The bouquets were so beautiful with all the bright colours. I also made a couple of cute little gypsophila wands for the flower girls, along with corsages, a special buttonhole for the groom and buttonholes for all his men.

The marquee was so white everywhere that the flowers added a really bold pop of colour to the room. The wedding was a small one with only four tables plus the top table, and the couple went for two different designs for their centrepieces. The first one was using my gold candlesticks which again showed how versatile they are by working with absolutely any colour palette. On the other two tables was a trio of ribbed sweetie jars which included a lovely mix of flowers from the wedding. The gorgeous cake was by Lucky & Co and it smelt absolutely divine. There were groupings of different jam jars placed throughout the room on different tables a and surfaces.

The real statement piece to this wedding was these stunning willow trees 'growing' up the marquee poles. They made such a great statement in the venue and were so fun to make - you can see Alana here in action making the final touches to them! It was such a shame to have to take these down after such a short time - so much so that I've recreated one outside my workshop (just with fairy lights rather than flowers!)

The stunning professional photographs were taken by Stylish Wedding Photography - they've captured the colours so beautifully. And what a great shot of the bride's bouquet! This is the sort of photo a florist loves to see!

Last week I spent a couple of hours having a 1-2-1 with the lovely Danielle from Danielle Smith Photography to learn how to use my camera and how to take decent photos of my flowers. She took me through some of the key terms like ISO, aperture, shutter speed and depth of field, and I can now gladly say that I know what they all mean! I told her I wanted to take light, soft, dreamy photos of my flowers and this is exactly what she showed me. I'm sure we only covered basics (I'm not looking to be a photographer after all!) but it wasn't anywhere near as complicated as I thought it was going to be. We also touched on composition and social media, and I've definitely picked up some really helpful tips. 

​I got some flowers in and put together a bouquet in my signature style - loose, natural, pretty and romantic. This gave us a subject for the photographs. I've always been reluctant to take photos inside my workshop as it's so busy and I've always thought the lighting was a bit rubbish. However, Danielle showed me how to take advantage of the lighting available to me and with my new 50mm lens I was able to take photos with a shallow depth of field. AKA give the photos a blurry background so the flowers in the foreground are the only thing in focus. She also took me through some basic editing but explained that if my camera is set up correctly then I shouldn't need to edit too much. 

Take a look at some of the photographs I took below. All of these are straight from the camera with no editing, no filters - I'm amazed!

To any florists out there looking to improve their photography skills I would highly recommend booking in some time with a photographer local to you whose work you admire. And if you're in Essex then Danielle is your woman! 

Danielle has also blogged about our day and you can read her post here.