Pure and Simple

Sweetpeas and tulips teamed with rosemary for a pure and simple, french inspired wedding.

photo www.lester.co.nz

photo www.lester.co.nz

Jenny & Kumanan February wedding 2011

Another stunning bride this wedding season to showcase those beautiful dahlias.

Nicholas and Kimberly - January 2011

I love these images by Mike Whitaker of Nicholas and Kimberly's  wedding on Auckland's north shore earlier this year.
'Just picked' bouquet's were well suited to the relaxed nature of this wedding, with shells collected from local beaches and used as buttonholes, and tied to the bridesmaids posies. Cow Parsley (otherwise known as roadside weeds) were included in the bouquets to give that wild and untamed look.
Check out this video montage for more great images. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eJmseNIvWI.

 

Some more-1950s wedding

As promised, some more from Andrew and Becky's 1950s theme wedding. Thanks to Jeremy Hill for the beautiful images.

 

 

 

The Owl and the Pussycat

It was a delight to work with Shani and Luke on their March wedding at the Dome in the Auckland Museum this year. Shani had designed the wedding invitations with reference to the Owl and the Pussycat. Inspired by the innocent storybook nature of the theme we created a sweet and innocent style for the bridal party and table flowers. For the tables, quilted jamjars tied with stripe ribbon were filled with palest pink dahlias, blue hydrangeas and tweedia. Paper flowers were tied to the aisle chairs for the ceremony and the girls all carried armfull's of dahlias, roses, hydrangeas and soft grey foliages.
A stunning couple, a fabulous looking wedding.
The following photos are by jo currie.

 

Harriet and Jamie - Mantells January 2011

 

 

 

Mantells is one of our favourite wedding venues and located just over the road from our shop. The decor, full of beautiful antiques and muted colours was perfectly suited to Harriet and Jamie's elegant vintage styled wedding. We used a mix of washed out coffee coloured roses and cream lizianthus for the bouquet's and buttonhole's to create an old world look and to compliment the bridal gown and bridesmaid's mismatched dresses.

Dahlia's for a Summer wedding

Our favourite blooms, Dahlias, were the feature flower used in the January wedding of Emma and James. Muted pinks, apricots and mauves were used to tie in with the pretty feminine hues worn by Emma's bridesmaids.
These great photos from Susanna Burton photography.

Waiheke wedding-Davida and Chris

The beautiful surrounds of Waiheke island make for stunning summer weddings, the beach, the vineyards, the sun..... perfect!
Davida and Chris decided on Delamore Lodge for their January wedding, cream and dusky pink being the theme.

We used vintage coloured hydrangeas in enamel jugs for the table arrangements and Davida carried a voluptuous bouquet of avalanche, sweet avalanche and talea roses.
Thanks to Emma from Emma Hughes photography for the delightful images.

Aimee and Stephen at the Leigh Sawmill

Some lovely images capturing Aimee and Stephen's December wedding at Leigh Sawmill. Aimee and her bridesmaids carried bouquets of paeonies, queen anne's lace, tweedia, lizianthus and avalanche roses.

Photos courtesy of Angela Scott photography

                                                                        

The tables were decorated with mismatched jars and bottles and filled with the same flowers as the bridal party.

Thanks to the lovely Aimee for letting us showcase her wedding and to Angela Scott for the use of her photos.

Wishing you a festive christmas and jolly good holiday.

photo courtesy of Palette Photography

And don't we all deserve it! We're looking forward to feasting, sleeping, feasting, sunbaking and time out with the family. From all of us here at Roses, enjoy the holidays, see you back on the 5th of Jan.

Tiffany Jeans Loves our flowers - Viva 22/12/10

Viva magazine 22/12/10

 














Thanks Tiffany, we love your work too!

Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice

These pretty pink posies, sugary and sweet, remind me of a candy shop. The blushing bride you'll be with an ultra feminine rosy posy. How can you resist!

A 1950s theme wedding

Becky and Andrew tied the knot this weekend in a gorgeous vintage 1950s inspired wedding. The ceremony was held in the fabulous Hollywood cinema complete with axminster carpet and traditional cinema seats ( lots of amusement for the kids). Becky decorated the room with huge paper flowers and ribbons, a whimsical touch which really added to the theme of the day. The reception was equally stunning with vintage plates and cut glass vases filled with old fashioned blooms. Becky, a florist at Roses, looked absolutely stunning as a modern 1950s bride with a filled to the brim bouquet in lemons,creams and white. Here's a peek at some details from the day. More photos to come.