Weeton Army Barracks 26th July 2008

If ever you need a marquee Ken is your man, CK Marquees do the very best marquees we ever see, Ken is a bit of an acquired taste, a touch dry, a smidge negative, but what he doesn’t know about marquees isn’t worth knowing, we see loads of marquees and quite honestly Ken has it completely spot on, price, service, attention to detail and always prepared to go the extra mile. I mean he is one of those men, lets face it, there is...

Cathy & David's wedding 26th July

What a beautiful day on Saturday for a wedding, and lots of beautiful bridesmaids too. Romantic, Simple, Elegant, Intimate & Family celebration, these were our key words for Cathy & David’s big day. The service was absolutely lovely at St. Josephs’ and I’m sure the reception would have been spectacular too. Many Congratulations to Cathy & Davi...

Sara & Tom 25th July 2008

Sara, what a sensational dress, I love it. What a relief it was to hear Tom say that he loved the flowers, I am, as a rule very anxious to get the brides approval, but in your case I did feel Tom's seal of approval was essential. Congratulations to both of you! Stewart "Stewy Vuitton" from S & P on Orchard Road did a fabulous job on everyones hair, I particularly liked Sara's the flowers were put in beautifully but Sara still...

The Best News Ever

Rebecca has recieved her acceptance letter from LAMDA, London Acadamy of Music & Dramatic Arts. Thank God we won the cookery show!. She will be leaving the Fylde for London at the end of August. We are all really, really proud of he...

Angel of Mercy

Hallelujah we’ve done it, we have managed to find some wonderful, fantastic, great human being to do the cleaning, I am so happy I can’t contain myself. We have tried before, it seems there is a snobbery among domestic management, we didn’t it seems have the correct post code, number of bedrooms or separate utility room, this makes us un-worthy. We did however have two teenage daughters this makes us double un-worthy. We work staggeringly seven days a week, we used to only work six and half and then it seemed like...

Amazing Dinners & Apologies

What an amazing evening we had last night with Shannon & Peter, Andy (A Gastro sexual, just to confirm this means a man that cooks) & Emma. The food was so good and after discovering yesterday morning that I am in fact officially obese I decided that one “Last Supper” was essential and oh boy what a last supper. Shannon is incredible not only is she beautiful, artistic, creative and a fab mum but it also turns out she can really cook.The trouble with obesity is that I have had a lot of practice at eating;...

Birthday's Birthday's Birthday's

Our lovely Rachel was 21 on Saturday and is celebrating in style in Florida, we all wish her a Very, Very Happy 21st. Rosie is ?? today and I know she has enjoyed the best of days in the "middle" and will be celebrating at home with her great family tonight. My very own Rebecca will be 19 tomorrow and she had a beach party in a sand storm on St Annes Beach on Saturday night, surprisingly only her very closest friends weathered the storm and enjoyed very crunchy fairy cakes complete with candles that wouldn't stay...

"The Mighty Tangerines"

What a day, firstly today was our Television debut. Jason, Andy & I cooked our way to stardom. Cooking is very much like flower arranging in as much as you get fresh ingredients and process them into something utterly delicious. In my experience all florists can cook, they all cook with care, passion and attention to detail. If you ever get invited to a florists house for dinner, trust me, go, it’s going to be good. If you get invited to a fat florist’s house for dinner it is going to be exceptional and there...

Lytham Zanzibar Cocktail

The Clifton Arms did a wonderful job as usual on Saturday evening, Dianne & Andy looked totally sunkissed. Pale pink roses, Blush pink Peonies and the Vanilla Orchid from Zanziba...

"Trolls" in the cave

So in "The Middle" which is a huge no frills warehouse/work room space where we create all our wonderful event/wedding designs, this is where "Rosie disposition" (a touch of irony here) reigns Rosie was trained at "Constance Spry" many moons ago, she does the most magnificent wired work imaginable, but is the untidiest being that ever lived. Rosemary is famous for her "sucking lemons face" and making the best handles on bridal...

Zoe and Mark July 19th 2008

Just how beautiful are these bridesmaids?Totally amazing day, everyone looked great, what a lovely family. It was like working with the "A" team, the fantastic Chris Astbury doing gorgeous photographs, Sol creating hair to die for, The Graham Fenton experience and the wedding breakfast at Garstang Golf and Country Club who could ask for more. Congratulations you tw...

Talented designers at Flower design

We have lots of talented florists in our team, all of them have a back ground in art... Shelley is on the left and Shirl on the righ...

Flower Fairies & Fairy Castles

This is the second of many "bloggings",First of all let me introduce you to the team of “Flower Fairies” and give you a little guided tour I apologise in advance for the length of this second blog...We have two flower shops, Kathleen's in Blackpool & Flower Design in St. Annes. We have a refrigerated unit just down the alley behind Flower Design, and between "The Fridge" & "FD" we have a workshop known as "The Middle", up stairs at FD we have a bridal suite "Sally's office" and a small staff room/kitchen....

Flowers and Frivolity

This is the first of many regular bloggings, so it's the start of what we're sure will be a beautiful relationship. We just want you to be a part of the daily perkiness and pleasure bubbling in our flower shops, so really we're doing you a favour. Where to start ... well, the past month has been crazy, we've had Channel 4 filming in the shop, for one of our biggest and most fanatical flower buyers, we've had a slightly peculiar...

Lovely Summer Pink Wedding at Copp Church & Ferraris

Welcome to the very gorgeous Copp Church on a lovely July Day, Sarah & Richard have chosen a very English selection of fresh flowers for their wedding including these magnificent White Delphiniums and Peonies in these majestic Church Pedestal arrangements.The Church Doorway is dressed with a floral frame with hanging lanternsWe've used fragrant lilies and peonies on the windowsillsTiny Rose buds for the junior page boy Where...