News — Paper wedding flowers

It is Monday & I have received happy mail! As you know I am a giddy kipper when it comes to what I do & every time I hear that I have hit the nail on the head - I do an actual happy dance! I received a fabulous commission from Hannah for a bouquet & buttonhole created from maps - a very classy black, white & gold theme. I really loved the end result but more importantly both the bride & groom loved them - hooray job done. Then Hannah cheers my life a little more by sending some...

Last month I had the privilege to work with Kiran to create a beautiful bouquet. I was so thrilled to see this lovely shot of her & her  flowers heres the insta link take a peek - absolutely stunning https://www.instagram.com/p/BVKpwv7DGja/

I am so incredibly lucky with the clients I work with - all lovely peeps who want to set their own stamp on their day - I have to say I feel really honoured to be able to help people with this. Earlier this year I had a wonderful commission from a couple who are both illustrators obviously this would influence their material choice. The brief was to utilise their own artwork along with Oliver Jeffers & Tove Jansson to create a really colourful bouquet. So began my book hunting quest I was not familiar with Oliver Jeffers work but...

I am so thrilled to be able to share some fabulous photos by the super talented Bigphatphotos from one of last years weddings. This was a fabulous commission - flowers for the bridal party, church & reception.   I am so fortunate with the clients I have - all so very different with some common threads -they want something totally unique for their day & they are all lovely. The first message I received from Sarah was "I love the look of this bouquet, have you ever done a whole wedding before?" Well yes I have - I used to be a...

I thought some of you may wonder how my commission process works so I thought I would give you a walk through of a wedding commission completed earlier this year. Commissions can come from anywhere & anyone so whenever Jackdaw Decor is on tour I am sure to take some bridal bouquet examples with me. In April 2015 I was trading at the awesome Whitby Goth Weekend (FYI we will be there this November too) when a couple came to chat to me about my striking little Dracula bouquet - they loved the idea of a literary bouquet & took some...