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Whites, creams and greens, a colour palette that's ultimately elegant, timeless and very often trรจs chic.
Jo, the lovely bride-to-be, wanted to keep her flower varieties and designs simple and uncomplicated, very much 'less is more'. A philosophy pod likes too.
And so divine petite ivory calla lilies, off white geminis and perfect little akito roses were accompanied by loops of flexi grass, sparkley clear Swaroski crystals and mini glossed and folded aspidistra leaves to create a beautiful bouquet and said Jo, "the prettiest thing I've ever seen".
The bridesmaid's bouquets were simple linear calla lily bouquets, with a little Swaroski sparkly-ness and the boy's button holes were ivory calla lilies.
The top table was adorned with bowl vases in all sizes, home to floating gerbera and gemini heads and curled calla lilies, decorative wire and glass marbles added subtle pretty accents.
Kevin Smith was the man behind the lens, capturing the love and a little horsing around ...
I love vintage bone china - must be genetic, the only way to enjoy a cuppa, according to Nanny Pugh.
Receiving 13 vintage teapots into pod hq, in which to create table flowers for an English Tea Party themed wedding, caused a great deal of oohs and ahhhs ... some stroking and squeals ... and a little anxiety as one of the teapots was a family heirloom!
Fortunately though, there were no chipped spouts or leaky pots on pod's watch, just lots of vintagey fleurs in lovely dusky pinks, soft creams, sagey greens and serious levels of teapot envy!
All the teapots were utterly charming and unique, but the curvaceous little pot in the foreground below was my favourite.
The highly resourceful bride's Mum sourced of all of this wedding's fabulous china but should you or I ever need to hire such beautiful table ware, have a look at My Vintage Party, a vintage crockery hire company that has a fabulous collection of everything a vintage party could desire.
Anyone fancy a brew? Actually 7:35pm is wine o'clock ...
Welcome to pod's new blog and very first post.
Until very recently, pod was based in Warwick, Warwickshire, a lovely part of the country, but not very near the sea. And so, after many years of talking about it, there is now a new home, domestically and for pod, in the charming town of Whitstable on Kent's north coast.
Selling a property, finding the right location and appropriate timing, resulted in a hurly burly whirl of a move in mid September 2009.
Since then, we've been settling into our new home and amongst other things, enjoying beach walks, buying local fish at the harbour market, dreaming of beach themed weddings and pinching ourselves that this is chez nous !
pod's Midlands wedding season came to a close with the move and a lot of the following posts will be all about 2009's gorgeous gorgeous brides and their weddings. There were wonderful venues, romantic gowns, fabulous jewellery, stunning shoes, lots and lots of love and of course, beautiful wedding flowers.
I hope you enjoy reading my posts and discovering a little more about pod.
