A Visit to Dreamcatcher Bridal & A Great Big Welcome to a New Arrival!!!!

It's no secret that Dreamcatcher Bridal is one of my all time favourite Bridal Shops in the world ever!!! These gorgeous folks carry an enormous selection of exquisite bridal gowns from some of the most desirable designers, I love to visit Gill & Georgina and to see their brand new collections as they arrive throughout the year. It's really important for me to have a thorough knowledge of the gowns I'll be creating Wedding Bouquets for, and what better way to do that than to go and see them, take in the detail, feel the exquisite fabrics and understand the designs.

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I love this gown by Essense of Australia, the lace over satin has a real Vintage vibe and sensational back detail

This delicious lacey spring bridal bouquet would be perfect for the Essense gown above, I used Stephanotis, Lily of the Valley, Tulips, Sweet Peas, Viburnum Opulus and a delicate shade of buttermilk Roses gathered in a framed posy style.

I absolutely adore Suzanne Neville, her gowns have the perfect silhouette, "Gracie" from Suzanne Neville's Nostalgia collection has the tiniest waist, sumptuous ivory silk organza and the perfect fit who could ask for more?

 I'd like to keep the bridal bouquets simple for this gown, either a bouquet of all Lily of the Valley or White Peonies either would be glorious!

This fragrant posy of all Lily of the Valley will look magical with this fabulous Suzanne Neville gown "Gracie"I decided on Lily of the Valley as the bead detail on the sash reminds me so much of the shape, delicacy and preciousness of this beautiful flower. I wondered if the gown was inspired by the iconic style of Grace Kelly who carried a bouquet of Lily of the Valley on her wedding day.

Dreamcatcher have a great selection of gowns with lace over jackets, I love this design the gown looks completely different when Gill changes the lace top.

This looks like a completely different gown

For this classic Sasssi Holford gown Peonies really are the order of the day, I love this nostalgic 1950's look, there's an innocence to it that would be so perfect with a garden gathered design.

This bridal bouquet has it all White Peonies, Lily of the Valley & Ivory Roses, the perfect bouquet for a Sassi Holford Gown I think!!!!

The Flower Girl's gown, an absolute vintage classic, miniature version almost of the fabulous Sassi Holford Gown above

For this adorable Flower Girl's gown a delightful posy of fresh Sweet Peas & Lily of the Valley

The accessories at Dreamcatcher are fabulous too vintage hair pieces and jewellery

But the real jewel in the Dreamcatcher Crown is Georgina's brand new baby boy, we were so thrilled to meet him and see Gill in the role of doting grandma!!!

Georgina looks so beautiful (I'm sure no-one has the right to look this good so soon after giving birth!!!)

Massive congratulations!!!!!!!

Preview of Dreamcatcher Bridal's Brilliant open Evening

This was just the most sensational evening as always Gill & Georgina put on terrific show, but you''ll have to wait until next week to see the whole story.

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Wedding Bouquet Cascade style in IvoryOur great friends Jonny "Jonny Draper Photography" & Ella "Pure Beauty"

Uber Glam Gill from Dreamcatcher Bridal

Wedding Bouquet of Red Roses & Red Tulips

Can't wait to show you the rest but I'll have to

Wedding Flowers at The Villa, Wrea Green

Another lovely day and another gorgeous wedding, this is the wedding day of Nicola & Michael Holroyd who were married on Saturday 25th April 2009 at The Villa in Wrea Green.

"Bubble Gum & Sugared Almonds" was our inspiration title, we really wanted the colour palette to reflect the fabulous shades of the bridesmaid's gowns.

Nicola looked absolutely divine in her exquisite gown from Dreamcatcher in Kirkham

Nicola's bouquet was created as a hand tied bridal bouquet, we included Aqua & Blue Curiosa Roses, Lilac Freesia, Ageratum, Germinis, Lissianthus, Angelique Tulips, Phlox, Blue Bells, Sweet Peas and Hyacinth.

We imagined all of the bouquets to be relaxed and youthful, each one to have an innocence and an individuality just like the bride and her bridesmaids.

The Groom's Mum & Dad Alan & Eileen

Eileen's corsage compliments her ensemble beautifully, we used white Rose Petals rolled, a single Crystal Blush Calla Lily and some teal bullion rolled into a sphere finished with a teal voile ribbon.

Nicola's extremely handsome and slightly nervous Groom Michael, we made Michael a Hot Pink Rose and Ageratum Buttonhole.

The Ceremony Room was dressed with Nicola's favourite Goldfish Bowls and a very elegant traditional style pedestal design complete with candle and the very first of this seasons Alliums.

Angelique such a beautiful end of season tulip, we love her.

I love using seasonal flowers and these lovely Blue Bells are just perfect for the time of year, as we drove through Wrea Green on Saturday there were just hundreds of them.

The Villa has a fabulous random, bespoke, homely feel which really relaxes everyone, the staff were also really helpful and very attentive to everyones needs, it was a great pleasure for us to work there and we enjoyed Stewart's (General Manager) hospitality almost as much as the guests did.

The girls wore fab gowns also from Dreamcatcher Bridal, the colous were chosen to compliment each Bridesmaid's individual colouring, it really worked too.

Kelly wore a shade called "Bubblegum" & Olivia wore "Carnation", Sarah was in "Wisteria" & Sophie fabric colour is called "Sweet Tarte"

Harry was the very best behaved young man there and he looked brilliant in his suit a smaller version of the grown up suits, we made him a miniature Rose Bud Buttonhole.

This is a close up of Sophie's bouquet we altered the colour balance in each bouquet to enhance the shades of the gowns, we've included sweet Peas, Ageratum, Ocean Song roses, Phlox "Bright eyes" and "Blue Moon" Freesia, an extremeley fragrant bouquet.

Sarah's Bouquet was more "Wisteria" Shaded with "Blue Curiosa" Roses and "Black Cherry Yoghurt" Tulips, Blue Bells and one of my old faithful's Alchemilla Mollis.

Olivia's Bouquet was more "Hot pink" we used "Sarah Bernhardt" Peonies, Aqua Roses, Germini's and Sweet Peas.

Kelly's bouquet was much paler and softer shades to co-ordinate with her "Bubblegum" gown, we used Lissianthus and the very palest Sweet Peas and peonies.

Nicola has the most wonderful figure and she looked simply perfect in her Benjamin Roberts wedding gown from Dreamcatcher Bridal.

The colours looked fabulous altogether and Nicola just took everyone's breath away.

The photographer for the day Anurag Sharma from Shutterleaf Photography, he was so kind to us and extremely generous, allowing us to get some great flower shots, he's also offered to send us some professional images later in the year, so I'll do a post dedicated to them, many thanks Anurag.

Michael looking for his bride

The ceremony was conducted beautifully and sincerely by Karen from Blackpool Registry Office

The girls were having a great time and colours were fab on the eye

Congratulations to Nicola & Michael and many thanks for allowing Flower Design to be such a big part of your very special day, we had a phenominal day with you all.

The Wedding Cake dressed with fresh flowers and a single Vanda Orchid in the glass cylinder seporator.

The top table was situated in the bay window, The Villa is very cosy with really great antique features which added to the feeling and atmosphere of romance at this wedding

The tables were dressed with goldfish bowls a particular favourite of Nicola & Michael's.

On some of the other tables we arranged tall narrow vases filled with fresh Alliums, Molucella and Roses.

This spray decorated the seating plan

Everyone spilled outside to enjoy the sunshine

The Villa looked very majestic

Nicola's Mum Jane gave her away, we made her a very special epaulette corsage of Germini petals, roses and Orchids they complimented her ensemble perfectly.

The Very Happy Couple