Wedding tips

We have almost come to the end of the wedding season and now starting to take consultations for next years weddings.
We get lots of people coming into the shop to talk about their wedding flowers. Some have a really clear idea of what they want and other have absolutely no idea! So I thought about what would be good for people to have ready before they go to a florist to get the most out of the appointment.
Here are my top 10 tips
1 Make sure you have your venue booked.
2 Make sure you know what you will be wearing and if you have bridesmaids what colour and preferably what style they will be wearing.
3 Have a flick through some wedding magazines, flower ones if possible and cut out or write down page numbers of pictures of flowers and style that you like, even if it's not exactly what you want.
4 Think about what whether you want the flowers to stand out or just create an ambiance.
5 How do you want to hold your bouquet In front of you, over your arm etc.
6 Do you want the bridesmaids to hold flowers or have flowers in hair or wrist etc.
7 Do you have a budget in mind that you want to stick to. It's best if you can tell the florist this as then they can guide you with that in mind and you wont waste time talking about flowers and arrangements that a way out of you price range or to simple.
8 Most florists can provide candles and extra bits and pieces that aren't necessarily flower related so ask if they can do those type of things as less suppliers and work for you/your family to do on the day the better.
9 Think about the extra things that you might want to add to the basic things. Almost walking through the day looking around writing down what you want where.
10 If possible meet the florist at the venue so that you can show them exactly where you want things to go. If that's not possible taking measurements of places that you want flowers i.e window sills, fire tops etc is really useful.
Remember to enjoy the creative process, don't get stressed about it, wedding days are beautiful days that enjoyed by everyone no matter what happens!

Autumn

I LOVE Autumn. The colours in the trees, the leaves blowing around on the ground and the crisp clear sunny days (when we have them!). As always the colours of the seasons are influencing the flowers that we are using in the shop. The wonderful Tom Pearce Chrysanthemums, painted red oak leaves and peachy amaryllis creeping in and taking over the shop!

I have been busy with training and weddings this month so far and very much looking forward to a weekend off, especially as I was up at 6.30 on Sunday delivering flowers for a wedding, of course it was 10/10/10 on Sunday so I think the weddings were being processed as quickly as produce at an Aldi checkout!

So that got me thinking about superstitions. A lot of people get married on days that are meaningful to them, likewise don't get married on days meaning full to them!! Perhaps as simple as being the well know bad luck number 13!!

Some people are more superstitious than they think they are.

So this year was the 10/10/10. I found this website all about the number 10 http://www.richardphillips.org.uk/number/Num10.htm it's really quite interesting, especially about the Virgins coming in tens! Five foolish and five wise apparently!

Nothing to do with numbers but a funny superstition that I found and had to share is that apparently a popular Chinese superstition is that if one points at the moon with one’s finger it will make one’s ear tips fall off! So watch out.

So on THAT note! Enjoy your Autumn, take time to look up at the trees and see that beautiful colours and last few leaves that are left before Winter swallows them up, oh and no pointing at the moon!