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Wedding Style Profile - Christine and Marcus

Sep 14, 2011  | Comments:

 

What better way to rejoice the receding shadows of Winter than with a Spring-themed Wedding Style Profile!

Hibernation is officially over!

Christine and Marcus approached One Wedding Wish for Planning, Styling and Coordination just twelve weeks before their wedding day, and boy did we get straight to work! I am so grateful to work alongside truly a dream team of suppliers who exuded no less than their utmost professionalism, passion and creativity no matter the task at hand. It is through all their incredible efforts that one deliriously-in-love couple’s wedding dreams were realised that day.

Thank you Leonda by the Yarra for the use of your gorgeous versatile spaces, Erin, Tom, Judy and your team for your support and attention to detail all the way through. We also had the absolute pleasure of working with Santo and Ferry, artful cinematographers of Paper Cranes who flew down from Sydney to capture this special day. Looking forward to working with you both again in December! Julian of Serendipity Photography was meticulous, devoting his every attention to what he does best.



We’re so excited to showcase our most elaborate Wishing Tree / Welcome Table to date, custom designed exclusively for Christine and Marcus.

Born continents apart and meeting by chance, destiny would have them find comfort and completeness within each other. With that in mind, I set out to create something that inspired both their love of travel and love of home.

I fell in love with this 2-metre long, exposed timber Provincial-style dining table and decided it would be the perfect, visually-captivating piece for Leonda’s front entrance.

For the Wishing Tree, we embellished a large mirror base and vase with more than 400 fresh roses in beige, pink blush, white and old gold, and used glass bells to display our gorgeous Wishing Tags. Encased inside these bells were ‘a few of my favourite things!’. Over my travels to the US this year I carefully brought home two delicate natural vine birds’ nests, each with three blue robin eggs tucked snugly inside. Aren’t they simply gorgeous!?



The 1.1-metre tall white birdcage wishing well needed no introduction!

Standing gorgeous and glorious with stems of white Singapore orchids individually attached, guests dropped gold envelopes filled with blessings and money, perfect for the couple’s new life ahead.


You can trust the wedding planner to be partial to a good chinwag, and one of the things I do enjoy is getting to know the couple’s family and friends. As they say, you are the company you keep and how lovely they all were indeed!

From the sumptuous 5-course dinner, to getting shutter-silly inside a Vintage Photobooth, right down to the grand finale as the couple sailed away on a romantic boat ride from Leonda Jetty, everyone agreed they had an absolutely fabulous time!

Christine and Marcus, I wish you both beautiful days ahead! Joanie xox

Images by Gavin Luu for One Wedding Wish

Tags: Real Weddings, Wedding Style Profiles, Wishing Tree, Floral Styling, Vintage Photobooths, Ranunculus, French Provincial, Wishing Well, Birdcage, Message Tree, Real Weddings, Leonda, Leonda by the Yarra, Paper Cranes Productions, Serendipity Photography, Bird's Nest, Birdnests, Robin Eggs, Wishing Tags, Glass Bells, Welcome Table, Unique Wedding Ideas, Lovebirds, Love Birds, Melbourne Wedding Planner, Melbourne Wedding Stylist

Wedding Style Profile - Elizabeth and William

Feb 22, 2011  | Comments:

“An explosion of romance and beauty...” - Elizabeth and William

Congratulations Liz and Will on your absolutely perfect wedding day! Liz, your love for coral and all exquisite colours is every artists’ dream. Thank you for entrusting One Wedding Wish with the design of your wedding flowers and for letting us loose to dream alongside you. Wishing the both of you the happiest of days ahead, starting with your honeymoon in Japan! Lots of love, Joanie xox

The Brief

Over cups of herbal tea and macarons one October afternoon, Liz and I sat and chatted about flowers for her wedding day. At this time, I had just designed a process for these discussions so Liz and I could maintain a beautiful and cohesive theme, one to be carried from the smallest detailing on the buttonholes to her glorious bridal table floral centerpiece. We explored as much of the do-not’s as the must-have’s, and deliberated over images, colour and shapes. What I observed quickly and over time was Liz’s love of vibrant colour, a welcome and refreshing change from the very classic and neutral tones. With keywords like ‘soft, fresh, magical’, we combined elements of French Provincial and English Garden into her floral style, befitting a summer wedding at the gorgeous Ripponlea Estate.

The Bridal Flowers

Liz looked simply wonderful, carrying a more striking posy to complement her all white perfectly-silhouetted wedding gown. Her bouquet featured four types of roses including cream David Austins, coral, blush pink and cream roses, and juicy ripened snowberries. I’m particularly proud of the buttonhole we made for Will - a single coral rose, David Austin buds, snowberry, and finished with black-stitched cream grosgrain ribbon and a hand-sewn brown button - bold and whimsical all at the same time!



For the little 4-year old, we made a gorgeous Midsummer Night-style headwreath of ivy, cream spray roses and white David Austin roses. She also carried a matching mini posy down the aisle!



Mothers of the Bride and Groom each wore a pearl corsage atop with a dome of cream spray roses and finished with a thin coral bow. I often see corsages where thick swirls of ribbon dominate, if not completely overpower the design, and flowers too few. Though more laborious, I was adamant that our corsages would not have ribbon to hide flaws. It would showcase gorgeous flowers, sit flush on a lady’s wrist, and be meticulously made so it looks beautiful and balanced from all angles.

The Reception

Liz loved the fullness and whimsical appearance of pomanders, so for guest tables, we alternated between a tall design - utilising black French Provincial candlesticks, and a short design that guests could take home at the end of the night. We produced 15 centrepieces in total, and as I heard it, the flowers were a real treat for guests and not a single one was left behind!


Finally, the bridal table centrepiece, standing tall and graceful on a slender glass vase - the culmination of all the colours and flowers used through the entire wedding, from David Austins, snowberries, freesia, apple sims to the inclusion of dark pink roses for added impact and drama to an evening reception. Better than any words I could use, it is probably best described by Liz and Will as “an explosion of romance and beauty...”. And I do love the sound of that! Thank you Liz and Will for your testimonial too - it is a pleasure and honour to have worked with you both, and that you are happy is the best reward we could ask for.:)

Fun Facts:

• Liz and Will's wedding was styled with nearly 1200 stems of flowes (not including foliage and berries)

• More than 600 roses

• Flowers sourced from 5 different growers/suppliers

• Preparation and arrangement time: 55 hours

A very special thanks to Sarah for her assistance, perseverance and positive attitude. It was a creative challenge that made us both stronger - thank you again!

Images by Gavin Luu for One Wedding Wish

Tags: Real Weddings, Wedding Style Profiles, David Austin Roses, Snowberries, Coral, Melbourne Wedding Stylist, Ripponlea, Posies, Garden Weddings, Pomander, French Provincial, English Garden, Corsages, Buttonholes, Posies, Toorak Uniting Church

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