An apple a day....

Well, I'm sitting at my very untidy desk eating a bit of leftover sausage-roll from here and have a nice mug of herbal tea on the go. The sun is shining and  I'm all prepared to write!I can't believe October is here and as much as we British do moan about the weather, I can't help loving the crisp Autumn mornings and warm jumpers, building log fires and generally sleeping lots *wishful thinking*!

I did promise a selection of photos from one of our Summer Brides and  here they are! Rachael (the Bride) sent through a beautiful selection of photos from her day and I've been dying to show them to you all!

The bouquet had a very elegant and modern feel to it, though a touch rustic with the hessian tie on the stems.

The flowers were a selection of creamy avalanche roses, gorgeous ivory cymbidium orchids, green 'chartreuse' roses, guelder roses (vibernum opulus-for those in the know) and bear-grass loops. 

The wedding ceremony & reception were held in the Tythe Barn at Priston Mill. The barn is a fantastic venue as the high ceilings give the space a very airy feeling! Plus lovely tall table arrangements like Rachael had work like a dream! 

Enjoy the photos and thank-you to Rachael for sharing a bit of her magical day with us. xx

Our wedding day turned out to be all we hoped for and more; the sun shined all day long! The planning seemed to go smoothly with us doing lots some weeks and nothing the next. Young Blooms were recommended to us by a friend and they didn't disappoint. A bright Irish green was our colour theme and we were happy to give Grace & Laura free reign on what flowers to use; they are the experts after all  We googled lots of the flowers after our initial meeting and were happy with the choice. We originally wanted limes in the vases and only added the idea of apples a few weeks prior to our big day. We were really pleased that they decided to use rustic apples as opposed to Granny Smiths; the end result was wonderful! We thought our venue had the 'wow factor' on the day and much of this was due to the flowers. Thanks again ladies!

Rachael.

What's your siganture...

Erdem SS13

It's London Fashion Week and as I was perusing the LFW website and came across a short bio of the designer Erdem. He quoted his signatures as 'colour, optimism & oddities'  Liked this rather fabulous description as it made me wonder how I would describe Young Blooms Signature?? Saying that I checked out his pre-collection SS13  and fell across this divine dress! Bridal?? Bridesmaid??

Imagine a gorgeous teardrop bouquet of ivory orchids against that! Absolutely stunning I think as you will see below.

This was done for a wedding in the summer, the bride wanted a compact yet elegant style. She chose the orchids as her signature for the day with her Groom having one for his buttonhole.

These photographs were took by James Green from pure love wedding photography We love his style and feel, very elegant and chic!

The bride chose a dress from one of my favourite bridal shops which is just down the road from us. Their dresses are truly divine and don't get me started on the shoes...... (very strokable Rachel Simpson shoes is all I'll say)













As a small aside, if you are reading this and have been a Bride of ours we would absolutely love it if you could vote for us in the National Wedding Awards as the voting closes soon and we are really excited to see how far we get, the link is here so please do get voting. xx

Finishing off this wedding at the Guildhall in Bath the Bride chose a very fresh look for the tables with large glass cubes which were filled to the brim with soft ivory roses and purple lisianthus. Simple & delicate was the order of the day!