{"id":916,"date":"2015-05-18T16:58:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=916"},"modified":"2015-05-18T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T17:00:45","slug":"bursting-with-the-joy-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/bursting-with-the-joy-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Bursting with the joy of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-917 size-full\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annie.jpg\" alt=\"Annie's bouquet\" width=\"214\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annie.jpg 214w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annie-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the birds were chirping, tulips were blooming and woodland bluebells were about to pop &#8211; Spring and love were in the air!\u00a0 Annie and Ben&#8217;s wedding marked the beginning of this glorious season when we all throw open our windows, bask in the sunshine and start smiling again.\u00a0 They wanted flowers that epitomise the zing of Spring and the uplifting sensations it brings\u00a0 so it was a cacophony of different buds, blossom, fragrance, colour and where traditional wedding floristry rules were disregarded.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dulwich.org.uk\/enterprises-ltd\" target=\"_blank\">Dulwich College<\/a><\/strong><\/span> was the venue and their ceremony was in the Old Library \u2013 a delightful and romantic gem and the DC team as always were a pleasure to work with. Pink cherry blossom and yellow forsythia greeted guests and the background for Annie and Ben&#8217;s wedding vows was a mantelpiece bursting with a vibrant collection of glass vases and clusters of ranunculus, delphinium, chamomile, narcissi, snapdragon and astrantia. These were perfect for moving to the after party in the Cricket Pavilion along with masses of tea lights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-919\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Random vases\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-2.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-918 size-medium\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-1-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Random vases \" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-1.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-920\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Random vases\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Random-vase-3.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Annie&#8217;s favourite colour is orange and this was woven into her fabulous wedding hair.\u00a0 Its boldness was tempered by a distinctly unique, feminine and unstructured soft pink bouquet of &#8220;Blush&#8221; lilac, snapdragon, astrantia and trailing heady jasmine. This was perfect for the tones of her intricate and delicate pale blue dress. An elegant wrist corsage for Catherine, posy for Leah and lilac wands for the little bridesmaids Willow and Naomi all embraced the theme of fragrance and stepped into Spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-hair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-921 size-full\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-hair.jpg\" alt=\"Annie's hair flowers\" width=\"257\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet-and-hair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-923 size-medium\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet-and-hair-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"Annie's bouquet and hair\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet-and-hair-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet-and-hair.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-922 size-medium\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Annie's bouquet\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Annies-bouquet.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bridesmaids-posy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-924 size-full\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bridesmaids-posy.jpg\" alt=\"Bridesmaid's posy\" width=\"293\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flower-girls-with-lilac-wands.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-925 size-medium\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flower-girls-with-lilac-wands-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Flower girls with lilac wands\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flower-girls-with-lilac-wands-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Flower-girls-with-lilac-wands.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The whimsical fun of the male buttonholes which were all different and colourful and enabled a bit of mixing and matching depending on the tie and suit combinations. Ben stipulated buttonholes which didn&#8217;t look like buttonholes. So that&#8217;s what he got and judging by the photo of Ben and his best man Bradley he was very chuffed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Unwired-buttonhole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-926 size-full\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Unwired-buttonhole.jpg\" alt=\"Unwired buttonhole\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Unwired-buttonhole.jpg 320w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Unwired-buttonhole-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Groom-and-best-man.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-927 size-full\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Groom-and-best-man.jpg\" alt=\"Groom and best man\" width=\"271\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-929 size-medium\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-2-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Buttonhole \" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-2.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-928 size-medium\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Buttonhole \" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Buttonhole-1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All great fun for the wedding party and for Stem too! Hurrah for Spring &#8211; for longer days, delicious blooms and beautiful trees.\u00a0 And for flowers that were as creative and eclectic as you could wish for. \u00a0Thank you very much to <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsheenphotography.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Sheen<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, whose photographs capture the colours and mood of the day perfectly!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bridesmaids-posy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-930 size-full\" title=\"Martin Sheen Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bridesmaids-posy-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bridesmaid's posy \" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bridesmaids-posy-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bridesmaids-posy-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lots of love and congratulations to Annie and Ben!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the birds were chirping, tulips were blooming and woodland bluebells were about to pop &#8211; Spring and love were in the air!\u00a0 Annie and Ben&#8217;s wedding marked the beginning of this glorious season when we all throw open our windows, bask in the sunshine and start smiling again.\u00a0 They wanted flowers that epitomise the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15,76,92,32,93,51,52,57,58,62,71],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stemflowers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}