The week that flew by ~ part two

I think I left my thoughts somewhere in last Tuesday and
 that much admired Spring vase I mentioned.......






Wednesday
Wednesday was a gorgeous phone-call from a customer saying how much Tuesday's Spring vase had been loved. I can promise you there were warm fuzzy feelings all around!!

                                 Thursday

The reason for the early start!

More photo's added to our facebook and some lovely comments added to it by our fabulous Brides.....








Friday
A proud (but slightly sad I know) moment when we hit 200 followers on the wonderful world of Twitter ~ Do feel free to add to this number and follow here.... @youngblooms

Saturday

You can just feel the sunshine....

An early start with glorious weather.... 

It's those gorgeous 'Miss Piggy' roses.

In an organised fashion we started on our Mother's Day campaign & it's treats a go-go. How are you treating your Mum?? Fancy some rather fabulous flowers as a gift, then start checking out our online shop for Mother's day presents.

Somewhere over the rainbow ...

Hi Laura here , the poor blogger but equally awesome florist

So Grace is on a day off and all is peaceful(and freezing!) at Young Blooms HQ and as I look out of the window to this.


Pretty good view from work .....


So I love spring flowers with the smells and colours and this last two weeks were no exception . Dave and Gabriella got married on Sat 18th of Feb with a theme of yellow and white here are some photos of South Wraxall church near Bath.

Finally a photo of a gorgeous anemone bouquet ribboned in lace, beautiful, simple and chic .

Til, next time I'm off to find my pot of gold !

A week that has flown - Part 1

I'll start with last Saturday just cause I want too.

Saturday....

Mostly involved delivering and creating two very different weddings..

.... willing flowers to open and eating VERY delicious fish and chips....

Sunday..

Thankfully the flowers opened and the bouquet was created! Peacock feathers and all!

A flea market was enjoyed though the cute little dog was the best thing there...

Monday.....

Involved cleaning the house so the less said the better...

Tuesday.....

Sharing highlights of Valentines, seriously who wouldn't say no if 50 red roses turned up at the front door. Do check out our facebook page for more delights..

Tuesday was delivering a sweet little spring bucket, which was much admired by the receptionist upon delivery....

But I think I'll save that for part two....

Enjoy your evening, mine is very much about log fires and lemsip! xx

Coral Blaze

I write this blog with heating up full & the log fire going full blaze!

I have been pondering over the weekend the colour coral!! Had a couple of meetings recently where Bridesmaids dresses have been chosen in this rather delicious coral and thought I might expand some ideas on how to work florally with this colour.

Though first I might start with dresses, reading a recent claire pettibone blog, there were some rather stunning slate grey bridesmaids dresses which I think work gorgeously well with the delightful 'Miss Piggy rose' as seen to the right.

 I was looking through various websites and stumbled across this dress from bhldn and I think for a Spring wedding a combination of  coral, pale yellow and cerise pink would work an absolute treat and could be the starting point for the rest of the wedding flowers.

See what you think of this combination.....

I think the pale yellow really lifts the whole bouquet and gives it the spring feel, though I do love the clashy pink of the ranunculus!

Just a bit yummy really...

xxx

                                                                                                                                                  

General Excitement....

Just cause they are beautiful

We have both been amazed over the last month how wedding bookings have been flooding in and we are hugely excited in how the business is growing as Brides/Grooms find out about us through the website and word of mouth. We both absolutely love having our business and watching it grow is just a pleasure.

So for the first time in all this business we are trying to be organised and let people know in advance of weekends that are now fully booked.

I'm dreaming of summer days!

So it is as follows:

13th/14th April
11th/12th May
15th/16th June
Thurs 9th and Fri 10th of August are both full but 11th is not.
17th/18th Aug
24th/25th Aug
1st September.

 As result of this we would like to thank all who have supported us so far, our customers and fabulous brides and we look forward to the year with huge excitement.




Ps - the photos are mostly for anyone who is experiencing a grey weather day, as its a horribly grey day here and I need a reminder of summer!! xxx

Picked from my garden last summer! 

Being brave....

The fabulous tea-house

Weekends of fun are good for any ones soul! I wrote this while looking out over a very sunny but cold Kew Green in London. It was a gorgeous weekend of relaxation and jollity, we visited Petersham Nurseries on Saturday and this is where the title of this blog may begin to make sense!

 You happen on the nurseries almost by mistake, a little sign high on the wall marks the way along a very narrow alley way and then it's suddenly there!! Three huge old fashioned glass green houses filled to the rafters with gorgeousness! We stopped for lunch in their tea house(the Michelin starred cafe was fully booked) consumed warm ham salad with artichokes and braised pumpkin and it was delicious!

The reason I loved this place was just that it was so simple and yet such a statement, it's not a place for the faint hearted as your bank statement might weep on the return home but it didn't care!! Everything from the mono chrome palette in the planting to the choice of Guatemalan or Colombian coffee (not a skinny latte in sight) screamed 'we know who we are!!' And I thinks that's brave, it knows it's not going to be to every ones taste but man did I love it...

As a result I'm pleased to say Ive just created another resolution (who cares if it's late)

 'To continue to create a business that knows what it's about, and is proud of where it is!"

So enjoy your week, may it be full of interesting moments! 

Signing off...and off to find some biscuits!!

PS...I bought some interesting succulents while at the nurseries so look out for some new designs soon!!

New year resolutions.....

Well, I have to say I have made no resolutions this year at all, they are all just thoughts! Things I want to develop, things I know I need to change, things I want to plan for.

I went and treated myself to a beautiful notebook with which I will fill with lists, dreams, ideas etc etc. And maybe in some way this a resolution. To write down ideas that keep me pushing myself and the business forward.To remember write down the challenges that happen so I can learn from them. And write down the moments that I enjoy and will enjoy in the year as it unfolds.

I hope you all had a fabulous New Years Eve and wish you all a very blessed and happy year to come.

xxx