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Pretty in Pink

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 favourite 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!

Lights, camera, action . . .

Or in my case – lights, camera, no battery!  I can finally share some photos from a few recent weddings where my camera was less than useless. But thank heaven for wedding photographers.

In January, David Hares at www.contemporaryweddings.net photographed Claire and Simon’s wedding at The National Liberal Club.  Claire chose a beautiful selection of purple and dark red Roses, Anemones, Ranunculus and Lisianthus with glossy green berried Ivy to complement the rich, clubby decor in the Dining Room with mirrored silver vases to set off the venue’s candelabra.

The National Liberal Club shares the same building as One Whitehall Place and The Royal Horseguards Hotel just west of Northumberland Avenue.

A very central venue with fantastic views over the Thames, it doesn’t have the grand high ceilings of the Gladstone Library upstairs at OWP but is still a very commanding and dramatic place.