If you are planning the perfect summer soiree, you need the right floral display to represent you as a couple. I have rounded up some of the most popular and seasonal summer wedding flowers featured on Whimsical Wonderland Weddings to help you decide on your floral displays.

Peonies

Peonies are one of my favourite blooms, open and fluffy or closed and neat. They come in white and pink and are mainly in season late spring/early summer in the UK.

Images: Babb Photo: wedding here. |Jen Marino Photography: wedding here.

Stocks

Stocks are great at adding height to floral arrangements and come in a variety of shades. I love them in hand tied natural bouquets.

Images: Feature here. | Marianne Taylor Photography: wedding here.

Daisies

Daisies are having a resurgence at the moment, on their own or mixed with other flowers they add a delicate pretty element to wedding bouquets.

Images: James and Lianne Photography: wedding here. | Jay Rowden Photography: wedding here. | Caro Hutchings Photography: wedding here. (more…)

I have a special treat this lunchtime in the form of a beautiful wedding bouquet tutorial by one of the biggest names in the floral world, William Clarke Flowers.

If you are looking to create your own wedding bouquet, or want to make a pretty arrangement at home then stay tuned peeps :-)

I so love this pretty and whimsy bouquet, and its super simple to recreate the look, take it away William….

What you need:

First of all I have selected my choice of English grown flowers, all grown in abundance at this time of year, the flowers I used are scented pink Stocks, delicate Sweet Peas, burgundy Astrantia, and lime green Alchemilla Mollis to add a lovely limey zesty colour.

After you have selected or hand picked your flowers, they need to be conditioned, this means that the flowers need to have all foliage stripped off the stem up to the tying point, the ends of the stems are cut, and then placed in deep cold water. This means the flowers can have a good drink before you start to create!

Now to make the bouquet! With one hand you need to gently hold the flowers between your fingers and thumb, and with the other hand you are going to add the flowers.

Make sure that the flowers are added on a diagonal, this ensures that your stems will spiral! (more…)

Following on from A DIY Shoot — Fresh + Modern, White Wedding Ideas. It’s time to start sharing how to recreate the look. I thought today i start with the flowers, and i haven’t done a floral tutorial for a while.

Rather than strictly telling you how to create this, i thought id share which flowers i used, how many stems etc. So you can have some flower ideas for your wedding day, especially if you are looking at a white colour palette. Some of these flowers come in different colours too, so consult your florist/flower wholesaler on your options.

The flowers in this arrangement cost me around £15 from a local florist and the mini milk bottles £16 from eBay. So a total of £31 was spent which i think is pretty budget friendly. To stay in budget try to go for seasonal flowers. I think the most expensive flower here was probably the rose, so it’s nice to get a mix of florals to keep within budget.

I am a total amateur when it comes to flower arranging but have picked up some kind of skills from experimenting before hehe! If you want to DIY your wedding flowers, it could be fun to head to a flower workshop at your local college/florist. It’s something I’m really keen to try too. Or just keep practicing at home.

Rather than give you a step by step guide i will offer you some hints and tips.

What you need:

♥ Stocks – 2 stems

♥ Dahlia – 2 stems

♥ Dephinium – 1 stem which was divided in 2 here

♥ Gypsophilia (Babys Breath) – 1 stem divided

♥ Phlox – 1 stem

♥ Rrose Avalanche – 1 stem

See the above image to identify the different blooms :-)

♥ When using a small vessel, be sure to cut the stems fairly short, so the flower is low against the top of the vase. This gives support to the flower and helps create a nice shape to the arrangement.

♥ When you recieve the flowers, give them a good soak, and if possible use some flower food. When cutting the stems do so at an angle. Don’t cut to much off of the stem at once, keep popping it into your vase and chop more off if needed. (more…)

All Images (c) Lou at Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

Morning lovelies :-) It’s a special day today, as it’s an extra one…. one in which tradition states a woman can propose to her man… and with Valentine’s day in February too, I drew inspiration from the month of love and created a heart inspired mini inspiration shoot.

I have made heart felts in the past, so i came up with the idea of using origami hearts, oh so simple yet so very effective.

I wanted to create something clean and modern and showcase different ways in which you can use one décor idea in your wedding reception :-) I have the DIY tutorial of how to make an origami heart a little later today so stay tuned. I only threw this together yesterday, so i hope you likey.

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 Image (c) Big Little Things

I thought this morning i would start the day by introducing to the fantastic Big Little Things. Big Little Things is pretty much a one stop style shop for couples, with flowers, an award winning bakery,  stationery, gifts and accessories, all to help you in creating your wedding vision.

{w} Hi Big Little Things, could you firstly tell {www} readers a little bit about you?

We are Sarah and Fran who together are ‘Big Little Things’. We are a bespoke wedding and events service. We are quite a diverse ‘one stop shop’ if you will. Our main areas of expertise are couture wedding cakes, wedding flowers, bridal accessories and finishing touches. We primarily design and create one off pieces, although we do have an online shop too which offers unique and on trend items. We pride ourselves on our products being in the main handmade by us in our home county Shropshire, although we travel throughout the UK and further afield when needed. We like to keep made in the UK alive.

{w} What do you love/dislike about your job?

It’s a joy to be creative for a living and to be able to design and create someone’s perfect bouquet, ideal wedding cake or timeless accessories. It’s a very emotive occupation and you see things through the brides (and on occasion the grooms!) eyes. It’s sometimes hard to switch off! It’s hard to control when inspiration will present itself and waking up a 3am to sketch is not unknown. We both suffer with this and love and hate it in equal measures!

 Image by Russell Davies Photography

 Image by Lucy Greenhill Photography

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