These bouquets actually were created for the bridesmaid's. The bride made her own bouquet out of broaches; it was very sparkly and went through several phases of wrapping from white tulle, feather collars to black satin and the final result was quite dramatic. The overall theme for the wedding incorporated birch and branches and a fall feel without the traditional fall colours. This gave us an opportunity to incoporate some great seasonal materials like sedum and purple fountain grass and red hypericum berries. The girls were wearing black cocktail dresses and we picked that up with the satin wrap and then mixed the burgandy tones with some vibrant red spray roses and miniature carnations. I loved the overall textural feel of these bouquets
The size of these bouqets was just perfect to comfortably hold in one hand and were extremely hardy.
These seemed like a great brainwave on my part and they looked great as a finished product but honestly they were a pain to transport. I had hoped the grapevine base of the carnation portion would be able to travel separately to and from the church and the reception venue. However, once we got the supports in place in order to keep the entire topiary balanced we had to firmly secure the ball to the vertical branches and therefore they were quite tall. We accented the base with burlap and I'm sure they looked amazing at St Gregory's in Picton- which is an absolutely beautiful church.
