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Which Wedding Bouquet Style is Right for You?

Here are the 3 main wedding bouquet designs to choose from so you’re confident knowing the best one to suit you and your wedding day style. There are bouquets more suited to lively weddings where the bouquet is guaranteed to be tossed for everyone to catch, there are bouquets that hold sentimental value because they’ve incorporated a family heirloom and there are also bouquets that accentuate what you’re wearing because of their shape.

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8 Cut Flower Alternatives to Roses

Roses are beautiful flowers, particularly for wedding bouquets because of their layered petals and romantic connotations. The rose is a popular bridal bouquet flower choice but the flower world has other flowers hidden up its sleeve… Here are 6 other flowers that create a big impact in bouquets and arrangements. If you’re confident identifying a rose but you’d love to learn more about other flowers full of drama, colour and beautiful petals, then read this blog.

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A Cranberry Red Wedding in Sussex with Hollywood Curls

Lydia and Steve’s December wedding was a Wintery day filled with Cranberry tones and warm vintage colours.

On a wedding day, I deliver and style all the wedding flowers in the morning and arrive amidst a cloud of hairspray in the air and when the first champagne glasses of the day are clinking. I'm usually long gone before the ceremony begins, so getting to see how the day unfolds in photographs is always a real treat. I've selected some of the wedding photos so you can see Lydia and Steve's day too. Lydia and Steve's photos were taken by D&A Photography.

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