Your East Midlands Wedding - Jun/Jul 2019 (Issue 32)

FLOWERS 59 ACCESSORIES The most popular buttonhole is still a rose with foliage. You could also create handmade brooches of the wedding flower mix for mothers to wear. As well as your accessories, dress your cake by sitting it on a bed of trailing foliage with scented flowers and garlands trailing up the tiers to touch the top posy arrangement. Denise Harvey, Funky Florists As well as wearing flowers in your hair, some florists are expert in making jewellery with coloured aluminium wire and blooms such as orchids. Your bouquet doesn’t have to be a shower or a hand-tie. You could carry an upside-down horseshoe design or wear it over your arm. Helena Brown, By Arrangement Florist Flowers in hair slides in natural colours look great, especially if the bride isn’t wearing a veil. Buttonholes are still the favourite choice for the groom and groomsmen. A single rose with eucalyptus or soft ruscus provides a lightweight stem that’ll suit the narrower lapels of modern jackets. The ladies need to look the part too and the same theme used for the buttonholes can be recreated to form corsages. Sarah Greenway, Flowers by Sarah Louise Accessories can be anything from a full-blown flower crown to a wrist cuff. Hair combs and corsages are popular amongst bridesmaids and mums. The groom and his groomsmen are currently favouring quirky designs against the traditional single rose and foliage. Buttonholes made from a mix of foliage, seed heads, grasses and fruit are becoming popular. Jacqui Scothern, Akito Floral Design Headbands with miniature flowers are a fantastic choice for young flower girls. For mums and grandmothers of the happy couple, corsages can be attached to a ribbon or bracelets and worn around the wrist. Flowers can be attached to parasols for the summer months or used with pet collars for your four-legged friends. Samantha Chubb, Melolivia Flowers It’s all about the flower crown. This is a lovely accessory for bridesmaids and flower girls, as well as the bride. For the groom, personalised buttonholes are the way to go – we’ve even made them featuring Lego figures. Laura Peltell, Flowers by Suzanne YOUR LOCAL FLOWER EXPERTS Denise Harvey, funkyflorists.co.uk Helena Brown, byarrangement.org Jacqui Scothern , akitofloral.com Laura Peltell , flowersbysuzanne.co.uk Samantha Chubb , meloliviaflowers.co.uk Sarah Greenway , flowersbysarahlouise.co.uk

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