Flowers/Decoration

Preserving the flowers post wedding

By admin on April 18th, 2006

For the brides who have gone for the real flower option there is usually a problem of what to do with the blooms afterwards. Some will take the traditional route and single out all the female guests to vie for bouquet, others will want to preserve their flowers.

There are generally three options for flower preservation:
Take clippings to grow in pots
Make your own dried flower picture or pot pourri
Preserve the flowers in a picture frame glass dome.

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Books/ DVDs/ Online/ TV, Flowers/Decoration, Green/ Organic/ Eco Weddings, Wedding Planning

Ethical Wedding Tips and Resources

By admin on March 30th, 2006

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We all seem to be on ethical wedding spree this week which is fab for the environment. Let’s take a little look at what is going on…

Our sister-blog-with-a-conscience Hippyshopper gave us some gorgeous eco confetti from The Real Flower Confetti Company. We blogged on conflict free diamonds, good gift lists plus bubble and wildflower confetti. Shoewawa took a look at vegan shoes from Beyond Skin (ok, not strictly wedding but we do love shoes).

Confetti, left, £21 and pack of 20 mulberry paper cones £16

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Flowers/Decoration, Keepsakes & Favours

Candle centrepiece

By admin on March 23rd, 2006

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Flowers may be traditional table decorations but we rather like the idea of scented candles sunken into over sized hurricane vases for a gorgeous centrepiece. Imagine an evening reception with the soft flicker of flames casting shadows across the marquee walls with the heady, tantalising scent of rose and lily, cypress or orange blossom.

Ancienne Ambiance, loved by the likes of Plum Sykes, produce the best range of long-burn, scented candles. They make lovely keepsakes for your guests too. £20 including organza wrap and shipping.

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Flowers/Decoration

Flower Power

By admin on February 24th, 2006

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Usually my idea of choosing flowers is stumbling into Tesco’s on a Sunday morning and picking up whichever cut-price bunch looks least ropey and then stuffing them into a vase.

Of course, with weddings flowers feature everywhere from the bridesmaid posy to the table settings and brides bouquet. But out of the hundreds of choices, where do you start?

Perhaps a good jump off point would be to look at the meanings of the different flowers.

Apple Blossom – Better things to come

Camellia – Gratitude

Carnation – Fascination and love

Chrysanthemum – Red – I love you

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