Colourful February Wedding at Bangor Vineyard Shed

I really enjoyed playing with colour for this fabulous wedding at Bangor Vineyard Shed last February.  The challenge was the bride's colourful dress, which was actually her mother's wedding dress,  embroidered all over with colourful flowers.  Not only did I love the idea, but the result was truly beautiful and unique.  

Photgraph by Nina Hamilton Photography

One of my favourite Tasmanian photographers captured the day.  I love Nina Hamilton's documentary style which expresses the natural beauty and joy of each event.  Her website is worth a look. 

The bride's and bridesmaid's bouquet were full of colour.    The colours on the wedding dress were bright but soft so I keep the colour palette to similar tones.   Lots of pinks, red, orange, blue, green, and yellow.  

The bridesmaid's dress was a mustard yellow with spots, so Billy Buttons were an obvious choice.Protea Compacta and Pink, along with Scarlet Ribbons Pincushions were the main flowers.  

There were blue echinops or globe thistles, light pink and deeper pink flowering gum and beautiful blue green Peppermint foliage.   

The soft pink grass heads were a foraged find - such a great colour and beautifully summery.  

I also used a summer flowering wattle that I love to use in bouquets.  It holds its blossoms well but looks great even in bud, with the little yellow balls sitting at great angles on the stem.  

For the groom and the groomsman, there were Billy Buttons, foraged grass heads, peppermint and flowering gum.  

For the dads, more flowering gum, grass, peppermint and some wattle.  

The mums wore wrist corsages with the same combination of pink, yellow and blue, with blue-green foliage.  

The ceremony was held at the bottom of the vineyard, overlooking the bay.  

The was a simple wine barrel overflowing with colour.  It was a beautiful day!

I really loved creating the wine-barrel arrangement with lots of different coloured flowering gum, wattle, plenty of peppermint. proteas and pincushions and plenty of other colourful blooms. 

Chairs were decorated with little posies of colour.  

For the reception, the long tables at Bangor were decorated with more colour in dark glass vases.  Protea Pink Ice, Pincushion, Flowering Gum, Wattle, Echinops, Silver Tree Leucadendron, Peppermint foliage, foraged grass and Billy Buttons. 

These were a pleasure to make.  I really do love colour!

One really large arrangement decorated the venue inside.  Profuse flowering gum, wattle and peppermint gum with some jaunty Billy Buttons.  So much Australian native love here.

That look pretty much says it all!  

For more information about booking Bangor as your wedding venue, and to see more pictures (by the talented Nina Hamilton Photography) of this gorgeous wedding, check out the Bangor online wedding brochure.

February Wedding at Sisters Beach

Late February, I had the pleasure of arranging some flowers for a wedding at Sisters Beach in the north of Tasmania.  The brief was for pink, maroons and reds with plenty of foliage.

 The first harvest of the rich red Banksia Occidentalis provided the red.  Maroon Tall Red leucadendrons are fine and featherey and provided some deep maroon, along with the first of the new seasons Safari Sunset Leucos.  

For the pink, there were the large pink Compacta Proteas along with Pink Ice.  I also used some of the first beautiful White Mink protea of the season.  

I used some silvery Brunia Albiflora which is always looking fabulous in February.  You can just see, peeping through on the left, a rusty brown leucadendron cone which I love to use to add warmth and texture.  

Astrid Simone Photography

Its always so exciting for me to see photos of how everything goes together on the day, and these photos by Astrid Simone Photography were so beautiful!  

For the bridesmaids, the bouquets were smaller, but with mostly the same ingredients. They included some Protea Pink Ice, and some budded flowering gum.  

Astrid Simone Photography

For foliage, I used Risdon Peppermint, a gorgeous blue-grey eucalyptus foliage, softly falling cyprus, some leucospermum foliage, and the gorgeous Silver Tree Leucadendron foliage.  

For the bride, I made a floral comb with a red Banksia Occidentalia, budded flowering gum, cyprus, eucalyptus, and a tiny bit of wax flower.  

Astrid Simone Photography

The hair comb worked so well with the brides amazing hair styling!

Lots of little boutonnieres for the men, using Safari Sunet Leucos, feathery Tall Red leucs, flowering gum buds, cyprus and eucalyptus. 

For the groom, I added a leucadedron cone.  

Astrid Simone Photography

I really love seeing everything all come together on the big day! I make the bouquets and boutonnieres and see them side-by-side, but its really special to see them being used as they're designed to be.  

Astrid Simone Photography

Astrid Simone Photography

There are so many amazing locations for weddings in Tasmania.  

Astrid Simone Photography

Love this intimate shot!

Astrid Simone Photography

As well as the amazing photography by Astrid Simone Photography, there is a gorgeous video memento of the day by Ash Video Tas that you can check out here.  Such a great wedding to be involved in!  All happiness to the bride and groom.  

Summer Elopement Style Wedding at Stewarts Bay Lodge

Photo by Sarah Eliza Photography

This special "secret" wedding was held in February at Stewarts Bay Lodge on the Tasman Peninsula with only close family and friends in attendance.  The couple surprised everyone the following day at their "engagement party" which became a "surprise, we're married!" party.  Fun!   

The colour scheme was muted pinks and neutrals with a pop of colour.  The beautiful bride was wearing dusky pinks and the attendants were in soft dusky neutrals so they wanted something to work in with that theme .   Early February meant I had some great pastel colours to work with using flowering gum, pincushions and proteas.  

Soft velvety pink Protea Compacta and Pincushion Fountain were the main flowers.  The bride's bouquet had a gorgeous Lillium too.  Creamy white hydrangea with pink touches of were also added and the beautiful pastel purple of alliums. The gorgeous foliage, soft and pastel coloured, is Eucalyptus Risdonii, or Risdon Peppermint which is a Tasmanian native gum. 

One of my favourite February natives is the wonderful Corymbia Ficifolia, a variety of flowering gum that comes in a wide range of colours from very pale pink through to hot pink, coral, peach, orange and intense reds.  I used a couple of different colours here - a hot pink, still mostly in bud, and a soft fluffy pink.  

What a stunner!  Fluffy and magical.

Other ingredients included Brunia Albiflora and cute little poppy pods.  

For the flower girl, a simple posy.  

Both the bride and the flowergirl wore crowns of flowering gum and peppermint foliage.  I loved the soft colouring and texture they created.  

And for the groom, more peppermint foliage, flowering gum and a poppy pod.  

For table decorations, I created some boxed arrangements with the same soft pastels.  I love the mix of pink, orange and purple pastels with the creamy white and the gum.  A surprising but satisfying combination.

The boxed arrangements were dotted along the centre of long tables.

Each simple place setting had a sprig of peppermint gum.

Photo by Sarah Eliza Photography

The beautiful photos by Sarah Eliza Photography really captured the joy of the day.  

Photo by Sarah Eliza Photography

I love the Tasman Peninsula and its pristine beaches - a perfect backdrop for making beautiful memories.  Congratulations to the bride and groom - thanks for choosing me to be a part of your day.