. So despite the early morning call, I’m in high spirits as I navigate London to find the studio and base for the day. Bring on the blusher!

In the meantime, I thought I had better leave you with something beautiful. If you are taking longer over your morning cuppa (maybe adding a bacon sarnie – it’s Friday after all!) make sure to check out yesterday’s posts as it was a bumper day for emotions on the blog with hilarity juxtaposed against a thought provoking and bittersweet real wedding. Click here and here to recap.

That done? Now it’s onto something bloomin’ lovely.

In this new series on the wedding blog, one of my friends and very favourite florists Sarah of Leafy Couture shares her favourite seasonal blooms for each month of the year with twelve stunning bouquet ideas for you to print out and keep.

Bouquet for July by Leafy Couture

Camomile daisies

Vuvuzela

Roses

Peonies

Crespedia

Lavender

Achemilla mollis

Sarah of Leafy Couture says: So I thought I would share something bright and fabulous for July’s bouquet. I adore the textures we used in this bouquet, the delicate camomile daisies, the vibrant vuvuzela blowsy roses, hot pink peonies for added texture and scent, bright yellow crespedia (or "billy balls" for a touch of fun and very popular at the moment). Fresh seasonal lavender sprigs and lime green achemilla mollis add a softness and calming scent. I love it, it’s full, whimsical and fabulous. We finished the bouquet with a lace trim to bind the stems.

It would suit a laid back relaxed wedding in the country and would be ideal complimented by bright bridesmaids dresses. It would compliment a mixture of colour schemes and dress colours from navy to peach. You could accessorize with a few of the blooms in your bridesmaids’ hair to match. Buttonholes of crespedia and lavender would work really well to compliment this bouquet.

Bouquet for July by Leafy Couture

For a July wedding this bouquet works perfectly, hot summer colours using seasonal flowers and something to brighten any rainy wedding day!

Bouquet for July by Leafy Couture

Did you see Leafy Couture’s gorgeous floral displays for my Brides Up North Tweet Up in Yorkshire? Sarah and the team even created an indoor garden! Click here to see the photographs.

Click here to see Leafy Couture’s bouquet for June.

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WINNER! Bels Flowers Bespoke Bouquet

July 3rd, 2011 | Brides Up North: UK Wedding Blog

I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday in the glorious sunshine that we lucky Northerners are getting. It’s been hard to tear myself away from the garden to update my lovely little wedding blog, but needs must, as I have some exciting news for one lucky Brides Up North reader!

Bels Flowers

A month ago, I launched a gorgeous competition for one of my readers to win a bespoke bridal bouquet, hand tied by the lovely Helen of Bels Flowers and worth up to £200.

Well, you better have a gorgeous gown lined up to match*…

Victoria

June 27, 2011 | I’m a big fan of brides up north and have been watching it grow over the past few months. It’s great to be able to go to a northern site for help and ideas. I hope it’s not to late to enter, I don’t ever win anything but thought it’s worth a try if it’s not to late! Thanks for the opportunity!

Many congratulations you lucky thing (and thank you for the lovely comments! *blush*). Contact me to claim your beautiful blooms. This might be the bouquet toss off the agenda!

Have a fabulous summer evening Brides Up North. Fire up those BBQs!

*Winner drawn at random

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