On the move

Yup that's right, Young Blooms is on the move....20 yards!! We have moved into a beautiful purpose built workshop/space thanks to the guys from Bath Bespoke Carpentry  and Hartley Farm. We are really pleased as we are in for all the madness that is Mother's day weekend. The only problem is that we get excited about all the new things we want to buy (E.g decent coffee machine, radio that actually works, sofa that's actually comfortable to sit on!)

Stacked full of Mother's Day loveliness

Anyway the pictures don't show it in it's true glory but at least dear reader it gives you an idea.

Wedding season has certainly started for us and we did a beautiful one in Bath Abbey a week ago. The Grooms parents had got married at the Abbey so therefore this couple were allowed. It felt very strange setting all the flowers up with tourists wondering around but apparently they close it off an hour before.

I have included a couple more photos from other weddings, so enjoy the rest of the weekend and hope you all survived the clock going forwards!!

PS Don't forget its Mother's day this Sunday and our on-line shop is now live so go and place your orders!!!

PPS George the cat has now arrived and is attempting to sit on the laptop so work is no longer possible!!

Purple loveliness for Bath Abbey wedding

Bridesmaid bouquet of delight!

Spring has sprung?

What to make of this rather marvellous weather? I have the back door open, the Cat is flat out on her back in the sun and I have begun to tackle the rather weedy garden!! I bought my first lot of seeds this year as I have taken a rather big step and got an allotment with a bunch of friends at Hartley farm. Check out the news at http://hartley-farm.blogspot.com/ So I will living the good life.......*giggles*

Its been a busy couple of weeks at Young Blooms HQ. Bouquets been flying out the door and we have also supplied flowers for Perfect Wedding magazine at the National Wedding Show in Birmingham. We will be featured in next months magazine so look for us there.

Well, this is a flying visit to the blog, so enjoy the gorgeous spring weather and I look forward to the future joy of Mother's day....

Brides bouquet

Spring wreath

Spring Sun & Valentines love....



Entrance to the wedding ceremon

Well, what a day. We have just finished a stunning wedding at Brympton House in Somerset! An absolutely gorgeous location...ceremony was held in the barn and reception was in the great hall! Colour scheme was ivory roses throughout with blue thistle, elegant yet effective!

Birdcage heaven

The Bride sourced a variety of birdcages which had roses and lisianthus spilling out of them. Then for the reception she had candelabras on the table! The great hall where the meal was to be held was just glorious, the sun was shining through as we constructed the centrepieces. Its amazing what you can get done when you put your head down and go! But thanks to Bristol candelabra hire and their witty banter and helpful sweeping we succeeded!


I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend and I look forward to blogging more Valentine joy & madness! Signing out and off to make apple pie...


A very attractive florist







A centrepiece to behold!







Just because.....



We have had a brilliant day today...meeting lots of brides!! Its been wedding crazy. Its so gorgeous that no one wedding is the same.Every bride has ideas that will make her day completely unique and her own. I love that we can play a creative part in making that happen. Wedding bookings have been coming in at great speed, in times when things seem a bit bleak its fab to know that we are doing something right!


Anyway onto more lovely topics and pictures....

Who couldn't help notice the radical u-turn in the weather this week!! Don't know about where you are but we have had glorious sunshine in sunnny Trow-vegas(local speak for Trowbridge)....what a joy it was to behold. I had my new copy of Country Living this week!!! Hurrah....don't worry I am getting old before my time but don't really care, I am truly embracing my thirties before they happen! While digesting the delights of CL, I came accross two rather yummy blogs....Check twitter out this week as I will be putting my wish list on there!! 

I don't know whether you have noticed that Cadbury's creme eggs are back in and yes you could have bought your valentines cards about 3 weeks ago...We getting super-organized about the great day!! Our advertsing has been sent off to the printers...so I will unveiling all things valentine-ish this week!!


I wish you all a marvelous weekend, relax lots and make sure there is fun in there somewhere....signing out and off too consume pizza and gin!!

Treats are a girls best friend

A rather delicious Young Blooms table centre

Well, as we have already done the first week back to work I wonder how its been for you??
I think we have both found that treats have been the way to get through for us!! This involved having nice massages, buying a copy of this months Country Living, & having nice coffee at the Fat Fowl in Bradford and as a reward for clearing the house and workshop of Christmas leftovers, I filled it with our beautiful fresh flowers.
It's also been a week for planning & looking at the year to come. We are both excited because following the success of our Christmas wreath workshops, we are planning more workshops later in the year -  dates and details are being firmed up so we will let you know once they are confirmed.


Valentines Day & Mother's Day surprises are both in the bag as well so look out for the delicious designs that will be filling our workshop!!


Weekly arrival from the Isles of Scilly


We have begun getting our weekly delivery of scented Narcissus from the Isles of Scilly - they are certainly good for the soul when its tipping down with rain, so do come and pick some up at Hartley Farmshop as they are on special offer for a limited time.


Wherever you are, make sure to treat yourself this week!!


My daily latte treat......



New Year Resolutions

Well, I am sat here making plans.... New Year and all that! Lucky old us had a weeks holiday after the madness of Christmas. A chance for lazy mornings in bed, long lunches discussing plans for the future, and quite frankly a lot of shopping!



So we started the New Year with a good spring clean of the workshop and are now excited and inspired - looking forward to the year to come......


On that note I found these photos that never made it into a blog so enjoy.........


 We received some lovely thank you notes from brides last year which I thought I would include. We are always touched to receive these and it helps us know that we are doing a great job!!

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for the flowers you did for my wedding. Everything was perfect!! The Bouquets were just as I wanted them - simple, and the candelabras looked amazing with the roses and ivy. Also, thanks for being so flexible with the church flowers so late in the order. You have both been a pleasure to work with and so professional and friendly in all meetings".     Suzanna St John (Nov 2010)"



A belated but huge for helping to make our wedding day such a successful and memorable day - the flowers we so beautiful, they really were just what I was after!"
Sarah & Ray (Aug 2010)

Whatever is next!!

We commented to each other today, that days no longer have names, we are quite frankly not sure of our own names at times and taking orders without enough caffiene inside of you is a bit of a struggle!! Ahhh but I hear you say its only 7 more days till the big one!! This time next week, I will be full of beef wellington (controversial I know...) and probably watching some terrible movie and loving every minute of it!! But enough of the frivolities...

Mmm this seems like it was all a long time ago, a blog written with all the intention of publishing it but it never happened. Christmas Day is over, I ate too much and drank a little too much of a rather fabulous gin....search Edinburgh Gin on facebook and see what you find. Orders flew in thick and fast and over the week before Christmas. We couldn't even keep the wreath on our own door before it got sold to the next customer walking through!! We enjoyed delivering orders in 6inches of snow and working in temperatures of minus 10,but it's been one of our best Christmases yet.

We trust you all had a great Christmas and we wish you all a fabulous New Year. Signing out and off to sample yet another christmas chocolate....!!