To compliment my cakes and the venue, I decided that I wanted small floral displays on the tables along with the candles. Whilst visiting The Pudding Parlour I picked up the business card for a local florist Kirsty Austin of Peony Flowers, and rang her to discuss a meeting for my ideas.
I wanted to create an English Country Garden venue at the party and decided to use only flowers that were in season at the time, such as roses, lavender, rosemary and ivy. Kirsty suggested certain types of roses, Amnesia, Cezanne and Cream Spray, to fit in with my vintage theme, and they truly were the most beautiful roses, perfect for the aesthetic of my party.
Amnesia roses are gorgeous full roses with a beautiful deep dusky pink centre. The outer petals have a faded sepia or yellow tinge to them, giving a truly vintage feel to any arrangement.
Cezanne roses have a bright pink tinge to the edges of their cream petals, so give a shot of colour to an otherwise plain flower.
We also used Lavender and Rosemary in the vases to add fragrance to the room, and as the room became warmer throughout the evening they gave off a beautiful fragrance.
To display the flowers, I settled on a very cheap but pretty way, and decided to use old jam jars. I asked friends and family to collect jars in many different shapes and sizes, and ended up with 15 beautiful and free glass vases! To decorate them I used several lengths of ribbon that I bought from Northampton Market for £1, and wove it together with raffia string to tie around the necks.
The small bouquets were made up with a mixture of the roses and herbs, and then and tied with ivy to be placed in the jars. We dotted them around on the tables, and they made excellent presents to give away at the end of the night to friends and family that had helped with the party.
Unfortunately I didn't manage to take any actual pictures of the flower arrangements, but you can see one in the background with the cakes!
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