Racking my brains!

I have been racking my brains as to what to write for my next blog entry.  (I can't seem to string a sentence together with the carnage that is the school holidays!) Then I thought I should probably write a little more about me and what I do. 

I trained as a Florist after I had my daughter, I couldn't imagine going back to an office in London, so I decided to follow a life long love and become a florist and work from home.  I love what I do and although I initially started with a huge interest in European Floristry (very quirky and nothing like Interflora) I seem to have become known and moved into direction of Vintage floristry.  AND it's brilliant, I have totally lost myself in the yummyness of all things Vintage.  I often loose my children, or forget I have any when inside an Antique shop or car boot sale.   

Vintage floristry to me involves beautiful natural flowers.  Flouncy roses, garden picked, gorgeous scents, natural looks with effortless class!

One of my very favourite weddings involved huge amounts of hops!  Easy to get hold of in Kent so I was in luck.  I used them to decorated the whole marquee.  On the tables the bride had found 100 year old pots which I filled with roses, lavender, sage, scabious and I used Broccoli, sedum and mini rosemary plants to fill the small pots.  I was very nervous unpacking them!

I had a wedding last Autumn where I used berries and hawthorns from the hedgerows.  They looked fantastic mixed into the bouquet and the bride loved the slight quirkiness.

Over the last year my work has really involved working with Vintage China, I have been involved in some amazing weddings where I have been able to style the whole event.  I can honestly say this is the best part of my job and a real privilege to be trusted by the bride and groom to make their venue look amazing.

So that's me at the moment.  I run the Kent/Essex/Sussex branch of Idyllic Days and I am able to use all of the beautiful china to create a real Vintage Wedding!