I’ve worked with some wonderful photographers over the last few years. Many of whom have kindly allowed me to show their beautiful work on this site and where possible I like to give a link back to their sites. Although most of the shots I have show the flowers I provided for the weddings, I can vouch for the fact that the people involved come out pretty good too!
So if you are looking for a good, reliable, creative, fun photographer to capture the best day of your life, to start with, check this lot out . . .
Amber and Jon, April 2011 by Anna Rosell taken at One Whitehall Place
info@annarosell.com
James and Yuki, July 2011 by Michael Moody at St Mary’s Paddington
Michael@exquisiteimage.co.uk
Josephine and Rupert, July 2010 by Wild Wedding photography at One Whitehall Place
Tel 07903 411 193
Katharine and Nic, May 2010 by Peachey Photography at The Larder
k.peachey@runbox.com
Nina and Ranan, July 2010 by Tara Lee at One Whitehall Place
info@taraleephotography.co.uk
Lisa and Julian, October 2008 by Nikole Ramsay at The Orangery
nikole@nikoleramsay.com
Now it is full steam ahead planning and scheduling for what looks like a busy year. We have a lot of weddings on the books already, many consultations lined up and some new venues on board too – more of which later. I’m planning to do some mini-bios with photos of a couple of new venues where we will be working during the next few months so watch this space!
And I’m planning to showcase some more weddings from 2011 as soon as I get the photos through from those busy, busy togs! Here is just a taster of what we have been up to . . .
I can’t believe that the first month of the new year is almost over and I’ve hardly had a chance to update the site since November. It was a crazy year, 2011, very busy with weddings, parties, new clients and returning old ones
We also had a really busy Christmas with trees, decorations and events all over the place – great fun but very tiring!
We were off to the fabulous Sardo Canale in Camden today for Janine’s birthday party – a very hot affair, hot pink that is! This has to be one of my favour
ite restaurants so I completely understood why Janine chose it to bring 30 of her closest girls together for a celebratory lunch
We chose cerise pink large headed Columbian Queensberry Roses, gorgeous hot pink Ranunculus and Anenomes and even the humble bright pink Carnation got a look in, made into contemporary domes all set in silver mirrored vases
Janine wanted to be able to hop from one table to another and have a chance to see all her friends during the lunch so we left a space on each of the three long tables for the birthday girl to slip into – one for each course. A brilliantly adaptable idea that could also work for long tables at weddings – in fact I did it at mine!
I asked the wonderful Lisa @ribbonsandtulle to make some neat place card labels which were tied with a hot pink ribbon and finished with a single rose in, you guessed it, hot pink!
I think everyone had a great day and I may even pop into Sardo for lunch tomorrow to celebrate . . . well it is Sunday!
We are REALLY excited to be able to say that we are now floral suppliers to the fabulous Hampton Court House, an enchanting, beautiful venue on the edges of Bushy Park and close to Hampton Court Palace.
Dating from 1757 and built as a gift for the 2nd Earl of Halifax’s mistress, HCH has amazing details such as a heart-shaped lake, yes, really! and a shell grotto – which are perfect for taking those uniquely memorable photographs
The grounds are wonderful and the house absorbs you making any event feel like a private house party. We feel it is the ideal venue for a truly vintage wedding, with a slightly faded charm adding to its appeal, the sense of being ‘at home’ and wonderful rooms, both indoor and out, that you can make your own
So if you are looking for the perfect venue in South London for your wedding next year, look no further. Make contact with Sarah Carroll and go visit – you will fall in love all over again!
(Thanks to HCH Events for these photos – they have many more of the interior and exterior)
It has been such a frantic but wonderfully exciting Summer and Autumn that I’ve hardly had time to sit down and write anything since my last piece about the Whitehall Place Open Day back in October
I’m waiting to get some lovely new photographs from all the weddings we’ve been working on since July and will post some of them as soon as I get a chance. Watch this space!
This weekend coming is a busy one too – this time its Christmas though! Guests staying the night at The Royal Horseguards Hotel in Whitehall on Saturday will go to bed blissfully unaware that the Christmas elves are due in to magically transform the interior and exterior to a Christmas wonderland . . . photos to follow. We’ve been garlanding and swagging, wiring and pinning our little fingers off
With the National Wedding Show last weekend, the wedding fair season has well and truly started. I saw some amazing dresses, cakes, photographers and honeymoon destinations at the show and plan to highlight a few of my favourites here over the next few weeks
But for now let me just remind anyone still looking for a wedding venue, that One Whitehall Place has its next Open Day on Saturday 15 October 12-4pm. Come and see the venue dressed to the nines with flowers, cakes, toastmasters, harpists, violins, photographers and table dressing!
With views over the River Thames from the Reading & Writing Room, this is a wonderful venue for a summer wedding with access to the Terrace and gardens which are perfect for photographs. And in winter, the venue comes alive with candles, dark rich curtains and a roaring fire in the Hotel lobby!
We’ve been working at OWP and The Royal Horseguards for so long now it seems like home and some weeks I feel as if I’m there more than home too – but we love it and the people who work there are great, friendly and very helpful – the wedding team under Laura Ramella are very efficient and nothing is too much trouble
So I look forward to meeting some of you there – if you would like to make an appointment to discuss your wedding flowers, please email me
One of the most exciting events with which we were involved this Summer was the 20th Anniversary Party of Yemi Osunkoya, the powerhouse behind the stunning Kosibah brand
Staged within the beautiful surroundings of 116 Pall Mall, the Institute of Directors, and superbly organised by the effervescent Seyi Olusanya at Cedar Events, it was a magical evening involving a visual tour through Yemi’s archive and a fashion show of his latest collection of ballet inspired bridal dresses Bienvenue 20
Here is a little sneak look at some of the fashion show on Claire Ogden’s blog with photography courtesy of Yvonne White. Claire is a very talented jewellery and bridal accessory designer and she worked very closely with Yemi to create some unique pieces for the show
Yemi’s creative talent and eye for detail are second to none – he creates the most amazingly structural, almost architectural dresses that are apparently divine to wear and can change the shape of a woman’s body with the aid of some extremely creative corsetry and seriously boned bodices. Yemi uses materials like taffeta, tulle, organza, chiffon and handmade lace with details such as Swarovski crystals, beading, embroidery and applique to make each and every dress he designs totally unique, one of a kind, broken mould gorgeous – yes, I know they all mean the same thing but I need to emphasis how special each one is!
Funmi Omotade-Tan was present and managed to capture the essence of the evening with some lovely shots of both the dresses and the flowers that we designed with Yemi’s figure-hugging dresses in mind!
Look, enjoy and if you are getting married in the next couple of years, start saving now for your very own Kosibah Creation
This Summer has been so busy with weddings and parties, that it is easy to see where the time has gone. August seemed to go by in a flash and we are nearly at the end of September
Blue Sky Flowers has passed a 10 year milestone and I am really proud of where we are today – we have hundreds of weddings under our belts, have helped to prettify the launch of countless products and contributed to not an insignificant amount of magazines and blogs – here is to the next decade of all things floral!
But closer to hand, we’ve had a storming Summer. July was a record with the team handling 7 weddings over the month but August was pretty busy with 5!
I’ll eventually get round to posting photos from all the weddings with links to the relevant wonderful suppliers that we worked with but in many cases I’m waiting for the incredibly busy photographers to find time to send the shots through
For now here are some early shots from Holly and Simon’s beautiful wedding at the fabulous One Whitehall Place – we used tall silver candelabra with ivory and champagne Roses, Hydrangea, Lisianthus and Stock for a very elegant effect teamed with low glass cake stands and mirror plates. Holly fell in love with some shocking pink Gloriosa lilies that matched perfectly the Roseberry Roses that the bridesmaids carried so we used them with ‘Lucky’ Bamboo at the drinks reception in the Reading and Writing Room
Last weekend was the busiest so far with one wedding team going to one of my favourite churches, St Sophia’s in Bayswater – it takes my breath away every time I walk in there and almost makes me want to go and have A Big Fat Greek Wedding of my own!
Then it was on to One Great George Street for 
Pary and Reza’s drinks reception in the Entrance Hall and wedding breakfast up in the stunning Great Hall on the first floor
Meanwhile the rest went east to Cantina Vinopolis in Borough Market, a lovely, cosy venue perfect for the rainy day we had with everyone tucked inside the atmospheric brick walled rooms with tables dressed with ivory vintage candelabra from the immensely helpful Deborah at Wedding Day Hire
Weather was mixed – both rain and showers! – with a little blue sky peeking through from time to time but we were rushing around inside most of the time luckily getting these two very different venues ready to receive guests
I can’t wait until I have photos to show as although the colours used were quite similar, there was a obvious difference between the two weddings – one a little vintage and the other sophisticated London with a Greek flavour
We are not quite at the end of this month but once July is over we will have had five weddings and a funeral . . . and a civil ceremony! Wedding season is definitely here to stay
James and Yuki, July 2011 by Michael Moody at St Mary’s Paddington
Katharine and Nic, May 2010 by Peachey Photography at The Larder
Nina and Ranan, July 2010 by Tara Lee at One Whitehall Place
Lisa and Julian, October 2008 by Nikole Ramsay at The Orangery
